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Title: Dialogue In Verse Author: Christopher Marlowe [More Titles by Marlowe] DIALOGUE IN VERSE[1] Seest thou not yon farmer's son?
Let him give her gay gold rings
But 'a dances wonders well,
Fie, lusty younker, what do you here,
Good Dick, bid them all come hither,
Fie, Nan, why use thy old lover so,
Bonny Dick, I will not forsake
Why, then, my hearts, let's to this gear;
Then, gentles, ere I speed from hence
'Tis true, good sir; and this is she
How say you, sweet, will you dance with me?
I thank you, sir, for your good will;
Take her, good sir, by the hand,
And saw you not [my] Nan to-day,
Welcome, sweet-heart, and welcome here,
Why, how now, sweet Nan! I hope you jest.
No, by my troth, I love the fool the best:
I thought she had jested and meant but a fable, FOOTNOTES: [1] First printed in The Alleyn Papers (for the Shakespeare Society), p. 8, by Collier, who remarks:--"In the original MS. this dramatic dialogue in verse is written as prose, on one side of a sheet of paper, at the back of which, in a more modern hand, is the name 'Kitt Marlowe.' What connection, if any, he may have had with it, it is impossible to determine, but it was obviously worthy of preservation, as a curious stage-relic of an early date, and unlike anything else of the kind that has come down to us. In consequence of haste or ignorance on the part of the writer of the manuscript, it has been necessary to supply some portions, which are printed within brackets. There are also some obvious errors in the distribution of the dialogue, which it was not easy to correct. The probability is that, when performed, it was accompanied with music." [2] MS. "Jack." [3] MS. "W. Fre."--which Dyce supposed to be an abbreviation for Wench's Friend. [4] MS. "Frend." [5] MS. "Wen" (_i.e._ Wench). [6] MS. "Wen." [7] Bauble. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |