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THE CAPTAIN FORSWEARS SWAGGERING. CAPTAIN RAVENSHAW OR, THE MAID OF CHEAPSIDE A Romance of Elizabethan London By Robert Neilson Stephens Author of "Philip Winwood," "A Gentleman Player…
MEN OF DESPERATE FORTUNES. "Though my hard fate has thrust me out to servitude, I tumbled into th' world a gentleman."— The Changeling. It was long past curfew, yet Captain Ravenshaw s…
DISTURBERS OF THE NIGHT. "I will have the wench." "If you can get her."— The Coxcomb. The captain gave instructions, as he and his pupils strode forward. The two boys with the lig…
MASTER JERNINGHAM'S MADNESS. "I must and will obtain her; I am ashes else."— The Humourous Lieutenant. Now it happened that while Captain Ravenshaw and his companions were speeding up …
THE ART OF ROARING. "Damn me, I will be a roarer, or't shall cost me a fall."— Amends for Ladies. On the February morning when he rose from bed in the coal-house attached to the haunte…
PENNILESS COMPANIONS. "I walk in great danger of small debts. I owe money to several hostesses." — The Puritan. The next day, after dinner, finding the four dupes as much puffed up with ima…
REVENGE UPON WOMANKIND. "Get me access to th' Lady Belvidere, But for a minute."— Women Pleased. Among newcomers who at that moment pressed forward to see what was the matter, were Mas…
MISTRESS MILLICENT. "'Tis a pretty wench, a very pretty wench,—nay, a very, very, very pretty wench." — The Wise-woman of Hogsdon. The house of Thomas Etheridge, goldsmith, was near fa…
SIR PEREGRINE MEDWAY. "How the roses, That kept continual spring within her cheeks, Are withered with the old man's dull embraces!" — The Night-Walker. As the captain entered, he heard…
THE PRAISE OF INNOCENCE. "He keeps his promise best that breaks with hell."— The Widow. The Royal Exchange, or Gresham's Bourse, formed an open quadrangle, where the merchants congrega…
