Michael Perez:
Is she a Whore too?
Old Woman:
Little better,
Gentleman, I dare not say she is so Sir, because
She is yours,
Sir, these five years she has firkt
A pretty Living,
Until she came
to serve; I fear he will knock my
Brains out for
lying.
Michael Perez:
She has serv’d
me faithfully,
A Whore and Thief?
two excellent moral learnings
In one she-Saint,
I hope to see her legend.
Have I been fear’d
for my discoveries,
And courted by
all Women to conceal ’em?
Have I so long
studied the art of this Sex,
And read the warnings
to young Gentlemen?
Have I profest
to tame the Pride of Ladies,
And make ’em
bear all tests, and am I trickt now?
Caught in mine
own nooze? here’s a royal left yet,
There’s
for your lodging and your meat for this Week.
A silk Worm lives
at a more plentiful ordinary,
And sleeps in
a sweeter Box: farewel great Grandmother,
If I do find you
were an accessary,
’Tis but
the cutting off too smoaky minutes,
I’ll hang
ye presently.
Old Woman:
And I deserve it, I tell but truth.
Michael Perez:
Not I, I am an
Ass, Mother.
[Exeunt.
[Enter the Duke of Medina, Juan de Castro, Alonzo, Sanchio, Cacafogo. Attendants.]
Duke of Medina:
A goodly house.
Juan de Castro:
And richly furnisht too, Sir.
Alonzo:
Hung wantonly,
I like that preparation,
It stirs the blood
unto a hopeful Banquet,
And intimates
the Mistress free and jovial,
I love a house
where pleasure prepares welcome.
Duke of Medina:
Now Cacafogo,
how like you this mansion?
’Twere a
brave Pawn.
Cacafogo:
I shall be master
of it,
’Twas built
for my bulk, the rooms are wide and spacious,
203] Airy and full of ease, and that I love well,
I’ll tell
you when I taste the Wine, my Lord,
And take the height
of her Table with my Stomach,
How my affections
stand to the young Lady.
[Enter Margarita, Altea, Ladies, and Servants.]
Margarita:
All welcome to
your Grace, and to these Souldiers,
You honour my
poor house with your fair presence,
Those few slight
pleasures that inhabit here, Sir,
I do beseech your
Grace command, they are yours,
Your servant but
preserves ’em to delight ye.
Duke of Medina:
I thank ye Lady,
I am bold to visit ye,
Once more to bless
mine eyes with your sweet Beauty,
’T has been
a long night since you left the Court,
For till I saw
you now, no day broke to me.