_Wit._ I ask no more, Study! Come then, go! [TEDIOUSNESS _riseth up_. [_Ted._] Why, art thou come? _Wit._ Yea, wretch, to thy pain! _Ted._ Then have at thee! _Wit._ Have at thee, again! [_Here_ WIT _falleth down and dieth_. [_Ted._] Lie thou there! Now have at ye, caitiffs! Do ye flee, i' faith? A, whoreson thieves! By Mahound's bones! had the wretches tarried, Their necks without heads they should have carried! Yea, by Mahound's nose! might I have patted them, In twenty gobbets I should have squatted them, To teach the knaves to come near the snout Of Tediousness! Walk further about I trow, now, they will! And, as for thee, Thou wilt no more now trouble me. Yet, lest the knave be not safe enough, The whoreson shall bear me another cuff. [_Striketh him._ Now, lie still, caitiff! and take thy rest While I take mine, in mine own nest. [_Exeat_ TEDI[OUSNESS]. _Here cometh in_ HONEST RECREATION, COMFORT, QUICKNESS, _and_ STRENGTH, _and go_ _and kneel about_ WIT; _and at the last_ _verse raiseth him up upon his feet, and so_ _make an end._ _Give place, give place to Honest Recreation;_ _Give place, we say now, for thy consolation._ _When travels great, in matters thick,_ _Have dulled your wits and made them sick,_ _What medicine then your wits to quick?_ _If ye will know, the best physick_ _Is to give place to Honest Recreation;_ _Give place, we say now, for thy consolation!_ _Where is that Wit that we seek than?_ _Alas! he lieth here, pale and wan._ _Help him at once now, if we can:_ _O Wit! how doest thou? Look up, man!_ _O Wit, give place to Honest Recreation!_ _Give place, we say now, for thy consolation!_ _After place given, let ear obey;_ _Give an ear, O Wit! now we thee pray;_ _Give ear to that we sing and say!_ _Give an ear, and help will come straightway!_ _Give an ear to Honest Recreation!_ _Give an ear now for thy consolation!_ _After ear given, now give an eye!_ _Behold! thy friends about thee lie:_ _Recreation I, and Comfort I,_ _Quickness am I, and Strength, hereby._ _Give an eye to Honest Recreation!_ _Give an eye now for thy consolation!_ _After eye given, an hand give ye!_ _Give an hand, O Wit! feel that ye see!_ _Recreation feel! feel Comfort free!_ _Feel Quickness here! feel Strength to thee!_ _Give an hand to Honest Recreation!_ _Give an hand now for thy consolation!_