_Nath._ _Mascula dicuntur monosyllaba nomina quædam._ _Ped._ Faster! faster! _Nath._ _Ut sal, sol, ren et splen: car, ser, vir, vas, vadis, as, mas, Bes, cres, pres et pes, glis, glirens [sic] habens genetivo, Mos, flos, ros et tros, muns [sic], dens, mons, pons--_ 50 _Ped._ _Rup, tup, snup, slup, bor, hor, cor, mor._ Holla! holla! holla! you Holofernes Pippo, put him down. Wipe your nose: fie, on your sleeve! where's your muckender[457] your grandmother gave you? Well, say on; say on. _Hol._ Pree,[458] master, what word's this? _Ped._ _Ass! ass!_ _Hol._ _As in presenti perfectum format in, in, in_-- _Ped._ In what, sir? _Hol._ _Perfectum format._ In what, sir? 60 _Ped._ In what, sir?--_in avi_. _Hol._ In what, sir?--_in avi. Ut no, nas, navi, vocito, vocitas, voci, voci, voci_-- _Ped._ What's next? _Hol._ _Voci_--what's next? _Ped._ Why, thou ungracious child! thou simple animal! thou barnacle! Nous,--snare him; take him up: and you were my father, you should up. 68 _Hol._ Indeed I am not your father. O Lord! now, for God sake, let me go out. My mother told a thing: I shall bewray[459] all else. Hark, you, master: my grandmother entreats you to come to dinner to-morrow morning. _Ped._ I say, untruss--take him up. Nous, despatch! what, not perfect in an _as in presenti_? _Hol._ In truth I'll be as perfect an _as in presenti_ as any of this company, with the grace of God, law: this once--this once--and I do so any more---- _Ped._ I say, hold him up! 79 _Hol._ Ha, let me say my prayers first. You know not what you ha' done now; all the syrup of my brain is run into my buttocks, and ye spill the juice of my wit well. Ha, sweet! ha, sweet! honey, Barbary sugar,[460] sweet master. _Ped._ Sans tricks, trifles, delays, demurrers, procrastinations, or retardations, mount him, mount him. _Enter_ QUADRATUS, LAMPATHO, LAVERDURE, _and_ SIMPLICIUS. _Qua._ Be merciful, my gentle signior. _Lav._ We'll sue his pardon out. _Ped._ He is reprieved: and now, Apollo bless your brains; facundius, and elaborate elegance make your presence gracious in the eyes of your mistress. 91 _Lav._ You must along with us; lend private ear. _Sim._ What is your name? _Hol._ Holofernes Pippo. _Sim._ Who gave you that name? Nay, let me alone for sposing [_sic_] of a scholar. _Hol._ My godfathers and godmothers in my baptism. _Sim._ Truly, gallants, I am enamoured on thee, boy; wilt thou serve me? _Hol._ Yes, and please my grandmother, when I come to years of discretion. 101