825Lady Come on sir, I shall now put you to the height

826of your breeding.

827Clown I will shew my selfe highly fed, and lowly

828taught, I know my businesse is but to the Court.

829Lady To the Court, why what place make you spe-

830ciall, when you put off that with such contempt, but to

831the Court?

832Clo Truly Madam, if God haue lent a man any man-

833ners, hee may easilie put it off at Court: hee that cannot

834make a legge, put off's cap, kisse his hand, and say no-

835thing, has neither legge, hands, lippe, nor cap; and in-

836deed such a fellow, to say precisely, were not for the

837Court, but for me, I haue an answere will serue all men.

838Lady Marry that's a bountifull answere that fits all

839questions.

840Clo It is like a Barbers chaire that fits all buttockes,

841the pin buttocke, the quatch-buttocke, the brawn but-

842tocke, or any buttocke.

843Lady Will your answere serue fit to all questions?

844Clo As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an Attur-

845ney, as your French Crowne for your taffety punke, as

846Tibsrush for Tomsfore-finger, as a pancake for Shroue-

847tuesday, a Morris for May-day, as the naile to his hole,

848the Cuckold to his horne, as a scolding queane to a

849wrangling knaue, as the Nuns lip to the Friers mouth,

850nay as the pudding to his skin.

851Lady Haue you, I say, an answere of such fitnesse for

852all questions?

853Clo From below your Duke, to beneath your Con-

854stable, it will fit any question.

855Lady It must be an answere of most monstrous size,

856that must fit all demands.

857Clo But a triflle neither in good faith, if the learned

858should speake truth of it: heere it is, and all that belongs

859to't. Aske mee if I am a Courtier, it shall doe you no

860harme to learne.

861Lady To be young againe if we could: I will bee a

862foole in question, hoping to bee the wiser by your an-

863swer.

864La I pray you sir, are you a Courtier?

865Clo O Lord sir theres a simple putting off: more,

866more, a hundred of them.

867La Sir I am a poore freind of yours, that loues you.

868Clo O Lord sir, thicke, thicke, spare not me.

869La I thinke sir, you can eate none of this homely

870meate.

871Clo O Lord sir; nay put me too't, I warrant you.

872La You were lately whipt sir as I thinke.

873Clo O Lord sir, spare not me.

874La Doe you crie O Lord sir at your whipping, and

875spare not me? Indeed your O Lord sir, is very sequent

876to your whipping: you would answere very well to a

877whipping if you were but bound too't.

878Clo I nere had worse lucke in my life in my O Lord

879sir: I see things may serue long, but not serue euer.

880La I play the noble huswife with the time, to enter-

881taine it so merrily with a foole.

882Clo O Lord sir, why there't serues well agen.

883La And end sir to your businesse: giue Hellenthis,

884And vrge her to a present answer backe,

885Commend me to my kinsmen, and my sonne,

886This is not much.

887Clo Not much commendation to them.

888La Not much imployement for you, you vnder-

889stand me.

890Clo Most fruitfully, I am there, before my legges.

891La Hast you agen. Exeunt