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274 XXIII. NICHOLAS UDALL.:R. Royster. No, I am a poore homely man as God mademee.M. Mery. By <strong>the</strong> faith that I owe <strong>to</strong> God, sir, but ye bee.Woulde I might, for your sake, spende a thousande poundland. 115R. Royster. I dare say thou wouldest haue me <strong>to</strong> thy husbande.M. Mery. Yea :AndI were <strong>the</strong> fairest lady in <strong>the</strong> shiere,And knewe you as I know you, and see you nowe here.Well, I say no more.R. Royster. Gramercies, with all my hart.M. Mery. But since that can not be, will ye play a \viseparte ? 120R. Royster. How should I ?M. Mery. Refraine <strong>from</strong> Custance a while now,And I warrant hir soone right glad <strong>to</strong> seeke <strong>to</strong> youYe shall see hir anon come on hir knees creeping,And pray you <strong>to</strong> be good <strong>to</strong> hir, salte teares weeping.R. Royster. But what and she come not ?M. Mery. In faith, <strong>the</strong>n farewel she !Or else, if ye be wroth, ye may auenged be. 126R. Royster. By cocks precious potsticke, and een so I shall.I wyll vtterly destroy hir,and house and all.But I woulde be auenged, in <strong>the</strong> meane space.On that vile scribler, that did my wowyng disgrace. 130M. Mery. Scribler (ko you) in deede he is worthy, noIlesse.will call h}Tn <strong>to</strong> you, and ye bidde me doubtlesse.R. Royster. Yes, for although he had as many liues.As a thousande widowes, and a thousande wiues,As a thousande lyons, and a thousand rattes, 135A thousande wolues, and a thousand cattes,A thousand bulles, and a thousande calues,

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