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A03217 The second part of, If you know not me, you know no bodie VVith the building of the Royall Exchange: and the famous victorie of Queene Elizabeth, in the yeare 1588.; If you know not me, you know no bodie. Part 2 Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. 1606 (1606) STC 13336; ESTC S106200 46,470 76

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THE Second Part of If you know not me you know no bodie VVith the building of the Royall EXCHANGE And the famous Victorie of Queene Elizabeth in the Yeare 1588 AT LONDON Printed for Nathaniell Butter 1606 The second Part of If you know not mee you know no bodie With the building of the Exchange Actus Prima Scena Prima Enter one of Greshams Factors and a Barbary Marchant Factor MY Master sir requests your companie About confirming certaine couenants Touching your last nights conference Marchant The Sugars Beleeue me to his credite be it spoke Hee is a man of heedfull prouidence And one that by innatiue courtesie VVinnes loue from Strangers be it without offence How are his present fortunes reckoned Fact Neither to flatter nor detract from him He is a Marchant of good estimate Care how to get and fore-cast to encrease If so they be accounted be his faults Mar. They are especiall vertues being cleare From auarice and base extortion But here he comes Good day to M. Gresham You keepe your word Enter Gresham Gresh. Else should I ill deserue The title that I weare a Marchants tongue Should not strike false Mar. What thinke you of my proffer Touching the Sugar Gresh. I be thought my selfe Both of the gaine and losses incident And this I tak 't was the whole circumstance It was my motion and I thinke your promise To get me a seald Patent from your king For all your Barbarie Sugar at a price During the kings life and for his princely loue I am to send him threescore thousand pounds Mar: T' was so condition'd and to that effect His highnesse promise is alreadie past And if you dare giue credite to my trust Send but your priuate letters to your Factor That deales for your affaires in Barbarie His Maiestie shall either seale your Patent Or I le returne the money to your Factor Gresh. As much as I desire pray sir draw neere And taste a cup of wine whilst I consider And throughly scan such accidentall doubts As may concerne a matter of such moment Mar: At your best leysure Gresh I le resolue you straight Bethinke thee Gresham threescore thousand pounds A good round summe let not the hope of gaine Draw thee to losse I am to haue a Pattent For all the Barbarie Sugars at a rate The gaine cleers halfe in halfe but then the hazard My terme continues during the kings life The King may die before my first returne Then where 's my Cash why so the King may liue These 40. yeares then where is Greshams gaine It stands in this as in all ventures else Doutfull no more I le through what ere it cost So much cleere gaine or so much coyne cleere lost Within there ho Enter Iohn Gresham 2. or 3. Factors Fact: At hand sir did you call Gresh. How thriues our Cash what is it wel increast I speake like one that must be forst to borrow 1. Fact Your worships merrie Gresh. Merry tell me knaue Dost not thou think that three score thousand pounds Would make an honest Marchant try his friends Fact Yes by my faith sir but you haue a friend Would not see you stand out for twise the summe Gresh. Praise God for all but what 's the common rumor Touching my bargaine with the King of Barbarie 1. Fact T is held your credit and your Countries honour That being but a Marchant of the Cittie And taken in a manner vnprouided You should vpon a meere presumption And naked promise part with so much Cash VVhich the best Marchants both in Spaine and France Denyed to venter on Gresh. Good but withall What doe they thinke in generall of the Bargaine 1. Fact That if the King confirme and seale your Pattent London will yeelde you partners ynow Gresh. I thinke no lesse Goe fit you for the sea I meane to send you into Barbarie You vnto Venice You to Portingall Prouide you presently where much is spent Some must be got thrift should be prouident Come hether Cosin all the rest depart Exeunt Factors Iohn I had as good depart too for hee le ring a peale in mine T' will sound worse then a passing bell care Gresh. I haue tane note of your bad husbandrie Carelesse respect and prodigall expence And out of my experience counsell you Iohn And I hope good Vncle you thinke I am as readie to take good counsell as you to giue it I doubt not but to cleere my selfe of all obiections that foule-mouthed envie shall intimate against me Gres. How can you satisfie the great complaint Preferd against you by old Mistresse Blunt A woman of approued honestie Iohn That 's true her honestie hath beene prooued ofter then once or twice but doe you know her Vncle are you inward with her course of life shee 's a common midwife for trade-falne virginitie there are more maidenheads chargde and dischargde in her house in a yeare then peeces at the Artillerie yard Gres. She bring sin further proofe that you miscal'd her Iohn I neuer cal'd her out of name by this hand Vncle to my remembrance Gres. No she sayes you cald her Bawde Iohn True and I haue known her answere too 't a thousand times tut Vncle t is her name and I know who gaue it her too by the same token her Godfather gaue her a bowd angell standing at the doo re which she hath kept time out a minde Gresh. Antonio reports you loue his wife Iohn Loue why alas Vncle I hold it percell of my dutie to loue my neighbours and should I hate his wife no man would hold me a fit member for a common wealth Gresh. He hates you for t Iohn Why ahlas Vncle that 's not my fault I le loue him nerethelesse you know we are commanded to loue our enemies and though he would see me hang'd yet will I loue his wife Gresh. He told me you bestow'd a gowne of a strumpet Iohn Why ahlas Vncle the poore whore went naked and you know the text commandes vs to cloath the naked and deeds of mercie be imputed to vs for faults God helpe the elect Gresh. Well if your prodigall expences be aym'd At any vertuous and religious end T is the more tollerable and I am proud You can so probably excuse your selfe Iohn VVell Vncle to approoue my wordes as indeed good words without deeds are like your greene fig-tree without fruit I haue sworne my selfe to a more conformable and strikt course of life Gresh. VVell Cosin hoping you le prooue a new man Iohn A new man what else Vncle I le be a newe man from the top to toe or I le want of my will Instead of Tennis-Court my morning Exercise shal be at Saint Antlms I le leaue Ordinaries and to the ende I may forsweare Dicing and Drabbing keepe me more short Vncle onely allow me good apparell good Ragges I le stand too 't are better then seuen yeares prentiship for they le make a man free of any nay of all Companies