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SIR THOMAS MORE
SIR THOMAS MORE
Shakespeare
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE。
Earl of SHREWSBURY。 Earl of SURREY。 Sir THOMAS PALMER。
Sir ROGER CHOMLEY。 Sir THOMAS MORE。 Lord Mayor。 Aldermen。
SURESBY; a Justice。 Other Justices。 Sheriffs。 Recorder。 Sergeant at Arms。
Clerk of the Council。 ERASMUS。 Bishop of Rochester。 ROPER; son…in…
law to MORE。 JOHN LINCOLN; a broker。 GEORGE BETTS。 His brother
(the 'Clown')。 WILLIAMSON; a carpenter。 SHERWIN; a goldsmith。
FRANCIS DE BARDE; Lombard。 CAVELER; Lombard。 LIFTER; a cut…
purse。 SMART; plaintiff against him。 HARRY; ROBIN; KIT; and others;
Prentices。 MORRIS。 FAULKNER; his servant。 Players。 GOUGH。
CATESBY。 RANDALL。 Butler。 Brewer。 Porter。 Horsekeeper。 CROFTS。
DOWNES。 Lieutenant of the Tower。 Warders of the Tower。 Gentleman
Porter of the Tower。 Hangman。
Lords; Gentlemen; Officers; Messengers; Guard; Attendants。
Lady MORE。 Lady Mayoress。 Mistress ROPER; daughter to MORE。
Another daughter to MORE。 DOLL; wife to WILLIAMSON。 A Poor
Woman。 Ladies。
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ACT I。
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SCENE I。 London。 A Street。
'Enter; at one end; John Lincoln; with the two Bettses together; at the
other end; enters Francis de Barde and Doll a lusty woman; he haling her
by the arm。'
DOLL。 Whether wilt thou hale me?
BARDE。 Whether I please; thou art my prize; and I plead purchase of
thee。
DOLL。 Purchase of me! away; ye rascal! I am an honest plain
carpenters wife; and though I have no beauty to like a husband; yet
whatsoever is mine scorns to stoop to a stranger: hand off; then; when I
bid thee!
BARDE。 Go with me quietly; or I'll compel thee。
DOLL。 Compel me; ye dog's face! thou thinkst thou hast the
goldsmith's wife in hand; whom thou enticedst from her husband with all
his plate; and when thou turndst her home to him again; madst him; like an
ass; pay for his wife's board。
BARDE。 So will I make thy husband too; if please me。
'Enter Caveler with a pair of doves; Williamson the carpenter; and
Sherwin following him。'
DOLL。 Here he comes himself; tell him so; if thou darst。
CAVELER。 Follow me no further; I say thou shalt not have them。
WILLIAMSON。 I bought them in Cheapside; and paid my money for
them。
SHERWIN。 He did; sir; indeed; and you offer him wrong; both to take
them from him; and not restore him his money neither。
CAVELER。 If he paid for them; let it suffice that I possess them: beefs
and brews may serve such hinds; are pigeons meat for a coarse carpenter?
LINCOLN。 It is hard when Englishmen's patience must be thus jetted
on by strangers; and they not dare to revenge their own wrongs。
GEORGE。 Lincoln; let's beat them down; and bear no more of these
abuses。
LINCOLN。 We may not; Betts: be patient; and hear more。
DOLL。 How now; husband! what; one stranger take they food from
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thee; and another thy wife! by our Lady; flesh and blood; I think; can
hardly brook that。
LINCOLN。 Will this gear never be otherwise? must these wrongs be
thus endured?
GEORGE。 Let us step in; and help to revenge their injury。
BARDE。 What art thou that talkest of revenge? my lord ambassador
shall once more make your Major have a check; if he punish thee for this
saucy presumption。
WILLIAMSON。 Indeed; my lord Mayor; on the ambassador's
complaint; sent me to Newgate one day; because (against my will) I took
the wall of a stranger: you may do any thing; the goldsmith's wife and
mine now must be at your commandment。
GEORGE。 The more patient fools are ye both; to suffer it。
BARDE。 Suffer it! mend it thou or he; if ye can or dare。 I tell thee;
fellows; and she were the Mayor of London's wife; had I her once in my
possession; I would keep her in spite of him that durst say nay。
GEORGE。 I tell thee; Lombard; these words should cost thy best cape;
were I not curbed by duty and obedience: the Mayor of London's wife! Oh
God; shall it be thus?
DOLL。 Why; Betts; am not I as dear t m husband as my lord Mayor's
wife to him? and wilt thou so neglectly suffer thine own shame?Hands
off; proud stranger! or; by him that bought me; if men's milky hearts dare
not strike a stranger; yet women beat them down; ere they bear these
abuses。
BARDE。 Mistress; I say you shall along with me。
DOLL。 Touch not Doll Williamson; least she lay thee along on God's
dear earth。And you; sir 'To Caveler'; that allow such coarse cates to
carpenters; whilst pigeons; which they pay for; must serve your dainty
appetite; deliver them back to my husband again; or I'll call so many
women to mine assistance as will not leave one inch untorn of thee: if our
husbands must be bridled by law; and forced to bear your wrongs; their
wives will be a little lawless; and soundly beat ye。
CAVELER。 Come away; De Barde; and let us go complain to my lord
ambassador。
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'Exeunt Ambo。'
DOLL。 Aye; go; and send him among us; and we'll give him his
welcome too。I am ashamed that freeborn Englishmen; having beaten
strangers within their own homes; should thus be braved and abused by
them at home。
SHERWIN。 It is not our lack of courage in the cause; but the strict
obedience that we are bound to。 I am the goldsmith whose wrongs you
talked of; but how to redress yours or mine own is a matter beyond our
abilities。
LINCOLN。 Not so; not so; my good friends: I; though a mean man; a
broker by profession; and named John Lincoln; have long time winked at
these wild enormities with mighty impatience; and; as these two brethren
here (Betts by name) can witness; with loss of mine own life would gladly
remedy them。
GEORGE。 And he is in a good forwardness; I tell ye; if all hit right。
DOLL。 As how; I prithee? tell it to Doll Williamson。
LINCOLN。 You know the Spittle sermons begin the next week: I have
drawn a bill of our wrongs and the strangers' insolences。
GEORGE。 Which he means the preachers shall there openly publish in
the pulpit。
WILLIAMSON。 Oh; but that they would! yfaith; it would tickle our
strangers thoroughly。
DOLL。 Aye; and if you men durst not undertake it; before God; we
women would。 Take an honest woman from her husband! why; it is
intolerable。
SHERWIN。 But how find ye the preachers affected to our proceeding?
LINCOLN。 Master Doctor Standish hath answered that it becomes not
him to move any such thing in his sermon; and tells us we must move the
Mayor and aldermen to reform it; and doubts not but happy success will
ensue on statement of our wrongs。 You shall perceive there's no hurt in the
bill: here's a couple of it; I pray ye; hear it。
ALL。 With all our hearts; for God's sake; read it。
LINCOLN。 'Reads。' To you all; the worshipful lords and masters of
this city; that will take compassion over the poor people your neighbors;
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and also of the great importable hurts; losses; and hinderances; whereof
proceedeth extreme poverty to all the king's subjects that inhabit within
this city and suburbs of the same: for so it is that aliens and strangers eat
the bread from the fatherless children; and take the living from all the
artificers and the intercourse from all the merchants; whereby poverty is so
much increased; that every man bewaileth the misery of other; for
craftsmen be brought to beggary; and merchants to neediness: wherefore;
the premises considered; the redress must b