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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 Excerpt:...heir to all his lands and goods, Which I have bettered, rather than decreased. And I have thrust myself into the world, Haply to wive and thrive as best I may: My business, asketh haste, old signior, And every day I cannot come to woo. Iet specialities be therefore drawn between us, That cov'oants may be kept on either hand. Vol. iv. N Bap. Yes, when the special thing is well obtained. My daughter's love, tor that is all in all." Pet. Why, that is nothing: for I tell you, father, I am as peremptory as she proud minded; And where two raging fires meet together, They do consume the thing that feeds their fury. Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all; So I to her, and so she yields to me; For I am rough, and woo not like a babe. Grum. Nay, look you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mind is: why, give him gold enough, and marry him to a puppet, or an old trot with ne'er a tooth iti her head. Though she have as many diseases as two« and-fitty horses; why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal. Bap. As I have shewed you, sir, the coarser side, Now let me tell you, she is young and beauteous, Brought up as best becomes a gentlewoman j Her only fault, and that is fault enough, Is that she is intolerably froward; If that you can away with, she is yours. And wdl you woo her, sirr Pet. Why came I hither but to that intent; Think you a little din can daunt my ears? Have 1 not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea puff'd up with winds? Have 1 not heard great ordnance in the field i And heaven's artillery thunder in the skies? Have I not in a pitched battle heard Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets clang? And do you tell me ot a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blo...