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A cure for a cuckold

 
dc.contributor Gunby, David Department of English, University of Canterbury, NZ
dc.contributor.author Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-27
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-21T16:22:18Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-21T16:22:18Z
dc.date.created 1661
dc.date.issued 1985-03-06
dc.identifier ota:0602
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0602
dc.description.abstract Authorship tests
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dc.language English
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher University of Oxford
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dc.rights.label PUB
dc.subject.lcsh Plays -- England -- 17th century
dc.subject.lcsh Comedies -- England -- 17th century
dc.title A cure for a cuckold
dc.type Text
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otaterms.date.range 1600-1699

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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 . . .
										

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