1522Enter the three Bawdes. 1525Pander. Searche the market narrowely,
Mettelyne is
1526full of gallants, wee lo
st too much much money this mart
1527by beeing too wenchle
sse.
1528Bawd. Wee were neuer
so much out of Creatures, we
1529haue but poore three, and they can doe no more then they
1530can doe, and they with continuall a
ction, are euen as good
1532Pander. Therefore lets haue fre
sh ones what ere wee pay
1533for them, if there bee not a con
science to be v
sde in euerie
1534trade, wee
shall neuer pro
sper.
1535Bawd. Thou
say
st true, tis not our bringing vp of poore
1536ba
stards, as I thinke, I haue brought vp
some eleuen.
1537Boult. I to eleuen, and brought them downe againe,
1538but
shall I
searche the market?
1539Bawde. What el
se man? the
stu
ffe we haue, a
strong
1540winde will blowe it to peeces, they are
so pittifully
sodden.
1541Pandor. Thou
saye
st true, ther's two vnwhole
some a
1542con
science, the poore
Transiluanian is dead that laye with
1544Boult. I,
shee quickly poupt him,
she made him roa
st- 1545meate for wormes, but Ile goe
searche the market.
1547Pand. Three or foure thou
sande Checkins were as
1548prettie a proportion to liue quietly, and
so giue ouer
. 1549Bawd. Why, to giue ouer I pray you? Is it a
shame to
1550get when wee are olde
? 1551Pand. Oh our credite comes not in like the commo
- 1552ditie, nor the commoditie wages not with the daunger:
1553therefore if in our youthes we could picke vp
some prettie
1554e
state, t'were not ami
sse to keepe our
doore hatch't, be
sides
1555the
sore tearmes we
stand vpon with the gods, wilbe
strong
1556with vs for giuing ore.
1557Bawd. Come other
sorts o
ffend as well as wee.
1558Pand. As well as wee. I, and better too, wee o
ffende
1559wor
se, neither is our profe
ssion any trade, It's no calling,
1560but heere comes
Boult.
1561Enter Boult with the Pirates and Marina. 1562Boult. Come your wayes my mai
sters, you
say
shee's a
1564Sayler. O Sir, wee doubt it not.
1565Boult. Ma
ster, I haue gone through for this peece you
1566see, if you like her
so, if not I haue lo
st my earne
st.
1567Bawd. Boult, has
shee anie qualities?
1568Boult. Shee has a good face,
speakes well, and has ex
- 1569cellent good cloathes: theres no farther nece
ssitie of qua
- 1570lities can make her be refuz'd.
1571Bawd, What's her price
Boult?
1572Boult. I cannot be bated one doit of a thou
sand peeces.
1573Pand. Well, follow me my mai
sters, you
shall haue your
1574money pre
senly, wife take her in, in
stru
ct her what
she has
1575to doe, that
she may not be rawe in her entertainment.
1576Bawd. Boult, take you the markes of her, the colour of
1577her haire, complexion, height, her age, with warrant
of her
1578virginitie, and crie; He that wil giue mo
st shal haue her
fir
st,
1579such a maydenhead were no cheape thing, if men were as
1580they haue beene: get this done as I command you.
1581Boult. Performance
shall follow
. Exit. 1582Mar. Alacke that
Leonine was
so
slacke,
so
slow, he
should
1583haue
strooke, not
spoke, or that the
se Pirates, not enough
1584barbarous, had not oreboord throwne me, for to
seeke my
1586Bawd. Why lament you prettie one?
1587Mar. That I am prettie
. 1588Bawd. Come, the Gods haue done their part in you.
1589Mar. I accu
se them not.
1590Bawd. You are light into my hands, where you are like
1592Mar. The more my fault, to
scape his handes, where I
1594Bawd. I, and you
shall liue in pea
sure.
1596Bawd. Yes indeed
shall you, and ta
ste Gentlemen of all
1597fa
shions, you
shall fare well, you
shall haue the di
fference of
1598all complexions, what doe you
stop your eares
? 1599Mar. Are you a woman?
1600Bawd. What would you haue mee be, and I bee not a
1602Mar. An hone
st woman, or not a woman.
1603Bawd. Marie whip the Go
sseling, I thinke I
shall haue
1604something to doe with you, come you'r a young fooli
sh 1605sapling, and mu
st be bowed as I would haue you.
1606Mar. The Gods defend me
. 1607Baud. If it plea
se the Gods to defend you by men, then
1608men mu
st comfort you, men mu
st feed you, men
stir you
1609vp:
Boults returnd. Now
sir, ha
st thou cride her through
1611Boult. I haue cryde her almo
st to the number of her
1612haires, I haue drawne her pi
cture with my voice.
1613Baud. And I prethee tell me, how do
st thou
find the in
- 1614clination of the people, e
specially of the yonger
sort?
1615Boult. Faith they li
stened to mee, as they would haue
1616harkened to their fathers te
stament, there was a Spaniards
1617mouth watred, and he went to bed to her verie de
scription.
1618Baud. We
shall haue him here to morrow with his be
st 1620Boult. To night, to night, but Mi
stre
sse doe you knowe
1621the French knight, that cowres ethe hams?
1622Baud. Who,
Mounsieur Verollus?
1623Boult. I, he, he o
ffered to cut a caper at the proclama
- 1624tion, but he made a groane at it, and
swore he would
see her
1626Baud. Well, well, as for him, hee brought his di
sea
se hi
- 1627ther, here he does but repaire it, I knowe hee will come in
1628our
shadow, to
scatter his crownes in the Sunne.
1629Boult. Well, if we had of euerie Nation a traueller, wee
1630should lodge them with this
signe.
1631Baud. Pray you come hither a while, you haue
1632Fortunes comming vppon you, marke mee, you mu
st 1633seeme to doe that fearefully, which you commit willing
- 1634ly, de
spi
se pro
fite, where you haue mo
st gaine, to weepe
1635that you liue as yee doe, makes pittie in your Louers
sel
- 1636dome, but that pittie begets you a good opinion, and that
1637opinion a meere pro
fite.
1638Mari. I vnder
stand you not.
1639Boult. O take her home Mi
stre
sse, take her home, the
se
1640blu
shes of hers mu
st bee quencht with
some pre
sent
1642Mari. Thou
saye
st true yfaith,
so they mu
st, for your
1643Bride goes to that with
shame, which is her way to goe with
1645Boult. Faith
some doe, and
some doe not, but Mi
stre
sse
1646if I haue bargaind for the ioynt
. 1647Baud. Thou mai
st cut a mor
sell o
ff the
spit
. 1649Baud. Who
should denie it?
1650Come young one, I like the manner of your garments
1652Boult. I by my faith, they
shall not be changd yet.
1653Baud. Boult,
spend thou that in the towne
: report what
1654a
soiourner we haue , youle loo
se nothing by cu
stome.
1655When Nature framde this peece,
shee meant thee a good
1656turne, therefore
say what a parragon
she is, and thou ha
st 1657the harue
st out of thine owne report.
1658Boult. I warrant you Mi
stre
sse, thunder
shall not
so a
- 1659wake the beds of Eeles, as my giuing out her beautie
stirs
1660vp the lewdly enclined, Ile bring home
some to night
. 1661Baud. Come your wayes, follow me.
1662Mari. If
fires be hote, kniues
sharpe, or waters deepe,
1663Vntide I
still my virgin knot will keepe.
1664Diana ayde my purpo
se.
1665Baud. What haue we to doe with
Diana, pray you will