1213Clow. Truely Shepheard, in respect of it selfe, it is a

1214good life; but in respect that it is a shepheards life, it is

1215naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it verie well:

1216but in respect that it is priuate, it is a very vild life. Now

1217in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth mee well: but in

1218respect it is not in the Court, it is tedious. As it is a spare

1219life (looke you) it fits my humor well: but as there is no

1220more plentie in it, it goes much against my stomacke.

1221Has't any Philosophie in thee shepheard?

1222Cor. No more, but that I know the more one sickens,

1223the worse at ease he is: and that hee that wants money,

1224meanes, and content, is without three good frends. That

1225the propertie of raine is to wet, and fire to burne: That

1226pood pasture makes fat sheepe: and that a great cause of

1227the night, is lacke of the Sunne: That hee that hath lear-

1228ned no wit by Nature, nor Art, may complaine of good

1229breeding, or comes of a very dull kindred.

1230Clo. Such a one is a naturall Philosopher:

1231Was't euer in Court, Shepheard?

1232Cor. No truly.

1233Clo. Then thou art damn'd.

1234Cor. Nay, I hope.

1235Clo. Truly thou art damn'd, like an ill roasted Egge,

1236all on one side.

1237Cor. For not being at Court? your reason.

1238Clo. Why, if thou neuer was't at Court, thou neuer

1239saw'st good manners: if thou neuer saw'st good maners,

1240then thy manners must be wicked, and wickednes is sin,

1241and sinne is damnation: Thou art in a parlous state shep-

1242heard.

1243Cor. Not a whit Touchstone, those that are good ma-

1244ners at the Court, are as ridiculous in the Countrey, as

1245the behauiour of the Countrie is most mockeable at the

1246Court. You told me, you salute not at the Court, but

1247you kisse your hands; that courtesie would be vncleanlie

1248if Courtiers were shepheards.

1249Clo. Instance, briefly: come, instance.

1250Cor. Why we are still handling our Ewes, and their

1251Fels you know are greasie.

1252Clo. Why do not your Courtiers hands sweate? and

1253is not the grease of a Mutton, as wholesome as the sweat

1254of a man? Shallow, shallow: A better instance I say:

1255Come.

1256Cor. Besides, our hands are hard.

1257Clo. Your lips wil feele them the sooner. Shallow a-

1258gen: a more sounder instance, come.

1259Cor. And they are often tarr'd ouer, with the surgery

1260of our sheepe: and would you haue vs kisse Tarre? The

1261Courtiers hands are perfum'd with Ciuet.

1262Clo. Most shallow man: Thou wormes meate in re-

1263spect of a good peece of flesh indeed: learne of the wise

1264and perpend: Ciuet is of a baser birth then Tarre, the

1265verie vncleanly fluxe of a Cat. Mend the instance Shep-

1266heard.

1267Cor. You haue too Courtly a wit, for me, Ile rest.

1268Clo. Wilt thou rest damn'd? God helpe thee shallow

1269man: God make incision in thee, thou art raw.

1270Cor. Sir, I am a true Labourer, I earne that I eate: get

1271that I weare; owe no man hate, enuie no mans happi-

1272nesse: glad of other mens good content with my harme:

1273and the greatest of my pride, is to see my Ewes graze, &

1274my Lambes sucke.

1275Clo. That is another simple sinne in you, to bring the

1276Ewes and the Rammes together, and to offer to get your

1277liuing, by the copulation of Cattle, to be bawd to a Bel-

1278weather, and to betray a shee-Lambe of a tweluemonth

1279to a crooked-pated olde Cuckoldly Ramme, out of all

1280reasonable match. If thou bee'st not damn'd for this, the

1281diuell himselfe will haue no shepherds, I cannot see else

1282how thou shouldst scape.

1283Cor. Heere comes yong M^r Ganimed, my new Mistris-

1284ses Brother.

1294Clo. Ile rime you so, eight yeares together; dinners,

1295and suppers, and sleeping hours excepted: it is the right

1296Butter-womens ranke to Market.

1297Ros. Out Foole.

1298Clo. For a taste.

1311This is the verie false gallop of Verses, why doe you in-

1312fect your selfe with them?

1313Ros. Peace you dull foole, I found them on a tree.

1314Clo. Truely the tree yeelds bad fruite.

1315Ros. Ile graffe it with you, and then I shall graffe it

1316with a Medler: then it will be the earliest fruit i'th coun-

1317try: for you'l be rotten ere you bee halfe ripe, and that's

1318the right vertue of the Medler.

1319Clo. You haue said: but whether wisely or no, let the

1320Forrest iudge.

1322Ros. Peace, here comes my sister reading, stand aside.