The comicall Historie of
18651859We all expe
ct a gentle aun
swere Iewe?
18661860Iewe. I haue po
sse
st your grace of what I purpo
se,
18671861and by our holy Sabaoth haue I
sworne
18681862to haue the due and forfet of my bond,
18691863if you deny it, let the danger light
18701864vpon your charter and your Citties freedome?
18711865Youle a
ske me why I rather choo
se to haue
18721866a weight of carrion
fle
sh, then to receaue
18731867three thou
sand ducats: Ile not aun
swer that?
18741868But
say it is my humour, is it aun
swerd?
18751869What if my hou
se be troubled with a Rat,
18761870and I be plea
sd to giue ten thou
sand ducats
18771871to haue it baind?
what, are you aun
swerd yet?
18781872Some men there are loue not a gaping pigge?
18791873Some that are mad if they behold a Cat?
18801874And others when the bagpipe
sings ith no
se,
18811875cannot containe their vrine for a
ffe
ction.
18821876Mai
sters of pa
ssion
swayes it to the moode
18831877of what it likes or loathes, now for your aun
swer:
18841878As there is no
firme rea
son to be rendred
18851879why he cannot abide a gaping pigge?
18861880why he a harmele
sse nece
ssarie Cat?
18871881why he a woollen bagpipe: but of force
18881882mu
st yeeld to
such in euitable
shame,
18891883as to o
ffend him
selfe being o
ffended:
18901884So can I giue no rea
son, nor I will not,
18911885more then a lodgd hate, and a certaine loathing
18921886I beare
Anthonio, that
I follow thus
18931887a loo
sing
sute again
st him? are you aun
swered?
18941888Bass. This is no aun
swer thou vnfeeling man,
18951889to excu
se the currant of thy cruelty?
18961890Iewe. I am not bound to plea
se thee with my an
swers?
18971891Bass. Doe all men kill the things they doe not loue?
18981892Iewe. Hates any man the thing he would not kill?
18991893Bass. Euery o
ffence is not a hate at
fir
st?
19001894Iewe. What would
st thou haue a
serpent
sting thee twice?
Antho.