1381Enter Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Fabian. 1382And. No faith, Ile not
stay a iot longer:
1383To. Thy rea
son deere venom, giue thy rea
son.
1384Fab. You mu
st needes yeelde your rea
son, Sir
An- 1386And. Marry I
saw your Neece do more fauours to the
1387Counts Seruing-man, then euer
she be
stow'd vpon mee:
1388I
saw't i'th Orchard.
1389To. Did
she
see the while, old boy, tell me that.
1390And. As plaine as I
see you now.
1391Fab. This was a great argument of loue in her toward
1393And. S'light; will you make an A
sse o'me.
1394Fab. I will proue it legitimate
sir, vpon the Oathes of
1395iudgement, and rea
son.
1396To. And they haue beene grand Iurie men,
since before
1398Fab. Shee did
shew fauour to the youth in your
sight,
1399onely to exa
sperate you, to awake your dormou
se valour,
1400to put
fire in your Heart, and brim
stone in your Liuer:
1401you
should then haue acco
sted her, and with
some excel
- 1402lent ie
sts,
fire-new from the mint, you
should haue bangd
1403the youth into dumbene
sse: this was look'd for at your
1404hand, and this was baulkt: the double gilt of this oppor
- 1405tunitie you let time wa
sh o
ff, and you are now
sayld into
1406the North of my Ladies opinion, where you will hang
1407like an y
sickle on a Dutchmans beard, vnle
sse you do re
- 1408deeme it, by
some laudable attempt, either of valour or
1410And. And't be any way, it mu
st be with Valour, for
1411policie I hate: I had as liefe be a Browni
st, as a Politi
- 1413To. Why then build me thy fortunes vpon the ba
sis of
1414valour. Challenge me the Counts youth to
fight with him
1415hurt him in eleuen places, my Neece
shall take note of it,
1416and a
ssure thy
selfe, there is no loue-Broker in the world,
1417can more preuaile in mans commendation with woman,
1418then report of valour.
1419Fab. There is no way but this
sir
Andrew.
1420An. Will either of you beare me a challenge to him?
1421To. Go, write it in a martial hand, be cur
st and briefe:
1422it is no matter how wittie,
so it bee eloquent, and full of
1423inuention: taunt him with the licen
se of Inke: if thou
1424thou'
st him
some thrice, it
shall not be ami
sse, and as ma
- 1425ny Lyes, as will lye in thy
sheete of paper, although the
1426sheete were bigge enough for the bedde of
Ware in Eng
- 1427land,
set 'em downe, go about it. Let there bee gaulle e
- 1428nough in thy inke, though thou write with a Goo
se-pen,
1430And. Where
shall I
finde you?
1431To. Wee'l call thee at the
Cubiculo: Go.
1433Fa. This is a deere Manakin to you Sir
Toby.
1434To. I haue beene deere to him lad,
some two thou
sand
1436Fa. We
shall haue a rare Letter from him; but you'le
1438To. Neuer tru
st me then: and by all meanes
stirre on
1439the youth to an an
swer. I thinke Oxen and waine-ropes
1440cannot hale them together. For
Andrew, if he were open'd
1441and you
finde
so much blood in his Liuer, as will clog the
1442foote of a
flea, Ile eate the re
st of th'anatomy.
1443Fab. And his oppo
sit the youth beares in his vi
sage no
1444great pre
sage of cruelty.
1446To. Looke where the younge
st Wren of mine comes.
1447Mar. If you de
sire the
spleene, and will laughe your
1448selues into
stitches, follow me; yond gull
Maluolio is tur
- 1449ned Heathen, a verie Renegatho; for there is no chri
stian
1450that meanes to be
saued by beleeuing rightly, can euer
1451beleeue
such impo
ssible pa
ssages of gro
ssene
sse. Hee's in
1453To. And cro
sse garter'd?
1454Mar. Mo
st villanou
sly: like a Pedant that keepes a
1455Schoole i'th Church: I haue dogg'd him like his murthe
- 1456rer. He does obey euery point of the Letter that I dropt,
1457to betray him: He does
smile his face into more lynes,
1458then is in the new Mappe, with the augmentation of the
1459Indies: you haue not
seene
such a thing as tis: I can hard
- 1460ly forbeare hurling things at him, I know my Ladie will
1461strike him: if
shee doe, hee'l
smile, and take't for a great
1463To. Come bring vs, bring vs where he is.