Band, Cuff, and Ruff, or Exchange Ware at the Second Hand anon. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A03424 of text S104456 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 1355). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. Martin Mueller Incompletely or incorrectly transcribed words were reviewed and in many cases fixed by Hannah Bredar This text has not been fully proofread EarlyPrint Project Evanston IL, Notre Dame IN, St.Louis, Washington MO 2017 Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License A03424.xml A merrie dialogue, betweene Band, Cuffe, and Ruffe: done by an excellent wit, and lately acted in a shew in the famous Vniversitie of Cambridge. 6 600dpi TIFF G4 page images University of Michigan, Digital Library Production Service Ann Arbor, Michigan 2011 April (TCP phase 2) 99840194 STC (2nd ed.) 1355. Greg I:326(a). 4670 A03424 2240904305

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 A merrie dialogue, betweene Band, Cuffe, and Ruffe: done by an excellent wit, and lately acted in a shew in the famous Vniversitie of Cambridge. [12] p. Printed by William Stansby for Miles Partrich, and are to be sold at his shop in Fleetstreet, neare vnto Chancerie-lane, London : 1615. 1615

Signatures: A-B4 (-A1, B4).

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

 A03424 shc Band, Cuff, and Ruff, or Exchange Ware at the Second Hand Anon. Hannah Bredar 1615 play comedy shc no A03424 S104456 (STC 1355). 10 2179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. Incorporated ~ 10,000 textual changes made to the SHC corpus by Hannah Bredar, Kate Needham, and Lydia Zoells between April and July 2015 during visits, separately or together, to the Bodleian, Folger and Houghton Libraries as well as the Rare Book Libraries at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago

A MERRIE DIALOGVE , Betweene BAND , CVFFE , and RVFFE : Done by an excellent WIT , And Lately acted in a shew in the famous Vniversitie of CAMBRIDGE .

LONDON , Printed by William Stansby for Miles Partrich , and are to be sold at his shop in Fleetstreet , neare vnto Chancerielane . 1615 .

A Merrie Dialogue betweene BAND , CVFFE , and RVFFE . ACTORS . Band , Cuffe , and Ruffe . Enter BAND and CVFFE . Band .

CVFFE , where art thou ?

Cuffe .

Here at hand .

Band .

Where is this Cuffe ?

Cuffe

Almost at your Elbow .

ENTER RVFFE . Ruffe

OH Band , art thou there ? I thought thou haddest beene worne out of date by this time , or shrunke in the wetting at least .

Band .

What ? doe you thinke I am afraid of your great words ? no , you shall know that there be men of fashion in place , as well as your selfe .

Cuffe .

Good Band , doe not fret so .

Band .

A scurvie shag-ragge Gentleman , new come out of the North , a Punie , a Freshman , come vp hither to learne fashions and seeke to expell me ?

Cuffe .

Nay : if you bee so broad with him , Band , we shall haue a fray presently .

Ruffe .

Sir , I le pull downe your Choller from you .

He iustles B. and C. staies him . Cuffe .

It was fit time for mee to stay you vp , for I am sure you were a falling Band .

Ruffe .

Well , Band , for all you are so stiffe , I le make you limber enough before I haue done with you .

Band .

No , Hodge Peake , it s more then you can doe .

Ruffe .

Sfoot , let mee come to him : well , Band , let mee catch you in another place , and I will make cut-worke of you .

Band .

Ther 's ne're a Spanish Ruffe of you all can doe it .

Cuffe .

Sfoot , if these two should goe together by the cares and hurt one another , Ruffe would be in a fine plight : would he not ?

Ruffe .

Well , Band , looke to thy selfe , for if I meet thee , I will lace thee roundly .

Band .

Lace me ? thou wouldest bee laced thy selfe , Ruffe , for this is the very truth , thou art a plaine Knaue .

Cuffe .

If they talke of lacing , I were best looke about my selfe .

Ruffe .

Darest thou meet me in the field ?

Band .

In the field ? why ? thou art but an effeminate fellow , Ruffe ; for all thou art so well set : but at what weapon ?

Ruffe .

Nay , I will giue thee that aduantage , bring thou what weapons thou wilt , I scorne to make any thing of thee , Band , but needle worke .

Band .

Sfoot , thou shalt know , a Gentleman and a Souldier scornes thy proffer .

Ruffe .

A Souldier ?

Cuffe .

Did you not heare of the great Bands went ouer of late ?

Ruffe .

Where did you serue ? in the Lowe Countries ?

Cuffe .

It may be so ; for I am sure he is a Holland Band .

Band .

Where I haue serued , it is no matter , but I am sure I haue beene pressed oft .

Cuffe .

Truely , his Landresse will beare him witnesse thereof .

Ruffe .

Presse mee no pressings , I le make you know that Ruffe is steeled to the back , if I had my stick here , you should feele it .

Band .

Nay bragger , it is not your great words can carrie it away so ; giue Band but a hemme , and he will bee for you at any time , name the place , the time and houre of our meeting .

Ruffe .

The place , the Paper mills , where I will teare thee into rags , before I haue done with thee : the time , to morrow in the after-noone about one : but doe you heare ? wee will fight single , you shall not be double , Band .

Cuffe .

Now I perceiue , the Spaniard and the Hollander will to it roundly .

Ruffe .

But doe you heare ? once more doe not say at our next meeting you forgot the time .

Cuffe .

No , I dare warrant you , there is no man more carefull of the time then he : for I am sure hee hath alwaies at the least a dozen Clocks about him .

Ruffe .

Farewell then .

Band .

Then farewell .

Cuffe .

Nay , you shall not part so , you will goe into the fields , and know not what fighting meanes : a couple of white liuered fellowes , your Landresse will make you both as white as a clout it shee list ; If you lack beating , shee 'l beat you I le warrant you , shee 'l so clap your sides together , that they shall bee beaten out in once or twice handling ; why ? I haue known her leaue her marke behinde her a whole weeke after , shee ll quickly beate you Blacke and Blew , for I am sure shee 'll scarce wash white before shee starch .

Band .

Well , remember the time and place , Ruffe .

Cuffe .

Well , remember your sclues and Misteris Stichwell , one to whom you haue beene both beholding in your dayes .

Band .

Who ? Mistris Stichwell , by this light I know her not .

Cuffe .

No , nor you neither .

Ruffe .

Nor I , I sweare by all the Gumme and Blew-starch in Christendome .

Cuffe .

I thought so , why it s the Semster , one that both you had beene vndone had it not beene for her , but what talke you of vndoing ? I say Mister is Stichwell the Semster was the very maker of you both , yet thus little doe you regard her , but it is the common custome of you all , when you come to bee so great as you are , you forget from what house you come .

Ruffe .

Sfoote Ruffe careth not a pinne for her .

Band .

Nor Band a button .

Cuffe .

Well Band and Ruffe , you were best both of you to take heede of her , you knowe shee set you both in the Stocks once before , and if shee catch you againe , it is a hundreth to one , if she hang you not both vp , for she hath got strings already .

Ruffe .

Meet me , if thou darest ?

Band .

The place the Paper-mils , the hower to morrow at one .

Cuffe .

Since you will goe , goe ; but heare me , if you goe , looke at me well ; as little a fellow as I am , I will come and Cuffe you both out of the fields ; if I doe not , say , Cuffe is no man of his hands .

Ruffe .

Alas poore shrimpe , thou art nothing in my hands .

Cuffe .

If you goe , you shall neuer say that Cuffe came of a sleeuelesse errand , I le binde your hands ( I warrant you ) for striking .

Band .

Say and hold .

Ruffe .

Remember the Paper-mils .

Cuffe .

And you bee so chollericke , I le euen pinne you both in , as soone as I come home : can you not decide the quarrell betweene your selues without a field ? I had thought you had beene a little more milde , Ruffe . You were a horrible Puritane the other day , a very precise Ruffe .

Ruffe .

Hang him , base Rascall : would hee not make any man mad , to see such a — I durst not scarce peep out before Coller came to Towne , now to swagger thus .

Cuffe .

Come , you shall be friends , Band .

Band .

Friends with him ? such a base Rascall ? he is a very threed-bare fellow , I scorne , but my man Coller should goe as well as hee euery day in the weeke , and be friends with him .

Ruffe .

Thy man Coller ? thy Master , thou wouldest haue said , I am sure hee is thy vp-holder .

Cuffe .

Nay , surely he is his Master , at least his Maker : for Bands , make rags ; Rags make Paper ; Paper makes Past-board ; and Past-board makes Collar ; and I thinke that this is a stiffe argument that he is his Master .

Ruffe .

Well , be he what he will , if I catch his Collar , I le cut him in jags , let mee but claspe him , and I le make him for stirring .

Cuffe .

But you shall not fight : haue you not Friends & Neighbours enough to end this controuersie , but you must goe into the fields , and there cut the threed of your liues ? wee 'l haue none of that , come choose you an Vmpire , Band , for it shall be so .

Band .

Since you will force me to it , if Ruffe be content , I am willing .

Cuffe .

Ruffe , you shall be content .

Ruffe .

If I shall then , I must , let him name him .

Band .

If I may choose , I le haue Master Handkerchiefe .

Cuffe .

Nay , stay there , he is a most filthy Sniveling fellow , and he will wipe your Nose of all , if you put the case to him , but what say you to Shirt ?

Ruffe .

He is a shifting knaue , and one , to whom Band , a little before hath beene much beholding , they were ioyned a long time togither in friendship .

Cuffe .

Why , then goe to Master Cap , the headman of the Towne .

Band .

No , I denie that , he is a very bad Iustice , you may haue him wrought on any side for monie .

Ruffe .

I le tell you what , then wee will goe to my Lord Corpus himselfe .

Band .

He is not in Towne .

Ruffe .

He is , for I saw Sock , his chiefe Footeman in Towne .

Cuffe .

Heer 's a doe with you , and my Lord Corpus , indeede I would you were both hanged about his neck for me , but I see , this strife will neuer be ended , till I bee Arbitrator my selfe , you know , I am equally allied to you both : shall I be Moderator betweene you ?

Band and Ruffe .

Content .

Cuffe .

Well then , Ruffe shall bee most accounted of amongst the Clergie , for he is the graue Fellow ( although I know , the Puritans will not greatly care for him , he hath such a deale of setting , and they loue standing very well . ) As for you , Band , you shall bee most made of amongst the young Gallants , although sometimes they shall vse Ruffe , for a fashion , but not otherwise ; how euer , you neede not regard the giddie headed multitude , let them doe as they list , sometimes respecting one , sometimes the other : but when you come to the Counsailor , and men of Law , which know right from wrong , acknowledging Master Worths to bee equall , they shall preferre neither , but vse the kindnesse of you both , wearing both a Band and a Ruffe ; how say you , are you both content ?

Band and Ruffe .

We are .

Cuffe .

Then goe before me to the next town , and I le follow after with a Band of your friendship drawne , which I hope , these Gentlemen will seale with their hands .

Exeunt Band and Ruffe . Cuffe .

Claw me , and I le claw thee , the prouerb goes , Let it be true in that our Muse here shoes , Cuffe graceth hand , Cuffes debtors hands remaine , Let hands clap me , and I le Cuffe them againe .

FINIS .
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VFFE CVFFE , where art thou ? iags , if I catch his Collar , Ile cut him in jags , let mee but claspe him , and Ile make monic you may haue him wrought on any side for monie . Gal ants shall bee most made of amongst the young Gallants , although sometimes they shall vse Ruffe