JULIO

A poor scholar, ant Like your worship. I do not think the Duke will ever grant it. I hope yowl take reasonable bail for our forthcoming. That were violence, & clean opposite to the intent of the challenge. Nay Dametas, and your resolution be so forward, ours shall overtake you, we doubted least the preferments your Lord hath heaped upon you, had smothered your affection to us ward. Yes, and a damned one to, for he would betray and fell his Master. They are Like unnecessary worms, who ̄ the son of greatness creates of the gross and slimy multitude, as soon as they recover strength, they eat into the credit of true born gentry, undermine and work out the true nobility, to inroote & establish themselves. Let our carriage in this attempt put on no show of violence either to the Duke, or his daughters. About it then, though his intent be base, Our enterprise shall wear a noble face. Towns so oppressed for want of wonted and natural li bertie, as that the native Inhabitants seem Slaves, & the Foray ners free Denizens. Common Riots, Rapes, and wilful Homicide in great men's followers, not only, not punished, but in a manner count naunced and aplauded. And your honourable Brother, Like a Ship toste upon the violent billows of this Insurrection, by us intreats your May sties Letters of speedy reformation, for fear the whole kingdom suffer inevitable shipwreck. Only our disguises hold firm, but all other attempts meet untimely death's, even in their cradles. Do you hear that. My Hope's should want of thyer will, and it do not. Hold my life, we shall be put in this scean of gullery. About his daughters. His foil will appear the more palpable, and your conquest the more applausable, where shall we receive the Ladies. All Gulls indeed since you had follies whip, No gulls, to all gulls, fools love fellowship. We would your meaning. The example lives in this Dametas, who notwithstanding the Duke hath raised him to that height that he looks equal with him self, yet for the base hope of incertain government, he offers him to sale, but let his treason live to the last minute. Yes as far as I see him, and he that trusts him further my trust is he will be deceived. Yes for the present time, Like a bawd to him that gives most. And he be not, hang him. Yes of the money: he that looks for other love in this age. This is the place his Letter speaks of, and here he comes himself. Be resolute and sudden. Why then we have once springed a couple of woodcocks. Well Cupid, pray for our lives, for and we were gone, I know not where thou wouldst have two such statesmen again. Will not sink in my thought yet, but that old musty slave Dametas played the slave with us. 'Tis very true, and for my partly, I'll rather go home with a private repulse, then managing any unlikely attempt, become sufferer under a public disgrace. Theres no Actium of his begetting can be said to be truly honourable. Should his villainies be suffered to prosper, they would grow to such height, as the Dukes authority should would much trouble to prune them. The gallant, Amazon: you could not would cast your choice fitter, for her honourable mind maintains deadly feud against his base proceedings: and here she comes, attended by Dametas servant, lets wait on opportunity. The Duke shall not say his Daughters are so ill beloved, but weel change a thrust or two with his intent for'em. 'Tis and Office very few dare undertake, he is so riveted to the Dukes good opinion. We are in the way to catch the old one, and then our aim deceives not. Twould argue a kind of cowardice in out wits, that would such suspectless admittance to there presence, as this disguise hath purchased us, we should not have that ability of inuenture to en tangle'em in their own security. Lysander and Demetrius, stand close, of my life we are come to the birth of some notable knavery. we crave no better madam, but shall we not would yours ho nors company. All the wenches gave you: Your merit stood of the upper stair of admiration. to Lacedemon, your sun of wit shines but dimly in that methinks, to whose charge have you trusted em? your desert save me free, you have done a most (to use your own phrase) Metaphysical piece of service, but you had some help int questionless, I thought as by the making of the jest. Then she helped you with one dry jest or other, but and we may be so bold: faith where are the ladies? durst you trust such precious jewels in such rusty case kets: Fools: nay deep wit, and policy forbid. you were no fools in any thing but that, & in that not to flatter, you express the true shape of folly and merely merit the name of fools. And under sail to. none but fools would have committed such inestimable peers to a couple of strangers: