802702But indeed these humble considerations make me out of loue

803703with my greatnesse. What a disgrace is it to mee to remember

804704thy name? or to know thy face to morow? or to take note how

805705many paire of silke stockings thou hast with these, and those

806706that were thy peach colourd once, or to beare the inuentorie of

807707thy shirts, as one for superfluitie, and another for vse. But that

809708the Tennis court keeper knows better than I, for it is a low eb

810709of linnen with thee when thou keepest not racket there, as thou

811710hast not done a great while, because the rest of the low Coun-

812711tries haue eate vp thy holland: and God knows whether those

812.1712that bal out the ruines of thy linnen shal inherite his kingdom:

812.2713but the Midwiues say, the children are not in the fault where-

812.3714vpon the world increases, and kinreds are mightily strengthe-

812.4715ned.

814716Poynes How ill it followes, after you haue labored so hard,

815717you should talke so ydlely! tell me how many good yong prin-

816718ces woulde doe so, their fathers being so sicke, as yours at this

816.1719time is.

818720Prince Shall I tel thee one thing Poynes?

819721Poynes Yes faith, and let it be an excellent good thing.

820722Prince It shall serue among wittes of no higher breeding

821723then thine.

822724Poynes Go to, I stand the push of your one thing that you

823725will tell.

824726Prince Mary I tell thee it is not meete that I should bee sad

825727now my father is sicke, albeit I could tell to thee, as to one it

826728pleases me for fault of a better to call my friend, I could be sad,

827729and sad indeede too.

828730Poynes Very hardly, vpon such a subiect.

829731Prince By this hand, thou thinkest me as farre in the diuels

830732booke, as thou and Falstaffe, for obduracie and persistancie,

831733let the end trie the man, but I tel thee, my heart bleeds inward-

832734ly that my father is so sick, and keeping such vile company as

833735thou arte, hath in reason taken from me all ostentation of sor-

834736rowe.

835737Poynes The reason.