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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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264 XXIII, NICHOLAS UDALL.—R. Royster. Heigh how, alas,M. Mery. Be <strong>of</strong> good cheere, man, and let <strong>the</strong> worldepasse.R. Royster. What shall I doe or say nowe that it will notbee?M. Mery. Ye shall haue choise <strong>of</strong> a thousande as good assheo,And ye must pardon hir, it is for lacke <strong>of</strong> witte. 45R. Royster, Yea, for were not I an husbande for hir fitte ?Well, what should I now doe ?M. Mery. In faith I can not tell.R. Royster. I will go home and die.M. Mery. Then shall I bidde <strong>to</strong>ll <strong>the</strong> bell .'R. Royster. No.M. Mery. God haue mercie on your soule, ah goodgentleman.That er ye shuld th[u]s dye for an vnkinde woman. 50Will ye driuKe once ere ye goe ?R. Royster. No, no, I will none.M. Mery. How feele [ye] your soule <strong>to</strong> God 1R. Royster. I am nigh gone.M. Mery. And shall we hence streight ?R. Royster. Yea.M. Mery. Placebo dilexi.Maister Roister Doister will streight go home and die.R. Royster. Heigh how, alas, <strong>the</strong> pangs <strong>of</strong> death myhearte do breake. 55M. Mery. Holde your peace for shame, sir, a dead manmay not speake.Nequando : What mourners and what <strong>to</strong>rches shall we haue ?R. Royster. None.AT. Mery. Di'ri'ge. He will go darklyng <strong>to</strong> his graue,Neque lux, neqtie crux, ?teque mourners, neque clinke.

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