Part 20 (1/2)

Nor do I require it, The malady needs no Physician, Help hospital people.

Hyparcha:

I am glad to hear You are so valiant.

Mochingo:

Valiant?

Can any man be proud that is not valiant?

Foolish Woman, what would'st thou say? thou-- know not what to call thee.

Hyparcha:

I can you, For I can call you c.o.xcomb, a.s.s, and Puppy.

Mochingo:

You do doe it, I thank you.

Hyparcha:

That you'll lose a Fortune, Which a Cobler better deserves than thou dost.

Mochingo:

Do not provoke my magnanimity, For when I am incens'd I am insensible, Go tell thy Lady, that hath sent me word She will discard me, that I discard her, And throw a scorn upon her, which I would not, But that she does me wrong.

[Enter _Erota_, and _Antinous_.]

Erota:

Do you not glory in your Conquest more, To take some great man Prisoner, than to kill him?

And shall a Lady find less mercy from you, That yields her self your Captive, and for her Ransome, Will give the Jewel of her life, her heart, Which she hath lockt from all men but thy self?

For shame (_Antinous_) throw this dulness off; Art thou a man no where but in the field?

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Hyparcha:

He must hear Drums, and Trumpets ere he sleeps, And at this instant dreams he's in his Armour; These iron-hearted Souldiers are so cold, Till they be beaten to a Womans Arms, And then they love 'em better than their own; No Fort can hold them out.

Antinous:

What pity it is (Madam) that your self, Who are all Excellence, should become so wretched, To think on such a Wretch as Grief hath made me!

Seldome despairing men look up to Heaven, Although it still speak to 'em in its Glories; For when sad thoughts perplex the mind of man, There is a Plummet in the heart that weighs, And pulls us (living) to the dust we came from; Did you but see the miseries you pursue, (As I the happiness that I avoid That doubles my afflictions) you would flye Unto some Wilderness, or to your Grave, And there find better Comforts than in me, For Love and Cares can never dwell together.

Erota:

They should, If thou hadst but my Love and I thy Cares.