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Father, such skill as I received of late, By reading many pretty pend receits, Both for the ache of head, and pain of eyes. I will, if so it please the Earl to accept it, Endeavour what I may to comfort him. My Lord, I have waters of approved worth, And such as are not common to be found: Any of which, if it please your honour, use them, I am in hope, will help you to your sighed, Why let me see your eyes (my Lord) look upon me. What, if you look on me? then I'll be gone. I say (my Lord) that sing my father grants, I will not gainsay, what his age thinks meet, I do appoint my self (my Lord) at your dispose, Me thinks it better otherways. No, mygood Lord, it is the kitchen maid, Whom Ethenwald in too much love to me, Hath thus attyrde to dally with the King. Thanks, gracious King, mirror of curtest, Whose virtuous thoughts bewray thy princely mind And makes thee famous amongst thy enemies: For what is he that hears of Edgars name, And will not yield him praise as he deserves. Nor hath your Grace ever be praised more, Or termed more joust in any Actium, Than you shall be in conquering your desires, And yielding pardon to Earl Ethenwald. Father, you shall perceive that Alfrida Will do her best in honouring of your age, To entertain the Earl of Cornwell so, That he shall think him highly favoured, Throw loving speech and courteous entertain. Let that be as you please my Lord, But stay not long, for I shall hardly brook your absence then. I think my Lord he shall be welcome then, And I hope that you will entertain him so: That he may know how Osrick honours him: And I will be attired in cloth of Bis, Beset with Orient pearl, fetched from rich Indian And all my chamber shall be richly, With Aras hanging, fetched from Alexandria, Then will I have rich Counterpoints and musk, Calamon, and Casia, sweet smelling Amber Greece, That he may say, Venus is come from heaven. And left the Gods to marry Ethenwald. On what (my Lord) or whom? Successful fortune and his hearts content, Daily attend the person of the King. And Edgar know that I am Alfrida, daughter to Osrick, And lately made the Earl of Cornwals wife. you must leave your kitchen tricks, And use no words but princely Majesty. My gracious Lord, I humbly take my leave.
Plot summary
Plot — A Knack to Know a Knave
. . Concerned for the good order of his kingdom, King Edgar commissions Honesty to seek out and expose knaves. The dying Bailiff of Hexham advises his four sons to live by fraud and deceit in their various: professions, and to enrich themselves at the expense of the commonweal and the poor..He dies and is carried off by the devil. While Edgar deals with the case of 1592 Philarchus, a courtier who has abused his father, Honesty observes the corrupt dealings of the Bailiff’s sons: Cuthbert, a cony-catcher, who bears false witness in an attempt to take possession of a farm; Walter, a farmer, who oppresses his neighbours and exports corn to feed the enemy; John, a priest, who refuses to give to charity; and Perin, a courtier, who misuses the royal seal and sells Walter an export licence for his corn under pretext of raising revenues for the crown. Meanwhile honest members of the state, from knight to ploughman, complain of their economic decline. Edgar sends Ethenwald to woo Alfrida by proxy, but Ethenwald falls in love with her himself and marries her. The King forgives him and visits the couple (receiving a petition from the mad men of Gotham on the way), but the jealous Ethenwald is convinced that Edgar plans to cuckold him, and has Alfrida and the kitchen maid swap identities during the royal visit. An outraged Edgar sees through the subterfuge and plans to take revenge, but Bishop Dunstan, with the help of the devil, persuades him to pardon Ethenwald instead. Honesty exposes the various knaves he has observed, and, with royal permission, sentences them all to gruesome and unusual punishments.