17151610For Charitie it selfe fulfilles the Law:

17161611And who can seuer Loue from Charitie.

17171612King. Saint Cupid then and Souldiers to the fielde.

17181613Berow. Aduaunce your standars, and vpon them Lords.

17191614Pell, mell, downe with them: but be first aduisd,

17201615In conflict that you get the Sunne of them.

17211616Long. Now to plaine dealing. Lay these glozes by,

17221617Shall we resolue to woe these gyrles of Fraunce?

17231618King. And winn them too, therefore let vs deuise,

17241619Some enterteinment for them in their Tentes.

17251620Ber. First from the Parke let vs conduct them thither,

17261621Then homeward euery man attach the hand

17271622Of his faire Mistres, in the afternoone

17281623We will with some strange pastime solace them:

17291624Such as the shortnesse of the time can shape,

17301625For Reuels, Daunces, Maskes, and merrie houres,

17311626Forerunne faire Loue, strewing her way with flowers.

17321627King. Away, away, no time shalbe omitted,

17331628That will be time and may by vs befitted.

17341629Ber. Alone alone sowed Cockell, reapt no Corne,

17351630And Iustice alwayes whirles in equall measure:

17361631Light Wenches may proue plagues to men forsorne,

17371632If so our Copper byes no better treasure.

17401634Pedant. Satis quid sufficit.

17411635Curat. I prayse God for you sir, your reasons at Dinner

17421636haue been sharpe & sententious: pleasant without scurillitie,

17431637wittie without affection, audatious without impudencie,

17441638learned without opinion, and strange without heresie: I did

17451639conuerse this quondam day with a companion of the kings,

17461640who is intituled, nominated, or called, Don Adriano de Ar-

17471641matho.

17481642Ped. Noui hominum tanquam te, His humour is loftie, his

17491643discourse peremptorie: his tongue fyled, his eye ambitious,

17501644his gate maiesticall, and his generall behauiour vaine, redicu-

17511645lous, & thrasonicall. He is too picked, to spruce, too affected,

17521646to od as it were, too peregrinat as I may call it.