Gallathea

play written by John Lyly

Gallathea or Galatea is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy by John Lyly.

Title page (1592)

Act I

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Act II

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Act III

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Act IV

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Is any cozened of a tear
Which as a pearl disdain does wear?
Here stands the thief; let her but come
Hither, and lay on him her doom.
  • CUPID, TELUSA, EUROTA, LARISSA, enter singing.
    TELUSA:
    O yes, O yes, if any maid,
    Whom lering Cupid has betraid
    To frownes of spite, to eyes of scorne,
    And would in madness now see torne
    The boy in pieces,—
    ALL THREE:
    Let her come
    Hither, and lay on him her doome.
    EUROTA:
    O yes, O yes, has any lost
    A heart, which many a sigh hath cost;
    Is any cozened of a teare,
    Which (as a pearle) disdaine does weare?
    ALL THREE:
    Here stands the thiefe, let her but come
    Hither, and lay on him her doome.
    LARISSA:
    Is any one undone by fire,
    And turn'd to ashes through desire?
    Did ever any lady weepe,
    Being cheated of her golden sleepe?
    Stolne by sicke thoughts!
    ALL THREE:
    The pirat's found,
    And in her teares hee shal be drown'd.
    Reade his inditement, let him heare
    What hee's to trust to: boy give eare.
    • Scene ii, line 1

Act V

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