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<TITLE ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE.>
WRITTEN BY THO. MIDDLETON, GENT.
LONDON:
<Q PROLOGUE.>
HOW ERE TH'INTENTS AND APPETITES OF MEN
ARE DIFFERENT AS THEIR FACES, HOW AND WHEN
T'EMPLOY THEIR ACTIONS, YET ALL WITHOUT STRIFE
MEET IN THIS POINT, ANY THING FOR A QUIET LIFE.
NOR IS THERE ONE I THINK THAT'S HITHER COME
FOR HIS DELIGHT, BUT WOULD FINDE PEACE AT HOME
ON ANY TERMS. THE LAWYER DOES NOT CEASE
TO TALK HIMSELF INTO A SWEAT WITH PAIN,
AND SO HIS FEES BUY QUIET, 'TIS HIS GAIN:
THE POOR MAN DOES ENDURE THE SCORCHING SUN,
AND FEELS NO WEARINESS, HIS DAY-LABOR DONE,
SO HIS WIFE ENTERTAIN HIM WITH A SMILE,
AND THANK HIS TRAVAIL, THOUGH SHE SLEPT THE WHILE:
THIS BEING IN MEN OF ALL CONDITIONS TRUE,
DOES, GIVE OUR PLAY A NAME; AND IF TO YOU
IT YIELD CONTENT, AND USUAL DELIGHT,
FOR OUR PARTS WE SHALL SLEEP SECURE TO-NIGHT.
ANY THING FOR A QUIET LIFE.
<SN ACTUS 1. SCAENA 1.!>
<SSD SIR FRANCIS CRESSINGHAM'S HOUSE.!>
<SSD ENTER THE LORD BEAUFORT, AND SIR FRANCIS CRESSINGHAM>
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