THE HONEST WHORE.
15891589And hate all men, their gifts and company.
15901590Enter Matheo, Castruchio, Fluello, Pioratto. 15911591Mat. You, goody Punck,
subandi Cockatrice, O yare a
15921592sweet whore of your promi
se, are you not think you? how
15931593wel you came to
supper to vs la
st night: mew, a whore &
15941594breake her word! nay you may blu
sh, & hold downe your
15951595head at it wel ynough: Sfoot, aske the
se gallants if we
staid
15961596not till we were as hungry as Seriants.
15981598Cast. Nay fayth
Acquaintance, let me tell you, you forgat
15991599your
selfe too much: we had excellēt cheere, rare vintage,
16011601Pior. And when wee were in our Woodcocks (
sweete
16021602Rogue) a brace of Gulles, dwelling here in the City, came
16031603in & payd all the
shot.
Mat. Pox on her, let her alone.
16041604Bel. O, I pray doe, if you be Gentlemen:
16051605I pray depart the hou
se; be
shrew the dore
16061606For being
so ea
sily entreated: fayth,
16071607I lent but little eare vnto your talke,
16081608My mind was bu
sied otherwi
se in troth,
16091609And
so your words did vnregarded pa
sse:
16101610Let this
su
ffice, I am not as I was.
16111611Flu. I am not what I was! no Ile be
sworne thou art not:
16121612for thou wert hone
st at
fiue, & now th'art a Puncke at
fif
- 16131613teene: thou wert ye
sterday a
simple whore, and now th'art
16141614a cunning Conny-catching Baggage to day.
16151615Bel. Ile
say Ime wor
se, I pray for
sake me then,
16161616I doe de
sire you leaue me, Gentlemen,
16171617And leaue your
selues: O be not what you are,
16181618(Spendthrifts of
soule and body)
16191619Let me per
swade you to for
sake all Harlots,
16201620Wor
se thē the deadlie
st poy
sons, they are wor
se:
16211621For o're their
soules hangs an eternall cur
se,
16221622In being
slaues to
slaues, their labours peri
sh,
16231623Th'are
seldome ble
st with
fruit; for ere it blo
ssoms,
16251625They haue no i
ssue but foule vgly ones,
16261626That run along with them, e'ene to their graues:
16271627For
stead of children, they breed ranke di
sea
ses,
F 3 And