Excerpt from The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Vol. 5 of 14: Containing, the False One; The Little French Lawyer; The Woman's Prize; The Pilgrim Ac/zil. 'tis confess'd, My good Achoreus, that in these eastern kingdoms Women are not exempted from the sceptre, But claim a privilege equal to the male; But how much such divisions have ta'en from The majesty of Egypt, and what factions Have sprung from those partitions, to the ruin Of the poor subject, doubtful which to follow, We have too many and too sad examples Therefore the wise Photinus, to prevent The murders, and the massacres, that attend On disunited government, and to shew The king without a partner, in full splendour, Thought it convenient the fair Cleopatra, (an attribute not frequent in this climate) Should be committed to safe custody, In which she is attended like her birth, Until her beauty, or her royal dower, Hath found her out a husband. Achor. How this may Stand with the rules of policy, I know not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.