Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.

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Title: Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
Author: Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Publication: London :: Printed by A. Warren, for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Tho. Dicas ...,; 1662.
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Scene 27.

Enter the Lady Bashfull, and Reformer her woman.

REformer.

Madam, shall your wedding be private, or publick?

Lady Bashfull.

Private.

Reformer.

I wonder you will have it private.

Lady Bashfull.

Why do you wonder?

Reformer.

Because the wedding-day is the only triumphant day of a young maids life.

Lady Bashfull.

Do you call that a triumphant day, that inslaves a woman all her life after; no, I will make no triumph on that day.

Reformer.

Why, you had better have one day than none.

Lady Bashfull.

If my whole life were triumphant, it would be but as one day when it was past, or rather as no day nor time; for what is past, is as if it never were; and for one day I will never put my self to that ceremonious trouble, which belongs to feasting; revelling, dressing and the like.

Reformer.

I perceive your Ladyship desires to be undrest upon the Wed∣ding-day.

Lady Bashfull.

No, that I do not, but as I will not be carelesly undrest, so I will not be drest for a Pageant show.

Exeunt.