NEW. Yes, godfather, but I am afraid it is now, as ofttimes it is with thee; For if my dame and thou hast been tumbling by the ears, As oftentimes you do, like a couple of great bears, Thou carest not whom thou killest in thy raging mind. Dost thou not remember, since thou didst bruise me behind? This hole in thy fury didst thou disclose, That now may a tent be put in, so big as thy nose. This was, when my dame called thee bottle-nosed knave, But I am like to carry the mark to my grave. LU. O my good boy, be not afraid, For no such thing hath happened, as thou hast said. But come to me, my boy, and bless thee I will, And see that my precepts thou do fulfil. NEW. Well, godfather, if you will say ought to me in this case, Speak, for in faith I mean not to kneel to that ill face. If our Lady of Walsingham had no fairer nose and visage, By the mass, they were fools that would go to her on pilgrimage. LU. Well, boy, it shall not greatly skill, Whether thou stand, or whether thou kneel: Thou knowest what sciences I have thee taught, Which are able to bring the world to naught. For thou knowest that through pride from heaven I was cast, Even unto hell, wherefore see thou make haste. Such pride through new fashions in men's hearts to show That those, that use it, may have the like overthrow. From virtue procure men to set their minds aside, And wholly employ it to all sin and pride. Let thy new-fangled fashions bear such a sway, That a rascal [may] be so proud as he that best may. NEW. Tush, tush, that is already brought to pass, For a very skipjack[332] is prouder, I swear by the mass, And seeketh to go more gayer and more brave, Than doth a lord, though himself be a knave. LU. I can thee thank,[333] that so well thou hast play'd the part; Such as do so, shall soon feel the smart. Sith thou hast thus done, there remaineth behind, That thou in another thing show thy right kind.[334] NEW. Then, good godfather, let me hear thy mind. LU. Thou knowest I am both proud and arrogant, And with the proud I will ever be conversant; I cannot abide to see men, that are vicious, Accompany themselves with such as be virtuous Wherefore my mind is, sith thou thy part canst play, That thou adjoin like to like alway. NEW. I never loved that well, I swear by this day. LU. What, my boy? NEW. Your mind is, sith I fast three meals every Good Friday, That I eat nothing but onions and leeks alway. LU. Nay, my mind is, sith thou thy part canst play, That thou adjoin like to like alway. NEW. Tush, tush, godfather Devil, for that have thou no care: Thou knowest that like will to like, quoth the Devil to the Collier. And thou shalt see, that such match I shall make anon, That thou shalt say I am thy good-good sweet-sweet godson.