pers_ Merecraft,
Merecraft
_turnes to_ Fitz-dottrel.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
MER. Be? t haue her taught, Sir.
FIT. Where? Are there any Schooles for _Ladies_? Is there
An _Academy_ for women? I doe know, 20
For men, there was: I learn'd in it, my ? elfe,
To make my legges, and doe my po? tures.
ING. Sir.
Doe you remember the conceipt you had--
O' the Spani? h gowne, at home?
Ingine _whi?
pers_ Merecraft, Merecraft _turnes to_ Fitz-dottrel.
MER. Ha! I doe thanke thee,
With all my heart, deare _Ingine_. Sir, there is 25
A certaine _Lady_, here about the Towne,
An _Engli? h_ widdow, who hath lately trauell'd,
But ? hee's call'd the _Spaniard_; cau? e ? he came
Late? t from thence: and keepes the _Spani? h_ habit.
Such a rare woman! all our women heere, 30
That are of ? pirit, and fa? hion flocke, vnto her,
As to their Pre? ident; their _Law_; their _Canon_;
More then they euer did, to _Oracle-Foreman_.