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Surdato Macilento.
Surda:
Why 'tis noe more then to know ye stops of ye flute
Or Recorder give me a taste of yr proficiencye.

Macilen
—makeinge signes on his fingers speakes—
If your nose were noe better then yr eares, I woulde
as soone carry you to ye courteinge of A jakes [as]
As Facetia.

Surdat:
Never did day arise more gloriouse vpon thee then this
if by ye happy interprtation of my Loves mellifluouse
voyce thou shalt give Seignioro, Aurelio, Surdato,
To vnderstande, he is planted so high in her affection
That ye hande of fortune shoulde be never able
To remove him.

Macilen
—I would Kiss Fortunes hand if she woulde
Remove me from you:—makes signes as before.

Surdat:
Thou promisest she will be deafe to all suitors else
Well and for thy worthye paines thou[s] shalt take

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vpon thy fingers, and ye infinite Love Facetia shall
bestow on me, ye digitts of Arethmatick wt h all
the advantage of their places shall not cast vp ye
Value of what I shall bringe this day to her
And conferr on thee.

Macilen:
The Figure of one ni ye seconde place
woulde vndoe his Rodomantadoship in Marabedoes

Exeunt Sur: Mac: