The knight of the burning pestle [Electronic resource]/

<TITLE THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE.>
   <SSD ENTER PROLOGVE.>
FROM ALL THAT'S NEERE THE COURT, FROM ALL THAT'S GREAT
WITHIN THE COMPASSE OF THE CITTY-WALS,
WE NOW HAUE BROUGHT OUR SCEANE.
   <SSD ENTER CITIZEN.>
<Q CIT.> HOLD YOUR PEACE GOOD-MAN BOY.
<Q PRO.> WHAT DO YOU MEANE SIR?
<Q CIT.> THAT YOU HAUE NO GOOD MEANING: THIS SEUEN YEARES
THERE HATH BEENE PLAYES AT THIS HOUSE, I HAUE OBSERUED IT,
YOU HAUE STILL GIRDS AT CITIZENS;AND NOW YOU CALL YOUR PLAY,
THE LONDON MARCHANT. DOWNE WITH YOUR TITLE BOY,DOWNE
WITH YOUR TITLE.
<Q PRO.> ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE NOBLE CITTY?
<Q CIT.> I AM.
<Q PRO.> AND A FREE-MAN?
<Q CIT.> YEA, AND A GROCER.
<Q PRO.> SO GROCER, THEN BY YOUR SWEET FAUOUR, WE INTEND
NO ABUSE TO THE CITTY.
<Q CIT.> NO SIR, YES SIR, IF YOU WERE NOT RESOLU'D TO PLAY THE
IACKS, WHAT NEED YOU STUDY FOR NEW SUBIECTS, PURPOSELY TO
ABUSE YOUR BETTERS? WHY COULD NOT YOU BE CONTENTED, AS WELL
AS OTHER, WITH THE LEGEND OF WHITTINGTON, OR THE LIFE & DEATH
OF SIR THOMAS GRESHAM? WITH . . .

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