Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)

            A Woman will haue her will.
        
            906hee cride whoope holly-day, it was big enough to make
    
            907
            Powles a Night-gowne. I haue been told, that Duke Hum-
            
            908
            
                frie dwelles here, and that he keeps open house, and that a
    
            909braue sort of Cammileres dine with him euery day; now
    
            910if I could see any vi
                sion in the world towards dinner, I
    
            911would set in a foote: But the be
                st is, a the auncient Eng-
        
            912li
                sh romaine Orator saith, So-lame-men, Misers, Howsewiues,
    
            913and so foorth: the be
                st is, that I haue great 
                store of compa-
        
            914nie that doe nothing but goe vp and downe, and goe vp
    
            915and downe, and make a grumbling togeather, that the
    
            916meate is so long making readie: Well, if I could meete
    
            917this scuruie Frenchman, they 
                should 
                stay mee, for I would
    
            918be gone home.
    
 919
        
            Enter Anthony.
    
 920
        
                Antho. I beseech you Mon
                    sieur, giue mee audience.
    
 921
        
                Frisc. What would you haue? What 
                should I giue you?
    
 922
        
                Antho. Pardon, 
                sir, mine vnciuill and presumptuous in-
        
            923tru
                sion, who indeauour nothing le
                s
                s
            e, then to prouoke or
    
            924exasperat you again
                st mee.
    
 925
        
                Frisc. They say, a word to the Wise is enough: so by
    
            926this little French that he speakes, I see hee is the very man I
    
            927
            seeke for: Sir, I pray what is your name?
    
 928
        
                Antho. I am nominated Monsieur Le Mouche, and re
                st at
    
            929your 
                bon
             seruice.
    
 930
        
                Frisc. I vnder
                stand him partly; yea, and partly nay:
    
            931Can you speake French? 
                Content pore uous mon
                    sieur Madomo.
    
 932
        
                Antho. If I could not 
                sir, I 
                should ill vnder
                stand you:
    
            933you speake the be
                st French that euer trode vpon Shoe of
    
            934Leather.
    
 935
        
                Frisc. Nay, I can speake more Languages then that:
    
            936This is Italian, is it not? 
                Nella 
                        slurde Curte zana.
    
 937
        
                Antho. Yes 
                sir, and you speake it like a very Naturall.
    
 938
        
                Frisc. I beleeue you well, now for Dutch:
        
            939
            Ducky de doe watt heb yee ge brought.
    
            Antho. 
        
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Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)
