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<TITLE THE TRAGEDIE OF BONDUCA.>
<SN ACTUS PRIMUS. SCAENA PRIMA.>
<SSD ENTER BONDUCA,DAUGHTERS, HENGO, NENNIUS, SOULDIERS.>
<Q BON.> THE HARDY ROMANES? O YE GODS OF BRITAIN,
THE RUST OF ARMS,THE BLUSHING SHAME OF SOULDIERS;
ARE THESE THE MEN THAT CONQUER BY INHERITANCE?
THE FORTUNE-MAKERS? THESE THE JULIANS,
<SSD ENTER CARATACH.>
THAT WITH THE SUN MEASURE THE END OF NATURE,
MAKING THE WORLD BUT ONE ROME AND ONE CAESAR?
SHAME, HOW THEY FLEE^ CAESARS SOFT SOUL DWELLS IN 'EM;
THEIR MOTHERS GOT 'EM SLEEPING,PLEASURE NURST 'EM,
THEIR BODIES SWEAT WITH SWEET OILS,LOVES ALLUREMENTS,
NOT LUSTIE ARMS. DARE THEY SEND THESE TO SEEK US,
THESE ROMANE GIRLS? IS BRITAIN GROWN SO WANTON?
TWICE WE HAVE BEAT'EM,NENNIUS,SCATTER'D 'EM,
AND THROUGH THEIR BIG-BON'D GERMANS,ON WHOSE PIKES
THE HONOUR OF THEIR ACTIONS SIT IN TRIUMPH,
MADE THEMES FOR SONGS TO SHAME 'EM,AND A WOMAN,
A WOMAN BEAT 'EM,NENNIUS;A WEAK WOMAN,
A WOMAN BEAT THESE ROMANES.
<Q CAR.> SO IT SEEMS.
A MAN WOULD SHAME TO TALK SO.
<Q . . .
