215Nerrissa, that I cannot choo
se one, nor refu
se none.
¶Ner. Your Father was euer vertuous, and holy men at theyr
¶death haue good in
spirations, therefore the lottrie that he hath deui
sed
¶in the
se three che
sts of gold,
siluer, and leade, whereof who
220choo
ses his meaning choo
ses you, will no doubt neuer be cho
sen
¶by any rightlie, but one who you
shall rightly loue: But what
¶warmth is there in your affection towardes any of the
se Princelie
¶suters that are already come?
¶Por. I pray thee ouer-name them, and as thou name
st them, I
225will de
scribe them, and according to my de
scription leuell at my
¶Ner. Fir
st there is the Neopolitane Prince.
¶Por. I thats a colt indeede, for he doth nothing but talke of his
230hor
se, & he makes it a great appropriation to his owne good parts
¶that he can
shoo him him
selfe: I am much afeard my Ladie his
¶mother plaid fal
se with a Smyth.
¶Ner. Than is there the Countie Palentine.
¶Por. Hee doth nothing but frowne (as who
should
say, & you
235will not haue me, choo
se, he heares merry tales and
smiles not, I
¶feare hee will prooue the weeping Phylo
sopher when hee growes
¶old, beeing
so full of vnmannerly
sadnes in his youth,) I had rather
¶be married to a deaths head with a bone in his mouth, then to ey-
240ther of the
se: God defend me from the
se two.
¶Ner. How
say you by the French Lord, Moun
sier
Le Boune?
¶Por. God made him, and therefore let him pa
sse for a man, in
¶truth I knowe it is a
sinne to be a mocker, but hee, why hee hath a
¶hor
se better then the Neopolitans, a better bad habite of frowning
245then the Count Palentine, he is euery man in no man, if a Tra
ssell
¶sing, he falls
straght a capring, he will fence with his owne
shadow.
¶If I
should marry him, I
should marry twenty hu
sbands: if hee
¶would de
spi
se me,
I would forgiue him, for if he loue me to madnes,
¶I shall neuer requite him.
250Ner. What
say you then to Fauconbridge, the young Barron
¶Por. You know
I say nothing to him, for hee vnder
stands not
¶me, nor
I him: he hath neither Latine, French, nor
Italian, & you
¶will come into the Court and
sweare that
I haue a poore pennie-
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