TALES

Why Lady 'tis a pretty kind of term new come up in perfuming, which they call a Titillation. He is the best Sempster of any woman in Eng land, and will work you needle work edgings, and French purles from and Angel to four Angels a yard. He will work you any flower to the life, as Like it as if it grew in the very place, and being a delicate perfumer, he will give it you his perfect and natural savour. He will make you flies and worms, of all sorts most lively, and is now working a whole bed embro dreaded, with nothing but glow worms; whose lights a has so perfectly done, that you may go to bed in the chamber, do any thing in the Chamber, without a Candle. He is a most excellent Turner, and will turn you wassel-bowles, and posset Cups carved with Lib berdes faces, and Lyons heads with spouts in their mouths, to let out the posset Ale, most artificially. Why is it called Chests? I am a Goosecap by the mother's side madam, at least my mother was a Goosecap. I was the youngest Lady, and therefore must be her white son you know, the youngest of ten I was. And sweet Lady will you cast a kind eye now upon my Cousin, Sir Gyles Goosecap. I wonder you shood Countit cast away Lady upon him, do you remember those few of his good parts I rehearsed to you. You shall a mine honour Lady. Vittles, my Lord, I hope we have vittles at home. With knights my Lord. Come Ladies let's into the gallery a little. Nay he has a dry wit Lady I can tell you. Indeed madam in th'exchange they so honour him for his work that they will take nothing for any thing he buys on am; but where the rich nightcap you wrohgt cousin if it had not been too little for you, it was the best piece of work, that ever I saw. Indeed the warmer a man keeps his feet the less he necdes wear upon his head. That I forgotten sweet Lady; good Sir Gyles Have you no sonnet of your pen about you? Lack you any guests madam? Even in the first degree madam. And Sir Gyles I can tell you, though he seem something simple, is composed of as many good parts as any knight in England. I'll do the best I can Lady, irst, he dances as comely and lightly as any man, for upon my honour, I have seen him dance upon Eggs, and a has not bro ken them. That I know not, indeed I wood be loath, to lie though he be my kinsman, to speak more then I know by him. He has and excele ̄ to skill in all manner of perfumes, & if you bring him glones from forty pence, to forty Shillings a pair he will tell you the price of them to two pence. I am exceeding sorry. A man wood think he speaks simply now; but indeed it is in the will of the parents, to make which child they will youngest, or eldest: For often we see the younger , wherein he is eldest. I thought he had a reason for it Lady. And Accident that will make policy blush, And all the Compliments of wealth and state, In the successful and unnumbered Raze That shall flow from it, filled with fame and grace. I Lady; for when a thing is done so exceed ingly to the life, as my knight e cousin does it, the eye oftentimes takes so strong a heed of it, that it cannot contain it alone, and therefore the ear seems to take partly with it. Do not think Lady, but he had needs tell you this a forehand for a mine honour, he wrought me the monster Caucasus so lively, that at the first sighed I started at it. Cacus indeed my Lord, cry you mere cy. I told him so I warrant you cousin. Nay he would the strangest devices Ladies that ever you herd I warrant you. But I pray tell me Lady Penelope, how entertain you the love of my Cousin Sir Gyles Goosecap. Nay Lady he will perfume you gloves him self; most dilicately, and give them the right Spanish Titillation. Titillation whats that my Lord? I wood have it called the strife of wits, for 'tis game so witti , that with strife for mastery, we hunt it eagerly.