¶Arm. How can
st thou part
sadnes and melancholy, my
320Boy. By a familier demon
stration of the working, my
¶Arma. Why tough
signeor? Why tough
signeor?
¶Boy. Why tender iuuenall? Why tender iuuenall?
¶Arm. I
spoke it tender iuuenal, as a congruent apethaton
325apperteining to thy young dayes, which we may nominate
¶Boy. And I tough
signeor, as an appertinent title to your
¶olde time, which we may name tough.
330Boy. How meane you
sir, I prettie, and my
saying apt?
¶or I apt, and my
saying prettie?
¶Arma. Thou prettie becau
se little.
¶Boy. Little prettie, becau
se little: wherefore apt.
¶Arma. And therfore apt, becau
se quicke.
335Boy. Speake you this in my prai
se Mai
ster?
¶Arma. In thy condigne prai
se.
¶Boy. I will prai
se an Eele with the
same prai
se.
¶Arma. What? that an Eele is ingenious.
¶Boy. That an Eele is quicke.
340Arma. I do
say thou art quicke in an
sweres. Thou heat
st
¶Arma. I loue not to be cro
st.
¶Boy. He
speakes the meer contrarie, cro
sses loue not him.
345Ar. I haue promi
sed to
studie three yeeres with the duke.
¶Boy. You may do it in an houre
sir.
¶Boy. How many is one thrice tolde?
¶Arm. I am ill at reckning, it fitteth the
spirit of a Tap
ster.
350Boy. You are a Gentleman and a Gam
ster
sir.
¶Arma. I confe
sse both, they are both the varni
sh of a com-
¶Boy. Then I am
sure you know how much the gro
sse
¶summe of deus-ace amountes to.
355Arm. It doth amount to one more then two.
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