873Speed. Launce, by mine honesty welcome to Padua.

874 Laun. Forsweare not thy selfe, sweet youth, for I am

875not welcome. I reckon this alwaies, that a man is neuer

876vndon till hee be hang'd, nor neuer welcome to a place,

877till some certaine shot be paid, and the Hostesse say wel-

878come.

879Speed. Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-house

880with you presently; where, for one shot of fiue pence,

881thou shalt haue fiue thousand welcomes: But sirha, how

882did thy Master part with Madam Iulia?

883 Lau. Marry after they cloas'd in earnest, they parted

884very fairely in iest.

885Spee. But shall she marry him?

886Lau. No.

887Spee. How then? shall he marry her?

888Lau. No, neither.

889Spee. What, are they broken?

890Lau. No; they are both as whole as a fish.

891Spee. Why then, how stands the matter with them?

892 Lau. Marry thus, when it stands well with him, it

893stands well with her.

894Spee. What an asse art thou, I vnderstand thee not.

895Lau. What a blocke art thou, that thou canst not?

896My staffe vnderstands me?

897Spee. What thou saist?

898 Lau. I, and what I do too: looke thee, Ile but leane,

899and my staffe vnderstands me.

900Spee. It stands vnder thee indeed.

901Lau. Why, stand-vnder: and vnder-stand is all one.

902Spee. But tell me true, wil't be a match?

903 Lau. Aske my dogge, if he say I, it will: if hee say

904no, it will: if hee shake his taile, and say nothing, it

905will.

906Spee. The conclusion is then, that it will.

907 Lau. Thou shalt neuer get such a secret from me, but

908by a parable.

909 Spee. 'Tis well that I get it so: but Launce, how saist

910thou that that my mastre is become a notable Louer?

911Lau. I neuer knew him otherwise.

912Spee. Then how?

913 Lau. A notable Lubber: as thou reportest him to

914bee.

915Spee. Why, thou whorson Asse, thou mistak'st me,

916 Lau. Why Foole, I meant not thee, I meant thy

917Master.

918Spee. I tell thee, my Master is become a hot Louer.

919 Lau. Why, I tell thee, I care not, though hee burne

920himselfe in Loue. If thou wilt goe with me to the Ale-

921house: if not, thou art an Hebrew, a Iew, and not worth

922the name of a Christian.

923Spee. Why?

924 Lau. Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as

925to goe to the Ale with a Christian: Wilt thou goe?

926Spee. At thy seruice.