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Title: The Little French Lawyer
A Comedy

Author: Francis Beaumont
John Fletcher

Release Date: May 9, 2008 [EBook #25398]

Language: English

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THE

Little French Lawyer.

A

COMEDY.

* * * * *

Persons Represented in the Play.

Dinant, _a Gentleman that formerly loved, and still pretended to
love_ Lamira.

Cleremont, _a merry Gentleman, his Friend._

Champernell, _a lame old Gentleman, Husband to_ Lamira.

Vertaign, _a Noble-man, and a Judge._

Beaupre, _Son to_ Vertaign.

Verdone, _Nephew to_ Champernell.

_Monsieur_ La Writt, _a wrangling Advocate, or the Little
Lawyer._

Sampson, _a foolish Advocate, Kinsman to_ Vertaign.

_Provost._

_Gentlemen._

_Clients._

_Servants._

_WOMEN._

Lamira, _Wife to_ Champernell, _and Daughter to_ Vertaign.

Anabell, _Niece to_ Champernell.

Old Lady, _Nurse to_ Lamira.

Charlotte, _Waiting Gentlewoman to_ Lamira.

_The Scene_ France.

The principal Actors were,

_Joseph Taylor._

_John Lowin._

_John Underwood._

_Robert Benfield._

_Nicholas Toolie._

_William Egleston._

_Richard Sharpe._

_Thomas Holcomb._

_Actus Primus. Scena Prima._

_Enter_ Dinant, _a[n]d_ Cleremont.

_Din._ Disswade me not.

_Clere._ It will breed a brawl.

_Din._ I care not, I wear a Sword.

_Cler._ And wear discretion with it,
Or cast it off, let that direct your arm,
'Tis madness else, not valour, and more base
Than to receive a wrong.

_Din._ Why would you have me
Sit down with a disgrace, and thank the doer?
We are not Stoicks, and that passive courage
Is only now commendable in Lackies,
Peasants, and Tradesmen, not in men of rank
And qualitie, as I am.

_Cler._ Do not cherish
That daring vice, for which the whole age suffers.
The blood of our bold youth, that heretofore
Was spent in