ABSTRACT
IIOTheTamingofiheShrew begintoplay,andtheTablestakenaway,theGentlemenand Gentle-womenfelltodancing,thentheyplayedapleasantComedic, afterwhichfollowedaBanket,whereastheyhadpresentlystoreof IpocrasandpreciousWine,withallsortsofconfitures,tothisPrince ofthenewImpression,soashewasdrunke,&fellsoundlieasleepe. Here-upontheDukecommandedthatheeshouldbeedisrobedofall hisricheattire.Heewasputintohisolderaggesandcarriedinto thesameplace,wherehehadbeenfoundthenightbefore,where heespentthatnight.Beingawakeinthemorning,heebeganto rememberwhathadhappenedbefore,heeknewenotwhetherit weretrueindeede,oradreamethathadtroubledhisbraine.Butin theend,aftermanydiscourses,heeconcludsthatallwasbuta dreamethathadhappeneduntohim,andsoentertainedhiswife, hisChildrenandhisneighbors,withoutanyotherapprehension. ThisHistoricputmeeinmindeofthatwhichSenecasaythinthe endeofhis59lettertoLucilius.Noman,saieshe,canrejoyceand contenthimselfe,ifhebenotnoblyminded,justandtemperate. Whatthen?Arethewickeddeprivedofalljoye?theyaregladas theLionsthathavefoundtheirprey.Beingfullofwineandluxury, havingspentthenightingourmandise,whenaspleasurespoored intothisvessellofthebodie(beeingtolittletocontainesomuch) begannetofoameout,thesemiserablewretcheseriewithhimof whomeVirgillspeakes,
Thouknowest,howinthemidestofpastimesfalse&vaine, Wecastandpastourlatestnig~tofpaine.
