Anything for a quiet life / written by Tho[mas] Middleton
| dc.contributor | Gunby, David Department of English, University of Canterbury, NZ |
| dc.contributor.author | Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T11:04:22Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T11:04:22Z |
| dc.date.created | 1621 |
| dc.date.issued | 1985-03-06 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0621 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/0621 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/0621 |
| dc.description.abstract | Title proper taken from electronic texts Webster, John, 1580?-1625? |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 114 KB) |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| 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 | Anything for a quiet life / written by Tho[mas] Middleton |
| dc.type | Text |
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| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 122286 |
| files.count | 2 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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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>
< . . .
