You are great in all that's good.
By Duke, in The Royal Master (1.1), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v

A.
B.
I expected not these guests to-day; they'll take us unprepared.
By Simphorosa, in The Royal Master (1.2), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v

The court. Confine such beauty to to a country house /
live among hinds and thick- skinned fellows that make faces and
will hope a furlong back / to find the t'other leg they threw away /
to show their reverence with things that squat / when they
should make a curtsy.
By Octavio, in The Royal Master (1.2), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v

We can tell the world / how envious diamonds cause they could not /
reach to the luster of your eyes dissolved / to angry tears the roses
droop and gathering / their leaves together seem to chide their
blushes / that they must yield your cheek the victory / the lillies
when they are censured for comparing / with your more clear
and native purity / want white to do their penance in.
By Octavio, in The Royal Master (1.2), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v

A.
B.
A.
in this you most / appear a stranger she is the glory / of
Nables for her person and her virtues / that dwells in this
obscure place like the shrine / of some great Saint to which e> devotion / from several parts brings daily men like pilgrims
By Montalto, in The Royal Master (1.2), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v

ie, almost drunke off.
the bottle grows light headed
By Bombo, in The Royal Master (2.1), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 113v

Why that blush / the words are not immodest there did want / no
blood upon your cheek to make it lovely / or does it flow in silence
to express / that which e> your virgin language would not be / so soon
held guilty of, consent.
By King, in The Royal Master (2.1), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

There's nothing good or great you have not / freely possessed
me with; your favours would, / so mighty have they fallen upon me,
rather / express a storm; and I had sunk beneath / the welcome violence; had not your love / from when they flowed enabled me to strength / and manly bearing.
By Montalto, in The Royal Master (2.1), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r

Princes do honor when they come upon their subjects invitiation but they love where they
invite themselves.
By Guido, in The Royal Master (1.2), James Shirley
in British Library Additional MS 22608, f. 114r