The Rare Triumphes of Love and Fortune

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. 1851 Excerpt: ...their names I should go without. Tis easie to see that Lucar loves not Loue and Conscience; But God, I trust, will one day yeeld her just recompence. Simplicitie. Coossen, you said that some thing to me you would giue, When you had gotten preferment of Lucar, to liue; And, I trust, you will remember your poore coossen Simplicitie: You know to Lady Conscience, and ery bodie, I did speake for you. Sinceritie. Good Simplicitie, holde thy peace: my state is yet naught. I will helpe thee, sure, if euer I get ought. But heere comes Sir Nicholas Nemo: to him I will go, And see if for their sakes he will any thing bestow. Enter Sir Nicholas Nemo. Nemo. You come from Loue and Conscience, as seemeth me heere, My speciall good freends, whome I account of most deere: And you are called Sinceritie; your state shewes the same. You are welcome to me for their sakes, and for your owne name; And for their sakes you shall see what I will do for you Without Dissimulation, Fraud, Usurie or Symonie; For they will do nothing without some kind of gaine, Such cankered corruption in their harts doth remaine. But come in to dinner with me, and when you haue dinde You shall haue Presently go out. Sinceritie. You shall haue,--but what? a liuing that is blowne downe with the winde. Simplicitie. Now, coossen, dismember your freends, seeing two liuings you haue, One that this man promist, and another that Lady Lucar gaue. Mas, youl be a jolly man, and you had three or foure more: Lets beg apace, coossen, and we shall get great store. Do thou get some more letters, and He get them scribed of Mistris Loue and Conscience, And wele go beg livings togither: wele beg no small pence. How saiest thou, coossen, Sinceritie? wut do so mich? If we can speake faire and semble, we shalbe plaguie rich....