¶stand by too and
suffer euery knaue to v
se me at his plea-
¶ Pet. I
saw no man v
se you at his plea
sure: if I had, my weapon
1255shuld quickly haue bin out: I warrant you, I dare draw a
ssoone
¶as an other man, if I
see occa
sion in a good
_quarel, & the law on
¶ Nur. Now afore God, I am
so vext, that euery part about me
¶quiuers, skuruie knaue: pray you
sir a word: and as I told you,
1260my young Lady bid me enquire you out, what
she bid me
say, I
¶will keepe to my
selfe: but fir
st let me tell ye, if ye
should leade
¶her in a fooles paradi
se, as they
say, it were a very gro
sse kind of
¶behauior as they
say: for the Gentlewoman is yong: and there-
¶fore, if you
should deale double with her, truly it were an ill
1265thing to be offred to any Gentlewoman, and very weake dea-
¶ Rom. Nur
se, commend me to thy Lady and Mi
stre
sse, I pro-
¶ Nur. Good heart, and yfaith I wil tel her as much: Lord, Lord,
1270she will be a ioyfull woman.
¶ Ro. What wilt thou tell her Nur
se? thou dooe
st not marke
¶ Nur. I will tell her
sir, that you do prote
st, which as I take it,
¶is a gentlemanlike offer.
1275 _Ro. Bid her deui
se
some means to come to
shrift this afternoon,
¶And there
she
shall at Frier
Lawrence Cell
¶Be
shrieued and married: here is for thy paines.
¶Nur. No truly
sir not a penny.
¶Ro. Go too, I
say you
shall.
1280Nur. This afternoone
sir, well
she
shall be there.
¶Ro. And
stay good Nur
se behinde the Abbey wall,
¶Within this houre my man
shall be with thee,
¶And bring thee cordes made like a tackled
stayre,
¶Which to the high topgallant of my ioy,
1285Mu
st be my conuoy in the
secret night.
¶Farewell be tru
stie, and ile quit thy paines:
¶Farewel, commend me to thy Mi
stre
sse.
