_Cl. Col.[805]_ By the masse, thou shalt byde my leyser. _Cr. Con._ Abyde, syr, quod he! mary, so I do. _Court. Ab._ He wyll come, man, when he may tende to. _Cr. Con._ What the deuyll, who sent for thé? 800 _Cl. Col._ Here he is nowe, man; mayst thou not se? _Cr. Con._ What the deuyll, man, what thou menyst? Art thou so angry as thou semyst? _Court. Ab._ What the deuyll, can ye agre no better? _Cr. Con._ What the deuyll, where had we this ioly ietter? _Cl. Col._ What sayst thou, man? why dost thou not supplye, And desyre me thy good mayster to be? _Court. Ab._ Spekest thou to me? _Cl. Col._ Ye, so I tell thé. _Court. Ab._ Cockes bones, I ne tell can 810 Whiche of you is the better man, Or whiche of you can do most. _Cr. Con._ In fayth, I rule moche of the rost. _Cl. Col._ Rule the roste! ye, thou woldest[806] As skante thou had no nede of me. _Cr. Con._ Nede! yes, mary, I say not nay. _Court. Ab._ Cockes ha[r]te, I trowe thou wylte make a fray. _Cr. Con._ Nay, in good faythe, it is but the gyse. _Cl. Col._ No, for, or we stryke, we wyll be aduysed twyse. _Court. Ab._ What the deuyll, vse ye not to drawe no swordes? 820 _Cr. Con._ No, by my trouthe, but crake grete wordes. _Court. Ab._ Why, is this the gyse nowe adayes? _Cl. Col._ Ye, for surety, ofte peas is taken for frayes. But, syr, I wyll haue this man with me. _Cr. Con._ Conuey yourselfe fyrst, let se. _Cl. Col._ Well, tarry here tyll I for you sende. _Cr. Con._ Why, shall he be of your bende? _Cl. Col._ Tary here: wote ye what I say? _Court. Ab._ I waraunt you, I wyll not go away. _Cr. Con._ By Saynt Mary, he is a tawle man. 830 _Cl. Col._ Ye, and do ryght good seruyce he can; I knowe in hym no defaute But that the horson is prowde and hawte. _And so they[807] go out of the place._ _Court. Ab._ Nay, purchace ye a pardon for the pose, For pryde hath plucked thé by the nose, As well as me: I wolde, and I durste, But nowe I wyll not say the worste. _COURTLY ABUSYON alone in the place._