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scena 4.

Mi.
What hoe Orgalus what oenopholus I say
Where be thes knaves come out with a vengeance
**** forth when I bidde yow what tarrye you *****
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[A]none I come sir stande by [rome I] say
I am sir come to knowe your werishipps pleasure
I were busied wt h brushinge your velvet gaskins

[Mi.]
Youil come when yow list sir, o your a tresure
I knowe yow of olde yow are none of ye hastlinges

[O]r.
Ile doe no more till next tyme I praye yow forgiue me
Ile be reddie here after to wayte at your heles

Mi.
Yow can capp now yow were beste capp I tell yow
I may hange for yow the lett all go a wheles

Or.
Yf hanginge be the worste youst do well I hope
I haue ben hangde twenty tymes & cacht no harme
I care not for hanginge soe my mynde like ye rope
hangings but a pastyme so it be vnder your arme

Mi.
Now by me trwlye thou art a knave an grane
but wheres Oenophilus your fellowe become

Or.
I thinke he is at Alhouse a likeringe ones brayne
I ame sure for this halfe howre he has taken a rome

Mi.
That desperat dick must I nedes haue I am to fight a match
An olde cankred churle doth me chalings and deare

Or.
Yow are able your selfe a dosin to dispach
Year a man by S Sampson ery length of a spare

Mi.
But how if he bringe wt h him buckler & sworde
what fence shall I vse my hede for to saue

Or.
Your conninge is good man care not a tourde
Year able to canvas the dasterdly knave

Mi.
Thou werte wonnte to tell me pretye feates of warr
My venues to giue and my vauntage to take.

Or.
For your fensuar I warrent yow nede not to care
with your manly lookes yow will make him to quake.

Mi.
Nay but I pray the shewe me one crosse capur
and how I shoulde warde my head and my harte
were I not best if nede be to drawe out my rapier
tell me by the masse or ile make ye to farte.

Or.
Crosse capur, crosse legges I tolde yow the fence
throwe the knave downe & wt h him plucke a crowe

Mi.
thou wert wonnt to talke of crossinge legges wt h a wenche
and make hir mine vnderlinge meane yow not soe

Or.
Yow vnderstumble me well sir yow haue a good witte
I must nedes cōmend your good remembraunce

Mi.
bith same token thou taughst me can yow not hit it
but goe fetch me the fellowe least I be in some combraunce

Or.
To doe your commaundemente sir I am redye
but yow nede no more men I am sure for this dust

Mi.
Go when I bidde you & come againe spedye
**** your cockescome by my hallidome Ile bruste.

[exit Orḡlus]
[Eu.]