Yet fright all aches from your bones?

Here’s a med’cine for the nones.


An amatory appeal is made in a scene from Bussy D’Ambois, a drama by the English playwright George Chapman (c. 1559–c. 1634). Monsieur, brother of King Henry III of France, addresses the Countess Tamyra:

Monsieur: And wherefore do you this? To please your husband?

’Tis gross and fulsome: if your husband’s pleasure

Be all your object, and you aim at honor

In living close to him, get you from Court;

You may have him at home; these common put-offs

For common women serve: “My honor! Husband!”