A cure for a cuckold
| dc.contributor | Gunby, David Department of English, University of Canterbury, NZ |
| dc.contributor.author | Webster, John, 1580?-1625? |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T11:04:12Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T11:04:12Z |
| dc.date.created | 1661 |
| dc.date.issued | 1985-03-06 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0602 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/0602 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/0602 |
| dc.description.abstract | Authorship tests |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 106 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Legacy Collection Digital Museum |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 17th century |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Comedies -- England -- 17th century |
| dc.title | A cure for a cuckold |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 114050 |
| files.count | 2 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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<TITLE A CURE FOR A CUCKOLD.>
<SN ACT 1, SCENE 1.>
<SSD WOODROFF'S HOUSE.!>
<SSD ENTER LESSINGHAM AND CLARE.>
<Q LESSINGHAM.>
THIS IS A PLACE OF FEASTING AND OF JOY,
AND AS IN TRIUMPHS AND OVATIONS,HERE
NOTHING SAVE STATE AND PLEASURE.
<Q CLARE.> 'TIS CONFEST.
<Q LESS.> A DAY OF MIRTH AND SOLEMN JUBILE.
<Q CLARE.> FOR SUCH AS CAN BE MERRY.
<Q LESS.> A HAPPY NUPTIAL,
SINCE A LIKE PAIR OF FORTUNES SUITABLE,
EQUALITY IN BIRTH,PARITY IN YEARS,
AND IN AFFECTION NO WAY DIFFERENT,
ARE THIS DAY SWEETLY COUPLED.
<Q CLARE.> 'TIS A MARRIAGE.
<Q LESS.> TRUE,LADY,AND A NOBLE PRE CE!DENT
ME THINKS FOR US TO FOLLOW:WHY SHOULD THESE
OUT-STRIP US IN OUR LOVES,THAT HAVE NOT YET
OUT-GONE US IN OUR TIME? IF WE THUS LOOSE
OUR BEST,AND NOT TO BE RECOVERED HOURS
UNPROFITABLY SPENT,WE SHALL BE HELD
MEER TREWANTS IN LOVES SCHOOL.
<Q CLARE.> THAT'S A STUDY
IN WHICH I NEVER SHALL AMBITION HAVE
TO BECOME GRADUATE.
<Q LESS.> LADY,YOU ARE SAD:
THIS JOVIAL MEETING PUTS ME IN A SPIRIT
TO BE MADE SU . . .
