984Of slaunder, scandall, and inuented tales,

985That all the blame shall be remou'd from me,

986And vnperceiu'd rebound vpon himselfe.

987Thus with one nayle another Ile expell,

988And make the world iudge, that I vsde him well.

991Gon. My honest friend, whither away so fast?

992Mes. To Cambria, Madam, with letters frō the king.

993Gon. To whom?

994Mess. Vnto your father, if he be there.

995Gon. Let me see them. She opens them.

996Mess. Madam, I hope your Grace will stand

997Betweene me and my neck-verse, if I be

998Calld in question, for opening the Kings letters.

999Gon. 'Twas I that opened them, it was not thou.

1000Mes. I, but you need not care: and so must I,

1001A hansome man, be quickly trust vp,

1002And when a man's hang'd, all the world cannot saue him.

1003Gon. He that hangs thee, were better hang his father,

1004Or that but hurts thee in the least degree.

1005I tell thee, we make great account of thee.

1006Mes. I am o're-ioy'd, I surfet of sweet words:

1007Kind Queene, had I a hundred liues, I would

1008Spend ninety nyne of them for you, for that word.

1009Gon. I, but thou wouldst keepe one life still,

1010And that's as many as thou art like to haue.

1011Mes. That one life is not too deare for my good Queene; this

1012sword, this buckler, this head, this heart, these hands, armes,

1013legs, tripes, bowels, and all the members else whatsoeuer, are at

1014your dispose; vse me, trust me, commaund me: if I fayle in any

1015thing, tye me to a dung cart, and make a Scauengers horse of

1016me, and whip me, so long as I haue any skin on my back.

1017Gon.In token of further imployment, take that.

1019Mes. A strong Bond, a firme Obligation, good in law, good

1020in law: if I keepe not the condition, let my necke be the forfey-

1021ture of my negligence.

D3 Gon. I