An humorous
1886King Hearke you mine ho
st, what goodly per
son is that?
1887is it Fortune her
selfe?
1888Host. Ile tell your Maie
stie in
secrete who it is, it is my
1890King. I promi
se you
she becomes her
state rarely.
1891Lem. Well my liege, you were all content that I
should
1892make your po
ses: well here they be euery one: giue Ma
- 1893ster Verone his
fiue crownes.
1894King. Theres mine and the Queenes.
1896Dow. And there is mine and
Martias.
1897Lem. Come L
abesha thy money.
1898Lab You mu
st lend me
some, for my boy is runne away
1900Le. Thy boy?
I neuer knew any that thou had
st.
1901Lab. Had not I a boy three or foure yeares ago, and he
1903Lem. And neuer
since he went thou had
st not a peny,
1904but
stand by,
Ile excu
se you. But
sirrah
Catalian, thou
shalt
1905stand on one
side and reade the pri
ses, and I will
stand on
1906the other and read the Po
ses.
1908Lem. Come on Queene Fortune, tell euery man his
1909po
sie, this is orderly, the King and Queene are
fir
st.
1910King. Come let vs
see what goodly po
ses you haue gi
- 1912Lem. This is your Maie
sties, At the faire
st,
so it bee not
1914King. A plague vpon you, you are
still playing the vil
- 1916Le. This is the Queenes, Obey the Queene: and
she
1917speakes it to her hu
sband, or to Fortune, which
she will.
1918Cat. A pri
se: your Maie
sties is the
summe of foure
shil
- 1920King. Why how can that be, there is no
such coyne.
1921Host. Here is the worth of it, if it plea
se your grace.
Quee.