Μ' VULCAN'S SONG. Y shag-hair Cyclops, come, let's ply By my wife's sparrows, I swear these arrows Shall singing fly Through many a wanton's eye. These headed are with golden blisses, Strikes a clown dead, When in a dance He falls in a trance, To see his black-brow lass not buss him, From JOHN LYLY's Endymion, 1591. PAGES AND THE WATCH. Watch. ST TAND! who goes there? We charge you appear 'Fore our constable here, In the name of the Man in the Moon. To us billmen relate, Why you stagger so late, And how you come drunk so soon. What are ye, scabs? Pages. Watch. The watch: This the constable. Constable. Knock 'em down unless they all stand; Pages. If any run away, 'Tis the old watchman's play, To reach him a bill of his hand. O gentlemen, hold, Your gowns freeze with cold, And your rotten teeth dance in your head. Wine nothing shall cost ye; Nor huge fires to roast ye; Then soberly let us be led. Constable. Come, my brown bills, we'll roar, Omnes. And i' th' morning steal all to bed. FAIRY REVELS. Omnes. PINCH him, pinch him, black and blue, 1 Fairy. 2 Fairy. 3 Fairy. Saucy mortals must not view What the queen of stars is doing, Nor pry into our fairy wooing. Pinch him blue And pinch him black Let him not lack Sharp nails to pinch him blue and red, 1 Rustic dances. From JOHN LYLY'S Galathea, 1592. CUPID ARRAIGNED. YES, O yes! if any maid Whom leering Cupid has betrayed O yes, O yes! has any lost A heart which many a sigh hath cost? Which as a pearl disdain does wear? Is any one undone by fire, And turned to ashes through desire? Being cheated of her golden sleep Stolen by sick thoughts?-the pirate's found, And in her tears he shall be drowned. Read his indictment, let him hear What he's to trust to. Boy, give ear! MY From JOHN LYLY's Midas, 1592. DAPHNE. Y Daphne's hair is twisted gold, |