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Full speech
Good sirs, now have ȝe hard and seen this serse Unworthy of ȝour audience I grant, Vnformailie set out in vulgar verse, Of waillit out words and leirnit leid bot skant The Courteous that Princes Hallis do hant, I wait will never for my rudeness ruse me: Ȝit my goodwill for to supply the want, I hope shall of ȝour courtesies excuse me. For passing well I have imployit my Paris Swa that ȝe can be with the same content: For Due regard Good acceptiouns gains, And parties pleisit dois make the time well spe ̄ to Give God had greiter leirning to me lent, I should have schawin the same w to also Good will: Wit ignorance that I did not invent. Ane cheese that might ȝour fantasies fulfil. Last sirs, now let us pray with ane accord, For to preserve the person of our King: Accounting ay this gift as of the Lord, Ane prudent Prince above us for to ring. Than gloir to God, and praysis let us sing, The Father, Soon and holy Gaist our guide, Of his mercies us to conduct and bring, To Heuin for ay, in pleasures to abide.
Plot summary
Plot — Philotus
Rejected by Emily, Philotus engages a bawd to help with his wooing. She recounts to Emily the advantages of marrying a rich old man: social position, fashionable clothes, a life of luxury, and the prospect of early widowhood. Emily is more concerned about his sexual performance, but the bawd emphasizes the opportunities she will have to commit adultery. When Emily remains unconvinced, Philotus agrees with her father Alberto that each will marry the other’s daughter. Emily still refuses, so Alberto threatens her with imprisonment on a bread-and-water diet. She asks for time to think it over. Flavius is a suitor more to Emily’s liking. She absconds disguised as a page, but is seen by her father’s servant. Philotus and Alberto search for her, but find her brother Philerno, who has returned home unrecognized. They take him for his cross-dressed sister: Alberto forgives ‘her’ provided that ‘she’ now consents to the marriage. Philotus takes ‘her’ home and lodges ‘her’ with Brisilla, his daughter and Alberto’s fiancée. Brisilla witnesses a miracle: Philerno prays to be turned into a man to evade the marriage, and instantly becomes one. The nuptial day arrives, and Flavius sees Philotus being married to ‘Emily’. Assuming the Emily he has at home to be a devil in human form, he throws her out of the house. Meanwhile, Philerno hires a whore to take - his place on the wedding night, and she demonstrates who is the dominant partner by beating Philotus. Confronted by Alberto and Flavius, he shows’ his bruises and insists that his Emily, not Flavius’, must be the interloping devil. Philerno reveals his true idéntity, and Philotus realizes with horror that the young man has been sleeping with his daughter. Alberto agrees to waive his claim on Brisilla so that she can-marry Philerno. Philotus acknowledges that he is to blame for ===== PAGE 353 ===== 1585 his own misfortunes, for failing to behave like the old man he is.