Would you ha' me
mercenary?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
)
WIT. But ? ince you come, to know me, neerer, _Lady_,
I'll begge the honour, you will weare for mee, 105
It mu? t be ? o.
Wittipol _giues it Mi? tre? ? e_ Fitz-dottrel.
M^rs. FIT. Sure I haue heard this tongue.
MER. What do you meane, S^r?
Mere-craft _murmures,_
WIT.
Would you ha' me mercenary?
We'll recompence it anon, in ? omewhat el? e.
_He is ? atisfied, now he ? ees it. _
FIT. I doe not loue to be gull'd, though in a toy.
VVife, doe you heare? yo' are come into the Schole, wife,
VVhere you may learne, I doe perceiue it, any thing! 111
How to be fine, or faire, or great, or proud,
Or what you will, indeed, wife; heere 'tis taught.
And I am glad on't, that you may not ? ay,
Another day, when honours come vpon you, 115
You wanted meanes. I ha' done my parts: beene,
Today at fifty pound charge, fir? t, for a ring, [150]
_He vpbraids her, with his Bill of co?
WIT. But ? ince you come, to know me, neerer, _Lady_,
I'll begge the honour, you will weare for mee, 105
It mu? t be ? o.
Wittipol _giues it Mi? tre? ? e_ Fitz-dottrel.
M^rs. FIT. Sure I haue heard this tongue.
MER. What do you meane, S^r?
Mere-craft _murmures,_
WIT.
Would you ha' me mercenary?
We'll recompence it anon, in ? omewhat el? e.
_He is ? atisfied, now he ? ees it. _
FIT. I doe not loue to be gull'd, though in a toy.
VVife, doe you heare? yo' are come into the Schole, wife,
VVhere you may learne, I doe perceiue it, any thing! 111
How to be fine, or faire, or great, or proud,
Or what you will, indeed, wife; heere 'tis taught.
And I am glad on't, that you may not ? ay,
Another day, when honours come vpon you, 115
You wanted meanes. I ha' done my parts: beene,
Today at fifty pound charge, fir? t, for a ring, [150]
_He vpbraids her, with his Bill of co?
