=Ma.= Harde it is to bring that to passe that you say. [Sidenote: Difficiliaque pulchra. _Godly things be harde._] =Pam.= No maruaile, for commendable, and good it is. And for that also are you harde to bée entreated and wonne, the more deficile and harde it is, the more good will and indeuour shall wée put there vnto. =Maria.= You shall haue mée a matter soft and plyant, sée you y^t you do your part in forming and shaping me as you ought. =Pam.= But in the meane while saye those thrée wordes which I require of you. Ma.= Nothing were more easie for me to doe, but wordes be wynged, and when they be flowen out once doe not retire, I will tell you what were a better way for vs both. You shall treate with your Parentes and myne, and with their will and consent let the matter be concluded. =Pam.= Ah you set me to wooe againe, it is in you, with thrée words to dispatch the whole matter. =Ma.= Whether it lyeth in mée so to doe (as you say) I knowe not, for I am not at liberty. And in olde time mariages were not concluded without the will & consent of their parents or elders. But howsoeuer the case be, I suppose our mariage shall bée the more luckie, if it be made by the authoritie of our parents. And your part it is to seke and craue the good will, for vs to doe it, it were vnséemelye: virginite would séeme alwayes to be taken with violence, yea though sometime we loue the partie most earnestly. =Pam.= I wil not let to séeke their good will, so that I may alwayes be in an assurance of your consent. =Ma.= You néede not doubt thereof, be of good chéere (my _Pamphile_) =Pam.= You are herein more scrupulus yet then I woulde wish you to be. =Ma.= Nay marie, waye, and consider you well with your selfe, before, whervnto you haue set your minde and will. And do not take into your counsaile, this blind affection borne towardes my person, but rather reason, for that which affection decerneth is liked for a reasō, but that which reason auiseth is neuer mislyked. =Pam.= Certes thou speakest like a wittie wench; wherefore I intende to followe thy counsayle. =Ma.= You shall not repent you thereof, but how he sirha there is now fallen into my minde a doubt, which vexeth mée sore. =Pam.= Away with all such doubtes for Gods sake. =Ma.= Why will you haue me marry my selfe to a dead man. =Pam.= Not so, for I will reuiue againe. =Maria.= Now, loe you haue voided this doubt, fare yee well my _Pamphile_. =Pam.= See you I pray that I may so doe. =Ma.= I pray God giue you a good night, why fetch you such a sighe man? =Pam.= A good night say you? I woulde to God you would vouchsafe to giue me that, which you wishe mee. =Ma.= Soft and faire, I pray you your haruest is as yet but in the greene blade. =Pam.= Shall I haue nothing of yours wyth me at my departure. =Ma.= Take this Pomander to chéere your harte wyth. =Pam.= Yet giue me a kisse withal I pray thee. =Ma.= I would kéepe my virginitie whole, and vndefiled for you.