A01981:168
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Actus secundi, Scena secunda.
Enter Demeneta and Thisbe.
Dem. Thisbe my wench, thou must be secret unto all my commands.
This. As your own heart could wish, as your trusty cabinet.
This. As your owne heart could wish, as your trusty cabinet.
Dem. I am confident of thee; thou knowest how I loved that proud boy Cnemon, what proffers I made him, what favours I bestowed upon him, and all to win him to my embraces, yet how scornfully and scurvily he refused me, with what disdain he left me; I am now resolved no longer to solicit my love but to execute my revenge; I have devised a dainty plot against him, which will take according as I would wish, follow thou my directions.