_Abb_. Which our prayers
In all our best devotions shall assist.
_Ashb_. All ours, great Syr, to boote.
_Av_. Wee knowe you well and thanke you.
_Ashb_. But must nowe
Forsake this place, which wee shall ever blesse
For the greate good that wee have fownd therein,
And hence remoove for _England_.
_Av_. Not beefore
All your successfull Joyes wee heare related
To comfort our late sorrowes; to which purpose
Wee invite you and your frends to feast with us.
That granted, we will see you safe aboord:
And as wee heare rejoyce in your affayers,
Forget not us in _England_ in your prayers.
[_Exeunt_.
FINIS.
INTRODUCTION TO THE COSTLIE WHORE.
_The Costlie Whore_, though not of the highest rarity, is a scarce play.
It has never been reprinted, and thoroughly deserves on its own merits a
place in the present collection. The conduct of the story is simple and
straight-forward; the interest is well sustained; and the poetry has all
the freshness and glow of youth.
The play bears some indications of having been written in 1613.
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