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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: by Land and Sea. TRAGI-COMEDY. As it was Acted, with great Applause, by the Queen's servants. Written by THO. HAYWOOD and WILLIAM ROWLY. LONDON, Printed for John Sweeting, at the Angel, in Popes- head Alley, and Robert Pollard, at the Ben Johnson s Head, behind the Exchange. THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY. Old Forrest. Frank Forrest, ], r T, his sons. Young Forrest, J Old Harding. Philip, his eldest son, married to Susan Forrest. William, 1, - ins younger sons. J OHN, j Master Eainsford, a quarrelsome Gentleman. Goodwin, 'I, . ., Friends to Hainsford. Foster, A Merchant, brother to Mrs. Harding. Purser, ] Pirates. Clinton, J Clown. Pursuivant. Host. Sailors. Hangman. Drawers. Officers. Mrs. Anne Harding, second wife to Old Harding. Susan, daughter of old Forrest, wife of Philip Harding. The Scene, London, [and on tJie Sea.] FORTUNE BY LAND AND SEA. Act I. Scene I. Old Forrest's House. Enter Rainsford, old Forrest, Frank Forrest, Susan Forrest, Goodwin, and Foster. Rains. I prithee, Frank, let's have thy company to supper. Frank. With all my heart: if I can but give my father here the slip by six o'clock, I will not fail. Rains. I'll talk with him. I prithee, old man, lend us thy son to-night. We'll borrow him but for some two hours, and send him home again to thee presently. Good. Faith, do, Mr. Forrest; he cannot spend his time in better company. Old For. Oh, gentlemen, this too much liberty Breeds many strange outrageous ills in youth, And fashions them to vice. Rains. Nay, school us not, old man. Some of us are too old to learn; and being past whipping too, there's no hope of profiting. If we shall have him, say so. If not, I prithee keep him still, and God give...

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