THE HONEST WHORE.
600599He has my ware, I haue his money fort,
601600And thats no Argument I am angry
: no,
602601The be
st Logitian can not proue me
so.
603602Flu. oh, but the hatefull name of a pennyworth of lawne,
604603And then cut out, ith middle of the peece:
605604Pah, I gue
sse it by my
selfe, would moue a Lambe
606605Were he a Lynnen-draper - twould ifaith.
607606Can. Well, giue me leaue to an
swere you for that,
608607Were
set heere to plea
se all cu
stomers,
609608Their humours and their fancies: - o
ffend none:
610609We get by many, if we lee
se by one.
611610May be his minde
stood to no more then that,
612611A penworth
serues him, and mong
st trades tis
(found, 613612Deny a pennorth, it may cro
sse a pound.
614613Oh, he that meanes to thriue with patient eye,
615614Mu
st plea
se the diuell, if he come to buy.
616615Flu. O wondrous man, patient boue wrong or woe,
617616How ble
st were men, if women could be
so.
618617Can. And to expre
sse how well my bre
st is plea
sd,
619618And
satis
fied in all: -
George fill a beaker.
Exit George. 620619Ile drinke vnto that Gentleman, who lately
621620Be
stowed his mony with me.
Wife. Gods my life,
622621We
shall haue all our gaines drunke out in beakers,
623622To make amends for pennyworths of lawne.
Enter Georg. 624623Can. Here wife, begin you to the Gentleman.
625624Wife. I begin to him.
Can. George,
filt vp againe:
626625Twas my fault, my hand
shooke.
Exit George. 627626Pio. How
strangely this doth
showe?
628627A patient man linkt with a wa
spi
sh shrowe.
629628Flu. A
siluer and gilt beaker! I haue a tricke
629to worke vp
- 630on that beaker,
sure twil
fret him,
630it cannot choo
se but vexe
631him.
Seig. C
astrachio,
631in pittie to thee,
I haue a cōceit,
632wil
saue
632thy 100. Duckets yet, twil doot,
633 & work him to impatience.
633634Cast. Sweet
Fluello, I
should be bountiful to that conceit.
634635Flu. Well tis enough.
Enter George. 635636Can. Here Gentleman to you,
636637I wi
sh your cu
stome, yare exceeding welcome.
637638Cast. I pledge you
Seig. C
andido, - heere you, that mu
st re
- 638639ceiue a 100. Duccats.
C 2
Pio.