EXPERIENCE. Yea, in any wise, daughter; for, hear you me, He seemeth a right worthy and trim young man to be. SCIENCE. Commend me then to Wit, and let him understand, That I accept with all my heart this present at his hand, And that I would be glad, when he doth see his time, To hear and see him face to face within this house of mine. Then may he break his mind, and talk with me his fill; Till then, adieu, both he and thou, mine own sweet little Will. [_Exeunt Science, Reason, Experience_. ACT II, SCAENA 3. WILL. Ah flattering quean, how neatly she can talk, How minionly she trips, how sadly she can walk! Well, wanton, yet beware that ye be sound and sure, Fair words are wont ofttimes fair women to allure, Now must I get me home, and make report of this To him, that thinks it long till my return, i-wis. [_Exit_. ACT III., SCAENA 1. WIT _and_ WILL. WIT. Say'st thou me so, boy? will she have me indeed? WILL. Be of good cheer, sir; I warrant you to speed. WIT. Did both her parents speak well to her of me? WILL. As heart can think; go on, and you shall see. WIT. How took she the picture? How liketh she my person? WILL. She never had done toting[392] and looking thereon. WIT. And when must I come to talk with her my fill? WILL. Whensoever you please, and as oft as you will. WIT. O my sweet boy, how shall I recompense Thy faithful heart and painful diligence? My hope, my stay, my wealth, the key of all my joy! WILL. I pray you, sir, call me your man, and not your boy. WIT. Thou shalt be what thou wilt, all in all. WILL. Promise me faithfully that, if your wife brawl, Or set her father to check me out of measure, You will not see me abused to their pleasure. WIT. Give me thy hand, take here my faith and troth, I will maintain thee, howsoever the world goeth. ACT III., SCAENA 2. _The house of_ SCIENCE. WILL, WIT; _also_ REASON _and_ SCIENCE _behind_. WIT. What shall we do? Shall we stand lingering here? WILL. If you be a man, press in and go near. WIT. What, if there be some other suitor there? WILL. And if there be, yet need you not to fear; Until I bring his head to you upon a spear. I will not look you in the face, nor in your sight appear. REASON. Nay, Wit, advise yourself, and pause a while, Or else this haste of yours will you beguile. SCIENCE. No haste but good, take time and learn to fight, Learn to assault, learn to defend a right: Your match[393] is monstrous to behold and full of might, Whom you must vanquish, not by force, but by sleight. WIT. Madam, stand to your promise; if I win, I am sped, Am I not? SCIENCE. Yea, truly. WILL. Good enough, if we fight not, I would we were dead, No man shall stay us, that bears a head.