She hath made me four and twenty nose-gays for
the shearers, three-man-song-men all, and very good
ones; but they are most of them means and bases; but
one puritan amongst them, and he sings psalms to
horn-pipes. I must have saffron to colour the warden
pies; mace; dates?--none, that's out of my note;
nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I
may beg; four pound of prunes, and as many of
raisins o' the sun.
O that ever I was born!
I' the name of me--
O, help me, help me! pluck but off these rags; and
then, death, death!
Alack, poor soul! thou hast need of more rags to lay
on thee, rather than have these off.
O sir, the loathsomeness of them offends me more
than the stripes I have received, which are mighty
ones and millions.
Alas, poor man! a million of beating may come to a
great matter.
I am robbed, sir, and beaten; my money and apparel
ta'en from me, and these detestable things put upon
me.
What, by a horseman, or a footman?
A footman, sweet sir, a footman.
Indeed, he should be a footman by the garments he
has left with thee: if this be a horseman's coat,
it hath seen very hot service. Lend me thy hand,
I'll help thee: come, lend me thy hand.
O, good sir, tenderly, O!
Alas, poor soul!
O, good sir, softly, good sir! I fear, sir, my
shoulder-blade is out.
How now! canst stand?
Softly, dear sir; good sir, softly. You ha' done me
a charitable office.
Dost lack any money? I have a little money for thee.
No, good sweet sir; no, I beseech you, sir: I have
a kinsman not past three quarters of a mile hence,
unto whom I was going; I shall there have money, or
any thing I want: offer me no money, I pray you;
that kills my heart.
What manner of fellow was he that robbed you?
A fellow, sir, that I have known to go about with
troll-my-dames; I knew him once a servant of the
prince: I cannot tell, good sir, for which of his
virtues it was, but he was certainly whipped out of the court.
His vices, you would say; there's no virtue whipped
out of the court: they cherish it to make it stay
there; and yet it will no more but abide.
Vices, I would say, sir. I know this man well: he
hath been since an ape-bearer;