Excerpt: ...limbs; and then Cast on the dunghill naked, and become Hideously alive again from head to heel, Made even the carrion-nosing mongrel vomit With hate and horror. PAGET. Nay, you sicken me To hear you. HOWARD. Fancy-sick; these things are done, Done right against the promise of this Queen Twice given. PAGET. No faith with heretics, my Lord! Hist! there be two old gossips-gospellers, I take it; stand behind the pillar here; I warrant you they talk about the burning. Enter TWO OLD WOMEN. JOAN, and after her TIB. ...
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Excerpt: ...limbs; and then Cast on the dunghill naked, and become Hideously alive again from head to heel, Made even the carrion-nosing mongrel vomit With hate and horror. PAGET. Nay, you sicken me To hear you. HOWARD. Fancy-sick; these things are done, Done right against the promise of this Queen Twice given. PAGET. No faith with heretics, my Lord! Hist! there be two old gossips-gospellers, I take it; stand behind the pillar here; I warrant you they talk about the burning. Enter TWO OLD WOMEN. JOAN, and after her TIB. JOAN. Why, it be Tib! TIB. I cum behind tha, gall, and couldn't make tha hear. Eh, the wind and the wet! What a day, what a day! nigh upo' judgement daay loike. Pwoaps be pretty things, Joan, but they wunt set i' the Lord's cheer o' that daay. JOAN. I must set down myself, Tib; it be a var waay vor my owld legs up vro' Islip. Eh, my rheumatizy be that bad howiver be I to win to the burnin'. TIB. I should saay 'twur ower by now. I'd ha' been here avore, but Dumble wur blow'd wi' the wind, and Dumble's the best milcher in Islip. JOAN. Our Daisy's as good 'z her. TIB. Noa, Joan. JOAN. Our Daisy's butter's as good'z hern. TIB. Noa, Joan. JOAN. Our Daisy's cheeses be better. TIB. Noa, Joan. JOAN. Eh, then ha' thy waay wi' me, Tib; ez thou hast wi' thy owld man. TIB. Ay, Joan, and my owld man wur up and awaay betimes wi' dree hard eggs for a good pleace at the burnin'; and barrin' the wet, Hodge 'ud ha' been a-harrowin' o' white peasen i' the outfield-and barrin' the wind, Dumble wur blow'd wi' the wind, so 'z we was forced to stick her, but we fetched her round at last. Thank the Lord therevore. Dumble's the best milcher in Islip. JOAN. Thou's thy way wi' man and beast, Tib. I wonder at tha', it beats me! Eh, but I do know ez Pwoaps and vires be bad things; tell 'ee now, I heerd summat as summun towld summun o' owld Bishop Gardiner's end; there wur an owld lord a-cum to dine wi' un, and a wur so owld a couldn't bide vor his dinner, but a had to...
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