+Remdi+ Sirs I am content, now when ye wyll depart
To god I commyt you I wyll not make you tary
But yet I pray with all my minde and heart
Take hede in any wise exchewe yl & shrewd compani
yf a ma be neuer soo good & vse [with] th[=e] [that] be vnthrifti
He shal lese his name, & to some vice they wil him t[=e]p
therfore beware of such people, & from th[=e] be exempt
+Health+ yes yes I warrant you of sach I wyll beware.
Farewel good remedy & wel to fare. & goth out 610
+Remdi+ I pray god be your spede & preserue you fro paine
it is mi mind ye shold prosper I wold haue it so fain.
+Wyll.+ Here is none of our acquainta[=u]ce wil retourneth
we haue made to longe tariaunce
that wyll ye say perchaunce
And they begone home come away apare
+Wytte.+ Nay by god not so hastie
A lytle whyle we wyll larye
Good euen syr to you mary
Dwell ye in this place? 620
+Remdi+ Nay good fellowe I dwel not heare
Wherefore doest thou chat inquire:
Woldest thou ought with any heare
Speake be not afryde
+Wyll.+ By God I would I had your gowne
And were a myle without the towne
Theron & woulde borowe a crowne
It is I that so sayde
+Wytte.+ Hew lookest thou one him halfe a scorne
I p=omise you he is a scant gentylman borne 630
What sstyest thou in his face
+Remdi+ For somwhat in his face I lok e
In dede his mastership standes a crooke
For false shrewes both of you I tooke
And chyldren that be past grace.
+Wyll.+ I wyll swere for hym, as tor this yeares twenty
that he hath ben euer as true as I
yet sometyme he will steale and make a lye
He is of my alyaunce.
+Remdi+ In good fayth the same thinke I 640
That ye be both lyke, full unthrifty
Syrs how do ye lyue, shew me quickly
Or I shall put you in duraunce
+wytte.+ How liue we? mary our meate
Cummest thou hether for to threte:
So lowly syr wittam doth speake
From whence doth he come can ye shewe
+Wyll.+ What dost thou ayle canst thou tell?
Hast thou any thing with vs to mell?
By the masse thy handes doth tykell 650
Thou shalt beare me a blowe.
+remedi+ you false theues I know ye well
I shall let your purpose euey deale
yllwyll, and shrewd wit, the deuyll of hell
Take ye both for me.
+wytte.+ Mary thou lyest, our names be not so
Call vs but wit, and wyll, adde no more thereto,
yf thou doest thou were as good no
We shall handle you shrewdly
+Remdi+ Syrs farewell here I wil no longer abide 660
For you both shortly I wyll prouide
That all your falfe craft shalbe out tryed
And our subtillitie knowen and goeth out.
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