HYPOCRISY. Yes, Fellowship, that it shall be thine, For I have tarried here this hour or twain; And this honest gentleman in my company hath been, To abide your coming, this thing is plain. FELLOWSHIP. By the mass, if you chide, I will[112] be gone again; For in faith, Friendship, I may say to thee, I love not to be there, where chiders be. HYPOCRISY. No, God it knoweth, you are so full of honesty, As a mary-bone is full of honey: But, sirrah, I pray you, bid this gentleman welcome, For he is desirous in your company to come: I tell you he is a man of the right making; And one that hath excellent learning; At his girdle he hath such a book, That the Popish priests dare not in him look: This is a fellow for the nonce. FELLOWSHIP. I love him the better, by God's[113] precious bones: You are heartily welcome, as I may say, I shall desire you of better acquaintance;[114] That of your company be bold I may, You may be sure, if in me it lie To do you pleasure, you should it find: For, by the mass, I love you both with heart and mind. JUVENTUS. To say the same to you your gentleness doth me bind; And I thank you heartily for your kindness. HYPOCRISY. Well[115] you see this gentleman fines[116] Your gentleness and your kindness, I thank him, and I thank you; And I think, if the truth were sought,[117] The one bad and the other naught, Never a good, I make God a vow! But yet, Fellowship, tell me one thing, Did you see little Bess this morning? We should have our breakfast yesternight, she said, But she hath forgotten it now, I am afraid. FELLOWSHIP. Her promise shall be performed and paid; For I spake with her, since the time I rose, And then she told me how the matter goeth: We must be with her between eight and nine, And then her master and mistress will be at the preaching. JUVENTUS. I purposed myself there to have been; But this man provoked me to the contrary, And told me that we should have merry company. FELLOWSHIP. Merry, quod-a? we cannot choose but be merry; For there is such a girl where as we go, Which will make us to[118] be merry, whether we will or no. HYPOCRISY. The ground is the better on the which she doth go; For she will make better cheer with that[119] little, which she can get, Than many a[120] one can with a great banket of meat. JUVENTUS. To be in her company my heart is set; Therefore, I pray you, let us be gone. FELLOWSHIP. She will come for us[121] herself anon; For I told her before, where we would stand, And then, she said, she would beck us with her hand. JUVENTUS. Now, by the mass, I perceive that she is a gallant: What, will she take pains to come for us hither? HYPOCRISY. Yea, I warrant you; therefore you must be familiar with her: When she cometh in place, You must her embrace Somewhat handsomely; Lest she think it[122] danger, Because you are a stranger, To come in your company. JUVENTUS. Yea,[123] by God's foot, that I will be busy, And I may say to you, I can play the knave secretly.