An humorous
1814King. Shee doth, O noble knight, but not your Mi
- 1816Lab. Sblood, but
she
shall for me, or for no body el
se.
1817Lem. How now, what a traitor, draw vpon the King.
1818Lab. Yea, or vpon any woman here in a good cau
se.
1819King. Well
sweete
Besha let her marry
Dowsecer,
Ile get
1820thee a wife worth
fifteene of her, wilt thou haue one that
1822Lab. Not I by the Lord, I
scorne her, Ile haue her better
1824King. Why thats well
said.
1825Lem. What Madam, are you turned puritan againe?
1826Elo. When was I other, pray?
1827Lem. Marie Ile tell you when, when you went to the
1828Ordinarie, and when you made fal
se
signes to your hu
s- 1829band, which I could tell him all.
1830Flo. Cur
sed be he that maketh debate twixt man & wife.
1831Lem. O rare
scripturian! you haue
sealed vp my lips, a
1832hall, a hall, the pageant of the Butterie.
1833Enter two with torches, the one of them Moren, then my host 1834and his son, then his maid drest like Queene For- 1835tune, with two pots in her hands. 1837Lem. This is Verones
sonne, my liege.
1838King. What
shall he do?
1839Cat. Speak
some
speach that his father hath made for him
1840Qu. Why is he good at
speeches?
1841Cat. O he is rare at
speaches.
1842Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1843and gentles who
se wits be
scarce.
1844Ki. My ho
st, why do you call vs nobles mo
st slender?
1845Host. And it
shall plea
se your Grace, to be
slender is to be
1846proper, and therfore where my boy
saies nobles mo
st slen
- 1847der, it is as much to
say,
fine and proper nobles.
1848Le. Yea, but why do you call vs gentles who
se wits are
Host