THE HONEST WHORE.
12831284And to my face to play the Anticke thus:
12841285If youle needs play the madman, choo
se a
stage
12851286Of le
sser compa
sse, where few eyes may note
12861287Your a
ctions errour; but if
still you mi
sse,
12871288As heere you doe, for one clap, ten will hi
sse.
12881289Fust. Zwounds Cozen, he talks to me, as if I were a
scur
- 129012912. pren. Sirra
George, I ha thought vpon a deuice, how to
12911292breake his pate, beat him
soundly, and
ship him away.
12921293Geor. Doo't.
2. Pre. Ile go in, pa
sse thorow the hou
se,
12931294giue
some of our fellow Prentices the watch-word when
12941295they
shal enter, then come & fetch my ma
ster in by a
1296wile,
1295and place one in the hall to hold him in conference,
1297whil
st 1296we cudgell the Gull out of his coxcombe.
12981299Wife. Mu
st I call twice for the
se Cambricks & lawnes?
12991300Cand. Nay
see, you anger her,
George, prithee di
spatch.
130013012. pr. Two of the choi
se
st pieces are in the warehou
se
sir.
13011302Cand. Go fetch them pre
sently.
Exit 1. prentice. 13031304Cand. Why were you
such a
stranger all this while,
13051306Fust. Stranger? no
sir, I me a naturall Millaner borne.
13061307Can. I perceyue
still it is your naturall guize to mi
stake
13071308me, but you are welcom
sir, I much wi
sh your acquaintāce.
13081309Fust. My acquaintance? I
scorne that ifayth; I hope my
13091310acquaintance goes in chaines of gold three and
fifty times
13101311double: you know who I meane, Coz, the po
sts of his gate
13111312are a paynting to.
Enter the 2. Prentice. 131213132. Pren. Signior Pandulfo the Marchāt de
sires conference
13131314with you.
Can. Signior Pandulfo? Ile be with him
straight.
13141315Attend your mi
stris and the Gentleman.
Exit. 13151316Wife. When do you
shew tho
se pieces?
1316Fust. I, when doe you
shew tho
se pieces?
13171317Omn. Pre
sently
sir, pre
sently, we are but charging thē.
13181318Fust. Come
sirra, you Flat-cap, where be the
se whites?
13191319Geo. Flat-cap? heark in your eare
sir, yare a
flat foole, an
13201320A
sse, a gull, & Ile thrum you: do you
see this cambrick
sir?
E 3 Fust. Sfoot,