The History of King Leir
1022Gon. I like thee well, thou ha
st a good toung.
1023Mes. And as bad a toung if it be
set on it, as any Oy
sterwife
1024at Billin
sgate hath: why, I haue made many of my neighbours
1025for
sake their hou
ses with rayling vpon them, and go dwell el
se
1026where; and
so by my meanes hou
ses haue bin good cheape in
1027our pari
sh: My toung being well whetted with choller, is more
1028sharpe then a Razer of Palerno.
1029Gon. O, thou art a
fit man for my purpo
se.
1030Mes. Commend me not,
sweet Queene, before you try me.
1031As my de
serts are,
so do think of me.
1032Gon. Well
sayd, then this is thy tryall: In
stead of carrying
1033the Kings letters to my father, carry thou the
se letters to my
1034sister, which contayne matter quite contrary to the other: there
1035shal
she be giuen to vnder
stand, that my father hath detra
cted
1036her, giuen out
slaundrous
speaches again
st her; and that hee
1037hath mo
st intollerably abu
sed me,
set my Lord and me at va
- 1038riance, and made mutinyes among
st the commons.
1039The
se things (although it be not
so)
1040Yet thou mu
st a
ffirme them to be true,
1041With othes and prote
stations as will
serue,
1042To driue my
sister out of loue with him,
1043And cau
se my will accompli
shed to be.
1044This do, thou win
st my fauour for euer,
1045And make
st a hye way of preferment to thee
1047Mess. It
su
fficeth, conceyt it is already done:
1048I will
so toung-whip him, that I will
1049Leaue him as bare of credit, as a Poulter
1050Leaues a Cony, when
she pulls o
ff his skin.
1051Gon. Yet there is a further matter.
1052Mes. I thir
st to heare it.
1053Gon. If my
sister thinketh conuenient, as my letters
1054importeth, to make him away, ha
st thou the heart to
1056Mess. Few words are be
st in
so
small a matter:
1057The
se are but tri
fles. By this booke I will.
Gon.About
King Leir