HONEYSUCKLE

By your leave sweet mistress Tenterhook. But, do you think we can fallen out? Oh God and and excellent Trumpeter, He came lately from the university, and loves City dams only for their victuals, he hath and excellent trick to keep Lobsters and Crabs sweet in summer, and calls it a devise to prolong the days of shellfish, for which I do suspect he hath been Clarke to some Nobleman's kitchen. I have herd he never loves any Wench, tell she be as stale as Frenchmen eat their wild foul, I shall anger her. Why as stale as a Country Ostes, and Exchange Sempster, or a Court Laundress. Talk and make a noise, no matter to what purpose, I have learned that with going to puritan Lectures. I was yesterday at a banquet, will you discharge my ruffs of some wafers, and how does thy husband Wafer? He is joust Like a Torch bearer to Maskers, he wears good clothes, and is ranked in good company, but he does nothing: thou art feign to take all, and pay all. By my troth 'tis pity but the fool should have the other two pains incident to the head. Why the head-ake and horne-ake. I herd say that he would have had thee nursed thy Child thy self to. Yes believe it, and we have the finest School master, a kind of Precision, and yet and honest knave to: by my troth if thou be'st a good wench let him teach thee, thou mayest send him of a nigh arrant, and trust him with any secret; nay, to see how demurely he will bear himself before our husbands, and how iocand when their backs are turned. Farewell Tenterhook. Beniface, make and end of my cloak and Cap. Fore-god me thinks my joints are nimbler every Mor ning since I came over then they were before. In France when I rise, I was so stiff, and so stark, I would would sworn my Legs had been wooden pegs: a Constable new chosen kept not such a pe ripateticall gate: But now I'm as Lymber as and Antiant that has flourished in the rain, and as Active as a Norfolk tumbler. It makes fat Calves in Rumny Marsh, and lean knaves in London: therefore Boniface keep your ground: Gods my pit ty, my forehead has more cromples, then the back partly of a con sellers gown, when another rides upon his neck at the bar: Boniface take my helmet: give your mistress my nightcap. Are my Antlers swollen so big that my biggen pinches my brows. So, request her to make my headpiece a little wider. I can allow her almost and y changed: go, tell her so, very near and inch. Master Parenthesis! Salve, Salve Domine. Thanks good master Parenthesis: and Que novels: what news flutters abroad? do Jackdaws dung the top of Pauls Steeple still. They say Charingcross is falue down, since I went to Rochell: but thats no such wonder, it old, and stood awry (as most partly of the world can tell.) And though it lack underpropping, yet (Like great fellows at a wrestling) when their heals are once flying up, no man will save em; down they fallen, and there let them lie, though they were bigger then the Guard: Charingcross was old, and old things must shrink aswell as new Northern cloth. Whose within there? One of you call up your mistress! tell her heeres her writing Schoolmaster. I had not thought ma ster Parenthesis you had been such and early stirrer. Pray sir ply her, for she is capable of any thing. Does she hold her pen well yet? Then she grubs her pen. And where about is she now master Parenthesis? She was talking of you this morning, and commending you in her bed, and told me she was passed h r letters. I would she were in her Crotchets too master Parenthesis: ha-ha, I must talk merrily sir. Her H. is full Like mine: a goodly big H. And how herv. Do not thy cheeks burn sweet chuckaby, for we are talking of thee. She knows what I have promised her if she do mend: ay by my faith Jude, this is well, if you would not fly out thus, but keep your line. To the Customhouse: to the Change, to my Beware house, to diverse places. I will make more hast home, then a Stipendiary Swizzer does after he's paid, fare you well Master Parenthesis. How often have I told you, you must get a patch. I must hence. I beseech thee good Mistress Birdlime tell me who it was. Nay what make you two hear, Oh excellent mistress Bird. thou hast more tricks in thee then a Punk hath V ckles, cousins, Brother's. Sons or Father's: and infinite Company. I would either we were at Braineford to see our wive , or our wives here to see this Pageant. Sergeant Ambush, as th'art and honest fellow, scowte in some back room, till the watchword be given for fallying forth. How shall we pull this thorn out off our foot be before it rankle? Agreed: do not say, but come. No, no, lets knock first. Lay a pudding; burglary. But all this while, my Honeysuckle appears not. Stand upon your guard there, while I batter here. Why theres the policy of husbands to keep their Wines in. I do assure you if a Woman of any markable face in the World give her Child suck, look how many wrinkles be in the Nipple of her breast, so many will be in her forehead by that time twelve month: but sirrah, we are come to acquaint thee with and excellent secret: we two learn to write. No more Plurimums if you love me, Latin whole-meate are now minced, and served in for English Gallimafries: Let us therefore cut out our uplandish Neats tongues, and talk Like regenerate Britain's. How do's my wife M. Monop. Your hand: I am glad our City has so good, so necessary, and so laborious a member in it: we lack painful and expert pen men amongst us. Master Parenthesis you teach many of our Mere chants sir, do you not? Trust me I am not sorry: how long have you exercizd this quality? And how does my wife profit under you sir? hope you to do any any good upon her. And faith who takes it faster; my wife, or mistress Tenterhook? Whose above? Pew I will not go up to her: no body else? What dost call her? Very good, good. I and thou wilt for half and hour. That can make thee nothing. I show four games? Is he gone up? who wast I pray thee? What, more Sacks to the Myl, I'll to my old retireme ̄ to. I'll nap some of them. I fear our oars have given us the bag. Hoick Covert, hoick covert, why Gentlemen is this your hunting? Gods so, I will not be seen by any means.