Faustus, nor lord, nor knight, nor wise, nor old, To euery place about the towne doth ride; He rides into the fields, Playes to behold, He rides to take boat at the water side: He rides to Pauls',[27] he rides to th' Ordinary He rides unto the house of bawdery too,-- Thither his horse doth him so often carry, That shortly he will quite forget to goe. [Footnote 27: Other editions "Powles," and Isham 'Poules.' G. MS. "Powels." D.] IN KATUM.[28] 8. Kate being pleas'd wisht that her pleasure could Indure as long as a buffe-jerkin would: Content thee, Kate; although thy pleasure wasteth, Thy pleasure's place like a buffe-jerkin lasteth, For no buffe-jerkin hath beene oftner worne, Nor hath more scrapings or more dressings borne. [Footnote 28: Mr. Dyce reads 'Katam': being feminine the poet is here put right. G.] IN LIBRUM. 9. Liber doth vaunt how chastly he hath liu'd, Since he hath bin seuen yeares in towne, and more,[29] For that he sweares he hath four onely swiude;[30] A maid, a wife, a widdow, and a whore: Then, Liber, thou hast swiude all women-kinde, For a fifth sort, I know thou canst not finde. [Footnote 29: MS. "Knowne this towne 7 years." Isham "he hath beene in towne 7 yeeres." G.] [Footnote 30: 'Swiude' from Isham: other editions ----. G.] IN MEDONTEM. 10. Great captaine Mædon weares a chaine of gold, Which at fiue hundred crownes is valuèd; For that it was his grand sire's chaine of old, When great King Henry, Bulloigne conquerèd. And weare it Mædon, for it may ensue, That thou, by vertue of this[31] massie chaine, A stronger towne than Bulloigne maist subdue, If wise men's sawes be not reputed vaine; For what said Philip king of Macedon? There is no castle so well fortified, But if an asse laden with gold comes on, The guard will stoope, and gates flye open wide. [Footnote 31: MS. "wearing of that." D.] IN GELLAM. 11. Gella, if thou dost loue thy selfe, take heed, Lest thou my rimes[32] unto thy louer read; For straight thou grin'st, and then thy louer seeth Thy canker-eaten gums and rotten teeth. IN QUINTUM. 12. Quintus his wit[33] infused into his braine, Mislikes[34] the place, and fled into his feet; And there it wandered[35] up and downe the street, Dabled in the dirt, and soakèd in the raine: Doubtlesse his wit intends not to aspire, Which leaues his head, to travell in the mire. [Footnote 32: MS. "lynes." D.] [Footnote 33: = Quintus's wit. G.] [Footnote 34: Mislikt? G.] [Footnote 35: Isham 'wanders.' G.] IN SEVERUM. 13.