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

XXIII. ROISTER DOISTERj III. 4. 273M. Mery. Yea, and perchaunce that way ye shall muchsooner speedeFor one madde propretie these women haue in fey,When ye will, they will not : Will not ye, then will they.Ah foolishe woman, ah moste vnluckie Custance, 95Ah vnfortunate woman, ah pieuishe Custance,Art thou to thine harmes so obstinately bent.That thou canst not see where lieth thine high preferment ?Canst thou not lub dis man, which coulde lub dee so well ?Art thou so much thine own foe 1R. Royster. Thou dost the truth tell.M. Mery. Wei I lament.R. Royster. So do I.M. Mery. Wherfor ?R. Royster. For this thing,Bicause she is gone.M. Mery. I mourne for an other thing. 102R. Royster. What is it, Merygreeke, wherfore thou dostgriefe take ?M. Mery. That I am not a woman myselfe for yoursake;I would haue you my-selfe, and a strawe for yond Gill, 105And make ^ much of you though it were against my will.I would not, I warrant you, fall in such a rage.As so to refuse suche a goodly personage.R. Royster. In faith, I heartily thanke thee, Merygreeke.M. Mery. And I were a womanR. Royster. Thou wouldest to me seeke.M. Mery. For though I say it, a goodly person ye bee. i \ iR. Royster. No, no.M. Mery. Yes, a goodly man as ere I dyd see.1 Old text ' mocke.'