MOPSA

Despised, cannot a virgin love a young man I pray but she must despise him. Smoyles, let me alone to smoile, and something else when we are alone; if I thought he did not love me, I know What I know Nay and I were a bed with him he should not sleep so long as his eyes were open, I'de watch him for that, but do you think my father would let us couple in matrimony as they say, he has never a son but I and I am his only daughter. Whoop my mother's a scold Dear; I never cost you anything But for all his quaint speeches I'll keep my honesty close enough I warrant you Does my face look Like a flapiack? O fine what's that Madam? I wonot have it, and he wou worser give it me I'll take it for your sake, I wonot thank him A fine thing our man Dorus game, he says 'tis a fish Come Dorus Who I Who me Rest you content; you are a Princess born I might have been so to, some body may be a Queen before you, make what you can of that There is a tree, and there is things worth wishing, and some may wish and wishes may be had make what you can of that too You may know more hereafter, but till then I must pre fume upon your Princely patience to keep your Chamber, it is now my reign and do not dare to follow I faith I will Pamela, and reward it, go in sweet Lady, on my Royal word I will, Happy Dorus I I the tree, when I climb that tree, honey Dorus tell me it over again, my deer bird what did Jupiter to Apollo. The tree we wot of; on sweet bird O brave Now it comes O now now now. O the tree, the tree, the tree I'll be Queen or Apollo shall never look me in the face again, quickly sweet Dorus, come muffle me I long to be Queen, and my father shall ask me blessing. O let me kiss it toes Hail upon hail sweet tree, Crown thee and all thy wishes, O Dorus up womee Dorus, up womee, up womee, up womee Dorus, teach me to climb the right way prithee Under three Mopsa's I'll not talk to they, I'll not be cozened I'll ask a king to my hus and, and thou shalt be he Into the great ears of Apollo Now let my invocation hollow O thou that lightest all the day For some to work and some to play By owl light now Incline a gracious ear to me Thus muffled in thy wishing Singing whoop whoop who And pardon this my subtlety That I deceive the passers by I in this bough Do use the accents of that fowl Because I would be thought and Owl With whoop whoop whoee That's a spirit in the voice of Dorus, but I'll not answer. O cunning Devils, but I'll not hear nor speak a sillable Whoop whoop whooe—Heigh I hear another singing spirit in my father's voice, be't Apollo himself, under three Mopsa's I'll not speak Whoop whoop, whooe I have and extreme list now so I have saving your pre sense, devil would restore your sense Whoop whoop whooe Would would would, There's one time, again again sweet Apollo There's two times, Mopsa once more and it's Apollo Yes yes divine Apollo Thank your Deity Answer my wishes as thou art Phebus, as thou art Apollo though in the likeness of the Clown my father, grant me my wishes first, I ask a King to be my husband. Let him be hanged I care not, but let Dorus be a King, and let him be my husband good Apollo I do not ask for wit, I tell thee, let me have a sufficient husband and let him be a King O that, that, that I defy her and thee and thou be'st not Apollo, Are not you God Apollo As sure as you are my father and you my mother, theres No body at home Dorus and Pamela, or two fiends with their voices pastby while I was in Apollos tree So Devil Dorus told me Nay then where was your own.