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What Master Rerrage? Why he was here three days before the Exchequer gapte. He's not to be spoke withal, I dare not ask him blessing, till the last of November. Faith Like a Lute that ha all the strings broke, no body will meddle with her. She as no luck, some may better steal a horse than others look on. I have known a virgin of five bastards wedded, faith when all's done we must be feign to marry her into the North I'm afraid. Here's luck. I'll be damned and these be not the bones of some quean that cozened me in her life, and now consumes me after her death. Why, what's the matter? Puh, any thing that is warm enough is good y nough for them; so it come in the likeness, though the Devil be in't, the'ile venture the firing. Not yet. Say true, is Master Difficult the Lawyer dead? Pray when died he? Knew you the nature of his disease. And very likely. I knew 'twould kill him at last, it's troubled him a long time, he was one of those that would feign have brought in the heresy of a fifth Term, often cry king with a loud voice, o why should we lose Bartholmew week? O, they are bills for Chambers. Why here's virtue still; I Like that thing that's nieces sary, as well as pleasant. Whose 'tis? in the name of the black Angels, And dro Gruill. Lethe? Not hither. But do's he pass for Lethe. Has spied us over his paper. Master Lethe! Why we supped with you last night sir! Not yet! The horn were a fit place. Wast it. The horn. I, the fiend in't, you're patient, you put up all. Devils. This same master Lethe here begins to undo us again. And is she but your underput Master Lethe? So ha the Fool a better place then he, and can come where he dare not show his head. I protest you were the last man we spoke on, we're a little busy yet, pray stay there a while, weel come to you presently. What else? 'Tis to that end. You have shame enough against him, if that be good. Why do you say to wit marriage, when you know theres none will marry that's wise. you we un, isle giue't you. That's a pretty point i'faith. It must needs be for look how the Constable plays his Conscience, the watchmen will follow the suit. Master Easy, how fare you sir? I was about to move it to you. I would not set eye on him these two days. Thou revivest us Rascal. We do embrace your love—a pure fresh Gull This makes still for you. The shame of lust, Most viciously on this his wedding morning, This man was ceazde in shame with that bold Strumpet. He speaks no truth my Lord, behold the Virgin, Wife to a well esteemed Gentleman, Loathing the Sin he follows.
Plot summary
Plot — Michaelmas Term
Rearage and Andrew Lethe are rivals for the hand of Quomodo’s daughter: her mother favours Rearage and her father Lethe. Lethe has assumed gentry status, and is concerned when his plebeian mother arrives from the country; but she does not recognize him, and he employs her as a go-between. Hellgill brings a country wench to London, promising to pass her off as a gentlewoman. He dresses her up and she begins to attract gallants, including Lethe. Her father comes looking for her, and, not recognizing him, she takes him on as a servant. A third visitor from the country is Richard Easy, who is entrapped by Shortyard and Falselight, the agents of Ephestian Quomodo. Shortyard gambles with Easy, persuading him to keep on betting in the hope of breaking his losing streak. In consequence, he needs money to fund his social life, and seeks to borrow it from Quomodo. He is induced to take the loan in cloth, which he can sell on to realize the money; ===== PAGE 155 ===== 1604 posing as the fictitious ‘Blastfield’, Shortyard also signs the bond. Quomodo and his accomplices engineer a downturn in the market: the cloth has to be sold for less than half its true value. When the bond falls due for repayment a month later, Blastfield cannot be found, and Easy is arrested. Quomodo’s accomplices pose as wealthy citizens and stand bail for Easy, so long as he signs over all his possessions to them. When Blastfield still cannot be found, the bailsmen give Quomodo Easy’s lands in lieu of the bail they owe him. Easy is ruined, but Quomodo’s wife Thomasine, who has witnessed the cozenage, takes pity on him and lends him money. Concerned about his son Sim’s possible prodigality, Quomodo feigns his own death to see how people will take it. He attends his own funeral disguised as a beadle, but nobody has a good word to say about him. Thomasine quickly marries Easy, who learns how he was duped. Shortyard cozens Sim of Easy’s lands, but is forced to restore them to Easy to cover himself; but Easy still has him arrested. Still in disguise, Quomodo collects his fee for attending the funeral; Thomasine has him sign a document renouncing any further claim on the household, and for a joke he signs his own name. When this is noticed, he reveals his identity and institutes legal proceedings against Thomasine and Easy. On the day of his marriage to Susan, Lethe is arrested for lewd behaviour with the country wench. All the cases come before a judge, who will only accept Quomodo’s identity when…