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  SIR THOMAS MORE
  SIR THOMAS MORE
  Shakespeare
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  DRAMATIS PERSONAE。
  Earl of SHREWSBURY。 Earl of SURREY。 Sir THOMAS PALMER。
  Sir ROGER CHOMLEY。 Sir THOMAS MORE。 Lord Mayor。 Aldermen。
  SURESBY; a Justice。 Other Justices。 Sheriffs。 Recorder。 Sergeant at Arms。
  Clerk of the Council。 ERASMUS。 Bishop of Rochester。 ROPER; son…in…
  law to MORE。 JOHN LINCOLN; a broker。 GEORGE BETTS。 His brother
  (the   'Clown')。  WILLIAMSON;         a  carpenter。  SHERWIN;      a  goldsmith。
  FRANCIS DE BARDE; Lombard。 CAVELER; Lombard。 LIFTER; a cut…
  purse。 SMART; plaintiff against him。 HARRY; ROBIN; KIT; and others;
  Prentices。    MORRIS。      FAULKNER;        his  servant。   Players。   GOUGH。
  CATESBY。   RANDALL。   Butler。   Brewer。   Porter。   Horsekeeper。   CROFTS。
  DOWNES。   Lieutenant   of   the   Tower。   Warders   of   the   Tower。   Gentleman
  Porter of the Tower。 Hangman。
  Lords; Gentlemen; Officers; Messengers; Guard; Attendants。
  Lady MORE。 Lady Mayoress。 Mistress ROPER; daughter to MORE。
  Another    daughter   to  MORE。    DOLL;    wife  to  WILLIAMSON。        A   Poor
  Woman。 Ladies。
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  ACT I。
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  SCENE I。 London。 A Street。
  'Enter; at one end; John Lincoln; with the two Bettses together; at the
  other end; enters Francis de Barde and Doll a lusty woman; he haling her
  by the arm。'
  DOLL。 Whether wilt thou hale me?
  BARDE。 Whether I please; thou art my prize; and I plead purchase of
  thee。
  DOLL。       Purchase    of  me!   away;   ye   rascal!  I  am   an   honest   plain
  carpenters    wife;   and   though   I  have  no   beauty   to  like  a  husband;   yet
  whatsoever is mine scorns to stoop to a stranger: hand off; then; when I
  bid thee!
  BARDE。 Go with me quietly; or I'll compel thee。
  DOLL。       Compel     me;   ye   dog's   face!   thou   thinkst   thou   hast  the
  goldsmith's wife in hand; whom thou enticedst from her husband with all
  his plate; and when thou turndst her home to him again; madst him; like an
  ass; pay for his wife's board。
  BARDE。 So will I make thy husband too; if please me。
  'Enter   Caveler   with   a   pair   of   doves;   Williamson   the   carpenter;   and
  Sherwin following him。'
  DOLL。 Here he comes himself; tell him so; if thou darst。
  CAVELER。 Follow me no further; I say thou shalt not have them。
  WILLIAMSON。 I bought them in Cheapside; and paid my money for
  them。
  SHERWIN。 He did; sir; indeed; and you offer him wrong; both to take
  them from him; and not restore him his money neither。
  CAVELER。 If he paid for them; let it suffice that I possess them: beefs
  and brews may serve such hinds; are pigeons meat for a coarse carpenter?
  LINCOLN。 It is hard when Englishmen's patience must be thus jetted
  on by strangers; and they not dare to revenge their own wrongs。
  GEORGE。 Lincoln; let's beat them down; and bear no more of these
  abuses。
  LINCOLN。 We may not; Betts: be patient; and hear more。
  DOLL。   How   now;   husband!   what;   one   stranger   take   they   food   from
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  thee;   and   another   thy   wife!   by   our   Lady;   flesh   and   blood;   I   think;   can
  hardly brook that。
  LINCOLN。 Will this gear never be otherwise? must these wrongs be
  thus endured?
  GEORGE。 Let us step in; and help to revenge their injury。
  BARDE。 What art thou that talkest of revenge? my lord ambassador
  shall once more make your Major have a check; if he punish thee for this
  saucy presumption。
  WILLIAMSON。            Indeed;     my    lord   Mayor;     on    the   ambassador's
  complaint; sent me to Newgate one day; because (against my will) I took
  the   wall   of   a   stranger:   you   may   do   any   thing;   the   goldsmith's   wife   and
  mine now must be at your commandment。
  GEORGE。 The more patient fools are ye both; to suffer it。
  BARDE。 Suffer it!   mend it thou or he; if   ye can   or dare。  I tell thee;
  fellows; and she were the Mayor of London's wife; had I her once in my
  possession; I would keep her in spite of him that durst say nay。
  GEORGE。 I tell thee; Lombard; these words should cost thy best cape;
  were I not curbed by duty and obedience: the Mayor of London's wife! Oh
  God; shall it be thus?
  DOLL。 Why; Betts; am not I as dear t m husband as my lord Mayor's
  wife to him? and wilt thou so neglectly suffer thine own shame?Hands
  off; proud stranger! or; by him that bought me; if men's milky hearts dare
  not   strike   a   stranger;   yet   women   beat   them   down;   ere   they   bear   these
  abuses。
  BARDE。 Mistress; I say you shall along with me。
  DOLL。 Touch not Doll Williamson; least she lay thee along on God's
  dear   earth。And   you;   sir   'To   Caveler';   that   allow   such   coarse   cates   to
  carpenters;   whilst   pigeons;   which   they   pay   for;   must   serve   your   dainty
  appetite;   deliver   them   back   to   my   husband   again;   or   I'll   call   so   many
  women to mine assistance as will not leave one inch untorn of thee: if our
  husbands   must   be bridled   by  law;   and   forced  to   bear   your   wrongs;   their
  wives will be a little lawless; and soundly beat ye。
  CAVELER。 Come away; De Barde; and let us go complain to my lord
  ambassador。
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  'Exeunt Ambo。'
  DOLL。   Aye;   go;   and   send      him   among   us;   and   we'll   give   him   his
  welcome   too。I   am   ashamed   that   freeborn   Englishmen;   having   beaten
  strangers   within their   own homes;  should   thus be braved   and   abused   by
  them at home。
  SHERWIN。   It   is   not   our   lack   of   courage   in   the   cause;   but   the   strict
  obedience   that   we   are   bound   to。   I   am   the   goldsmith   whose   wrongs   you
  talked of; but how to redress yours or mine own is a matter beyond our
  abilities。
  LINCOLN。 Not so; not so; my good friends: I; though a mean man; a
  broker by profession; and named John Lincoln; have long time winked at
  these wild enormities with mighty impatience; and; as these two brethren
  here (Betts by name) can witness; with loss of mine own life would gladly
  remedy them。
  GEORGE。 And he is in a good forwardness; I tell ye; if all hit right。
  DOLL。 As how; I prithee? tell it to Doll Williamson。
  LINCOLN。 You know the Spittle sermons begin the next week: I have
  drawn a bill of our wrongs and the strangers' insolences。
  GEORGE。 Which he means the preachers shall there openly publish in
  the pulpit。
  WILLIAMSON。 Oh;  but   that   they  would!   yfaith;  it   would   tickle   our
  strangers thoroughly。
  DOLL。 Aye;   and   if   you   men   durst   not   undertake   it;   before   God;   we
  women       would。    Take   an   honest   woman      from    her  husband!     why;   it  is
  intolerable。
  SHERWIN。 But how find ye the preachers affected to our proceeding?
  LINCOLN。 Master Doctor Standish hath answered that it becomes not
  him to move any such thing in his sermon; and tells us we must move the
  Mayor and aldermen to reform it; and doubts not but happy success will
  ensue on statement of our wrongs。 You shall perceive there's no hurt in the
  bill: here's a couple of it; I pray ye; hear it。
  ALL。 With all our hearts; for God's sake; read it。
  LINCOLN。  'Reads。' To   you   all;  the   worshipful   lords   and   masters   of
  this city; that will take compassion over the poor people your neighbors;
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  and   also   of   the   great   importable   hurts;   losses;   and   hinderances;   whereof
  proceedeth   extreme   poverty  to   all   the   king's   subjects   that   inhabit   within
  this city and suburbs of the same: for so it is that aliens and strangers eat
  the   bread   from   the   fatherless   children;   and   take   the   living   from   all   the
  artificers and the intercourse from all the merchants; whereby poverty is so
  much      increased;    that   every    man    bewaileth     the   misery    of   other;   for
  craftsmen be brought to beggary; and merchants to neediness: wherefore;
  the   premises   considered;   the   redress   must   b