A PRETTY INTERLUDE, CALLED NICE WANTON.
Wherein ye may see
Three branches of an ill tree:
The mother and her children three,
Two naught, and one godly.
Early sharp, that will be thorn,
Soon ill, that will be naught:
To be naught, better unborn,
Better unfed than naughtily taught.
Ut magnum magnos, pueros puerilia doctus.
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PERSONAGES.
The Messenger.
Barnabas. Iniquity.
Ismael. Baily errand.
Dalilah. Xantippe.
Eulalia. Worldly Shame.
Daniel the Judge.
Anno Domini, M.D.LX.