The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 170 pages of information about The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.

The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 170 pages of information about The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.

Cha. These not repin’d at (as you seeme t’informe me)
The motion must be of a strange condition,
If I refuse to yeeld to’t; therefore Eustace,
Without this tempest in your lookes propound it,
And feare not a denial. Eust. I require then,
(As from an enemy, and not a brother)
The reputation of a man of honour,
Not by a faire war wonne when I was waking,
But in my sleepe of folly ravish’d from me;
With these, the restitution of my sword,
With large acknowledgement of satisfaction,
My Coach, my Horses; I will part with life,
Ere lose one haire of them, and what concludes all,
My Mistress Angellina, as she was
Before the Musical Magick of thy tongue
Inchanted and seduc’d her.  These perform’d,
And with submission, and done publiquely,
At my fathers and my Uncles intercession,
(That I put in too) I perhaps may listen
To termes of reconcilement; but if these
In every circumstance are not subscrib’d to,
To th’ last gasp I defie thee. Cha. These are strict
Conditions to a brother. Eust. My rest is up,
Nor will I give less. Cha. I’me no Gamester, Eustace,
Yet I can guesse your resolution stands
To win or loose all; I rejoyce to find ye
Thus tender of your honour, and that at length
You understand what a wretched thing you were,
How deeply wounded by your selfe, and made
Almost incurable, in your owne hopes,
The dead flesh of pale cowardise growing over
Your festred reputation, which no balme
Or gentle unguent ever could make way to,
And I am happy, that I was the Surgeon
That did apply those burning corrosives
That render you already sensible
O th’ danger you were plung’d in, in teaching you,
And by a faire gradation, how far[r]e,
And with what curious respect and care
The peace and credit of a man within,
(Which you nere thought till now) should be preferr’d
Before a gawdy outside; pray you fix here,
For so farre I go with you. Eust. This discourse
Is from the subject. Cha. Ile come to it brother,
But if you think to build upon my ruines,
You’l find a false foundation your high offers
Taught by the Masters of dependancies,
That by compounding differences ’tween others
Supply their owne necessities, with me
Will never carry’t; As you are my brother,
I would dispence a little, but no more
Than honour can give way to; nor must I
Destroy that in my selfe I love in you;
And therefore let not hopes nor threats perswade you
I will descend to any composition
For which I may be censur’d. Eust. You shall fight then.

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