If Gella's beauty be examinèd, She hath a dull, dead eye, a saddle nose, And[71] ill-shap't face, with morphew ouer-spread, And rotten teeth, which she in laughing shows; Briefly, she is the filthiest wench in towne, Of all that doe the art of whoring use: But when she hath put on her sattin gowne, Her cut[72] lawne apron, and her velvet shooes, Her greene silke stockins and her petticoat Of taffaty, with golden fringe a-round, And is withall perfumed with civet hot,[73] Which doth her valiant stinking breath confound,-- Yet she with these additions is no more Than a sweet, filthy, fine, ill-favoured[74] whore. [Footnote 71: The other editions, as Isham and MS., 'an.' G.] [Footnote 72: MS. 'cut.' D. [This is unquestionably the right word, not 'out.' Whether 'cut-lawne apron' meant curiously shaped like "the sleeves curiously cut" of Katharine's dress: or whether it was cut-wove lawn, lawn embroidered by cutting out holes and sewing them round, seems uncertain,--probably the latter. G.]] [Footnote 73: MS. 'sweete.' D.] [Footnote 74: Isham again badly 'ilfauoted.' G.] IN SYLLAM. 27. Sylla is often challenged to the field, To answer as a gentleman, his foes: But then he doth this[75] answer onely yeeld,-- That he hath livings and faire lands to lose. Silla, if none but beggars valiant were, The King of Spaine would put us all in feare. [Footnote 75: In first edition and Isham, "then doth he this." G. [MS. "he doth all this." D.]] IN SILLAM. 28. Who dares affirme that Silla dares not fight? When I dare sweare he dares adventure more Than the most braue and all-daring[76] wight,[77] That euer armes with resolution bore; He that dares[78] touch the most unwholsome whore That euer was retir'd into the Spittle[79] And dares court wenches standing at a doore, (The portion his wit being passing little); He that dares give his dearest friends offences, Which other valiant fooles doe feare to doe: And when a feaver doth confound his sences, Dare eate raw beefe, and drink strong wine thereto: He that dares take tobacco on the stage,[80] Dares man a whore at noone-day through the street: Dares dance in Paul's and in this formall age, Dares say and doe whateuer is unmeet; Whom feare of shame could neuer yet affright,-- Who dares affirme that Sylla dares not fight? [Footnote 76: MS. "valiant and all-daring." D. [First edition, "braue, most all daring." G.]] [Footnote 77: MS. "Knight." D.] [Footnote 78: Isham, 'dare.' G.] [Footnote 79: Hospital: or query prison? So late as Thomson's "Castle of Indolence" (c I. 77) we have the word: "all the diseases which the _spittles_ know." G.]