INC. Well, Master Lust, first join you to me, Inclination. Next here with Sturdiness you must you acquaint; Turn you about, and embrace Elation; And that wealth may increase without any restraint, Join you with Greedy-gut here in our presence, That all these in you may have prosperous influence. [_Bow to the ground._ LUST. Out, alas! what a sudden passion is this! I am so taken, that I cannot stand; The cramp, the cramp, hath touched me, i-wis; I shall die without remedy now out of hand. GRE. By my matins cheese, our master is sick. INC. Stand back, Nicol-noddy, with the pudding-prick, More brains in thy skin than wit in thy brain, Such Greedy-gut in faith would be flain! This cramp doth signify nothing in effect; None of all your counsels he will now reject, And therefore fear not to make full declaration. But how he is bowed by me Inclination. STURD. Then fear not the force of these that be just, But labour yourself to advance and augment; Be jocund and lively, sith your name is Lust, And then you shall easily obtain your intent. ELA. Esteem yourself always equal with the best, And seek for promotion, power, and dignity; It is good when men may live as they lust, And unto the just bear hate and malignity. GRE. O zur, ye must be greedy to catch and to claw. INC. Well said, Greedy-gut, as wise as a daw! GRE. Eat up, at a mouthful, houses and lands. INC. There 's a vengeable mouth to-- [_Gape, and the Vice gape._ GRE. Never fear God, nor the governor's law, But gripe, gripe, gripe greedily all that cometh in your hands. By the mass, but Hugh Howlet is pestilent witty, What guttish greediness the whoreson can teach! That thou art not erected, in faith, it is pity, As high as three trees and a halter will reach. LUST. Marry, sirs, but your counsels hath set me on fire! Hey, lusty lad, how fresh am I now! Lead me, Inclination, to have my desire, And then at thy request I will ever bend and bow. INC. He that bendeth to follow his own inclination, Must needs live a wicked and vile conversation, But so, Master Lust, I will lead you to a place, Where you shall have pleasure enough in short space. LUST. Yea, but shall not this company go thither? INC. Yes, marry, we four will all go together; But Sturdiness shall tarry to face out the matter, If Just peradventure against you shall clatter. STURD. By the mass, and well said, but first let us sing. INC. I must tune my pipes first of all by drinking. ELA. Tush, what then? I pray thee help us a part. INC. Yes, I will sing the treble with all my heart. _They sing._