1605Orlan. Now by the faith of my loue, I will ; Tel me

1606where it is.

1607Ros. Go with me to it, and Ile shew it you: and by

1608the way, you shal tell me, where in the Forrest you liue:

1609Wil you go?

1610Orl. With all my heart, good youth.

1611Ros. Nay, you must call mee Rosalind: Come sister,

1615Clo. Come apace good Audrey, I wil fetch vp your

1616Goates, Audrey : and how Audrey am I the man yet?

1617Doth my simple feature content you?

1618Aud. Your features, Lord warrant vs: what features?

1619Clo. I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the most

1620capricious Poet honest Ouid was among the Gothes.

1621Iaq. O knowledge ill inhabited, worse then Ioue in

1622a thatch'd house.

1623Clo. When a mans verses cannot be vnderstood, nor

1624a mans good wit seconded with the forward childe, vn-

1625derstanding: it strikes a man more dead then a great rec-

1626koning in a little roome: truly, I would the Gods hadde

1627made thee poeticall.

1628Aud. I do not know what Poetical is: is it honest in

1629deed and word: is it a true thing?

1630Clo. No trulie: for the truest poetrie is the most fai-

1631ning, and Louers are giuen to Poetrie: and what they

1632sweare in Poetrie, may be said as Louers, they do feigne.

1633Aud. Do you wish then that the Gods had made me

1634Poeticall?

1635Clow. I do truly: for thou swear'st to me thou art ho-

1636nest: Now if thou wert a Poet, I might haue some hope

1637thou didst feigne.

1638Aud. Would you not haue me honest?

1639Clo. No truly, vnlesse thou wert hard fauour'd: for

1640honestie coupled to beautie, is to haue Honie a sawce to

1641Sugar.

1642Iaq. A materiall foole.

1643Aud. Well, I am not faire, and therefore I pray the

1644Gods make me honest.

1645Clo. Truly, and to cast away honestie vppon a foule

1646slut, were to put good meate into an vncleane dish.

1647And. I am not a slut, though I thanke the Goddes I

1648am foule.

1649Clo. Well, praised be the Gods, for thy foulnesse; slut-

1650tishnesse may come heereafter. But be it, as it may bee,

1651I wil marrie thee: and to that end, I haue bin with Sir

1652Oliuer Mar-text, the Vicar of the next village, who hath

1653promis'd to meete me in this place of the Forrest, and to

1654couple vs.

1655Iaq. I would faine see this meeting.

1656Aud. Wel, the Gods giue vs ioy.

1657Clo. Amen. A man may if he were of a fearful heart,

1658stagger in this attempt: for heere wee haue no Temple

1659but the wood, no assembly but horne-beasts. But what

1660though? Courage. As hornes are odious, they are neces-

1661sarie. It is said, many a man knowes no end of his goods;

1662right: Many a man has good Hornes, and knows no end

1663of them. Well, that is the dowrie of his wife, 'tis none

1664of his owne getting; hornes, euen so poore men alone:

1665No, no, the noblest Deere hath them as huge as the Ras-

1666call: Is the single man therefore blessed? No, as a wall'd

1667Towne is more worthier then a village, so is the fore-

1668head of a married man, more honourable then the bare

1669brow of a Batcheller: and by how much defence is bet-

1670ter then no skill, by so much is a horne more precious

1671then to want.

1673Heere comes Sir Oliuer: Sir Oliuer Mar-text you are

1674wel met. Will you dispatch vs heere vnder this tree, or

1675shal we go with you to your Chappell?

1676Ol. Is there none heere to giue the woman?

1677Clo. I wil not take her on guift of any man.

1678Ol. Truly she must be giuen, or the marriage is not

1679lawfull.

1680Iaq. Proceed, proceede: Ile giue her.

1681Clo. Good euen good M^r what ye cal't: how do you

1682Sir, you are verie well met: goddild you for your last

1683companie, I am verie glad to see you, euen a toy in hand

1684heere Sir: Nay, pray be couer'd.

1685Iaq. Wil you be married, Motley?

1686Clo. As the Oxe hath his bow sir, the horse his curb,

1687and the Falcon her bels, so man hath his desires, and as

1688Pigeons bill, so wedlocke would be nibling.

1689Iaq. And wil you (being a man of your breeding) be

1690married vnder a bush like a begger? Get you to church,

1691and haue a good Priest that can tel you what marriage is,

1692this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne

1693Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a shrunke pannell,

1694and like greene timber, warpe, warpe.

1695Clo. I am not in the minde, but I were better to bee

1696married of him then of another, for he is not like to mar-

1697rie me wel: and not being wel married, it wil be a good

1698excuse for me heereafter, to leaue my wife.

1699Iaq. Goe thou with mee,

1700And let me counsel thee.

1701Ol. Come sweete Audrey,

1702We must be married, or we must liue in baudrey:

1703Farewel good M^rOliuer: Not O sweet Oliuer, O braue

1704Oliuer leaue me not behind thee: But winde away, bee

1705gone I say, I wil not to wedding with thee.

1706Ol. 'Tis no matter; Ne're a fantastical knaue of them

1710Ros. Neuer talke to me, I wil weepe.

1711Cel. Do I prethee, but yet haue the grace to consider,

1712that teares do not become a man.

1713Ros. But haue I not cause to weepe?

1714Cel. As good cause as one would desire,

1715Therefore weepe.

1716Ros. His very haire

1717Is of the dissembling colour.

1718Cel. Something browner then Iudasses:

1719Marrie his kisses are Iudasses owne children.

1720Ros. I'faith his haire is of a good colour.

1721Cel. An excellent colour:

1722Your Chessenut was euer the onely colour:

1723Ros. And his kissing is as ful of sanctitie,

1724As the touch of holy bread.