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Title: The colloquies of Edward Osborne, citizen and clothworker of London
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Manning, Anne, 1807-1879
Subjects: Osborne, Edward, Sir, 1530?-1591 London (England) -- History 16th century Fiction
Publisher: London : J. C. Nimmo New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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bout among theirown Fraternity for a young Damsel suffi-ciently comely to be the Admiration ofall the City, and likewise able and will-ing to play the Part of Chariot Maiden, they 88 The Colloquies they at length offered it to the youngestDaughter of Master Soper the Barbitonsorwho lived on the Bridge. Now MasterSoper had two Daughters, good and prettyGirls enow as Times went, Tryphenaand Tryphosa by Name, fresh-coloured,sprightly, and much admired by theBridge Prentices. These two Sisterswere seldom apart, inasmuch as boththeir Heads might commonly be seenout of one upper Lattice, looking afterevery Thing that passed in the Strete ;and twas in their Favour that they alwaysseemed on the best of Terms with oneanother. But whether by Reason of anyUnguent of Master Sopers^ or mere Libe-rality of Nature, I wot not, the younger,who in no other Wise excelled her Sister,was notorious for the excessive Lengthand Thickness of her glossy flaxen Hair.And this being an indispensable Requisite for
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/ru hkeijc Tiyh/lO^r, of Edward Osborne 89 for the Chariot Maiden, the Mercerswithout more Ado offered her the Part,which she with great Glee accepted.Now hereupon, I lament to say, ensewedgreat Disruption between the twainhitherto so harmonious ; for Public Ad-miration of Beauty is as true a Test ofwhat is the Nature of a Womans Heart,as the black Marble the Goldsmiths callTouchstone is of their precious Metals.If hei- Head be not turned by it, good :if she can bear it bestowed upon anotherand oerlooked in herself, why, good also,—she can stand the Touchstone: how-beit, all have not this Virtue. And,whereas Tryphosa was now so elate withthinking of her white satin Gown, hergolden Sandals, her jewelled Crown, andher Feast in the Hall, as to suppose theGround scarce good enow for her to treadupon, Tryphena was ready to burst with Envy 9o The Colloquies Envy of her Sister, and could scarce speakpeaceably unto her. However, she cameto her common Sense and good Feelingat last, and found

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