AMINTOR

A poor soldier ant Like your worship. Right worshipful. We thank you good Dametas. You see how confidently we presume upon your Letters promise, in furthering us to attain the lovers prize. To strike, how mean you. That was the father that begotten the doubt in us, you will appoint the hunt. As a Lawyer does for his clyant for a second see. Heeres no Judas? 'Tis common in such base fellows, such Court-spyders, that weave their webs of flattery in the ears of greatness, if they can once entangle them in their quaint treachery, they poysen em straight. For my partly I'll make that use of him that Physicians do of poison, use as much of him as serves for mine honest intent, & cast down the rest, as unfit for any necessary employment. And let our discourse go so smoothly appareled, that it move not the patience of the most tender ear. Offices so bought and should, that before the purchaser can be said to be placed in his Office, he is again by his covetous Patron displaced. Indeed since your Majesty left the Land, the whole body of the Commonwealth runs clean against the bias of true and pristine government. We are I faith: Invention could not weave, A quainter web, Suspicion to deceive. What and we should acquaint the Ladies with our intents. The case is altered with you since you came out of Archadea. And in the end, Like Esops starved snake, having leapt the sweet milk of greatness, made themselves strong in authority and friends, they turn their stings of envy into their preservers bosom. Now & Dametas be the mettle he was stamped for, a right villain. Indeed, he that will prove false to his maker, will be true to no man. Thats not for love. So, he hath put em fair to the stand, lets issue and surprise them, Nay he deserves hanging to if he be: but will you trust him? Merchandise (my Ledge) through the avarice of purcha sing Officers, is racked with such unmerciful Impost, that the very name of Traffic grows odious even to the professor. So, here's Petitioners attendance right; good words, and short commons: But 'tis not their entertainment we come for. I made a simple shift to get entertainment into the Court, His Commonwealth could not stand without us: and that his Mother knows well enough: and he sends no better suc cease then we had at our hunting, he looses a friend of me. Would I could prove it once: but since we are again admitted our Realm, shall we be idle? somewhat weel do, though theyle give us but small thanks for our labour. Would put the poor Wenches out of conceit with themselves, and there should not be some contending for'em. How can they when there Father's a mongrel, the Duke out of his honourable bounty commanded him to reward our travails with 200. Crowns: and now after two months atten dance, and inforced delays: In which time and ordinary petitioner might have spent the vasew of the reward, he packs us off with 50. Crowns, his excuse being that his master hath forgotten us, and what he does, is of his own bounty, as if the Moon should brag she gave the world light, when all the luster she hath, comes from the heat of the Sun. To prevent which, his majesty shall have private note of it, knew we in whose trust to conduct it. Manasses, see the fellows entertained; I must attend of the Duke. Thats my very thought, yet that our second arrival be not altogether empty of employment, lets practice something upon Dametas, and acquaint the world with his coward baseness; in which, he not only detracts from his Master's bounty, but look how as Conduit head or master-spring that is poisoned, does his best, to enfect the whole body of the court, with the leprosy of his covetousness. Well howsoever, we must not dwell long determi ning for the liberty of stay with Dametas, who out of his covetous disposition in detaining our reward, allowed us the eldest day of our licent abided at Court, is run out. yes, thank love and my ears, but list the conclusion. Now what of us. Weel discharge you and set their names down for gulls in your stead. Do you know these? Who are the fools now?