_Coc._ Hang toasts, you are an ass; much o' your
worship's brain lies in your calves; bread o' god, boy, I
was at supper last night with a new-wean'd bulchin;
bread o' god, drunk, horribly drunk--horribly drunk!
there was a wench, one Frank Frailty, a punk, an honest
polecat, of a clean instep, sound leg, smooth thigh, and
the nimble devil in her buttock. Ah, feast o' grace!
when saw you, Tysefew, or Master Caqueteur, that
prattling gallant of a good draught, common customs,
fortunate impudence, and sound fart? 163
_Free._ Away, rogue!
_Coc._ Hang toasts, my fine boy, my companion as
worshipful.
_Mal._ Yes, I hear you are taken up with scholars and
churchmen.
_Enter_ HOLIFERNES _the barber_.
_Coc._ _Quanquam_[32] _te, Marce, fili_, my fine boy.
_Hol._ Does[33] your worship want a barber-surgeon? 170
_Free._ Farewell, knave; beware the Mulligrubs.
[_Exeunt_ FREEVILL _and_ MALHEREUX.
_Coc._ Let the Mulligrubs beware the knave. What, a
barber-surgeon, my delicate boy?
_Hol._ Yes, sir, an apprentice to surgery.
_Coc._[34] 'Tis, my fine boy. To what bawdy-house doth
your master belong? What's thy name?
_Hol._ Holifernes Reinscure.
_Coc._ Reinscure! Good Master Holifernes, I desire
your further acquaintance; nay, pray ye be covered,
my fine boy: kill thy itch, and heal thy scabs. Is thy
master rotten? 181
_Hol._ My father, forsooth, is dead----
_Coc._ _And laid in his grave.
Alas! what comfort shall Peggy then have!_[35]
_Hol._ None but me, sir; that's my mother's son, I
assure you.
_Coc._ Mother's son? A good witty boy, would live to
read an homily well: and to whom are you going now?
_Hol._ Marry, forsooth, to trim Master Mulligrub the
vintner. 190
_Coc._ Do you know Master Mulligrub?
_Hol._ My godfather, sir.
_Coc._ Good boy: hold up thy chops. I pray thee do
one thing for me: my name is Gudgeon.
_Hol._ Good Master Gudgeon.
_Coc._ Lend me thy basin, razor, and apron.
_Hol._ O Lord, sir![36]
_Coc._ Well spoken; good English. But what's thy
furniture worth?
_Hol._ O Lord, sir, I know not. 200
_Coc._ Well spoken; a boy of a good wit: hold this
pawn; where dost dwell?
_Hol._ At the sign of the Three Razors, sir.
_Coc._ A sign of good shaving, my catastrophonical fine
boy. I have an odd jest to trim Master Mulligrub, for
a wager; a jest, boy; a humour. I'll return thy things
presently. Hold!
_Hol._ What mean you, good Master Gudgeon?
_Coc._ Nothing, faith, but a jest, boy: drink that; I'll
recoil presently. 210
_Hol._ You'll not stay long.
_Coc._ As I am an honest man. The Three Razors?
_Hol._ Ay, sir.
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