the mire in winter This then is an vnexcusable sinne of yours Insa. Alas what should I call you not knowing your name And you of all the women that euer I knew are angrie for giuing you more then your due But rather then I will displease you that way I will devise some other Epitheton of curtesie vntill you determine to take Ladyship vpon you so well as it would become you Lev. Nay I would not haue you thinke that I am exceedingly angrie for mistaking my present condition It was a fault but verie veniall Your other errours I will conceale for this time as vnwilling to oppresse you with penance sithence I finde you so freely to offer satisfaction Insa. Then now vouchsafe to receiue me into your service sithence no man shall carie himselfe more dutifully Lev. If I were fit to receiue one of your sort how could you serue me and the king too can you serue two masters Insa. No but one master and a mistresse may both bee serued without breach of fidelitie and with great facilitie Lev. Verie hardly respecting the persons inequalitie but if I should be so minded what can you doe Insa. All that is not done before I come Lev. Can you and will you doe whatsoever I entreate or command you without grudging Insa. Yes with all readines and alacritie without exception Lev. Then I request and command you to let me alone and neuer heereafter speake to me Insa. That 's an vnreasonable request and iniust commandement There ought to bee iustice and possibilitie in euerie commandement but this hath neither of them Lev. I will proue it hath both or els I release your word Insa. Proue that and I le performe your will for I haue vowed to serue you and it is iniustice to breake it And I am in loue and it is impossible to limite it Lev. I thought so draffe was your errant but drinke you would haue you seeke a seruice but you meane to be master this tricke will faile you for I haue vowed before-hand and I am bound to keepe it Insa. You can make no vow contrarie to mine because you neuer knew my intention nor person before this day Lev. Yes contrarie enough as white is to blacke And to hold you no longer in suspence my vow and purpose is to be a Nun Insa. A Nun There was neuer Nun with such attire and in such a Cloister Lev. O Sir I can quicklie cast off this attire and get a Nuns habite If the mind be changed the apparel will soone be altered Insa. Of what order if you speake in earnest that I may visit your Cloister for loue hath gotten such dominion that I cannot so part with you And yet to this crosse I know not what to say for it takes from me all libertie to mooue further Lev. What will it availe you to know my Cloister and walke without the wall for there all accesse entercourse is barred Insa. Let my loue yet bee so farre requited as to know your name and orâ—er you enter into It will ease my minde that none other inioies you O this loue is like a quarterne ague and a suite in Law A good day and a bad now hope then despair To night coÌ„â—ort tomorow morning al dash'd Lev. Sir I must craue respite to answere you directlie to these questions for I must haue my friends advice before I resolue And so for this time I take leaue Exit Lev. Par. Now let vs goe seale these bondes in the meane space and by that time perhaps she will come againe Insa. Bonds I am in bonds enough I thinke bound hand foote heart minde wit and will Hee that is in loue needes no other chaine to hold him he is fast in prison and lock'd sure enough for escaping O Parvagracio dost thou talke of going whither should I goe Is it not enough that my loue is gone and that all is gone with her my heart is gone with her and she is gone away with my heart whither can I goe without my heart And whither she is gone and whither she hath caried my heart I know not Sealing what taâ—â— talkest thou of sealing I haue set my hand my â—ele my harâ— and all to the loue of her She is gone away with this deed of gift It is deliuered before witnes It is enroll'd I haue acknowledged a fine I haue suffered her to recouer against me and deliuered her peaceable possession The Law is at an end what els would you haue me seale I can giue her no further assurance her counsaile cannot devise it why do you trouble me with vnnecessarie requests Par. O my good friend Insatiato recall thy selfe like a wise man thou speakest like a man distracted goe with me and take a litle rest It will not be long before shee come to this place againe We will send your Page to find her Insa. A little rest I warrant you Goe you are still vpon going Goe whither you will I will not stirre a foote from hence What if she come in our absence and goe away discontented then shall I neuer see nor heare her againe Noâ— heere I lost her heere I will finde her or lose my selfe Par. But you will trouble and hinder other actors that haue parts heere to play as well as you Insa. Actors what actors Is this a stage Is this a play no t is a game in earnest t is no iest t is loue in sadnesse Let them come that come will if anie come but my loue I haue nothing to say to them Doe you as you thinke good Par. Nay if you stay I will not goe I will not leaue my friend so Act. 7. SCEN. 2. Intrat Antonio Simplo Purgato with a cloake-bag full vnder his arme all booted spur'd and riding roddes Haue you lock'd vp all the doores and deliuered the foul linnen to be wash'd Sim All is safe and euerie thing done Anto. Haue you given the Coblers wife the 7 egges we left at breakefast Sim. She hath them Anto. This is but ill husbandrie to lose 7 egges at a â—â—ap and my bellie not verie full Sim. Sir they are well bestowed they will doe the poore woman good and you haue eaten pretie well Anto. I haue not eaten so well as you thinke for And they are not fit meate for her mouth some grosser meate would doe her more good Sim. I warrant you Sir she can eate an egge without surfeiting as well as the finest Ladie in this Land Anto. Come on since t is done let them goe but hee steps forward and they follow but presently comes backe and saith I cannot ride my iourney contentedlie vntill I haue these egges Simplo fetch them againe Tell the woman she shall haue as manie or more another time Sim. turnes to the people saying Now must I fetch these egges from the poore woman against my nature Exit cito redit with 7 egges Anto. takes them exit Simple goeth on saying I was
stood by and yet had nothing to doe with the question went about to proue me a horse and thus he began Euery liuing beast or Animal that hath in him horse stones is a horse But this Animal meaning me hath horse stones in him Ergo he is a horse I was striken in such a maze knowing that I did eate the horse stones that I was like to sinke where I stood and euen presently to congeale into a horse But there was by chance an honest Scholler by who saw my colour quite gone took pity on me and bade me be of good cheere I shood not be a horse And told the tother to his face that there was a flacy in his argumen And then fetcht him about with a Recumbentibus and prou'd that the horse stones which I had eaten were consum'd and became such stuffe as I cannot tel you without Sir reuerence of your teeth and that they did not grow in me as they doe in horses Ergo the case was alter'd Then vpon this point of growing and not growing there was such a sturre that all the horse-coursers in the Faire came about vs One said they did grow another denyed it and such part taking on both sides that in the end I was content being desirous to make them friends to bee search't in the open market and so was cleer'd before them all to haue no more stones then I shood haue And glad was I that I was not a horse Had not I thinke you good cause to remember Logicke Yes I shall neuer forget it if I should liue 100 yeares Hor. Goe to then if you bee such a scholler I will not dispute with you about the Holy dayes but my neighbour Acuto hath beene a scholler as well as you and hee is able to shew you many reasons why they ought to continue And he hath fully converted me Vul. I will not be judg'd by Acuto nor by a better man then he Why I tell you my neighbour Rustico and I thinke our selues as good men as Acuto and you and we are two to two Wee le neuer yeeld while the Plow and chaines hold and that wil be a good long time for as fast as they weare I can mend them Acu. Will you referre it then to iudgement of indifferent men we are all neighbours let vs not fall out about things that none of vs haue skill in Rust. Yes wee le be iudg'd but not by any braue people for they will all take part with the Tayler that makes their parell gawdie and with the Gardner that makes them pleasant waukes and knots Acu. Wee le giue you the choice so that you name none of your owne trade and an indifferent man Rust. You say honestlie Nay truelie we are desirous to haue an end of it so that none of vs be his owne carver Here sits a countrie Gentleman a plaine man a good house-keeper and peace-maker among all his neighbours he is no Iustice of peace so there is no feare to speake our minde before him nor neede we any minerator to him he is very courteous Acu. Wee le not refuse him nor any that is honest Rust. God saue you Sir Heere is a great controuersie betweene foure neighbours two against two Reasons are alleaged on both sides and neither part will agree to other In the end we accorded to referre the matter to you we beseech you to consider and order it as you please and then so shall it be Secu. The controversie is beyond my skill it being matter of diuinity but mine opinion is they ought still to bee kept For I perswade my selfe that our Auncetours which did all things well had speciall reasons for these daies to be kept holy What their reasons were I take not vpon me to set downe there sits a Religious man he is more like to quenche your thirst and resolue your doubts then I am Vul. Most Reverend Sir though we be strangers to you we are bold to aske your counsell in a busines of weight Her You are welcome whosoeuer you are no marvaile though you be strangers to me who haue estranged my self from all the world but what counsell can you expect from me who am not like to giue wordly men any satisfaction since I haue alreadie given the world with all his busines an vtter farewell Acu. Sir our busines is not worldly though it concerne worldlie men euen as your life is not worldlike though bodilie you liue on earth Vul. Nay M. Acuto stand aside or I le haue you taken away for you marre the paly you are very forward to take the tale out of my mouth as if you had more wit but I think not so I began first to speake vnto this man therefore I wil haue the last word Sir our busines with you shal be short for I am a hot fellow and I strike thick and short This Tailer takes long and wide stitches and drawes out the time to make his worke seeme much Our difference is for the Holy-dayes as they stand in the Kalender whether it were fitter they should be retourn'd into working-daies as they were at the first or remaine to the worlds end If you iudge they ought to stand we are content and will worke harder at other times If you will haue them downe doe but say the word hold vp your finger wee le maule vs to the ground at a blow Her Your questiō is not hard to decide fit enough for me to deliuer mine opinion in It is true they were all working daies at the first For which purpose it is said such work as thou doest worke it in those six daies and not on the seauenth day Yet God did neuer forbid any of those six daies to be kept holy And the Christian Church hath appointed many daies to be kept holy in memory of Saints which suffered diverse torments for Christs sake who suffered all for them and for them all And those to be kept to the worlds end that their facts and fame might neuer die but encourage others to treade their bloudie but Heauenly steppes Therefore since the Church of God and custome of Christian countries haue so ordered it let no mans private rashnes presume such alteration as to make away or put out the Holy-dayes but with due reverence to obserue them Vul. Gods blessing on you Sir you haue quite confiscated my conceite I le kill him that would haue them downe Such a sermon every day would make me keepe all the rest of the weeke holy Gow neighbour Rustico you and I will hang together and change together I le neuer meddle with any matter out of the length and bredth of my Anvile fall back fall edge while I breathe Me thinkes I am good enough with this little teaching I shall neuer need to mend heereafter I could finde in my heart to goe to hanging presently and be a martyr if I might haue no time to thinke of the paine but goe aliue to Heauen
vndertaking the fence with the particular causes and effects of euery severall and distinct â—ume produced thereby And hereafter at better leisure she will haue the subiect of the whole booke Anatomatized by her owne Surgeon and set forth in due proportion and colors and giue it a convenient roome in her gallerie Insat. This is good newes shall wee dine there and snuffe this daintie Tobaccho that 's excellent heere 's a shilling to drinke he feeles in his pocket and finding no mony there saith goe too 't is no matter now the next time I haue a good hand a dice I le giue thee two shillings Why now I feele my selfe well againe Goe boy tell my Physician he shall not neede to come Infaelicto is going Stay I haue not sent for him â—ow I remember me Exeunt ACT. III SCENA III Enter Antonio Proberio and Simplo. Haue you done my businesse Proberio with the Knight and his sonne-in-law Pro. I haue cast vp these accompts exactly and your share is to pay 200l and no more I haue often visited them and put them to such a plunge as you neuer saw for they say you ought to pay 400l and yet they cannot avoide but they must pay 800l They haue lost their notes their seruants be chang'd and they are so pusled as you never knew men they desire respite a weeke I gaue it them and so it rests Anto. Ha ha he And did the fat Knight fret so let him fry too I will sticke close to my counterbands Pro. Sir I thought good to put you in mind of one thing You haue my bonds of eight or nine score pounds in your hands discharg'd tenne yeares since I pray you let me haue them vp Anto. O take no care they shall never hurt you Pro. But I wish I had them vp we are all mortall Anto. The next time I light on them I will cancel them Simplo goe you to Mistris Boe desire her to lend me halfe a dozen egges vntill market day look you chuse the fairest Exit Simâ—â—â— Proberio I would faine do somwhat for you A friend of mine wants a good Steward I will helpe you with the place or there is a widow worth 400l I thinke I can make the march for you Pro. I thanke you Sir either of them I will accept hee turnes to the people This is like his 100l offer which his messenger ranne away withall It will come to nothing but now I know he hath some busines for me Ant. I would faine haue your opinion in a bargain of land I haue made with one Pohssib to the value of 7000l drawn into articles with both our hands to it The chiefe motive of our bargaine is a mariage betweene two yong children I pray you calculate whether the bargaine be gainefull or no Pro. If you haue bargained alreadie it is too late for me to deliuer my opinion Anto. Not a whit too late There is nothing done but the land assured to me and 3000l of mony payd If I finde It not fit for me I le rend the bargaine all to shivers What two words to a bargaine Pro. Why I know you can doe it if you list you can play fast and loose aswell as any man Well you shall soone know how I like it Exit Anto. I neuer finish'd any bargaine yet nor doe I meane this shal be the first Redit Simplo. Goe to the Lawyer and aske if the writings be ready for your land that you may receiue your 100 Exit Simplo. I haue a couple of followers most vnfit for my humour Proberio is so full of scrupulosity that nothing passes his fingers that savers not of conscience Such a man would I deale withall but not dwell withall Such a man would I haue deale with me but not deale for me Simplo he is diligent but alas his braines want salt Redit Simplo. Sim. Sir the writings are done when you please I am readie to seale I thinke the Lawyer is a verie honest man he hath made them reasonable me thinkes for I am but to warrant it from all men I haue nothing to doe with women Anto. It is well Wee will goe presently But I must stay vntill Proberio come for I doe not well know where I am vntill he haue done a busines of mine Sim. Sir I met him in Chauncery Lane he promised to be heere before me but I made great haste to tell you the writings were readie I would so faine be a sealing I am wonderfully fallen out with my land Enter Proberio Pro. Sir the bargaine with Master Pohssib is the worst that ever was made for if he or his wife doe liue 30 yeares as by probabilitie they will you lose 17000l by the bargaine at least And if they die sooner you shall saue litle Therefore my advice is that either you buy it absolutely for readie monie or yeeld it backe with reasonable consideration for your monie lent so shall you be free from exclamations Anto. I thought so I warrant thou art as fearefull of exclamations as of thunder-bolts there is nothing with you but exclamations imputations infamie reports discredite and the like A rush a rush and they are all one to me Well I thanke you for your paines Now ply the Knight his Father-in-law about the 1000l accompt Pro. I will he turnes to the people then vntill the next neede I am cashier'd Exit Prob. Anto. et Simplo. Secu. What is your opinion sir Hermito of this mans disposition Her Alas I could wish the poore man would consider better of his soules state Hee seemeth to haue a great wit which he bendeth wholly to gather worldly wealth not regarding how he gets it We that haue put riches in the last place of our care or rather flye from them as pernicious doe indeed condemne for follie all the carking and studie to encrease our owne hurts as they will proue to be especially gotten by indirect meanes Secu. Doe you call him poore who is reckoned very rich and full of money to put out for gaine such men are now-a-dayes highly esteemed much sued vnto and among their praises that is chiefe that he excelleth others in mony at vse And in the countrie among plaine fellowes it is a speciall marke or token that he is a good man as they call him if he haue 100l or tow at vse and without that he is not counted sound or out of debt Her More is the pitie It was wont to bee a thing odious among Christians and vsed by none but Iewes And therefore we call such men poore as being needie of goodnes and grace haue they never so great aboundance so gotten as they make their owners beggerly for grace ACT. III SCEN. IV. Enter Insatiato T is a marvailous toile and trouble that we courtiers are put to and litle considered by the world abroad for it is commonly midnight before wee can be shewed our chambers There wee lye like dead persons vntill next day at noone All this
euer any so hard harted Twentie yeares past when I was in prosperitie and he at point of death by rigour of Law I tooke many costly iourney to Court labouring for his pardon I did him all the good offices that a true friend could doe for another And I left nothing vndone that might doe him good Besides I lent him 50l gratis in those times my selfe paying interest for that money At which time what vowes and promises he made me I let passe as ingratefull to my heart in repeating and serue to no other purpose but for a warning and a wōder that so much ingratitude should harbour in an English man And now you are all witnesses of my reward Exit ACT. 5. SCEN. 3. Enter Mureto Granato and Malingua Now Granato if you be content to yeeld the victorie vnto Master Malingua this Lawyer and confesse to haue wronged vs merchants with the petulancie of your prating you may perhaps haue your punishment extenuated if wee be your Iudges and so quietly shut vp all among our selues Gra. I am so farre from any such confession and submission that I offer to maintaine euery word spoken in our last contention And for iudgement I appeale from you both and know that I am your ancient from the time that Adam digged the earth for his liuing Mali. Then purge your selfe Granato from the crimes we charg'd you withall and the end will trye if you had not done better to take penance for your faults at our hands Gra. For the high prices of corne which falsely and absurdly you impute vnto husbandmen if you had either wit or honestie you would soone graunt that there are two maine reasons for it which lye not in our power to redresse but in the States wisdome to helpe One is the vncontrolled and improvident libertie for all sorts degrees to marrie so that many are grand-mothers at 30 yeares old The other is the multitude of Inclosures and decay of tillage And if we corne-men did not till all the ground we can get how deare thinke you would corne bee shortly Many other Reasons for brevity sake I omit but these will hold argument against you for tearme of both your liues and after your decease to your heires males lawfully begotten Mali. Beleeue me Master Mureto this Farmer hath made for himselfe a reasonable good Apologie and put vs a hard case It seemes he hath studied well since our last parle But what say you Granato to your euill words lauish'd out against Lawyers therefore you must yet craue pardon Gra. Not I truly For I gaue you no worse speeches then you giue one another at the barre nor so euill For there you fall out like any skoulds but the worst is you wil be friends at dinner yet neuer in charity I thinke And I see no reason I should stoope to either of you considering the goodnes of my cause For I wil be iudg'd by any indifferent man if I and such as I am be not honester and better then both your factions Mali. Since thou hast offred it thou shalt not escape vntill that be tryed Heere sit a couple that seeme very wise by their silence wee le bee iudg'd by them What say you Mureto Mure. With all my heart For wee can not bee worse then we are howsoeuer we speede Gra. A match I le refuse no mans opinion that is not of your rankes Mali. Gentlemen We need not report the causes of our reference vnto you All our jarres and wrangles you haue heard We intreate you to finish them with your doome Secu. To deale plainely with you all mine opinion is that the world is generally more wronged and abused by the Lawyer and merchant then by the Farmer who though he haue faults yet gets he his liuing more honestly and is of necessitie to be harboured But Sir Hermito I must referre the full decision of their cause to your censure Her That one of them is better then the other I doe not see therefore me thinkes the question should rather be which is the worst The Farmer that deceiues so farre as his capacity will carry him is condemned by his intention to doe worse if his skill did enable him The Lawyer is a necessary member of the commonwelth to finde and determine everie mans right But if willingly he oppugne right and be enemie to peace he is the Diuels agent and Christs enemie Likewise a merchant which causeth commerce and amitie betweene severed nations is a man commendable But if he vse fraud then is he pestiferous and deserueth banishment where no societie is Malingua Mureto and Granato make obeysance vnto Securus and Hermito and turning together say Mure. I told you Master Malingua we could not lose by the bargaine Now the Farmer is as bad as we What say you Granato to this geare Gra. I say litle Why I can be content to bee as dishonest as you I am not proud of my honestie nor doe I loue to be singular Mali. But now thou seest we may be as honest as you if we will our selues Gra. Who denies that I stand not much vpon that neither Mali. But hath this Hermites preaching done thee no good canst thou be content to mend if we doe so too Gra. Yes with all my heart And I le bee good before both you if you mend not the faster Mure. Content Let vs all amend for I thinke in my conscience it is euen high time Mali. All our hands wee will ioyne together in manner of a vow that it shal be so Exeunt omnes ACT. 5. SCEN. 4. Enter Proberio bringing a cloth wherein is pictured an Vsurer bare-headed with a purse in his left hand on the out-side of which purse is set this inscription 30. p. pro 100. And behinde him the picture of the Divell with his armes strip'd vp and white halfe-way like the hangmans shirt sleeues putting on a halter about the Vsurers necke and shewing it to the people sayth Now could I meete my merchant Noverindo I haue heere a whole library for his learning Heere he may studie while he spend his heart-blood with struggling yet neuer reach the depth with his petitoes He rowles it vp-againe Enter Noverindo How long I thinke vntill I meete Noverindo All is readie at our office but the Blazonrie of our coate of Armes to be set vp and for want of that we lose many howres For there be store of suitors without that thinke long to seale they care not what But wee will not open the doore vntill wee furnish it with that gashefull spectacle to affront them Yet time is pretious with vs who must accompt to an howre els I le not giue a fart for a monie-monger that shall lose a minute negligently Pro. This catiffe is carefull of losing time in his wrathheaping gaine but that this time be well spent he takes no care at all Well Sir you shall not complaine of me for keeping you too long from the Divell the sooner you goe
old ragges Pest. Why Sir I tell you they are readie monie at the paper mills Insa. Paper me no mills I le not foule my fingers with them Pest. You shall not need Sir I wil take order for selling them and I hope you can abide to tell the monie when I bring it I wood your worship had 1000l worth of them as filthie things as they be Insa. So would I but it shall never be said for my credit sake that I tooke vp a commoditie of old ragges or doublets I haue heard of manie scurvie bargaines but never the like to this Pest. Why sir t is but your fancie And now you cannot goe backe here is witnesse enough you engaged your honour to haue it take the lesse and saue your reputation Insa. I did so indeed the more foole I to passe my word before I felt their stinke I cannot abide to thinke on them But to saue my credit goe to dispatch I le haue the whole 100l since I must haue some I le never giue my bond for â— little Pest. VVell sir it shall be done Exit Pestif. Insa. Now boy was not this well handled I must haue had them vpon any tearmes but hee never perceiued it Didst thou marke how â—ee intreated mee with respectiue tearmes and pinn'd the bargaine vpon me Those bee alwayes the best penie-worths It is a goodly thing to bee wise Remember boy when thou comest to yeeres to take this course of thriuing Insa. Indeed Sir you carried this businesse admirablie to the end I would rather then 40l for my minde sake my old master your Worships father had stâ—od in a corner and had heard and obserued his sonnes wisdome I warrant it had beene worth 1000l to some bodie Insa. Well Now wee want nothing for getting this threescore pound but Parâ—agracio to seale Goe â—eeke him out and wee le be merrie Insa. I goe fetch him Exeunt Insat. Infael. Secu. I thinke the aire is infected that such contagious caterpillers swarme abroad in this age to destroy youth that scarse one fruite among 100 comes to bee ripe but is first rotten Such as this broker is are nourished by the Divel for no cause but to waste yong men in old prisons And these cormorants which set them a-worke to entise youth to these pestilent adventures me thinkes they can haue no hope that he which receives so litle monie vpon great bonds doth euer meane to pay them For he deales not with one of these gripers but with as many as he can find wil be content with his owne securitie Therefore when he comes to bee arrested he is buried aliue for all and payeth none Her I wish they were all so serued then the losse of the monie on the one side and the sharpe rod of imprisonment on the other side would bring both sorts to repentance â— bethinke themselues of vsing â— good conscience to deceiue on neither part But if your Chauncellour hold on his course iâ— allowing the extortioner no more but the bare monie made of such commodities that will shortlie end the abuse For this Esops dog will learne to hold the next piece better then to be deluded with a shadow of double gaine ACT. VI. SCEN. IV. Enter Antonio Simplo Purgato all booted Stercorato the hostler Camerado chamberlaine Ostler Take heed to my horses that they bee well walked stuffed and dressed Stere. I warrant you Sir and your Worship may haue provender of all sorts Came. Will it please you to see your chamber Anto. Yes but I must haue the best in the house Came. You shall Sir What wilt please your worship to haue to supper Anto. First bring me a crustie manchet and a single pot of beere Came. It shal be done Sir turnes to the people heere 's a hot guest I perceiue by the single pot Exit Simp. What will you haue to supper Sir that wee may bespeake it for we are verie hungrie Anto. It is not wisedome to eate a meale when you are hungrie for then you eate too much and surfeite Euen as it is not good to fight or correct schollers when you are in choller for then you will doe it beyond measure I am as hungrie as you yet I will eate but a manchet and drinke twice of one pot Pur. What Sir will you take vp the best chamber and spend but two pence for your part And this at Croyden so neere London Anto. No more And but for the best chamber I would spend but a penie a pint of beere and a halfe penie bread Puâ—. VVhat a shame were this if your friends should heare it Anto. Leaue the disgrace to me I can beare it Passâ—â— graviora Simp. Come Purgato thou and I will bespeake our supper 20d a peece wee will spend to stoppe this current of rumour Exeunt Intras Camerado Here is a delicate manchet Sir what meat to your supper Anto. This is not crustie enough Change it Cam. But we haue no better in the house Anto. I will haue it chang'd Came. Well Sir I will doe my best what shall my Mistris provide for your supper Anto. When thou hast chang'd the manchet thou shalt know Exit Camerado A long journey haue I ridden and all day fasting except a breake-fast at my friends house Now if I should fill my bellie two shillings will not serue in sheere meate for meâ— and my two men This way yet I saue somewhat for these hungrie knaues out of their owne purses spend three shillings two pence for I will allow but pence a piece I hope they will not compare with mee to aske two pence a peece as I spend O to morrow to morrow at dinner will I carry in for feare of fowle weather when I come to Master Remraf his house my continuall host and friend whom I cannot bauke he is so conveniently in my way and keepes good cheare Oh by that time my stomacke will be tanquamignis accensus a flaming fire dispatching all meates it toucheth And it is Physicke sometimes to keepe a stomacke so fierie for it will consume the verie wormes if anie crawle vp to the stomacke for lacke of nutriment in the maw Intrat Camerado Sir I haue beene with all the bakers in the towne for a crustie loafe Anto. Thou hast done well this is as it should be Came. Now Sir what to supper my Mistris stands at gaze vntill I tell her Anto. My friend I haue a verie euill stomacke it will endure nothing toward night but bread and drinke my men I thinke wil haue something Came. Turnes to the people and saith Heere is a customer for Paltocks Inne but wee le nicke him well enough in his horse-meate and scurvie sheetes Exit Anto. I heare the knaue well enough but I le watch you for both My horses shall haue but litle provender I le call at some Farmers house to morrow and â—ate a pecke in his stable and for sheetes I le lay them by and change with my men Exit ACT. â— SCEN.
waie cocks-combe I am asham'd on thee come backe what dost thou meane Insa. O that same is a very suspicious head I am afraid of it Par. Afraid of a dead dogge what a cowardly thing is that Insa. A dead dogge marrie perhaps the haire is vpon â— curster snapper then the right owner was Par. Be rul'd by me I le stand between thee and al dangers go orderly to her take her by the right hand as if thou wouldst dance with he He daunceth toward her and singeth Insa. Hey niny nony no Hey niny no Hey noniny nonino Hey ninyno So he daunces toward her Par. What a fellow art thou a Courtier a Cowdriuer come hither once againe Dost thou thinke to speed goe about It so like a Clowne Thou must wooe her as you court your ladies in the pallace Insa. O must I so I thought she had beene a countrie gentlewoman and that the more plainely I had dealt the better she would like me But all is well enough yet for no body saw me Par. Thou art deceiued in that for they are as fine and curious as anie Ladie in Court though they be not proud a whit Insa. Is 't so well then I can fit her she shall haue courting enough And I am glad you tell me of it for I was in earnest to haue lou'd her beyond measure so might haue fallen mad and marr'd all but now I le doe euen as wee doe at Court make many shewes of loue and service and intend nothing lesse But yet thus honestlie I le deale with this woman because she is a stranger that if I loue her and like her I le loue her vntill I leaue her Well t is time to bee doing for my loue begins to coole verie fast I must kindle it againe with a conge he takes her by the left hand saying Faire Lady it becomes not gentlemen of good breeding to talke of the weather or time of the day or vse such idle impertinent speech therefore all preambles and digressions set aside I come to vnderstand if you bee pleased to admit me into the list of your devoted servants Lev. Indeed Sir it seemes you haue beene well bred els you had never growen to this stature Insa. He turnes from her towards Parvagracio and saith Did not I tell you what I should finde of her shee snarles alreadie I le lay my life she will proue currish her looks make it plaine come sweet Ladie what answere to my question Lev. Nay first I had neede to answere your complaint to your friend that I am so curst and churlish What vncivill tearme did I giue deserving so sharpe a censure women know not how to speake If merily then our jest is tearmed scoffing and quipping Iâ— soberly then our modestie is counted coynesse and want of curtesie So that vnlesse wee say nothing we commit error And yet silence is not cleere for then are we sheepe alias fooles Insa. How could you heare what I said to him since I turn'd my mouth from you Lev. But you turn'd not mine eares from your mouth Insa. Pardon this fault good Ladie I will be more carefull heereafter Lev. No doubt you will to haue mee further off when you say the worst Insa. I meane not so but rather to speake the best of you in all places and companies as your merites I know will enforce me Lev. Nothing comes from you I see then but by constraint Insa. O that you would giue over rebuking no man shall reforme himselfe before me Forgiue what is past If I offend againe deny me all favour Enter Pestifero and whispers Insatiato to whom he saith Tell them I will come anon Exit Pestifero Lev. Sir it is against nature to remit iniuries therefore your request is vnreasonable But for his sake that gaue the counsell I will for giue my greatest enemies yet you must know it is lawfull to reprehend your misdemeanours Insa. Turnes from her towards Parvagracio and saith This comforts me much for she may be a Christian for anie thing I heare yet Lev. You that content your selfe with no habitation but a Princes Palace and will serue no lesse creature then Caesar that no sooner passe the Porters lodge but liâ—t vp your legges and lips as if you had commission to controule the countrie to breathe nurture from your nostrils and be patrone to poore people whose gate and gesture giue testimonie to your hearts haughtinesse and whose countenance must outface all encounterers how could you bee so grossely ouer-shot as to cast your selfe vnacquainted vnfriended vncommended and vnpresented into the companie of a gentlewoman of fashion Insa. I cry you mercie Of what fashion are you that I might not doe as I did without offence Lev. Why Sir are you a courtier and aske of what fashion I am doe you not see that I am of the newest and neatest fashion who sees my band and perrywig doubts of that I am perswaded you will proue a counterfaite and no courtier that are ignorant in so generall a knowledge Insa. It was not the newest fashion the last yeare and no Cronicle make mention of it Therefore if any man had written Nihil factum est quod non fuit factum prius I would haue giuen his Proverbs the lye For this saffroning was never vs'd but in Ireland for bodily linnen to dissipate the companie of creepers And for such torturing of these Izeland Impes with eradicating their fleeces therby to enioy the roots which best will abide the basting it hath need to be new for it is noysome and makes your pretywig nothing handsome Lev. Sir let it suffise you that it is the newest fashion this verie day And if the sight and smell of it offend your nose you know the ordinary remedie is to remoue your nose Yet I suppose by your palenesse you vse to take Tabaccho then which nothing is more fulsome Insa. Indeed I want colour in my face and wishe I had the art to get so rosie a cheeke as you haue Lev. You doe but guesse that I vse art to giue grace to my feature so it is easie for you to be deceiued but I will tell you a certaine rule to know if anie woman be painted Insa. Let me bee beholding to you for this cunning infallible Lev. If you suspect it take a pin and scratch her cheeke pretie deepe to the bone and if it bleed not assure your selfe she is painted Insa. I see now you are dispos'd to be pleasant with me I beare all kindly Now I intreate you to proceede with publishing my other faults that when I know them all I may amend and so appeare perfect in your sight Lev. Secondly I charge you with flatterie at every word calling me Ladie which you are verie sure I am not seeing me come hither on my owne feet whereas if I were a Lady I must of necessitie be at my Caroach with 4 horses or els my honour is in the dust in sommer and in