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Pseu:
Hayle Athens, thancks to propitious Ioue,
thancks to Minerua; Welcome may I be
who mounted on a wodden horse this Daye
arriued at Pyræum.

Gelas:
Dost heare him Pædio?
He sayth he rode vpon a wodden horse
that I had such a one, dost thou [not] knowe where
are any wodden horses to be sould?
that neede [noe] spurrs, nor haye; Ile aske this strainger

Pæ
H'st Mr. stay
Mr. what say you. to a hobby horse?
but he doth meane a shipp and not a horse

Gelas:
What sayest thou my boye?
Ile playe vpon this fellow, I knowe him well enough

Pseu:
Good Gods how many idly sitt at home
like to lame Coblers, and doe neuer see
more earth or sea, than that where they were borne

Gelas:
Hee meanes not me, I, Sparta once beheld
from a High turrett

Ps.
I wt h. my ffeete haue pac'd the world about

Gelas:
Ile buye this flying horse and wandring ffeete

Ps.-
The Pyrenean Mountaynes, though that there
I wt h. my right hand, touch't the very clouds
Deuoring gulfs, nor quicksands of the sea
Did e're fright me, at Gades I washt away
Non Vltra writt wt h. Hercules owne hand
pacing the Myles of Europe Asia
and Affrica my wearied bones at last
are here arriued, and here my labours end.

Gelas:

Ps.-
A spruce neate youth, what yf I affront him

Gelas:
Good Gods how earnestlie doe I desire
his ffellowshipp, was I e're soe shamefac't
What yf I send and gyue to him my cloake

Ps.
What shall I saye? I saw his face at Thebes
or Sicilie?

Gelas:
Ile send it; Pædio
gyue him this cloake, salute him in my name
H'st, thou may'st tell him yf you. wilt how rich
Aside to Pædio
my ffather was

Pæ:
I come to thee a badging Messenger
our Lord Gelasimus from the goulden hill
sends thee a cloake a signe of his good will

Gelas.
Oh that he takes it kindlie.

Ps.
A Cloake! and why a cloake?

Pæ.
There was not in all Athens while he [«li.'dd»] liu'd
a ritcher then his ffather.

Ps.
What as a token of his loue say'st thou?
Returne this answeare to that noble youth
I Pseudecheus from the bloody tower
Doe wish him more then twenty thowsand healthes
Who e're he be, be he more ffortunate
then they that liue in the Isles fortunate
or in the fflourishing Elizian feilds
May he drinck Nectar, eate Ambrosia

Gelas:-
How daintylie his speech flowes from him

Ps:-
Tell him I will salute him!

Pæ:
The strainger Sr. Desires to salute you.

Gelas:
Tha'ts my desire; I will meete him

Ps.-
I will affront him

Gelas:
I wish admittance of scocietie

Pæ:
Foh how this proffered seruice stincks

Aside
Ps.
I thee admitt, thou needst not be ashamed
I seeme lesse then I am, who hath lurk'd close
Hath liued well.

Pæ.
Liue yee soe well, yee that are prysoners?
yee closely lurke I know that well

Ps.
Though here sett I my ffoote wt h.out a guard
I haue whole Islands at my beck and nodd

Gelas.
Lord what a potent freind haue I obteyned
What Cuntreyman I pray you.? [Sr.]

Ps.
A Wordling.

Gelas.
What a s«p»atious Countrey hath this man?
Athens «is» but a poynt compar'd to it

Ps.
«He»re is a neate Cittie statelie howses

Gelas:
You. neuer saw my howse in Rhamnuse streete?
I spent tenn powndes in paynting of my Dores
to make it knowne whose howse it was,

Ps.
I haue seene fayrer 'monge the Antipodes

Gelas.
What were you. e're among th[e]' Antipodes?

Ps.
About three yeres six monethes & fower Dayes
As I remember I departed thence
Last Day of March, soe tis', last day of March
my Calender tells me the very hower

Pæ.
This is noe Wordling he'es some Cretian

(Aside
Gelas:
On ffoote or horse went'st thou this greate Voyage?

Ps.
Vp to the ffeildes Gurgustidonian
I rode on horse back; the Antipodes
were distant thence about an hundred myles
there I being seene the Pigmies fearefully
ffledd all awaye:

Gelas:
They tooke thee for some Centaure; Ha, ha, He,

Ps.
True I perceaued it; did descend my horse
I said I was a man, they humbly came
one as a Page I tooke, dissmiss'd the rest.

Gelas:
If I among them were, would they accept [me]
mee for their Kinge,?

Ps:
They would yf I did send
wt h. thee my letters Commendatory

Gelas:
Ioue willing I my Iorney will beginn
Next moneth and in the ffyrst yere of my Raigne
Thou Pædio shalt be a nobleman

Ps:
At last I came to the Antipodes

Gelas.
What before euen;

Ps:
halfe an hower past six

Gelas.
But what did they?

Ps:
They all [amze] amazed were
admire concurre; they bringe me to theire Kinge
where I was feasted plac'd at his right hand

Gelas:
ffor honor s. sake.

Ps.
When I departed thence.
this ringe he gaue me,

Gels:
Prythee lett me seit
wilt thou that wee exchainge my Pylades?

Ps:
I am a man Ile not denye my ffreind
By Ioue my ringe is made of brasse not gould

(Aside
Gelas:
O happie me that weares the Kings owne Ringe
of th'Antipodes.

Ps:
Soe I blesse my ffreinds.

Pæ:
Mr.

Gelas:
What my knaue?

Pæ:
Perchaunce this man hath brought wt h. him some philtre
or loue prouoking pouder; soe you. maye
the loue of ffayrest Callimela [wynne] gaine

Gelas:
Dost thou thinck soe? my ffreind a word or two

Ps.
yes yf thou wilt three hundred;

Gelas:
doe you. thinck
I'st possible to obteyne a Maydens loue?
by pouders or by philtres

Ps:
Art thou Venus Vassall?

Gelas:
I am a man Compact of fflesh and blood
I feele a stirring heate

Ps:
Vpon the Mountaines of Thessalia
I doe remember that I sawe an Oake
that brought forth goulden Akornes of greate price
yf any young man had but one of theis
the maides would almost dye for loue of him
If I am not deceau'd, I haue of them,

Gelas:
Graunt Venus that you. haue.

Ps:
One to Thetis
an other to Proserpena I gaue
when I was last at Hell, a third toth Queene
of the Antipodes, a ffowrth I lost

Gelas:
Hast thou not one left,?

Ps:
No not one.

Gelas:
O me
o wretched me how are my hopes deceau'd

Ps:
Tut n'ere despayre;

Gelas:
Ah that thou had'st me blest
wt h. one of theis same Akornes;

Ps:
Peace be still?
wt h.out theis Akornes I'le effect thie will;
What is the girles father?

Gelas:
Pædio speake
my tounge is mute for greife my hart will breake

Pæ:
His nam'es Philargurus a man-devill

Ps:
What is the temperature of his body
Doth choller ffleame blood or melancholly
prædominate in him?

Pæ:
I knowe not I am noe Physician

Gelas:
Blood is prædominant I thinck; his cheekes
are purple Coulored;

Ps:
the more wanton he
After this manner, then woe thou the maid
when first thou dost behould her laugh aloud

Gelas:
As yf I were oreioyed, I will trye
Ha, Ha, He; how saye you. doe I well?
If this the hardest be I nothing ffeare

Ps:
What canst thou daunce and singe? play thou the girle!

Gelas:
I'st womanlye enough?

Pæd:
Sr. hide yor. beard

Ps:
I wt h. a merry Countenance thus begin
Fa, la, la, la, sol, la, how i'st my doue
Fa, la, la, sol, fa, la my marrow, my holy day
Fa, la, la, sol, la, me, re, I loue thee by Ioue
La, fa, la, la, sol, me, re, la, yor s. not his owne Gelasimus from the goulden hill
La, la, la, la, la, sol, me, la, me, re, la, la, sol, fa«*»

Gelas:
Ha, Ha, He;
Soe helpe me Gods a very pretty thinge!
Doe men woe maides soe among th'Antipodes?

Ps:
They doe;

Gelas:
Wt h. pricksong?

Ps:
yes, yes; pricksong is
the only way to woe and wynn a maid.

Gelas:
I'st soe? i'st soe? shee shall not want for that
I'le tickle her wt h. prick-song: O how my feete
Itch wt h. desire, Come lett vs goe, thou soone
shalt see how by thy prcepts I doe thriue;
Fa, la, la, sol, me, re sol;

Exeunt omnes./