_Fish_. If, when first I shall beehold My leatheren bagge that's stuft with gould, At sight thereof I paye not downe To _Gripus_ every promist crowne-- Now say after mee. May _Mildewe_ I in my best age. _Mild_. May _Mildewe_ I in my best age. _Fish_. Dy in some spittle, stocks or cage.[155] _Mild_. Dy in some spittle stocks or cage. _Fish_. I'l keepe my promisse, fayle not thou thine oathe. So inn and tell my mayster. [_Exit Fisherman_. _Mild_. Yes, bawdes keepe oaths! t'must bee in leap-yeare then, Not now; what wee sweare weel forsweare agen. _Enter Ashburne, Godfrey, and Gripus, to 'em_. _Ashb_. And hee in that did well, for Heaven defend I shoold inritche mee with what's none of myne. Where is the man that claymes it? _Grip_. Heare's my sworne soon, that but even now acknowledgd mee to bee his father. _Ashb_. Knowest thou this? _Mild_. Yes for myne owne. I had thought, lyke one forlorne, All fortune had forsooke mee, but I see My best dayes are to com. Welcom my lyfe! Nay if there bee in any bawde a sowle This nowe hath mett the body. _Ashb_. All's theire safe Unrifled, naye untutcht, save a small caskett With som few trifles of no valewe in't, Yet to mee pretious, synce by them I have fownd My one and only doughter. _Mild_. Howes that, pray? _Ashb_. Thus; thy _Palestra_ is my _Mirable_. _Mild_. Now may you to your comfort keepe the guerle, Synce of my wealthe I am once againe possest. I heare acquitt you of all chardges past Due for her education. _Ashb_. You speake well. _Grip_. It seemes you are possest, and this your owne. _Mild_. Which I'l knowe howe I part with. _Grip_. Com quickly and untrusse. _Mild_. Untrusse, Syr? what? _Grip_. Nay if you stand on poynts,[156] my crowns, my crowns: Com tell them out, a thousand. _Mild_. Thousand deathes I will indure fyrst! synce I neather owe thee Nor will I paye thee any thinge. _Grip_. Didst thou not sweare? _Mild_. I did, and will againe If it bee to my profit, but oathes made Unto our hurt wee are not bound to keepe. _Ashb_. What's that you chalendge, _Gripus_. _Grip_. Not a sowse lesse Then a full thousand crownes. _Ashb_. On what condition? _Grip_. So much hee vowed and swore to paye mee downe At sight of this his budgett; a deneere I will not bate; downe with my dust, thou perjurer. _Ashb_. But did hee sweare? _Mild_. Suppose it, saye I did. _Ashb_. Then thus I saye, oathes ta'ne advisedly Ought to bee kept; and this I'l see performed, What's forfett to my man is due to mee; I claime it as my right; these your bawdes fallacyes In this shall no weye helpe you, you shall answer it Now as a subject and beefore the judge. _Mild_. If I appeare in coort I am lost againe; Better to part with that then hazard all. These bagges conteine fyve hundred pownds apeece, Tak't and the pox to boot. _Grip_. And all these myne? _Godf_. Would I might have a share in't.