STEPH. In doing me such wrong he does me right. Ludgate was once my dwelling, and to shew That I true feeling of his misery knew, Albe't long since blown o'er, so thou'lt consent, Within that place I'll raise some monument, Shall keep our names alive till doomsday. WIFE. I gladly shall agree To any act that tends to charity. _Enter_ MASTER BREWEN. BREW. Come, where's Master Foster? O, you lose time, sir, Not meeting fortune that comes to kiss you! The Lord Mayor and Aldermen stay at the Guildhall Expecting you, as well to set down order Touching the entertainment of the king, As to elect you for the following year A sheriff of London. STEPH. Their loves outstrip my merit: Yet, since they lay that load on me, I'll bear it, And wait in scarlet on my liege and king. But pray resolve me, master alderman, Why makes the king this visitation? BREW. Troth, sir, to honour me, I thank his highness, Who with my lord the Cardinal comes along To see the dedication of my house, Built for the weary travellers to rest in; Where stands three hundred beds for their relief, With meat, drink, and some money, when they part; Which I'll give freely with a willing heart. STEPH. A pious, worthy, and religious act. Come, sir, to th' Guildhall. Wife, look to your kinsman; Watch him near, but do not hinder him If he relieve his father. Come, master alderman: With such sweet incense up your offerings fly, I'll build one altar more to charity. [_Exeunt._ FOOTNOTES: [93] _i.e._, Let him be declared victor. The expression is not uncommon in our old dramatic writers. [94] This phrase is, I believe, still common among bowlers, with the exception that the _mistress_ is now called the _jack_. [95] [An apparent allusion to the then recent settlement of Newfoundland, an account of which is to be found in Vaughan's "Golden Fleece," 1626, and "Newlander's Cure," 1630, besides other works.] [96] [The word began, even before this, to acquire a bad sense, and was used contemptuously, as we use _chapman_ or _chap_ now.] [97] This word seems used here with no very definite meaning. Pistol, in the "Merry Wives of Windsor," ii. 1, applies it to Mrs Ford-- "He loves thy gally-mawfrey; Ford, perpend." [98] [A play on _eels_ and _heels_.] [99] [Old copy and Dilke read-- "He's no rival here, sir; has struck me."] [100] [Men, fellows.] [101] I scarcely need observe that the Clown puns between the _sergeant's mace_ and _the spice_ of that name. Poor as it is, it is common enough. [102] One of the counters was situated in Wood Street, Cheapside. ACT V., SCENE I. _Ludgate. Enter_ OLD FOSTER, _his_ WIFE, _and_ KEEPER. KEEPER. Come, come, be merry, sir; do as mourners do at funerals, wear your hat in your eyes, and laugh in your heart.