NICHOLAS

My humour is not compendious: dancing I possess not, though I can oote it, yet since I am fallen into the hands of Sisly Milkepale I assent. I am sudden and not superfluous: I am quarrelsome, and not seditious: I am peaceable, and not contentious: I am brief, and not compendious; Slime foot it quickly, if the music overcome not my melan choly I shall quarrel, and if they suddenly do not strike up, I shall presently strike thee down. I, that have ere now deserved a Cushion, call for the cushion dance. I have said, I do say, and I will say again. It hath been, it now is, and it shall be. Put on your smock a Monday. No I am resolved thus it shall be, First take hands, then take you to your heals. No but I would have you shake your heals, Music strike up. I on horseback. I know him: his names Wendoll : It seems he comes in hast, his horse is booted Up to the flank in mire, himself all spotted And stained with plashing: sure he rid in fear Or for a wager: horse and man both sweat, I never saw two in such a smoking heat. I do nor Like this fellow by no means, I never see him but my heart still earns, Zoun S I could fight with him, yet know not why, The Devil and he are alone in my eye. I love my Master, by these hilts I do, But rather then I'll ever come to serve him, I'll turn away my master. If I p ucke off his boots, I'll eat the spurs, And they shall stick fast in my throat Like burrs. Exit. I'll kill the rogue. Zounds I'll stab: I Neck, was it thy chance to come Just in the neck, I love my master, and I hate that slave, I love my mistress, but these tricks I Like not, My Master shall not pocket up this wrong; I'll eat my fingers first, what sayest thou mettle? Dos not the rascal Wendol go on legs That thou must cut off, hath he not Hamstrings That thou must hough? Nay metal thou shalt stand To all I say, I'll henceforth turn a spy, And watch them in their close conveyances, I never looked for better of that Rascal Since he came miching first into our house, It is that Satan hath currupted her, For she was fair and chased, I'll have and eye In all their gestures, thus I think of them, If they proceed as they have done before, Wendols a knave, my Mistress is a &c. Exit. I cannot eat, but had I Wendols heart, I would eat that, the rogue grows impudent: O I have seen such vild notorious tricks Ready to make my eyes dart from my head, I'll tell my master, by this air I will, Fall what may fall, I'll tell him: Here he comes. Master I stayed your rising from the board, To speak with you. By this hand and honourable Gentleman, I will not see him wronged: sir I have served you long, you en ertaind me seven years before your beard, you knew we sir, before you knew my mistress. Strike, strike, do strike, yet hear me, I am no fool, I know a villain when I see him act Deeds of a villain, master, master, that base slave Enjoys my mistress, and dishonours you. I can gain nothing, they are two That never wronged me, I knew before It but a thankless office, and perhaps As much as my service or my life is Worth, A this I know, but this and more, More by a thousand dangers could not hire me To smother such a heinous wrong from you, I saw, and I have said. Eyes, eyes. I am dumb, and now that I have eas worser my stomach I will go fill my stomach Exit. You have no reason marry knowing all. I, I will be sworn she will. I can tell you sir the game that master Wendol is best at? Marry sir, Knave out of doors. I'll swear it. Built on my faith. They are made according to your mould in wax, I bade the Smith be secret, gave him money, And there they are. The Letter sir. I'll doote, make no more question but I'll doot. Exit. Sir heres a lettter. A stripling that below attends your answer, And as he tells me it is sent from York. I'll make him drunk, if he be a Trojan. Anon sir. Hear, I hear nothing but the Owl and you. He ere sir. It must open with far less noise then Cripplegate, or your plots dashed. I will walk on Eggs this pace. Heres a circumstance, A man may be made Cuckold in the time That he's about it, and the case were mine As 'tis my Master's, sblood that he makes me swear, I would have placest his Actium entered there, I would, I would. Sblood master have you left them sleeping still? let me go wake them. Heres patience perforce, He needs must trot a foot that tires his Horse. Sblood sir she sounds. Sbloud what a Caterwauling keep you here. Sbloud master, heres her lute stonge in a cornet, I'll ride and overtake her, do my message, And come back again. There. Would that had been the worst instrument that ere you played on: my master commends him to you, theirs all he can find that was ever yours, he hath nothing left that ever you could claim to lay, but heart, & he could afford you that: All that I have to deliver you is this, he prays you to forget him, and so he bids your farewell. I'll say you wept, I'll swear you made me sad, Why how now eyes; what now, whats here to do? I am gone, or I shall strait turn baby to. If I can for crying. I'll do your commendations. I'll do . Exit So will not I, I'll sighs and sob, but by my faith not die . I never was a makebate or a knave I have no fault but one, I am given to quarrel, But not with women, I will tell you master That which will make your heart leap from your breast, Your hair to startle from your head, your ears to tingle. Do, do, Theres not room for Wendoll and me to, Both in one house: o master, master, That Wendol is a villain. Shall I discourse the same by circumstance? Master, sblood, master, master. Sblood sir I love you better then your wife, I'll make it good. Sir, theres a Gent. attends without to speak with you.