Beggars Bush From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)
BEGGARS BUSH, A COMEDY. Persons Represented in the Play. Wolfort, _an usurper of the Earldom of_ Flanders. Gerrard, _falsely called_ Clause, _King of the Beggars, Father in Law to_ Florez. Hubert, _an honest Lord, a friend to_ Gerrard. Florez, _falsely called_ Goswin, _a rich Merchant of_ Bruges. Hempskirke, _a Captain under_ Wolford. Herman _a Courtier_,} _inhabitants of_
IV. AN INTIMACY
V. THE CHANCE
VI. COMIC OPERA
VII. THE DEPARTURE
VIII. THE DANCE
IX. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
X. IN THE GARDEN
XI. THE REFUSAL
XII. IN LONDON
CHAPTER I
THE HOUSEHOLD AT HILLPORT
She was walking, with her customary air of haughty and rapt leisure,
across the market-place of Bursley, when she observed in front of her,
at the top of Oldcastle Street, two men conversing and gesticulating
vehemently, each seated alone in a dog-cart. These persons, who had met
from opposite directions, were her husband, John Stanway, the
earthenware manufacturer, and David Dain, the solicitor who practised at
BEGGARS BUSH, A COMEDY. Persons Represented in the Play. Wolfort, _an usurper of the Earldom of_ Flanders. Gerrard, _falsely called_ Clause, _King of the Beggars, Father in Law to_ Florez. Hubert, _an honest Lord, a friend to_ Gerrard. Florez, _falsely called_ Goswin, _a rich Merchant of_ Bruges. Hempskirke, _a Captain under_ Wolford. Herman _a Courtier_,} _inhabitants of_