2482Laf No, no, no, your sonne was misled with a snipt

2483taffata fellow there, whose villanous saffron wold haue

2484made all the vnbak'd and dowy youth of a nation in his

2485colour: your daughter-in-law had beene aliue at this

2486houre, and your sonne heere at home, more aduanc'd

2487by the King, then by that red-tail'd humble Bee I speak

2488of.

2489La I would I had not knowne him, it was the death

2490of the most vertuous gentlewoman, that euer Nature

2491had praise for creating. If she had pertaken of my flesh

2492and cost mee the deerest groanes of a mother, I could

2493not haue owed her a more rooted loue.

2494Laf Twas a good Lady, 'twas a good Lady. Wee

2495may picke a thousand sallets ere wee light on such ano-

2496ther hearbe.

2497Clo Indeed sir she was the sweete Margerom of the

2498sallet, or rather the hearbe of grace.

2499Laf They are not hearbes you knaue, they are nose-

2500hearbes.

2501Clowne I am no great Nabuchadnezarsir, I haue not

2502much skill in grace.

2503Laf Whether doest thou professe thy selfe, a knaue

2504or a foole?

2505Clo A foole sir at a womans seruice, and a knaue at a

2506mans.

2507Laf Your distinction.

2508Clo I would cousen the man of his wife, and do his

2509seruice.

2510Laf So you were a knaue at his seruice indeed.

2511Clo And I would giue his wife my bauble sir to doe

2512her seruice.

2513Laf I will subscribe for thee, thou art both knaue

2514and foole.

2515Clo At your seruice.

2516Laf No, no, no.

2517Clo Why sir, if I cannot serue you, I can serue as

2518great a prince as you are.

2519Laf Whose that, a Frenchman?

2520Clo Faith sir a has an English maine, but his fisno-

2521mie is more hotter in France then there.

2522Laf What prince is that?

2523Clo The blacke prince sir, alias the prince of darke-

2524nesse, alias the diuell.

2525Laf Hold thee there's my purse, I giue thee not this

2526to suggest thee from thy master thou talk'st off, serue

2527him still.

2528Clo I am a woodland fellow sir, that alwaies loued

2529a great fire, and the master I speak of euer keeps a good

2530fire, but sure he is the Prince of the world, let his No-

2531bilitie remaine in's Court. I am for the house with the

2532narrow gate, which I take to be too little for pompe to

2533enter: some that humble themselues may, but the ma-

2534nie will be too chill and tender, and theyle bee for the

2535flowrie way that leads to the broad gate, and the great

2536fire.

2537Laf Go thy waies, I begin to bee a wearie of thee,

2538and I tell thee so before, because I would not fall out

2539with thee. Go thy wayes, let my horses be wel look'd

2540too, without any trickes.

2541Clo If I put any trickes vpon em sir, they shall bee

2542Iades trickes, which are their owne right by the law of

2543Nature. exit

2544Laf A shrewd knaue and an vnhappie.

2545Lady So a is. My Lord that's gone made himselfe

2546much sport out of him, by his authoritie hee remaines

2547heere, which he thinkes is a pattent for his sawcinesse,

2548and indeede he has no pace, but runnes where he will.

2549Laf I like him well, 'tis not amisse: and I was about

2550to tell you, since I heard of the good Ladies death, and

2551that my Lord your sonne was vpon his returne home. I

2552moued the King my master to speake in the behalfe of

2553my daughter, which in the minoritie of them both, his

2554Maiestie out of a selfe gracious remembrance did first

2555propose, his Highnesse hath promis'd me to doe it, and

2556to stoppe vp the displeasure he hath conceiued against

2557your sonne, there is no fitter matter. How do's your

2558Ladyship like it?

2559La With verie much content my Lord, and I wish

2560it happily effected.

2561Laf His Highnesse comes post from Marcellus of as

2562able bodie as when he number'd thirty, a will be heere

2563to morrow, or I am deceiu'd by him that in such intel-

2564ligence hath seldome fail'd.

2565La Ir reioyces me, that I hope I shall see him ere I

2566die. I haue letters that my sonne will be heere to night:

2567I shall beseech your Lordship to remaine with mee, till

2568they meete together.

2569Laf Madam, I was thinking with what manners I

2570might safely be admitted.

2571Lad You neede but pleade your honourable priui-

2572ledge.

2573Laf Ladie, of that I haue made a bold charter, but

2574I thanke my God, it holds yet.

2576Clo O Madam, yonders my Lord your sonne with

2577a patch of veluet on's face, whether there bee a scar vn-

2578der't or no, the Veluet knowes, but 'tis a goodly patch

2579of Veluet, his left cheeke is a cheeke of two pile and a

2580halfe, but his right cheeke is worne bare.

2581Laf A scarre nobly got,

2582Or a noble scarre, is a good liu'rie of honor,

2583So belike is that.

2584Clo But it is your carbinado'd face.

2585Laf Let vs go see

2586your sonne I pray you, I long to talke

2587With the yong noble souldier.

2588Clowne 'Faith there's a dozen of em, with delicate

2589fine hats, and most courteous feathers, which bow the

2590head, and nod at euerie man.