1853not I bid thee still marke me, and doe as I do; when did'st

1854thou see me heaue vp my leg, and make water against a

1855Gentlewomans farthingale? did'st thou euer see me doe

1856such a tricke?

1857Pro. Sebastian is thy name: I like thee well,

1858And will imploy thee in some seruice presently.

1859Iu. In what you please, ile doe what I can.

1860Pro. I hope thou wilt.

1861How now you whor-son pezant,

1862Where haue you bin these two dayes loytering?

1863 La. Marry Sir, I carried Mistris Siluia the dogge you

1864bad me.

1865Pro. And what saies she to my little Iewell?

1866 La. Marry she saies your dog was a cur, and tels you

1867currish thanks is good enough for such a present.

1868Pro. But she receiu'd my dog?

1869La. No indeede did she not:

1870Here haue I brought him backe againe.

1871Pro. What, didst thou offer her this from me?

1872La. I Sir, the other Squirrill was stolne from me

1873By the Hangmans boyes in the market place,

1874And then I offer'd her mine owne, who is a dog

1875As big as ten of yours, & therefore the guift the greater.

1876Pro. Goe, get thee hence, and finde my dog againe,

1877Or nere returne againe into my sight.

1878Away, I say: stayest thou to vexe me here;

1879A Slaue, that still an end, turnes me to shame:

1880Sebastian, I haue entertained thee,

1881Partly that I haue neede of such a youth,

1882That can with some discretion doe my businesse:

1883For 'tis no trusting to yond foolish Lowt;

1884But chiefely, for thy face, and thy behauiour,

1885Which (if my Augury deceiue me not)

1886Witnesse good bringing vp, fortune, and truth:

1887Therefore know thee, for this I entertaine thee.

1888Go presently, and take this Ring with thee,

1889Deliuer it to Madam Siluia;

1890She lou'd me well, deliuer'd it to me.

1891 Iul. It seemes you lou'd not her, not leaue her token:

1892She is dead belike?

1893Pro. Not so: I thinke she liues.

1894Iul. Alas.

1895Pro. Why do'st thou cry alas?

1896Iul. I cannot choose but pitty her.

1897Pro. Wherefore should'st thou pitty her?

1898Iul. Because, me thinkes that she lou'd you as well

1899As you doe loue your Lady Siluia:

1900She dreames on him, that has forgot her loue,

1901You doate on her, that cares not for your loue.

1902'Tis pitty Loue, should be so contrary:

1903And thinking on it, makes me cry alas.

1904Pro. Well: giue her that Ring, and therewithall

1905This Letter: that's her chamber: Tell my Lady,

1906I claime the promise for her heauenly Picture:

1907Your message done, hye home vnto my chamber,

1908Where thou shalt finde me sad, and solitarie.

1909Iul. How many women would doe such a message?

1910Alas poore Protheus, thou hast entertain'd

1911A Foxe, to be the Shepheard of thy Lambs;

1912Alas, poore foole, why doe I pitty him

1913That with his very heart despiseth me?

1914Because he loues her, he despiseth me,

1915Because I loue him, I must pitty him.

1916This Ring I gaue him, when he parted from me,

1917To binde him to remember my good will:

1918And now am I (vnhappy Messenger)

1919To plead for that, which I would not obtaine;

1920To carry that, which I would haue refus'd;

1921To praise his faith, which I would haue disprais'd.

1922I am my Masters true confirmed Loue,

1923But cannot be true seruant to my Master,

1924Vnlesse I proue false traitor to my selfe.

1925Yet will I woe for him, but yet so coldly,

1926As (heauen it knowes) I would not haue him speed.

1927Gentlewoman, good day: I pray you be my meane

1928To bring me where to speake with Madam Siluia.

1929Sil. What would you with her, if that I be she?

1930Iul. If you be she, I doe intreat your patience

1931To heare me speake the message I am sent on.

1932Sil. From whom?

1933Iul. From my Master, Sir Protheus, Madam.

1934Sil. Oh: he sends you for a Picture?

1935Iul. I, Madam.

1936Sil. Vrsula, bring my Picture there,

1937Goe, giue your Master this: tell him from me,

1938One Iulia, that his changing thoughts forget

1939Would better fit his Chamber, then this Shadow.

1940Iul. Madam, please you peruse this Letter;

1941Pardon me (Madam) I haue vnaduis'd

1942Deliuer'd you a paper that I should not;

1943This is the Letter to your Ladiship.

1944Sil. I pray thee let me looke on that againe.

1945Iul. It may not be: good Madam pardon me.

1946Sil. There, hold:

1947I will not looke vpon your Masters lines:

1948I know they are stuft with protestations,

1949And full of new-found oathes, which he will breake

1950As easily as I doe teare his paper.

1951Iul. Madam, he sends your Ladiship this Ring.

1952Sil. The more shame for him, that he sends it me;

1953For I haue heard him say a thousand times,

1954His Iulia gaue it him, at his departure:

1955Though his false finger haue prophan'd the Ring,

1956Mine shall not doe his Iulia so much wrong.

1957Iul. She thankes you.

1958Sil. What sai'st thou?

1959Iul. I thanke you Madam, that you tender her:

1960Poore Gentlewoman, my Master wrongs her much.

1961Sil. Do'st thou know her?

1962Iul. Almost as well as I doe know my selfe.

1963To thinke vpon her woes, I doe protest

1964That I haue wept a hundred seuerall times.

1965 Sil. Belike she thinks that Protheus hath forsook her?

1966Iul. I thinke she doth: and that's her cause of sorrow.

1967Sil. Is she not passing faire?

1968Iul. She hath bin fairer (Madam) then she is,

1969When she did thinke my Master lou'd her well;

1970She, in my iudgement, was as faire as you.

1971But since she did neglect her looking-glasse,

1972And threw her Sun-expelling Masque away,

1973The ayre hath staru'd the roses in her cheekes,

1974And pinch'd the lilly-tincture of her face,

1975That now she is become as blacke as I.

1976Sil. How tall was she?

1977Iul. About my stature: for at Pentecost,

1978When all our Pageants of delight were plaid,

1979Our youth got me to play the womans part,

1980And I was trim'd in Madam Iulias gowne,

1981Which serued me as fit, by all mens iudgements,

1982As if the garment had bin made for me:

1983Therefore I know she is about my height,

1984And at that time I made her weepe a good,