870Per. One, who doth beare as great a share of griefe,

871As if it were my dearest fathers case.

872Leir. Ah, good my friend, how ill art thou aduisde,

873For to consort with miserable men:

874Go learne to flatter, where thou mayst in time

875Get fauour 'mongst the mighty, and so clyme:

876For now I am so poore and full of want,

877As that I ne're can recompence thy loue.

878Per.What's got by flattery, doth not long indure;

879And men in fauour liue not most secure.

880My conscience tels me, if I should forsake you,

881I were the hatefulst excrement on the earth:

882Which well do know, in course of former time,

883How good my Lord hath bin to me and mine.

884Leir. Did I ere rayse thee higher then the rest

885Of all thy ancestors which were before?

886Per. I ne're did seeke it; but by your good Grace,

887I still inioyed my owne with quietnesse.

888Leir. Did I ere giue thee liuing, to increase

889The due reuennues which thy father left?

890Per. I had ynough, my Lord, and hauing that,

891What should you need to giue me any more?

892Leir. Oh, did I euer dispossesse my selfe,

893And giue thee halfe my Kingdome in good will?

894Per. Alas, my Lord, there were no reason, why

895You should haue such a thought, to giue it me.

896Leir. Nay, if thou talke of reason, then be mute;

897For with good reason I can thee confute.

898If they, which first by natures sacred law,

899Do owe to me the tribute of their liues;

900If they to whom I alwayes haue bin kinde,

901And bountifull beyond comparison;

902If they, for whom I haue vndone my selfe,

903And brought my age vnto this extreme want,

904Do now reiect, contemne, despise, abhor me,

905What reason moueth thee to sorrow for me?

906Per . Where reason fayles, let teares confirme my loue,

907And speake how much your passions do me moue.