Bawd
Well, well; as for him, he brought his disease hither: here he does but repair it. I know he will come in our
shadow, to scatter his crowns in the sun. BOULT
Well, if we had of every nation a traveller, we should lodge them with this sign. Bawd
[To MARINA] Pray you, come hither awhile. You have fortunes coming upon you. Mark me: you must seem
to do that fearfully which you commit willingly, despise profit where you have most gain. To weep that you
live as ye do makes pity in your lovers: seldom but that pity begets you a good opinion, and that opinion a
mere profit. MARINA
I understand you not. BOULT
O, take her home, mistress, take her home: these blushes of hers must be quenched with some present
practise. Bawd
Thou sayest true, i' faith, so they must; for your bride goes to that with shame which is her way to go with
warrant. BOULT
'Faith, some do, and some do not. But, mistress, if I have bargained for the joint, Bawd
Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit. BOULT
I may so. Bawd
Who should deny it? Come, young one, I like the manner of your garments well. BOULT
Ay, by my faith, they shall not be changed yet. Bawd
Boult, spend thou that in the town: report what a sojourner we have; you'll lose nothing by custom. When
nature flamed this piece, she meant thee a good turn; therefore say what a paragon she is, and thou hast
the harvest out of thine own report.
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