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<TITLE A CURE FOR A CUCKOLD.> <SN ACT 1, SCENE 1.> <SSD WOODROFF'S HOUSE.!> <SSD ENTER LESSINGHAM AND CLARE.> <Q LESSINGHAM.> THIS IS A PLACE OF FEASTING AND OF JOY, AND AS IN TRIUMPHS AND OVATIONS,HERE NOTHING SAVE STATE AND PLEASURE. <Q CLARE.> 'TIS CONFEST. <Q LESS.> A DAY OF MIRTH AND SOLEMN JUBILE. <Q CLARE.> FOR SUCH AS CAN BE MERRY. <Q LESS.> A HAPPY NUPTIAL, SINCE A LIKE PAIR OF FORTUNES SUITABLE, EQUALITY IN BIRTH,PARITY IN YEARS, AND IN AFFECTION NO WAY DIFFERENT, ARE THIS DAY SWEETLY COUPLED. <Q CLARE.> 'TIS A MARRIAGE. <Q LESS.> TRUE,LADY,AND A NOBLE PRE CE!DENT ME THINKS FOR US TO FOLLOW:WHY SHOULD THESE OUT-STRIP US IN OUR LOVES,THAT HAVE NOT YET OUT-GONE US IN OUR TIME? IF WE THUS LOOSE OUR BEST,AND NOT TO BE RECOVERED HOURS UNPROFITABLY SPENT,WE SHALL BE HELD MEER TREWANTS IN LOVES SCHOOL. <Q CLARE.> THAT'S A STUDY IN WHICH I NEVER SHALL AMBITION HAVE TO BECOME GRADUATE. <Q LESS.> LADY,YOU ARE SAD: THIS JOVIAL MEETING PUTS ME IN A SPIRIT TO BE MADE SU . . .