_Fra._ Ick sall make de most of you dat courtesy may.
Aunt Mary, Mettre Faugh, stools, stools, for des gallants!
_Mine mettre sing non oder song_,[42]--frolic, frolic, sir!-- 61
_but still complain me do her wrong_. Lighten your heart,
sir; for _me did but kiss her_,--for me did but kiss her--and
_so let go_. Your friend is very heavy; ick sall ne'er
like such sad company.
_Free._ No, thou delightest only in light company.
_Fra._ By mine trot, he been very sad; vat ail you, sir?
_Mal._ A tooth-ache, lady, a paltry rheum.
_Fra._ De diet is very goot for de rheum.
_Free._ How far off dwells the house-surgeon, Mary
Faugh? 71
_Mar._ You are a profane fellow, i'faith; I little thought
to hear such ungodly terms come from your lips.
_Fra._ Pre de now, 'tis but a toy, a very trifle.
_Free._ I care not for the value, Frank, but i'faith----
_Fra._ I'fait, me must needs have it (dis is Beatrice'
ring, oh could I get it!); seet, pre de now, as ever you
have embraced me with a hearty arm, a warm thought,
or a pleasing touch, as ever you will profess to love me,
as ever you do wish me life, give me dis ring, dis little
ring. 81
_Free._ Prithee be not uncivilly importunate; sha' not
ha't; faith, I care not for thee, nor thy jealousy; sha'
not ha't, i'faith.
_Fra._ You do not love me. I hear of Sir Hubert
Subboys' daughter, Mistress Beatrice. God's sacrament,
ick could scratch out her eyes, and suck the holes!
_Free._ Go; y' are grown a punk rampant!
_Fran._ So, get thee gone; ne'er more behold min eyes,
by thee made wretched! 90
_Free._ Mary Faugh, farewell!--farewell, Frank!
_Fra._ Sall I not ha' de ring?
_Free._ No, by the Lord!
_Fra._ By te Lord?
_Free._ By the Lord!
_Fra._ Go to your new blouze,--your unproved sluttery,--your
modest mettre, forsooth!
_Free._ Marry, will I, forsooth!
_Fra._ Will you marry, forsooth?
_Free._ Do not turn witch before thy time.-- 100
With all my heart, sir, you will stay.
_Mal._ I am no whit myself. _Video meliora proboque_,
But raging lust my fate all strong doth move;
The gods themselves cannot be wise and love.
_Free._ Your wishes to you!
[_Exit_ FREEVILL.
_Mal._ Beauty entirely choice--
_Fra._ Pray ye prove a man of fashion, and neglect
the neglected.
_Mal._ Can such a rarity be neglected?--can there be
measure or sin in loving such a creature?
_Fra._ O min poor forsaken heart! 110
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