Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)

            A Woman will haue her will.
        
            417
            grande ioye you giue me (econte) mee sal go home to your
    
            418House, sal eat your Bakon, sal eat your Beefe, and 
                shal
    
            419tacke de Wench, de fine Damoysella.
    
 420
        
                Pisa. You 
                shall, and welcome; welcome as my soule:
    
            421But were my third Sonne sweete Aluaro heere,
    
            422Wee would not 
                stay at the Exchange to day,
    
            423But hye vs home and there end our affayres.
    
 424
        
            Enter Moore, and Towerson.
    
 425
        
                Moore. Good day mai
                ster Pisaro.
    
 426
        
                Pisa. Mai
                ster Moore, Marry with all my heart good
    
            427morrow 
                sir. What newes? What newes?
    
 428
        
                Moore. This Marchant heere my friend, would speake
    
            429with you.
    
 430
        
                Tower. Sir, this iolly South-We
                st wind with gentle bla
                st,
    
            431Hath driuen home our long expected Shippes,
    
            432All laden with the wealth of ample Spaine,
    
            433And but a day is pa
                st 
                since they ariude
    
            434Safely at Plimmouth, where they yet abide.
    
 435
        
                Pisa. Thankes is too small a guerdon for such newes.
    
            436How like you this Newes friends? Mai
                ster Uandalle,
    
            437Heer's somewhat towards for my Daughters Dowrie:
    
            438Heer's somewhat more then we did yet expect.
    
 439
        
                Tower. But heare you 
                sir, my bu
                sine
                s
                s
            e is not done;
    
            440From these same Shippes I did receiue these lines,
    
            441And there inclosde this same Bill of exchange,
    
            442To pay at 
                sight; if so you please accept it.
    
 443
        
                Pisa. Accept it, why? What 
                sir 
                should I accept,
    
            444Haue you receiued Letters, and not I?
    
            445Where is this lazie villaine, this 
                slow Poa
                st:
    
            446What, brings he euery man his Letters home, 
    
            447And makes mee no bodie; does hee, does hee?
    
            448I would not haue you bring me counterfeit;
    
            449And if you doe, a
                s
                s
            ure you I 
                shall smell it:
    
            450I know my Factors writing well enough.
    
 451
        
                Tower. You doe 
                sir, then see your Factors writing:
    
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