The comicall Historie of
17161710Baltha. Madam, I goe with all conuenient
speede.
17171711Portia Come on
Nerrissa, I haue worke in hand
17181712That you yet know not of; weele
see our hu
sbands
17211715Portia. They
shall
Nerrissa: but in
such a habite,
17221716that they
shall thinke we are accompli
shed
17231717with that we lacke; Ile hold thee any wager
17241718when we are both accoutered like young men,
17251719ile proue the prettier fellow of the two,
17261720and weare my dagger with the brauer grace,
17271721and
speake betweene the change of man and boy,
17281722with a reede voyce, and turne two min
sing
steps
17291723into a manly
stride; and
speake of frayes
17301724like a
fine bragging youth: and tell quaint lyes
17311725how honorable Ladies
sought my loue,
17321726which I denying, they fell
sicke and dyed.
17331727I could not doe withall: then ile repent,
17341728and wi
sh for all that, that I had not killd them;
17351729And twenty of the
se punie lies ile tell,
17361730that men
shall
sweare I haue di
scontinued
schoole
17371731aboue a twelue-moneth: I haue within my minde
17381732a thou
sand raw tricks of the
se bragging Iacks,
17401734Nerriss. Why,
shall we turne to men?
17411735Portia. Fie, what a que
stion's that,
17421736if thou wert nere a lewd interpreter:
17431737But come, ile tell thee all my whole deuice
17441738when I am in my coach, which
stayes for vs
17451739at the Parke gate; and therefore ha
st away,
17461740for we mu
st mea
sure twenty miles to day.
Exeunt. 17481742Clowne. Yes truly, for looke you, the
sinnes of the Father are to
17491743be laid vpon the children, therefore I promi
se you, I feare you, I
17501744was alwaies plaine with you, and
so now I
speake my agitation of
17511745the matter: therefore be a good chere, for truly I thinke you are
17521746damnd, there is but one hope in it that can doe you any good, and
that