The two Gentlemen of Verona. 31
1358Sp. Marry, the
son of my Grand-father.
1359 La. Oh illiterate loyterer; it was the
sonne of thy
1360Grand-mother: this proues that thou can
st not read.
1361Sp. Come foole, come
: try me in thy paper.
1362La. There
: and S.
Nicholas be thy
speed.
1363Sp. Inprimis
she can milke.
1365Sp. Item,
she brewes good Ale.
1366 La. And thereof comes the prouerbe: (
Blessing of 1367your heart, you brew good Ale.)
1368Sp. Item,
she can
sowe.
1369La. That's as much as to
say (
Can she so?)
1370Sp. Item
she can knit.
1371 La. What neede a man care for a
stock with a wench,
1372When
she can knit him a
stocke?
1373Sp. Item,
she can wa
sh and
scoure.
1374 La. A
speciall vertue: for then
shee neede not be
1376Sp. Item,
she can
spin.
1377 La. Then may I
set the world on wheeles, when
she
1378can
spin for her liuing.
1379Sp. Item,
she hath many namele
sse vertues.
1380 La. That's as much as to
say
Bastard-vertues: that
1381indeede know not their fathers; and therefore haue no
1383Sp. Here follow her vices.
1384La. Clo
se at the heeles of her vertues.
1385 Sp. Item,
shee is not to be fa
sting in re
spe
ct of her
1387 La. Well: that fault may be mended with a break
- 1389Sp. Item,
she hath a
sweet mouth.
1390La. That makes amends for her
soure breath.
1391Sp. Item,
she doth talke in her
sleepe.
1392 La. It's no matter for that;
so
shee
sleepe not in her
1394Sp. Item,
she is
slow in words.
1395 La. Oh villaine, that
set this downe among her vices;
1396To be
slow in words, is a womans onely vertue:
1397I pray thee out with't, and place it for her chiefe vertue.
1398Sp. Item,
she is proud.
1399La. Out with that too:
1400It was
Eues legacie, and cannot be t'ane from her.
1401Sp. Item,
she hath no teeth.
1402 La. I care not for that neither: becau
se I loue cru
sts.
1403Sp. Item,
she is cur
st.
1404La. Well: the be
st is,
she hath no teeth to bite.
1405Sp. Item,
she will often prai
se her liquor.
1406 La. If her liquor be good,
she
shall: if
she will not,
1407I will; for good things
should be prai
sed.
1408Sp. Item,
she is too liberall.
1409 La. Of her tongue
she cannot; for that's writ downe
1410she is
slow of
: of her pur
se,
shee
shall not, for that ile
1411keepe
shut
: Now, of another thing
shee may, and that
1412cannot I helpe. Well, proceede.
1413 Sp. Item,
shee hath more haire then wit, and more
1414faults then haires, and more wealth then faults.
1415 La. Stop there: Ile haue her:
she was mine, and not
1416mine, twice or thrice in that la
st Article: rehear
se that
1418Sp. Item,
she hath more haire then wit.
1419 La. More haire then wit: it may be ile proue it: The
1420couer of the
salt, hides the
salt, and therefore it is more
1421then the
salt; the haire that couers the wit, is more
1422then the wit; for the greater hides the le
sse: What's
1424Sp. And more faults then haires.
1425La. That's mon
strous: oh that that were out.
1426Sp. And more wealth then faults.
1427La. Why that word makes the faults gracious:
1428Well, ile haue her: and if it be a match, as nothing is
1431 La. Why then, will I tell thee, that thy Ma
ster
staies
1432for thee at the
North gate.
1434 La. For thee? I, who art thou? he hath
staid for a bet
- 1436Sp. And mu
st I goe to him?
1437 La. Thou mu
st run to him; for thou ha
st staid
so long,
1438that going will
scarce
serue the turne.
1439 Sp. Why did
st not tell me
sooner? 'pox of your loue
1441 La. Now will he be
swing'd for reading my Letter;
1442An vnmannerly
slaue, that will thru
st him
selfe into
se
- 1443crets: Ile after, to reioyce in the boyes corre
ctiō.
Exeunt.
1445 Enter Duke, Thurio, Protheus.
1446Du. Sir
Thurio, feare not, but that
she will loue you
1447Now
Valentine is bani
sh'd from her
sight.
1448Th. Since his exile
she hath de
spis'd me mo
st,
1449For
sworne my company, and rail'd at me,
1450That I am de
sperate of obtaining her.
1451Du. This weake impre
sse of Loue, is as a
figure
1452Trenched in ice, which with an houres heate
1453Di
ssolues to water, and doth loo
se his forme.
1454A little time will melt her frozen thoughts,
1455And worthle
sse
Valentine shall be forgot.
1456How now
sir
Protheus, is your countriman
1457(According to our Proclamation) gon?
1458Pro. Gon, my good Lord.
1459Du. My daughter takes his going grieuou
sly?
1460Pro. A little time (my Lord) will kill that griefe.
1461Du. So I beleeue: but
Thurio thinkes not
so:
1462Protheus, the good conceit I hold of thee,
1463(For thou ha
st showne
some
signe of good de
sert)
1464Makes me the better to confer with thee.
1465Pro. Longer then I proue loyall to your Grace,
1466Let me not liue, to looke vpon your Grace.
1467Du. Thou know'
st how willingly, I would e
ffe
ct 1468The match betweene
sir
Thurio, and my daughter?
1470Du. And al
so, I thinke, thou art not ignorant
1471How
she oppo
ses her again
st my will?
1472Pro. She did my Lord, when
Valentine was here.
1473Du. I, and peruer
sly,
she per
seuers
so:
1474What might we doe to make the girle forget
1475The loue of
Valentine, and loue
sir
Thurio?
1476Pro. The be
st way is, to
slander
Valentine,
1477With fal
sehood, cowardize, and poore di
scent:
1478Three things, that women highly hold in hate.
1479Du. I, but
she'll thinke, that it is
spoke in hate.
1480Pro. I, if his enemy deliuer it.
1481Therefore it mu
st with circum
stance be
spoken
1482By one, whom
she e
steemeth as his friend.
1483Du. Then you mu
st vndertake to
slander him.
Pro.