those Saints died there were people exhorted to doe the like Rust. But I mislike the very ground and cause of those holydaies which you say is suffring death willingly Doe not we die fast enough thinke you against our wils but we must set vp a trade of dying with a good will Acu. Thou speakest against reason For if thou must needs dye first or last wert not better to die for a glorious cause so to be sure of heauen willingly in perfect memory then against thy will wrestling with death overcome in the end with great paine and perhaps past thy sences Rust. Reason me no reasons I speake as I thinke I protest from my heart I had rather doe any worke in the world then dye What never come home againe to my wife and my pretie barnes Why I haue a boy his name is Iacke hee has a face as welfavor'd as any great turnippe root with a cracke in the mid'st which is the very proportion of his mouth I will not willingly leaue that boy for all the deaths in the world No I will not But if I must needs dye whether I will or no I wood haue death take mee asleepe that I may not see his face for if I did I would run away as hard as ever I could for my life Hor. Mr Acuto talke with me hee speakes like a foole I haue more wit then twentie such loggerheads Rust. Nay then I haue more wit then thou canst get for I can make my horses turne vp the ground and thou must doe it with thy hands and feet else thou canst earne no mony Come neighbour Vulcano we two wise men will leaue these two to play the fooles here vntill our â—urne come againe Exeunt Rust. Vul. Hor. Now Acuto let vs two conclude what shall become of these holydaies and as we agree I warrant it shall goe And thou hast almost perswaded me to let them stand But let vs goe and read a booke I haue at home of the liues of Saints to furnish vs with stronger reasons against our next encounter with these Dunces and then wee will end this controversie Exeunt Secu. How thinke you by this S. Hermito would you haue imagined that such plaine fellowes as these be should call a businesse of this nature in question By this you may may gesse what stirring heads we haue to deale withall and how easie a matter to keepe them in order Her It is somewhat strange And the more vnlearned the men are the harder to be satisfied But he hope is that as mad men doe best service when some of their like are most vnruly so these men being alike vnskilfull will soone confound each other and so giue over the businesse ACT. II. SCEN. II. Enter Antonio at one dore Proberio and Simplo at another It is not vnknowne to mee that very many doe censure my deeds as wicked and not beseeming a Christian But this is the iniquitie of the time because they doe not distinguish between persons and seasons For my actions being not ordinary are not to be iudged by ordinary but refined wits For now your downe right dealing is exploded as too subiect to every meane capacitie Pro. Yonder is thy master that shal be Simplo thou shalt lose no time wee le to him sodainely Segnieur Antonio All haile to your person Here is a man desires to serue you to be your pupill to imitate your actions so neere as his vessell can hold the print And he will doe well For hee is made all of wax very pliant emptie of all thing but a little mony and a tenement or two of land lying next your freehold on the south side worth 10l per annum Ant. He is welcome Haue you giuen him any principles such as you knowe are necessarie and is he docible Pro. He is ready for your hand Sir I will not commit such an errour knowing you as I doe but lay the foundation You may worke vpon him as you list I warrant you Simp. Sir I hope you shall finde me diligent and according to your heart Ant. Thou hast a good sterne countenance I like thee well if thy minde be as vntoward it will be sutable Simp. I warrant you Sir no man shall get any thing of me but I will knowe how he comes by it except your selfe whom I will trust withall I haue Deale with mee as you please Ant. I thanke you Nay if I deale not well with you I wish no man should deale ill with me I heare you haue land lying neere me I would haue you bee a good husband and keepe it Let me lay vp your writings safe least some deceaue you of them Simp. That you shall Sir here they be They shall be in pawne to you for my good behaviour for I thinke no man will giue his word for me Ant. Thou art the fittest man for mee that ever I met withall nor any man I thinke will vndertake I shall bee a good master to thee Simp. T is no matter sir I will stand to your gentlenesse Ant. Well said and I le even deale with thee thereafter Exeunt Ant. and Simp. Pro. Thou hast a seruice a dog would not haue it except his taile were already so short cut to his breech that no more could be spared I warrant thou turne seene the last of thy writings They will pull thy land after them And that 's but law Transit terra cum onere Exit Pro. Enter Hortano and Acuto Is it true that you told me Acuto at our last parle here that there were such valiant people in times past that willingly and cheerefully went to their death when they might haue inioyed life longer Acu. There is no question of it except wee should discredit all Historiographers who make honorable mention of them iâ— all ages before vs And in our owne time and memory there haue beene many such men Hort. I protest it is a wonderfull courage these people haue and in mine opinion farre beyond the stoutnes of the souldiers For they goe to kill and contend not meaning to dye which only they strive against and avoid by all meanes they can and provide aboue all things to bee well arm'd for safetie of life But the martyr with not resisting conquers death and feares not that which is feared and shunned of all others Therefore I thinke them worthie of great honour and perpetuall memorie But who are they say you that giue testimonie of them me thoght it was a very fine word Acu. They be Historiographers Hor. O Histornoggerfers a braue word I le make a knot of these letters Acu. No Historiographers man Hor. Now I haue it Histriagerfers Acu. Not so neither you must marke wel pronouÌ„ce it iust as I doe Hor. That I will be sure to doe Acu. Thus then Hi-sto-ri Hor. Stay there Now gape he gapes Hortano looks in his mouth le ts tell how many teeth ha you 22. hough whoo 's within there
haue delayd me longer and dull'd my wits without mercie Enter Pestifero and whispers Insatiato to whom in anger he answereth either let them stay or teare the writings I cannot yet come Exit Pestif. But I thanke her yet for the kinde order shee hath made to be of her mothers order I hope sweet Mistris Levitia you will heare no motion to ouerthrow this order againe And now tell me what say you to my vow which in all equitie must be performed You see I was content though much against my minde that you should haue kept your vow of virginitie if so had stood your resolution now I appeale to your owne court for Iustice and hope you will giue as good way to the fulfilling of my vow which is never to leaue your service and companie Lev. I heard you talke at Randon of such a thing Many such I doubt not you haue made and quickly broken and this of the same mettle so will proue as britle Courtlers vowes of this nature are but words a little more stiffly blowne out of their mouthes then the rest of their speech but come no neerer their hearts The gunner puts a little more powder in the gun to make it carrie the shot further but hits the marke no whit the righter So they driue their vowes with a little stronger breath but their intention is not the streighter Insa. Indeed I confesse that I haue sometimes done as you say but now my heart is right and my meaning direct Lev. How shall that appeare to me Par. I dare vandertake Ladie Levitia he meanes iustly by you for I haue seene him in a dangerous passion when you left our companie which if you had heard standing in some secret place you could not but haue compassion on him or els you were verie disdainfull and cruell Besides I know it is a great matter that would stay him so long as he hath talked with you from dispatching a businesse of great importance as you may partlie perceiue by the messenger comming so often in the meane time to haue him away Lev. Sir a seconder of a tale makes manie times an incredible thing beleeued And for your testimonie I giue him credit the better and perhaps I was within sight and hearing too when this gentleman was so loue-sicke as you speake of which made me in verie pitie come the sooner in to relieue him And I would not haue you think Parvagracio that I am disdainefull for that winneth nothing but hatred nor am I cruel for that is euer payed home with extreame miserie Now yet am I proud which vice you touched not for that is derided of all wise people but my feare and doubt was alwayes to be deceiued Insa. Heere is my hand I will neuer deceiue you Lev. Heere is my hand I will never leaue you But what a foole was I I should haue agreed for maintenance and joincture before I had beene handfast Insa. That 's no matter I le performe as well as if I were bound hand and foote I will allow you 10l a yeare for pinnes 5l for shooes 15l for stockings garters bodies and girdles 50l for gownes peticoates and such like 20l for all sorts of linnen and new fashions this is 100l a yeere and is as much as my liuing will afford And for performance of this anie friend of yours shall haue a statute vpon all the land I haue And for your joincture I will giue good assurance that the longer liuer of vs two shal possesse all I haue If I die not worth a groate Lev. I like all well but my allowance for pins it is not enough for it is a base fashion now-a-daies to vse cufhnets and saue pinnes The verie warmth of our bodies will change their colour in three houres and they wil be crooked with pulling off fie vpon them but I le be a good huswife otherwise and get as much by other meanes as shall piece out this pension to make it serue Sirra I haue skill in Phisicke I can cure the 〈◊〉 in anie man And if hee be neuer so leane and rawbon'd I can so diet him in halfe a yeare that he will be fed vntill he grow purse-sicke And for thee sweet heart be of good cheere for thou shalt never die without a great chance as long as I liue For I can play a tricke that if thou be never so cold or frozen almost to death I can make thee luke-warme in halfe an houre Insa. Imbraceth and kisseth her Ha may liuelie Levitia we cannot chuse but thriue if thou hast these trades But is thy portion in sure hands Lev. Feare nothing of that you shall haue mee and my portion at an instant all together readie bagg'd Insa. Best of all then it requires no telling Heere is a token for thee my chicken Lev. What kniues O I will not take them in anie wise they will cut loue Insa. No no if they cut anie thing they will cut away vnkindnesse Lev. Pardon mee good Sir you shall not giue them me If needes you will that I weare them do you lose and I will find them Insa. That 's a toy of all toyes That were fitter for a stage then a wedding Lev, Indeed you shall not denie me this first request I pray you lose them Insa. Well t is no newes to be made a foole by a woman I le doe it if it were worse Then he walkes about and droppes them downe and she comes after and takes them vp saying Lev. This is as it should be now I haue deceaued destinie Par. This is Superstich my shooes now he hath fooled a fopperie And you haue found a foolerie Lâ—v. You mocke this Parvagracio I warrant you doe not thinke it evill lucke if the salt fall toward you Par. But I doe if no bodie overthrowe it Lâ—. What if a Hare crosse your way is that nothing neither Par. That 's â—uill lucke indeed if I haue no dogges to course her Insa. Parvagracio I prethee lead Levitia to my lodging I must craue pardon to goe about a speciall businesse which concernes all my worth but we will dispatch quickly and follow And meet me the next way Parvagracio wee must haue your helpe I le goe before Lev. In any case looke to the maine chance for now you haue a clogge It is the first gift every wife giues her husband Exeunt Parv. Levitia Insa. Now boy wee must about these bonds sealing to put vs in suits for this wedding Wee shall sure thriue now Two such bargaines gone through in one day A stranger for a wife and ragges for our wealth We cannot want after these matches I could haue found in my heart to asked her some monie and mist this ragg'd monie But what if shee haue none she saith I shall haue her and all ready bagg'd Perhaps she meanes that herselfe is readie bagg'd to my hand I cannot tell there be such tricks in the world I doubt I am vtterly vndone with this
at your hands if your spirit coÌ„sent that is that I may call your son Iacke my boy for my credit sake And that he may know no other but he is mine and then shall I be quiet in minde and thinke you deale verie iustlie and liberallie with me La. With all my heart And I professe vnto you that hee shall neuer know otherwise by me but I doubt his generous spirit will not suffer him after a few yeares of discretion to tarrie long in that errour but that he will heroicallie disdaine to haue you otherwise accompted of then his reputed father and that he is rather the sonne of some zealous brother who neuer sees the Relikes of Charing-crosse but wisheth hee were on horse-backe with a launce in his hand in full speed to beare it downe And yet his mother extreame honest for all this Rust. All this I stedfastlie beleeue And I am afraide my owne weakenes wil be the first discoverer and pleade not guiltie to getting of such a sonne Nevertheles good wife I cannot chuse but thanke you much for your kindnes that he shal be called my sonne that men may thinke so noblie yet of me to doe such a deed And for you wife I will sweare you are a verie honest woman for all this La. No husband You shall not sweare so rashlie I thanke you as much as though you did Your faith shall saue you without swearing Exit Lamia Rust. Was ever man more blessed with a wife then I am Then he holds his hands before his face fals to a silent meditation a prery while at last fetching a great sigh hee saith The Lord make me thankfull Then he hides his face with his hands againe and so standeth a while sighing and sobbing untill Hortano shake him by the arme saying Hor. How now Rustico what wilt thou doe kill thy selfe with this same foolish zeale plucke vp a good heart and liue to see thy boy a man Rust. A man He is a man already at sixe yeares age by his great stomacke and I thinke in my conscience I am not halfe his father But I beshrew you for troubling mee you haue done you know not what for I was euen melting into â— martir Hor. A martir How canst thou be a martir Rust. O yes and I shall die so patiently that I dare not call for a posset how sicke soever I be for feare of sinning till the very point of death And now I begin to be hart-sick Hor. If you find your selfe so sicke indeed I wish you to make your will and dispose of your estate Rust. How make my will that 's the next way to die in earnest Hor. Not a whit neerer death for that Rust. O yes A will and a toling bell are as present death as Gods tokens No I le none of that Hor. Let me perswade you neighbour Rustico to make your will I assure you it is superstition to thinke death to be nerer you for that cause Rust. Superstition The Lord defend me I had rather not â—o obserue order in anie thing then to be thought superstitious I agree to you neighbour and thank you for your gentle perswasion I will presently doe it while I am in perfect memory â— First for my soule I will not bequeath it to God but let it goe even as it is predestinated 2 My body may be buried if my executor wil pay for it or else let it alone and be patient as I was when I liued 3 At my buriall I desire my wife to preach and no body to heare her but my sweet boy Iacke and I 4 Fortie shillings I giue to any man that shall put me into the booke of Martires 5 My wit such like moueables I leaue as an heireloome to my sonne Iacke then lifting his eies vpward vpon whom my desire is that the firmament may powre downe as many ioyfull lots as there are heares vpon his fingers ends that his seed may multiplie like mice in a maltheape 6 All my breeches I bestow vpon my beloued wife 7 My land if any be giuen me after my death I freely bestow vpon him that shall marrie her to amend his bargaine 8 The rest of my goods and chattles which cannot bee found I will shall be equally devided at my executors discretion among the poore of the parish wheresoeuer I shal die 9 And of this my last will and testament I make the longest siuer in London my sole executor because I will haue no fighting nor suits in law for my goods 10 And you neighbour Hortano I make overseer of this my will and for your paines to be taken therein I giue you all that shall be overplus after execution of the same Now my sight failes Lead me lead mee good neighbour home and to bed and so farwell and good night Exeunt ACT. IIII SCENA III Intrant Antonio Noverindo Proberio Here is more worke for vs Noverindo and wee will not worke for simple fees though foedum simplex bee a good tenure a frend of mine wants 2000l and I must haue it for him within these two daies or he seekes elsewhere Nov. In anie case hold him in let him not scape hee shall pay for his expedition I le about it and I le haue it for you within 24 houres or I le giue you my head hee goes forward a little and suddenly steps backe saying I had almost forgot a matter of waight you are intreated by the whole companie of our sort that some order may bee taken to checke the sawcinesse of divers meane persons that enquire for monies to be taken vp They make no more adoe but with hats on their heads aske the question thus haue you 100l to lend vpon good securitie what a malepertnes and abuse is this Of my honestie Sir what a villain was I to sweare so deeplie there be manie knights and some Lords that haue not alwaies 100l to lend vpon an instant And then what reason is there that we which haue it at all houres should be so sleÌ„derly regarded Anto. You saie well Noverindo I wish it to be redressed but what would the companie haue me to doe Nov. This Sir you are acquainted at Court they intreat that you would vse your frends to get a grant vnder the broad seale whatsoeuer it cost that we may erect an office with a master and clarks belonging to it to the ende that everie one which wants monie may repaire thither and vpon request to the vnder clarks speake with the master of the office and thence take directions how to proceed and so obtaine monie This will make them knowe themselues and yeeld dutie to them that it appertaines when they shall come by degrees to the worth of monie Anto. This I like well but it will be a great charge to maintaine master and clarkes in an office so shall wee loose much out of our gaine Nov. Sir you mistake it quite The companie hath argued that case to and fro
capias vtlegaium a Lawyer can never preach Mali. Who can endure this filthie Farmer to raile as he doth at vs two Mureto Let vs set vpon him Are you so free without fault Master Granate that you may throw your stones so thicke at others Belike no complaints are made against you for hoording vp corne against a deare yeare for selling to badgers at a deare rate and not serving the market for mingling bad corne with the good and fowle dressing of the best For deceitfull plowing your neighbours ground that hires you at a hard rate which makes the poore man weepe at haruest Besides many other countrie tricks which breed new cases among old Lawyers which I could argue vpon an houre together if I were not presently to go to the hall to move in the Kings bench vpon an erectione firme Mure. By lakin Master Granato you had been as good held your peace as buckl'd with a Lawyer I sweare he hath in few words touch'd you to the quicke and done you no wrong neither in mine opinion but wee will adiourne this disputation vntill our next meeting and in the meane time provide your selfe for a better defence Exeunt ACT. V. SCEN. II. Intrat Proberio Antonio at severall doores Sir Master Eloc and the Knight haue giuen me a copy of their accompt and according to your charge and their defence I haue drawen bill and answer I haue shewed it them they lik't it and wishe it should be ingrossed and put into the Court they will depose the answere is true Anto. Is it so well giue me them If I find them in that forwardnesse I will take their word and end it with kindnes Proberio you must remoue your trunkes and stuffe presently I will cleare my chambers from all men but my selfe Pro. What iust so soone as I haue done all your businesse must I be gone you might haue suffered me vntill you goe out of towne if then you will needes haue me remoue You were wont to let me lye heere a weeke after or as long as I needed Mary now I finde the cause of that to be that you had then some busines for me to doe Anto. Yes but I purpose to sell my lodgings and I must haue them out Pro. Where shall I lye this night being sodainely vnprovided and whither shall I cary my stuffe Anto. You shall haue a bed at the Inne where my horses stand And your stuffe may be put in the out roome neere the garden Pro. There they may be stollen but I must bee content though not pleas'd if there be no remedie Anto. You owe me sixe pound you must provide it presently or els I will arrest your sureties Pro. That sixe pound I doe not owe although you got my bond for it by a verie hard and vndue course And to this I will depose And if I did I hope you will not exact it having received such kindnesse heretofore from me when I was able and you in extreame neede thereof and now doing you so many services Anto. Tell me nothing of that you haue beene satisfied in your dyet and lodging to a better value Pro. In lodging I am ashamed to heare such a word though you be not to alleage so base a reckoning I had alwayes my owne sheetes except sometimes when mine were finer you would change with me for worse And the great dyet I had was sometimes a piece of cheefe and one egge for which benefites I haue travailed like a Porter written like a Clarke Is this your gratitude for good turnes past and are all your promises thus performed Anto. How gratitude every begger talkes of gratitude It is for such as you to sue for mercie not to talke of gratitude which is among equals Pro. These were not your words to me when you were a begger and a borrower from mee and had neede of the poorest helpe but then you found no begger of me but your best friend Exit Anto. A proper reckoning This fellow lookes for recompence Why he had my countenance which made him many times respected And I could yet be content to speake for him but doth he expect farther why the fellow knowes not the world Simplo tell him that if my word may doe him any good he shall haue it but if he loue his libertie let him challenge no deeds at my hands He never had more of me then my word for that he now claimeth And doth hee thinke to build castles vpon my word if he doe they shall come downe apace Now he is gone to remoue his stuffe bid my Attourney take out execution against his suretie Simp. This is cold comfort for mee Sir you make mee halfe afraid you will turne mee off at the worst time of the yeare I am not able to deserue so well at your hands as he hath done and yet so lightly regarded That is verie hardly done Anto. Dost thou feare turning off it comes with a feare and ends with a fever Thou maist goe assoone as thou wilt after him Simp. If it please you to giue me my I will take my leaue now Anto. Soft a while where is your witnesse that I haue 100l of yours And if I had thou wert content I should vse it as mine owne But goe to I le pay thee There was a knaue ranne away with 100l of mine I le change with thee seeke him out take the monie and hang him that 's interest Simp. turnes to the people This is a poore helpe for my 100l for all this I le not leaue his service vntil I get my 100l or somewhat for it I wood I had my land againe at a venture Exit Simplo. Iâ—trat Proberio Sir I haue remoued my stuffe into your garden roome but there it is not safe from robbing And at your Inne I can haue no lodging I must sit by my stuffe all night Anto. It wil be so much the safer Pro. I heare besides that my suretie is in execution at your suite for the sixe pound Anto. That may be I cannot helpe it vnlesse I be paide Pro. You know I owe you nothing of that money Anto. I know not that Pro. Will you haue my oath Anto. No Pro. Will you referre it to friends Anto. No Pro. To your owne brother Anto. No Pro. I protest vpon my faith no pennie of this monie is due And yet to saue my suretie I offred a fine mewed Gossehauke which before good witnesse you did accept and caused me to keepe a whole Michaelmasse tearme in London but at the end of that verie tearme vnknowne to mee you sneak'd out of towne leaving order to haue my suretie arrested and so followed that now hee is â— execution vpon that onelie suite I say no more but demand iudgment in this case Anto. Proberio I haue done thee the grace to heare thee to the full And it ioies me much that either he shall die in prison or I shall haue that monie Exit Pro. Was there
euer any so hard harted Twentie yeares past when I was in prosperitie and he at point of death by rigour of Law I tooke many costly iourney to Court labouring for his pardon I did him all the good offices that a true friend could doe for another And I left nothing vndone that might doe him good Besides I lent him 50l gratis in those times my selfe paying interest for that money At which time what vowes and promises he made me I let passe as ingratefull to my heart in repeating and serue to no other purpose but for a warning and a wōder that so much ingratitude should harbour in an English man And now you are all witnesses of my reward Exit ACT. 5. SCEN. 3. Enter Mureto Granato and Malingua Now Granato if you be content to yeeld the victorie vnto Master Malingua this Lawyer and confesse to haue wronged vs merchants with the petulancie of your prating you may perhaps haue your punishment extenuated if wee be your Iudges and so quietly shut vp all among our selues Gra. I am so farre from any such confession and submission that I offer to maintaine euery word spoken in our last contention And for iudgement I appeale from you both and know that I am your ancient from the time that Adam digged the earth for his liuing Mali. Then purge your selfe Granato from the crimes we charg'd you withall and the end will trye if you had not done better to take penance for your faults at our hands Gra. For the high prices of corne which falsely and absurdly you impute vnto husbandmen if you had either wit or honestie you would soone graunt that there are two maine reasons for it which lye not in our power to redresse but in the States wisdome to helpe One is the vncontrolled and improvident libertie for all sorts degrees to marrie so that many are grand-mothers at 30 yeares old The other is the multitude of Inclosures and decay of tillage And if we corne-men did not till all the ground we can get how deare thinke you would corne bee shortly Many other Reasons for brevity sake I omit but these will hold argument against you for tearme of both your liues and after your decease to your heires males lawfully begotten Mali. Beleeue me Master Mureto this Farmer hath made for himselfe a reasonable good Apologie and put vs a hard case It seemes he hath studied well since our last parle But what say you Granato to your euill words lauish'd out against Lawyers therefore you must yet craue pardon Gra. Not I truly For I gaue you no worse speeches then you giue one another at the barre nor so euill For there you fall out like any skoulds but the worst is you wil be friends at dinner yet neuer in charity I thinke And I see no reason I should stoope to either of you considering the goodnes of my cause For I wil be iudg'd by any indifferent man if I and such as I am be not honester and better then both your factions Mali. Since thou hast offred it thou shalt not escape vntill that be tryed Heere sit a couple that seeme very wise by their silence wee le bee iudg'd by them What say you Mureto Mure. With all my heart For wee can not bee worse then we are howsoeuer we speede Gra. A match I le refuse no mans opinion that is not of your rankes Mali. Gentlemen We need not report the causes of our reference vnto you All our jarres and wrangles you haue heard We intreate you to finish them with your doome Secu. To deale plainely with you all mine opinion is that the world is generally more wronged and abused by the Lawyer and merchant then by the Farmer who though he haue faults yet gets he his liuing more honestly and is of necessitie to be harboured But Sir Hermito I must referre the full decision of their cause to your censure Her That one of them is better then the other I doe not see therefore me thinkes the question should rather be which is the worst The Farmer that deceiues so farre as his capacity will carry him is condemned by his intention to doe worse if his skill did enable him The Lawyer is a necessary member of the commonwelth to finde and determine everie mans right But if willingly he oppugne right and be enemie to peace he is the Diuels agent and Christs enemie Likewise a merchant which causeth commerce and amitie betweene severed nations is a man commendable But if he vse fraud then is he pestiferous and deserueth banishment where no societie is Malingua Mureto and Granato make obeysance vnto Securus and Hermito and turning together say Mure. I told you Master Malingua we could not lose by the bargaine Now the Farmer is as bad as we What say you Granato to this geare Gra. I say litle Why I can be content to bee as dishonest as you I am not proud of my honestie nor doe I loue to be singular Mali. But now thou seest we may be as honest as you if we will our selues Gra. Who denies that I stand not much vpon that neither Mali. But hath this Hermites preaching done thee no good canst thou be content to mend if we doe so too Gra. Yes with all my heart And I le bee good before both you if you mend not the faster Mure. Content Let vs all amend for I thinke in my conscience it is euen high time Mali. All our hands wee will ioyne together in manner of a vow that it shal be so Exeunt omnes ACT. 5. SCEN. 4. Enter Proberio bringing a cloth wherein is pictured an Vsurer bare-headed with a purse in his left hand on the out-side of which purse is set this inscription 30. p. pro 100. And behinde him the picture of the Divell with his armes strip'd vp and white halfe-way like the hangmans shirt sleeues putting on a halter about the Vsurers necke and shewing it to the people sayth Now could I meete my merchant Noverindo I haue heere a whole library for his learning Heere he may studie while he spend his heart-blood with struggling yet neuer reach the depth with his petitoes He rowles it vp-againe Enter Noverindo How long I thinke vntill I meete Noverindo All is readie at our office but the Blazonrie of our coate of Armes to be set vp and for want of that we lose many howres For there be store of suitors without that thinke long to seale they care not what But wee will not open the doore vntill wee furnish it with that gashefull spectacle to affront them Yet time is pretious with vs who must accompt to an howre els I le not giue a fart for a monie-monger that shall lose a minute negligently Pro. This catiffe is carefull of losing time in his wrathheaping gaine but that this time be well spent he takes no care at all Well Sir you shall not complaine of me for keeping you too long from the Divell the sooner you goe