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.