1392Verges. If you heare a child crie in the night you mu
st 1393call to the nur
se, and bid her
still it.
1394Watch. How if the nur
se be a
sleepe and will not
1396Dog. Why then depart in peace, and let the childe
1397wake her with crying, for the ewe that will not heare
1398her Lambe when it baes, will neuer an
swere a calfe when
1400Verges. 'Tis verie true.
1401Dog. This is the end of the charge: you con
stable
1402are to pre
sent the Princes owne per
son, if you meete the
1403Prince in the night, you may
staie him.
1404Verges. Nay birladie that I thinke a cannot.
1405Dog. Fiue
shillings to one on't with anie man that
1406knowes the Statutes, he may
staie him, marrie not with
- 1407out the prince be willing, for indeed the watch ought to
1408o
ffend no man, and it is an o
ffence to
stay a man again
st 1410Verges. Birladie I thinke it be
so.
1411Dog. Ha, ah ha, well ma
sters good night, and there be
1412anie matter of weight chances, call vp me, keepe your
1413fellowes coun
sailes, and your owne, and good night,
1415Watch. Well ma
sters, we heare our charge, let vs go
1416sit here vpon the Church bench till two, and then all to
1418Dog. One word more, hone
st neighbors. I pray you
1419watch about
signior
Leonatoes doore, for the wedding be
- 1420ing there to morrow, there is a great coyle to night,
1421adiew, be vigitant I be
seech you.
Exeunt. 1422 Enter Borachio and Conrade. 1424Watch. Peace,
stir not.
1426Con. Here man, I am at thy elbow.
1427Bor. Mas and my elbow itcht, I thought there would
1429Con. I will owe thee an an
swere for that, and now
1430forward with thy tale.
1431Bor. Stand thee clo
se then vnder this penthou
se, for it
1432dri
ssels raine, and I will, like a true drunkard, vtter all to
1434Watch. Some trea
son ma
sters, yet
stand clo
se.
1435Bor. Therefore know, I haue earned of
Don Iohn a
1437Con. Is it po
ssible that anie villanie
should be
so deare?
1438Bor. Thou
should'
st rather aske if it were po
ssible a
- 1439nie villanie
should be
so rich? for when rich villains haue
1440neede of poore ones, poore ones may make what price
1443Bor. That
shewes thou art vncon
firm'd, thou knowe
st 1444that the fa
shion of a doublet, or a hat, or a cloake, is no
- 1446Con. Yes, it is apparell.
1447Bor. I meane the fa
shion.
1448Con. Yes the fa
shion is the fa
shion.
1449Bor. Tu
sh, I may as well
say the foole's the foole, but
1450see
st thou not what a deformed theefe this fa
shion is?
1451Watch. I know that deformed, a has bin a vile theefe,
1452this vii. yeares, a goes vp and downe like a gentle man:
1454Bor. Did'
st thou not heare
some bodie?
1455Con. No, 'twas the vaine on the hou
se.
1456Bor. See
st thou not (I
say) what a deformed thiefe
1457this fa
shion is, how giddily a turnes about all the Hot
- 1458blouds, betweene foureteene &
fiue & thirtie,
sometimes
1459fa
shioning them like
Pharaoes souldiours in the rechie
1460painting,
sometime like god Bels prie
sts in the old
1461Church window,
sometime like the
shauen
Hercules in
1462the
smircht worm eaten tape
strie, where his cod-peece
1463seemes as ma
ssie as his club.
1464Con. All this I
see, and
see that the fa
shion weares out
1465more apparrell then the man; but art not thou thy
selfe
1466giddie with the fa
shion too that thou ha
st shifted out of
1467thy tale into telling me of the fa
shion?
1468Bor. Not
so neither, but know that I haue to night
1469wooed
Margaret the Lady
Heroes gentle-woman, by the
1470name of
Hero,
she leanes me out at her mi
stris chamber
- 1471vvindow, bids me a thou
sand times good night: I tell
1472this tale vildly. I
should
fir
st tell thee how the Prince
1473Claudio and my Ma
ster planted, and placed, and po
sse
ssed
1474by my Ma
ster
Don Iohn,
saw a far o
ff in the Orchard this
1476Con. And thought thy
Margaret was
Hero?
1477Bor. Two of them did, the Prince and
Claudio, but the
1478diuell my Ma
ster knew
she was
Margaret and partly by
1479his oathes, which
fir
st po
sse
st them, partly by the darke
1480night which did deceiue them, but chiefely, by my villa
- 1481nie, which did con
firme any
slander that
Don Iohn had
1482made, away vvent
Claudio enraged,
swore hee vvould
1483meete her as he was apointed next morning at the Tem
- 1484ple, and there, before the whole congregation
shame her
1485with vvhat he
saw o're night, and
send her home againe
1487Watch. 1. We charge you in the Princes name
stand.
1488Watch. 2. Call vp the right ma
ster Con
stable, vve haue
1489here recouered the mo
st dangerouspeece of lechery, that
1490euer vvas knowne in the Common-wealth.
1491Watch. 1. And one Deformed is one of them, I know
1492him, a vveares a locke.
1493Conr. Ma
sters, ma
sters.
1494Watch. 2. Youle be made bring deformed forth I war
- 1496Conr. Ma
sters, neuer
speake, vve charge you, let vs o
- 1497bey you to goe vvith vs.
1498Bor. We are like to proue a goodly commoditie, be
- 1499ing taken vp of the
se mens bils.
1500Conr. A commoditie in que
stion I warrant you, come
1501vveele obey you.
Exeunt. 1502 Enter Hero, and Margaret, and Vrsula. 1503Hero. Good
Vrsula wake my co
sin
Beatrice, and de
- 1506Her. And bid her come hither.
1508Mar. Troth I thinke your other rebato were better.
1509Bero. No pray thee good
Meg, Ile vveare this.
1510Marg. By my troth's not
so good, and I vvarrant your
1512Bero. My co
sin's a foole, and thou art another, ile
1513vveare none but this.
1514Mar. I like the new tire vvithin excellently, if the
1515haire vvere a thought browner: and your gown's a mo
st 1516rare fa
shion yfaith, I
saw the Dutche
sse of
Millaines 1517gowne that they prai
se
so.
1518Bero. O that exceedes they
say.
1519Mar. By my troth's but a night-gowne in re
spe
ct of
1520yours, cloth a gold and cuts, and lac'd with
siluer,
set with
1521pearles, downe
sleeues,
side
sleeues, and skirts, round vn
- 1522derborn with a blewi
sh tin
sel, but for a
fine queint grace
- 1523full and excellent fa
shion, yours is worth ten on't.
Bero. God