6356111 Car. Heigh ho. An it be not foure by the day ile be hangd,

636612Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet our horse not

637613packt. What Ostler.

638614Ost. Anon, anon.

6396151 Car. I preethe Tom beat Cuts saddle, put a few flockes in

640616the point, poore iade is wroong in the withers, out of all cesse.

6436182 Car. Pease and beanes are as danke here as a dog, and that

644619is the next way to giue poore iades the bots: this house is turned

645620vpside downe since Robin Ostler died.

6476211 Car. Poore fellow neuer ioied since the prise of Oates rose,

648622it was the death of him.

6496232 Car. I thinke this be the most villainons house in al London

650624road for fleas, I am stung like a Tench.

6516251 Car. Like a Tench, by the Masse there is nere a King chri-

652626sten could be better bit then I haue bin since the first cocke.

6546272 Car. Why they will allowe vs nere a Iordane, and then we

655628leake in your chimney, and your chamber-lie breedes fleas like

656629a loach.

6576301 Car. What Ostler, come away and be hangd, come away.

6596312 Car. I haue a gammon of bacon, and two razes of Gin-

660632ger, to be deliuered as far as Charing crosse.

6616331 Car Gods bodie, the Turkies in my Panier are quite star-

662634ued: what Ostler? a plague on thee, hast thou neuer an eie in thy

663635head? canst not heare, and twere not as good deede as drinke to

C2 break

664636break the pate on thee, I am a very villaine, come and be hangd,

665637hast no faith in thee?

667639Gadshill. Good morrow Cariers, whats a clocke?

668640Car. I thinke it be two a clocke.

669641Gad. I prethe lend me thy lanterne, to see my gelding in the

670642stable.

6716431 Car. Nay by God soft, I knowe a tricke worth two of that

672644I faith.

673645Gad. I pray thee lend me thine.

6746462 Car. I when canst tell? lend me thy lanterne (quoth he) mar-

675647ry ile see thee hangd first.

676648Gad. Sirrha Carrier, what time doe you meane to come to

677649London?

6786502 Car. Time enough to go to bed with a candle, I warrant

679651thee, come neighbour Mugs, weele call vp the Gentlemen,

680652they will along with company, for they haue great charge.

683654Gad. What ho: Chamberlaine.

684655Cham. At hand quoth pickepurse.

685656Gad. Thats euen as faire as at hand quoth the Chamberlaine:

686657for thou variest no more from picking of purses, then giuing di-

687658rection doth from labouring: thou laiest the plot how.

689659Cham. Good morrow maister Gadshill, it holdes currant that

690660I tolde you yesternight, ther's a Frankelin in the wilde of Kent

691661hath brought three hundred Markes with him in golde, I heard

692662him tell it to one of his company last night at supper, a kinde of

693663Auditor, one that hath abundance of charge too, God knowes

694664what, they are vp already, and cal for Egges and butter, they wil

695665away presently.

697666Gad. Sirrha, if they meete not with Saint Nicholas clearkes,

698667ile giue thee this necke.

699668Cham. No, ile none of it, I pray thee keepe that for the hang-

700669man, for I know thou worshippest Saint Nicholas, as trulie as

701670a man of falshood may.

702671Ga. What talkest thou to me of the hãgman? if I hang, ile make

703672a fat paire of Gallowes: for if I hang, olde sir Iohn hangs with

704673me, and thou knowest hee is no starueling: tut, there are other

705674Troians that thou dreamst not of, the which for sport sake are

706675content to do the profession, some grace, that would (if matters

707676should be lookt into) for their owne credit sake make all whole.

709677I am ioyned with no footlande rakers, no long-staffe sixpennie

710678strikers, none of these mad mustachio purplehewd maltworms,

711679but with nobilitie, and tranquilitie, Burgomasters and great

712680Oneyres, such as can hold in such as wil strike sooner then speak,

713681and speake sooner then drinke, and drinke sooner then pray, and

714682yet (zoundes) I lie, for they pray continuallie to their Saint the

715683Common-wealth, or rather not pray to her, but pray on her, for

717684they ride vp and downe on her, and make her their bootes.

718685Cham. What, the Common-wealth their bootes? will shee

719686hold out water in foule way?

720687Gad. She will, she will, Iustice hath liquord her: we steale as

721688in a Castell cocksure: wee haue the receyte of Ferneseede, wee

722689walke inuisible.

723690Cham. Nay by my fayth, I thinke you are more beholding to

724691the night then to Ferneseed, for your walking inuisible.

726692Gad. Giue mee thy hand, thou shalt haue a share in our pur-

728693chase, as I am a true man.

729694Cham. Nay rather let me haue it, as you are a false theefe.

731695Gad. Go to, homo is a common name to al men: bid the Ostler

732696bring my gelding out of the stable, farewel you muddy knaue.