A select collection of old plays . THE City-Madam A COMEDY. Adtus primus, Scena prima. Enter 7radewell and Goldwire. TradeivelL. HE fhip is fafe in the pool then ?and makes good,In her rich freight, the name me bears, the Speedwell:My matter will find it, for on mycertain knowledge,For every hundred that he venturd in her,She hath returnd him five. Goldwire. And it comes timely ;For befides a payment on the nail for a manorLate purchased by my mailer, his young daughters Are ripe for marriage, Tradewelfc The City-Madam. ^ TradetwelL Who, Nan and Mall ? Goldrujire. Miflrefs Anne and Mary, and w
A select collection of old plays . THE City-Madam A COMEDY. Adtus primus, Scena prima. Enter 7radewell and Goldwire. TradeivelL. HE fhip is fafe in the pool then ?and makes good,In her rich freight, the name me bears, the Speedwell:My matter will find it, for on mycertain knowledge,For every hundred that he venturd in her,She hath returnd him five. Goldwire. And it comes timely ;For befides a payment on the nail for a manorLate purchased by my mailer, his young daughters Are ripe for marriage, Tradewelfc The City-Madam. ^ TradetwelL Who, Nan and Mall ? Goldrujire. Miflrefs Anne and Mary, and with forneaddition,Or tis more puniihable in our houfeThan Sc&ndalum Magna turn.* . Trade-tvell. Tis great pitySuch a gentleman as my mailer (for that titleHis being a citizen cannot take from him)Hath no male heir to inherit his eftate^And keep his name alive. Gold<wire. The want of oneSwells my young miilrefTes, and their madam-mother,With hopes above their birth, and fcale. Their dreams areOf being made counteiTes, and they take flateAs they were fuch already. When you wentTo the Indies, there was fome fhape and p
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