Though with my utmost vigilance and study,
I labour to bestow her to her worth;
Let others speak her forme, and future fortune
From me descending to her; I in that
Sit down with silenc[e]. Bri. You may my Lord securely,
Since fame alowd proclaimeth her perfections,
Commanding all mens tongues to sing her praises;
Should I say more, you well might censure me
(What yet I never was) a Flatterer.
What trampling’s that without of Horses?
Enter Butler.
Sir my young Masters are newly alighted.
Bri. Sir now observe their several dispositions.
Enter Charles.
Bid my Subsiser carry my Hackney to buttry,
And give him his bever; it is a civil
And sober beast, and will drink moderately,
And that done, turne him into the quadrangle.
Bri. He cannot out of his University tone.
Enter Eustace, Egremont, Cowsy.
Lackey, Take care our Coursers be well rubb’d,
And cloath’d, they have out stripp’d the
wind in speed.
Lew. I marry Sir, there’s metal in this young fellow! What a sheeps look his elder brother has!
Char. Your blessing, Sir? Bri. Rise Charles, thou hast it.
Eust. Sir, though it be unusual in the Court,
(Since ’tis the Courtiers garbe) I bend my knee,
And do expect what followes. Bri. Courtly
begg’d.
My blessing! take it. Eust. Your Lordships
vow’d adorer: to Lew.
What a thing this brother is! yet Ile vouchsafe him
The new Italian shrug— How clownishly
The book-worme does return it! Ch. I’m
glad y’are well; reads.
Eust. Pray you be happy in the knowledge of
This paire of accomplish’t Mounsieurs.
They are Gallants that have seen both Tropicks.
Br. I embrace their love. Egr. which wee’l repay with servulating.
Cow. And will report your bounty in the Court.
Bri. I pray you make deserving use on’t first: Eustace, give entertainment to your friends, What’s in my house is theirs. Eust. Which wee’l make use of; Let’s warme our braines with half a dozen healths, And then hang cold discourse, for wee’ll speak fire-workes. Exe.
Lew. What at his book already? Bri.
Fy, Fy, Charles,
No hour of interruption? Cha. Plato differs
From Socrates in this. Bri. Come lay
them by;
Let them agree at leasure. Cha. Mans life
Sir, being
So short, and then the way that leades unto
The knowledg of our selves, so long and tedious,
Each minute should be precious. Bri. In our
care
To manage worldly business, you must part with
This bookish contemplation, and prepare
Your self for action; to thrive in this age,