1018Enter Uerone with his Napkin vpon his shoulder, and his 1019man Iaques with another, and his sonne bringing 1020in cloth and napkins. 1022Uer. Come on my mai
sters,
shadow the
se tables with
1023their white vailes, accompli
sh the court Cupboord, waite
1024diligently to day for my credite and your owne, that if the
1025meate
should chance to be raw, yet your behauiors being
1026neither rude nor raw, may excu
se it, or if the meate
should
1027chaunce to be tough, be you tender ouer them in your at
- 1028tendance, that the one may beare with the other.
Iaq.
An humorous
1029Iaq. Faith
some of them bee
so hard to plea
se,
finding
1030fault with your cheere, and di
scommending your wine,
1031saying, they fare better at Verones for halfe the mony.
1032Boy. Be
sides, if there be any cheboules in your napkins,
1033they
say your no
se or ours haue dropt on them, and then
1034they throw them about the hou
se.
1035Uer. But the
se bee small faultes, you may beare with
1036them, young Gentlemen and wilde heades will be doing.
1038Maid. Come, who
se wit was it to couer in this roome,
1039name in the of God I trowee.
1040Boy. Why I hope this roome is as faire as the other.
1041Maid. In your fooli
sh opinion: you might haue tolde a
1042wi
se body
so, and kept your
selfe a foole
still.
1043Boy. I cry you mercie, how bitter you are in your pro
- 1045Maid. So bitter I am
sir.
1046Uer. O
sweet
Sateena I dare not
say I loue thee.
1047Iaq. Mu
st you controule vs you proud baggage you?
1048Maid. Baggage? you are a knaue to call me baggage.
1049Iaq. A knaue? my mai
ster
shall know that.
1050Ver. I will not
see them.
1051Iaq. Mai
ster, here is your Maid v
ses her
selfe
so
saw
si- 1052ly, that one hou
se
shall not holde vs two long, God wil
- 1054Uer. Come hither hu
swife. Pardon mee
sweete
Iace- 1055nan, I mu
st make an angry face outwardly, though I smile
1057Maid. Say what you will to me
sir.
1058Ver. O you are a
fine Go
ssip, can I not keepe hone
st 1059seruants in my hou
se, but you mu
st controule them? you
1060mu
st be their mi
stres.
1061Maid. Why I did but take vp the cloth, becau
se my mi
- 1062stre
sse would haue the dinner in an other roome, and hee
dayes mirth.
1065Iaq. You called me knaue and foole, I thanke you
small
1067Ma. Go to, go to,
she were wi
se enough would talke
1069Boy. Go thy waies for the prowde
st harlotrie that euer
1071Ver. Let her alone boy, I haue
scoold her I warant thee,
1072she
shall not be my maide long, if I can helpe it.
1073Boy. No, I thinke
so
sir, but what,
shal I take vppe the
1075Ue. No, let the cloth lie, hither theile com
fir
st, I am
sure
1076of it, then If they will dine in the other roome, they
shal.
1078Ro. Good morrow my ho
st, is no body come yet?
1079Ue. Your wor
ship is the
fir
st sir.
1080Ro. I was inuited by my co
sen
Colinet, to
see your iew
- 1082Ve. I thanke his wor
ship and yours.
1083Ro. Heres a prettie place for an ordinarie, I am very
1084sory I haue not v
sed to come to ordinaries.
1085Ve. I hope we
shall haue your company hereafter.
1086Ro. You are very like
so.
1088Ber. Good morrow my ho
st, good morrow good
1090Ro. Good morrow to you
sir,
1091Ber. What are we two the
fir
st? giue's the cardes, here
1092come, this gentleman and I wil go to cardes while dinner
1094Ro. No truly I cannot play at cardes.
1095Ber. How! not play, O for
shame
say not
so, how can a
1096yong gentleman
spend his time but in play, and in courting
1097his Mi
stris: come v
se this, lea
st youth take too much of the
1099Ro. Faith I cannot play, and yet I care not
so much
An humorous
1101to venture two or three crownes with you.
1102Ber. O I thought what I
shuld
find of you, I pray God
1103I haue not met with my match.
1104Ro. No tru
st me
sir, I cannot play.
1105Ber. Hearke you my ho
st, haue you a pipe of good
1107Ue. The be
st in the towne: boy drie a leafe.
1108Boy. Theres none in the hou
se
sir.
1109Ve. Drie a docke leafe.
1110Be. My ho
st, do you know Mon
sieur
Blanuel?
1111Ue. Yea pa
ssing well
sir.
1112Be. Why, he was taken learning trickes at old L
ucilas 1113hou
se the mu
ster mi
stris of all the smocktearers in Paris,
1114and both the bawde and the pander were carried to the
1116Ve. There was dungeon vpon dungeon, but call you her
1117the mu
ster-mi
stris of al the
smocktearers in Paris?
1118Be. Yea, for
she hath them all trained vp afore her.
1120Bla. Good morow my ho
st, good morow gentlemen al.
1121Ue. Good morow Mon
sieur
Blanuel, I am glad of your
1123Bla. Deliuery, what did
st thou thinke I was with child?
1124Ve. Yea of a dungeon.
1125Bla. Why, how knew you that?
1126Ro. Why
Berger told vs.
1127Bla. Berger who told you of it?
1128Be. One that I heard, by the lord.
1129Bla. O excellent, you are
still playing the wagge.
1130Enter Lemot and Moren. 1131Le Good morrow Gentlemen all, good morrow good
1134Le. I pray my lord look what a prety falling band he hath,
1135tis pretty fanta
sticall, as I haue
seen made, with good iudge
- 1136ment, great
shew, and but tittle co
st.
Morene.
dayes mirth.
1137Moren. And
so it is
I promi
se you, who made it
I 1139Row I know not yfaith, I bought it by chance.
1140Le. It is a very pretty one, make much of it.
1141Enter Catalian sweating. 1142Ca. Boy, I prethee call for a cour
se napkin. Good mor
- 1143row Gentlemen,
I would you had bin at the tenni
scourt,
1144you
should haue
seene me a beat Mon
sieur B
esan, and I
1145gaue him
fifteene and all his faults.
1146Le. Thou did
st more for him, then euer God wil do for
1148Ca. Iaques,
I prethee
fill me a cup of canary, three parts
1150Le. You
shall haue all water and if it plea
se you.
1152Ma. Who cald for a cour
se napkin?
1153Ca. Marry
I,
sweete heart, do you take the paines to
1154bring it your
selfe, haue at you by my ho
sts leaue.
1155Ma. Away
sir,
fie for
shame.
1156Ca. Hearke you my ho
st, you mu
st marry this young
1157wench, you do her mighty wrong els.
1158Ver. O
sir, you are a merry man.
1159Enter Foyes and Labesha. 1160Foy. Good morrow gentlemen, you
see
I am as good as
1162Mo. You are
sir, and
I am very glad of it.
1163Le You are welcome Mon
sieur F
oyes: but you are not,
1165Be. No, welcome that Gentleman, tis no matter for me.
1166Le. How
sir? no matter to you, by this ru
sh I am angry
1167with you, as if al our loues prote
sted vnto you were di
ssem
- 1168bled, no matter for you?
1169Be. Nay
sweet L
emot be not angry, I did but ie
st, as I am
E 2 Lem.
An humorous
1171Lem. Yea but theres a di
fference of ie
sting, you wrong
1172all our a
ffe
ctions in
so doing.
1173Be. Faith and troth I did not, and I hope
sirs you take it
1175All. No matter for me, twas very vnkindly
sayd, I mu
st 1177La. You
see how they loue me.
1178Foy. I do
sir, and I am very glad of it.
1179Be, And I hope
Lemot, you are not angry with me
stil.
1180Le. No faith, I am not
so very a foole to be angry with
1181one that cares not for me.
1182Be. Do not I care for you? nay then.
1183Ca. What, do
st thou cry?
1184Be. Nay I do not cry, but my
stomacke waters to thinke
1185that you
should take it
so heauily, if I do not wi
sh that I
1186were cut into three peeces, and that the
se peeces were tur
- 1187ned into three blacke puddings, and that the
se three blacke
1188puddings were turned into three of the faire
st Ladies in the
1189land for your
sake, I would I were hanged, what a diuel can
1190you haue more then my poore heart?
1191Ca. Well harke you L
emot, in good faith you are too
1192blame to put him to this vnkindnes, I prethee be friends
1194Le. Well, I am content to put vp this vnkindne
sse for
1195this once, but while you liue take heede of: no matter for
1197Be. Why is it
such a hainous word?
1198Le. O the hainou
se
st word in the world.
1199Be. Wel, Ile neuer
speake it more, as I am a gentleman.
1200Le. No I pray do not.
1201Foy. My lord, will your lord
ship go to cards
? 1202Lor. Yea with you Mon
sieur
Foyes.
1203Ro. L
emot, will you play?
1204Le. Pardon good Mon
sieur
Rowle, if I had any di
spo
- 1205sition to gaming your company
should draw me before
Foy.
dayes mirth.
1207Foy. Labesha, what will you play?
1208Lab. Play, yea with all my heart,
I pray lend me three
1210Row. Ile play no more.
1211Cat. Why, haue you wonne or lo
st?
1212Row. Faith I haue lo
st two or three crownes.
1213Cat. Well to him againe, Ile be your halfe.
1214Lem. Sirrah,
Catalian, while they are playing at cardes,
1215thou and I will haue
some excellent
sport:
sirrah, do
st thou
1216know that
same Gentleman there?
1217Cat. No yfaith, what is he?
1218Lem. A very
fine gull, and a neat reueller, one thats heire
1219to a great liuing, yet his father keepes him
so
short, that his
1220shirts will
scant couer the bottom of his belly, for all his gay
1221out
side, but the linings be very foule and
sweatie, yea and
1222perhappes low
sie, with di
spi
sing the vaine
shiftes of the
1224Cat. But he hath gotten good
store of money now me
1226Lem. Yea, and I wonder of it,
some ancient
seruing man
1227of his fathers, that hath gotten fortie
shillings in
fiftie years
1228vpon his great good husbandrie, he
swearing mon
strous
1229othes to pay him againe, and be
sides to doe him a good
1230turne (when God
shall heare his prayer for his father) hath
1231lent it him I warrant you, but how
soeuer, we mu
st speake
1234Lem. God
saue
sweete Mon
sieur
Rowle, what loo
se or
1236Row. Faith
sir
saue my
selfe, and loo
se my money.
1237Lem. Theres a prouerbe hit dead in the necke like a
1238Cony, why hearke thee
Catalian,
I could haue told thee be
- 1239fore what he would haue
said.
1240Cat. I do not thinke
so.
1241Lem. No, thou
see
st heers a
fine plumpe of gallants,
such
1242as thinke their wits
singular, and their
selues rarely accom
- An humorous
1244pli
shed, yet to
shew thee how brittle their wittes be, I will
1245speake to them
seuerally, and I will tell thee before what
1246they
shall an
swer me.
1247Cat. Thats excellent, lets
see that yfaith.
1248Lem. What
soeuer I
say to Mon
sieur
Rowlee, he
shall
1249say, O
sir, you may
see an ill weed growes apace.
1251Lem. Now Mon
sieur
Rowlee, me thinks you are excee
- 1252dingly growne
since your comming to Paris.
1253Row. O
sir, you may
see an ill weed growes a pace.
1254Cat. This is excellent, forward
sir I pray.
1255Lem. What
soere I
say to L
abesha, he
shall an
swer me,
1256blacke will beare no other hue, and that
same olde Iu
stice,
1257as greedie of a
stale prouerbe, he
shall come in the necke
1258of that and
say, Blacke is a pearle in a womans eye.
1259Cat. Yea, much yfayth.
1260Lem. Looke thee, here comes hither L
abesha,
Catalian,
1261and I haue beene talking of thy complexion, and
I say, that
1262all the faire ladies in France would haue beene in loue with
1263thee, but that thou art
so blacke.
1264Labe. O
sir blacke will beare no other hue.
1265Foy. O
sir blacke is a pearle in a womans eye.
1266Lem. You
say true
sir, you
say true
sir,
sirrah
Catalian,
1267what
soere
I say to B
erger that is
so bu
sie at Cardes, he
shall
1268an
swer me, sblood, I do not meane to die as long as I can
1270Cat. Come let vs
see you.
1271Lem. Why B
erger, I thought thou had
st beene dead,
I 1272haue not heard thee chide all this while.
1273Ber. Sblood, I do not meane to die, as long as I can
see
1275Cat. Why but hearke you L
emot, I hope you cannot
1276make this lord an
swer
so roundly.
1277Lem. O, as right as any of them all, and he
shall aun
- 1278swere mee with an olde Latine Prouerbe, that is,
Cat.
dayes mirth.
1280Cat. Once more lets
see.
1281Lem. My lord, your lord
ship could not play at this game
1282verie latelie, and nowe me thinkes you are growne excee
- 1284Mor. O
sir, you may
see,
vsus promptus facit.
1286Iaq. Mon
sieur L
emot, here is a Gentleman and two
1287Gentlewomen do de
sire to
speake with you.
1288Lem. What are they come?
Iaques, conuey them into
1289the inwarde Parlour by the inwarde roome, and there is a
1290brace of Crownes for thy labour, but let no bodie know of
1292Iaq. I warrant you
sir.
1293Lem. See where they come: welcome my good lord and
1294ladies, Ile come to you pre
sently:
so, now the
sport begins,
1295I
shall
starte the disgui
sed King plaguilie, nay I
shall put
1296the ladie that loues me in a mon
strous fright, when her hu
s- 1297band comes and
finds her here.
1298Boy. The Gentleman, and the two Gentlewomen de
- 1300Lem. Ile come to them pre
sently.
1301Foy. Gentlemen, Ile go
speake with one, and come to
The boy
speakes in
Foies his ear
1303Lem. My lord, I would
speake a worde with your lord
- 1304ship, if it were not for interrupting your game.
1305Lord. No, I haue done
Lemot.
1306Lem. My lord there mu
st a couple of ladies dine with
1308Lord. Ladies? Gods my life I mu
st be gone.
1309Lem. Why, hearke you my Lorde, I knewe not of
1310their comming I prote
st to your Lord
ship, and woulde
1311you haue mee turne
such faire Ladies as the
se are a
- 1313Lord. Yea but hearke you
Lemot, did not you heare
1314mee
sweare to my Wife, that I woulde not tarie, if there
were
An humorous
1315were any women, I wonder you would
su
ffer any to come
1317Lem. Why you
swore but by a ki
sse, and ki
sses are no
1318holie things, you know that.
1319Lord. Why but hearke you L
emot, indeed I would be
1320very loath to do any thing, that if my wife
should know it,
1321should di
splea
se her.
1322Le. Nay then you are to ob
sequious, hearke you, let me
1323intreate you, and
Ile tell you in
secrete, you
shall haue no
1324wor
se company then the Kings.
1325Lord. Why will the King be there?
1326Lem. Yea, though disgui
sed.
1327Lord. Who are the ladies?
1328Lem. The
flowers of Paris, I can tell you, faire counte
sse
1329Florila, and the ladie
Martia.
1331Iaq. Mon
sieur L
emot, the gentleman and the two Gen
- 1332tlewomen de
sire your companie.
1333Lem. Ile come to them
straight: but
Iaques come hither
1334I prethee, go to L
abesha, and tell him that the Counte
sse
1335Florila, and the ladie
Martia be here at thy mai
sters hou
se:
1336and if it come in que
stion hereafter, denie that thou tolde
1338Iaq. What, is this all? Sblood Ile denie it, and for
sweare
1340Lem. My Lorde, Ile goe and
see the roome be neate
1341and
fine, and come to you pre
sently.
1342Lord. Yea but hearke you L
emot, I prethee take
such
1343order that they be not knowne of any women in the hou
se.
1344Lem. O how
shuld they now to his wife go yfaith!
Exit. 1345Iaq. Hearke you, Mon
sieur L
abesha, I pray let me
speak
1347Labe. With all my heart, I pray looke to my
stake, theres
1348three pence vnder the Candle
sticke.
1349Iaq. I pray
see, do you know the Counte
sse
Florila, and
Lab.
dayes mirth.
1351Lab. Do I know the ladie
Martia? I knew her before
1352she was borne, why do you aske me?
1353Ia. Why, they are both here at my ma
sters hou
se.
1354Lab. What, is Mi
stris
Martia at an ordinarie?
1356La. By skies and
stones Ile go and tel her father.
Exit.