THE HONEST WHORE.
523523Geor. You may
see further for your mind, but tru
st me
524524you
shall not
find better for your body.
Enter Candido. 525525Cast. O here he comes, lets make as tho we pa
sse,
526526Come, come, weele try in
some other
shop.
527527Cand. How now? what's the matter?
528528Geor. The gentlemen
find fault with this lawne, fall out
529529with it, and without a cau
se too.
531531And that makes you to let 'em pa
sse away,
532532Ah, may I craue a word with you gentlemen?
534534Cast. Makes the better for the ie
st.
535535Cand. I pray come neare, - y'are very welcome gallants,
536536Pray pardon my mans rudene
sse, for
I feare me
537537Ha's talkt aboue a prentice with you, - Lawnes!
538538Looke you kind gentlemen - this! no: - I this:
539539Take this vpon my hone
st-dealing faith,
540540To be a true weaue, not too hard, nor
slack,
541541But eene as farre
from fal
shood, as
from black.
542542Cast. Well, how doe you rate it?
543543Cand. Very con
scionably, 18.s. a yard.
544544Cast. That's too deare
: how many yards does the whole
545545piece containe thinke you?
546546Cand. Why,
some 17. yardes
I thinke, or there abouts,
547547How much would
serue your turne? I pray.
548548Cast. Why let me
see - would it were better too.
549549Cand. Truth, tis the be
st in
Millan at fewe words.
550550Cast. Well: let me haue then - a whole penny-worth.
551551Cand. Ha, ha: y'are a merry gentleman.
554554Cast. Of lawne?
I of lawne, a pennorth,
sblood do
st not
555555heare? a whole pennorth, are you dea
ffe?
556556Cand. Dea
ffe? no Syr: but I mu
st tell you,
557557Our wares doe
seldome meete
such cu
stomers.
558558Cast. Nay, and you and your lawnes be
so
squemi
sh,
560560Cand. Pray
stay, a word, pray Signior: for what purpo
se
C Cast