1504Elb. Marry Sir, he hath offended the Law; and Sir,

1505we take him to be a Theefe too Sir: for wee haue found

1506vpon him Sir, a strange Pick-lock, which we haue sent

1507to the Deputie.

1508Duke. Fie, sirrah, a Bawd, a wicked bawd,

1509The euill that thou causest to be done,

1510That is thy meanes to liue. Do thou but thinke

1511What 'tis to cram a maw, or cloath a backe

1512From such a filthie vice: say to thy selfe,

1513From their abhominable and beastly touches

1514I drinke, I eate away my selfe, and liue:

1515Canst thou beleeue thy liuing is a life,

1516So stinkingly depending? Go mend, go mend.

1517Clo. Indeed, it do's stinke in some sort, Sir:

1518But yet Sir I would proue.

1519Duke. Nay, if the diuell haue giuen thee proofs for sin

1520Thou wilt proue his. Take him to prison Officer:

1521Correction, and Instruction must both worke

1522Ere this rude beast will profit.

1523Elb. He must before the Deputy Sir, he ha's giuen

1524him warning: the Deputy cannot abide a Whore-ma-

1525ster: if he be a Whore-monger, and comes before him,

1526he were as good go a mile on his errand.

1527Duke. That we were all, as some would seeme to bee

1528From our faults, as faults from seeming free.

1530Elb. His necke will come to your wast, a Cord sir.

1531Clo. I spy comfort, I cry baile: Here's a Gentleman,

1532and a friend of mine.

1533Luc. How now noble Pompey? What, at the wheels

1534of Casar? Art thou led in triumph? What is there none

1535of Pigmalions Images newly made woman to bee had

1536now, for putting the hand in the pocket, and extracting

1537clutch'd? What reply? Ha? What saist thou to this

1538Tune, Matter, and Method? Is't not drown'd i'th last

1539raine? Ha? What saist thou Trot? Is the world as it was

1540Man? Which is the vvay? Is it sad, and few words?

1541Or how? The tricke of it?

1542Duke. Still thus, and thus: still vvorse?

1543Luc. How doth my deere Morsell, thy Mistris? Pro-

1544cures she still? Ha?

1545Clo. Troth sir, shee hath eaten vp all her beefe, and

1546she is her selfe in the tub.

1547Luc. Why 'tis good: It is the right of it: it must be

1548so. Euer your fresh Whore, and your pouder'd Baud, an

1549vnshun'd consequence, it must be so. Art going to pri-

1550son Pompey?

1551Clo. Yes faith sir.

1552Luc. Why 'tis not amisse Pompey: farewell: goe say

1553I sent thee thether: for debt Pompey? Or how?

1554Elb. For being a baud, for being a baud.

1555Luc. Well, then imprison him: If imprisonment be

1556the due of a baud, why 'tis his right. Baud is he doubt-

1557lesse, and of antiquity too: Baud borne. Farwell good

1558Pompey: Commend me to the prison Pompey, you will

1559turne good husband now Pompey, you vvill keepe the

1560house.

1561Clo. I hope Sir, your good Worship wil be my baile?

1562Luc. No indeed vvil I not Pompey, it is not the wear:

1563I will pray ( Pompey) to encrease your bondage if you

1564take it not patiently: Why, your mettle is the more:

1565Adieu trustie Pompey.

1566Blesse you Friar.

1567Duke. And you.

1568Luc. Do's Bridget paint still, Pompey? Ha?

1569Elb. Come your waies sir, come.

1570Clo. You will not baile me then Sir?

1571Luc. Then Pompey, nor now: what newes abroad Fri-

1572er? What newes?

1573Elb. Come your waies sir, come.

1574Luc. Goe to kennell ( Pompey) goe:

1575What newes Frier of the Duke?

1576Duke. I know none: can you tell me of any?

1577Luc. Some say he is with the Emperor of Russia: other

1578some, he is in Rome: but where is he thinke you?

1579Duke. I know not where: but wheresoeuer, I wish

1580him well.

1581Luc. It was a mad fantasticall tricke of him to steale

1582from the State, and vsurpe the beggerie hee was neuer

1583borne to: Lord Angelo Dukes it well in his absence: he

1584puts transgression too't.

1585Duke. He do's well in't.

1586Luc. A little more lenitie to Lecherie would doe no

1587harme in him: Something too crabbed that way, Frier.

1588Duk. It is too general a vice, and seueritie must cure it.

1589Luc. Yes in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred;

1590it is vvell allied, but it is impossible to extirpe it quite,

1591Frier, till eating and drinking be put downe. They say

1592this Angelo vvas not made by Man and Woman, after

1593this downe-right vvay of Creation: is it true, thinke

1594you?

1595Duke. How should he be made then?

1596Luc. Some report, a Sea-maid spawn'd him. Some,

1597that he vvas begot betweene two Stock-fishes. But it

1598is certaine, that when he makes water, his Vrine is con-

1599geal'd ice, that I know to bee true: and he is a motion

1600generatiue, that's infallible.

1601Duke. You are pleasant sir, and speake apace.

1602Luc. Why, what a ruthlesse thing is this in him, for

1603the rebellion of a Cod-peece, to take away the life of a

1604man? Would the Duke that is absent haue done this?

1605Ere he vvould haue hang'd a man for the getting a hun-

1606dred Bastards, he vvould haue paide for the Nursing a

1607thousand. He had some feeling of the sport, hee knew

1608the seruice, and that instructed him to mercie.

1609Duke. I neuer heard the absent Duke much detected

1610for Women, he was not enclin'd that vvay.

1611Luc. Oh Sir, you are deceiu'd.

1612Duke. 'Tis not possible.

1613Luc. Who, not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty:

1614and his vse was, to put a ducket in her Clack-dish; the

1615Duke had Crochets in him. Hee would be drunke too,

1616that let me informe you.

1617Duke. You do him wrong, surely.

1618Luc. Sir, I vvas an inward of his: a shie fellow vvas

1619the Duke, and I beleeue I know the cause of his vvith-

1620drawing.

1621Duke. What (I prethee) might be the cause?

1622Luc. No, pardon: 'Tis a secret must bee lockt with-

1623in the teeth and the lippes: but this I can let you vnder-

1624stand, the greater file of the subiect held the Duke to be

1625vvise.

1626Duke. Wise? Why no question but he was.

1627Luc. A very superficiall, ignorant, vnweighing fellow

1628Duke. Either this is Enuie in you, Folly, or mista-

1629king: The very streame of his life, and the businesse he

1630hath helmed, must vppon a warranted neede, giue him

1631a better proclamation. Let him be but testimonied in

1632his owne bringings forth, and hee shall appeare to the

1633enuious, a Scholler, a Statesman, and a Soldier: there-

1634fore you speake vnskilfully: or, if your knowledge bee

1635more, it is much darkned in your malice.

G Luc.