THE HONEST WHORE.
13591359Fust. I fayth they ha pepperd me,
sister: looke, doo
st not
13601360spin? call you the
se Prentices? Ile nere play at cards more
13611361whē clubs is trump: I haue a goodly coxcomb,
sister, haue
(I not? 13621362Cand. Si
ster and brother, brother to my wife.
13631363Fust. If you haue any skill in Heraldry, you may
soone
13641364know that, break but her pate, and you
shall
see her blood
13661366Can. A Surgeon, run, a Surgeon: Why then wore you
13681368Fust. Becau
se its a common thing to call Coz, and min
- 13691369gle now adayes all the world ouer.
13701370Cand. Cozen! A name of much deceyt, folly and
sin,
13711371For vnder that common abu
sed word,
13731373Is made a mon
ster, and his wife traynd out
13741374To foule adulterous a
ction, full of
fraud.
13751375I may well call that word, A Cities Bawd.
13761376Fust. Troth, brother, my
sister would needs ha me take
13771377vpon me to gull your patience a little: but it has made
13791379Wife. What, playing the woman? blabbing now you
(foole? 13801380Cand. O, my wife did but exerci
se a ie
st vpon your wit.
13811381Fust. Sfoot, my wit bleeds for't, me thinks.
13821382Cand. Then let this warning more of
sence a
fford.
13831383The name of Cozen is a bloudy word.
13841384Fnst. Ile nere call Coz agen whil
st I liue, to haue
such
13851385a coyle about it: this
should be a Coronation day; for my
13861386head runnes Claret lu
stily.
Exit. Enter an Officer. 13871387Can. Go with the Surgeon to haue great re
spe
ct.
13881388How now, my
friend, what, do they
sit to day?
13891389Off. Yes
sir, they expe
ct you at the Senate-hou
se.
13901390Can. I thāk your paines, Ile not be la
st man there.
Exit Off. 13911391My gowne,
George, goe, my gowne. A happy land,
13921392Where graue men meet each cau
se to vnder
stand,
13931393Who
se con
sciences are not cut out in brybes,
13941394To gull the poore mans right: but in euen
scales,
13951395Peize rich & poore, without corruptions veyles.
13961396Come, wheres the gowne?
Ge. I cannot
find the key
sir.
13971397Cand. Reque
st it of your mi
stris.
E 4 Wife. Come