1269Enter Lafew and Bertram 1270Laf But I hope your Lord
shippe thinkes not him a
1272Ber Yes my Lord and of verie valiant approofe.
1273Laf You haue it from his owne deliuerance.
1274Ber And by other warranted te
stimonie.
1275Laf Then my Diall goes not true, I tooke this Larke
1277Ber I do a
ssure you my Lord he is very great in know
- 1278ledge, and accordinglie valiant.
1279Laf I haue then
sinn'd again
st his experience, and
1280tran
sgre
st again
st his valour, and my
state that way is
1281dangerous,
since I cannot yet
find in my heart to repent:
1282Heere he comes, I pray you make vs freinds, I will pur
- 1285Par The
se things
shall be done
sir.
1286Laf Pray you
sir who
se his Tailor?
1288Laf O I know him well, I
sir, hee
sirs a good worke
- 1289man, a verie good Tailor.
1290Ber Is
shee gone to the king?
1292Ber Will
shee away to night?
1293Par As you'le haue her.
1294Ber I haue writ my letters, ca
sketted my trea
sure,
1295Giuen order for our hor
ses, and to night,
1296When I
should take po
sse
ssion of the Bride,
1298Laf A good Trauailer is
something at the latter end
1299of a dinner, but on that lies three thirds, and v
ses a
1300known truth to pa
sse a thou
sand nothings with,
should
1301bee once hard, and thrice beaten. God
saue you Cap
- 1303Ber Is there any vnkindnes betweene my Lord and
1305Par I know not how I haue de
serued to run into my
1307Laf You haue made
shift to run into't, bootes and
1308spurres and all: like him that leapt into the Cu
stard, and
1309out of it you'le runne againe, rather then
su
ffer que
stion
1311Ber It may bee you haue mi
staken him my Lord.
1312Laf And
shall doe
so euer, though I tooke him at's
1313prayers. Fare you well my Lord, and beleeue this of
1314me, there can be no kernell in this light Nut: the
soule
1315of this man is his cloathes: Tru
st him not in matter of
1316heauie con
sequence: I haue kept of them tame, & know
1317their natures. Farewell Mon
sieur, I haue
spoken better
1318of you, then you haue or will to de
serue at my hand, but
1319we mu
st do good again
st euill.
1320Par An idle Lord, I
sweare.
1322Par Why do you not know him?
1323Ber Yes, I do know him well, and common
speech
1324Giues him a worthy pa
sse. Heere comes my clog.
1326Hel I haue
sir as I was commanded from you
1327Spoke with the King, and haue procur'd his leaue
1328For pre
sent parting, onely he de
sires
1329Some priuate
speech with you.
1330Ber I
shall obey his will.
1331You mu
st not meruaile
Helenat my cour
se,
1332Which holds not colour with the time, nor does
1333The mini
stration, and required o
ffice
1334On my particular. Prepar'd I was not
1335For
such a bu
sine
sse, therefore am I found
1336So much vn
setled: This driues me to intreate you,
1337That pre
sently you take your way for home,
1338And rather mu
se then a
ske why I intreate you,
1339For my re
spe
cts are better then they
seeme,
1340And my appointments haue in them a neede
1341Greater then
shewes it
selfe at the
fir
st view,
1342To you that know them not. This to my mother,
1343'Twill be two daies ere I
shall
see you,
so
1344I leaue you to your wi
sedome.
1345Hel Sir, I can nothing
say,
1346But that I am your mo
st obedient
seruant.
1347Ber Come, come, no more of that.
1349With true ob
seruance
seeke to eeke out that
1350Wherein toward me my homely
starres haue faild
1351To equall my great fortune.
1352Ber Let that goe: my ha
st is verie great. Farwell:
1354Hel Pray
sir your pardon.
1355Ber Well, what would you
say?
1356Hel I am not worthie of the wealth I owe,
1357Nor dare I
say 'tis mine: and yet it is,
1358But like a timorous theefe, mo
st faine would
steale
1359What law does vouch mine owne.
1360Ber What would you haue?
1361Hel Something, and
scar
se
so much: nothing indeed,
1362I would not tell you what I would my Lord: Faith yes,
1363Strangers and foes do
sunder, and not ki
sse.
1364Ber I pray you
stay not, but in ha
st to hor
se.
1365Hel I
shall not breake your bidding, good my Lord:
1366Where are my other men? Mon
sieur, farwell.
Exit 1367Ber Go thou toward home, where I wil neuer come,
1368Whil
st I can
shake my
sword, or heare the drumme:
1369Away, and for our
flight.
1370Par Brauely, Coragio.