self
against your coming, to decline the pride of my Ambition.
HED. Fair Honour, Ambition dares not stoop; but if it be your
sweet pleasure, I shall lose that title, I will, as I am Hedon,
apply myself to your bounties.
PHI. That were the next way to dis-title myself of honour. O, no,
rather be still Ambitious, I pray you.
HED. I will be any thing that you please, whilst it pleaseth you
to be yourself, lady. Sweet Phantaste, dear Moria, most beautiful
Argurion--
ANA. Farewell, Hedon.
HED. Anaides, stay, whither go you?
ANA. 'Slight, what should I do here? an you engross them all for
your own use, 'tis time for me to seek out.
HED. I engross them! Away, mischief; this is one of your
extravagant jests now, because I began to salute them by their
names.
ANA. Faith, you might have spared us madam Prudence, the guardian
there, though you had more covetously aim'd at the rest.
HED. 'Sheart, take them all, man: what speak you to me of aiming
or covetous?
ANA. Ay, say you so! nay, then, have at them: Ladies, here's one
hath distinguish'd you by your names already: It shall only become
me to ask how you do.
HED. Ods so, was this the design you travail'd with?
PHA. Who answers the brazen head? it spoke to somebody.
ANA. Lady Wisdom, do you interpret for these puppets?
MOR. In truth, and sadness, honours, you are in great offence for
this. Go to; the gentleman (I'll undertake with him) is a man of
fair living, and able to maintain a lady in her two coaches a day,
besides pages, monkeys, and paraquettoes, with such attendants as
she shall think meet for her turn; and therefore there is more
respect requirable, howso'er you seem to connive. Hark you, sir,
let me discourse a syllable with you. I am to say to you, these
ladies are not of that close and open behaviour as haply you may
suspend; their carriage is well known to be such as it should be,
both gentle and extraordinary.
MER. O, here comes the other pair.
ENTER AMORPHUS AND ASOTUS.
AMO. That was your father's love, the nymph Argurion. I would
have you direct all your courtship thither; if you could but endear
yourself to her affection, you were eternally engallanted.
ASO. In truth, sir! pray Phoebus I prove favoursome in her fair
eyes.
AMO. All divine mixture, and increase of be
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