Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Beg. wil therefore tarrie in despight of the flesh & the blood
Beg. Enter a Messenger.
Mes. Mes.
Mes. Your Honors Players hearing your amendment,
Mes. Are come to play a pleasant Comedie,
Mes. For so your doctors hold it very meete,
Mes. Seeing too much sadnesse hath congeal'd your blood,
Mes. And melancholly is the Nurse of frenzie,
Mes. Therefore they thought it good you heare a play,
Mes. And frame your minde to mirth and merriment,
Mes. Which barres a thousand harmes, and lengthens life.
Beg. Beg.
Beg. Marrie I will let them play, it is not a Comon
Beg. tie, a Christmas gambold, or a tumbling tricke?
Lady. Lady.
Lady. No my good Lord, it is more pleasing stuffe.
Beg. What, houshold stuffe.
Lady. It is a kinde of history.