. Six anonymous plays. First series (c. 1510-1537) comprising Four elements--The beauty and good properties of women (usually known as Calisto and Melibæa)--Every man--Hickscorner--The world and the child--Thersites--Note-book and word-list, ed. a stark shame, [several; For Sempronio would have her to himselfAnd she loveth one Crito better or as Crito and Elicaea sat drinkingIn rny house, and I also making merry;And as the devil would, far from our thinking,Sempronio almost came on us then wrought I my craft of bawdry;I bade Crito go up, and make himself roomTo hide him
. Six anonymous plays. First series (c. 1510-1537) comprising Four elements--The beauty and good properties of women (usually known as Calisto and Melibæa)--Every man--Hickscorner--The world and the child--Thersites--Note-book and word-list, ed. a stark shame, [several; For Sempronio would have her to himselfAnd she loveth one Crito better or as Crito and Elicaea sat drinkingIn rny house, and I also making merry;And as the devil would, far from our thinking,Sempronio almost came on us then wrought I my craft of bawdry;I bade Crito go up, and make himself roomTo hide him in my chamber among the made I Elicaea sit down I with my rock began for to spin;As who saith of Sempronio we had no knocked at the door, and I let him in;And for a countenance I did beginTo catch him in mine arms, and said, See, see !Who kisseth me, Elicaea, and will not kiss thee?Elicaea for a countenance made her grieved,And would not speak, but still did speak ye not? quoth Sempronio, be ye moved? [I trow. Have I not a cause, quoth she? no, quoth ! traitor, quoth she, full well dost thouknow! [me, Where hast thou been these three days fromThat the imposthumes and evil death take thee!. [Reduced Facsimile of the device of John Rastell, theprinter of Calisto and Melibcsa, which appears tinderthe Colophon in the original copy.] 62 Calisto and Melib«a Peace! mine Elicaea, quoth he, why say ye thus?Alas ! why put you yourself in this woe?The hot fire of love so brenneth between us,That my heart is with yours, wherever I go;And for three days absence to say to me so,In faith, methinketh, ye be to blame, [game !But now hark well, for here beginneth theCrito, in my chamber above that was hidden,I think lay not easily, and began to rumble;Sempronio heard that, and asked who was within,Above in the chamber that so did quoth she; a lover of mine! May-hap ye stumble,Quoth he, on the truth, as many one up ! quoth she
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