RICH. We'll fit him well enough; second us, Robin.
LADY F. I'll fit you well enough for all your hope.
[FAUC. _beckons to_ BLOCK.
FAU. Leave quaffing, sirrah, listen to their talk.
BLO. O, while you live, beware, two are sooner seen than one; besides,
bear a brain, master, if Block should be now spied, my madam would not
trust this sconce neither in time nor tide.
FAU. Well, leave me, now it buds; see, see, they kiss.
BLO. Adieu, good old sinner, you may recover it with a sallet of
parsley and the herb patience; if not, sir, you know the worst.
It's but even this.
RICH. Madam, what you desire, I not deny,
But promise Gloster life and liberty.
I beg but love.
FAU. When doth she give her alms? [_Aside_.
LADY F. Fair, honourable prince.
FAU. Nay, then, they speed. [_Aside_.
LADY F. My soul hath your deserts in good esteem.
FAU. Witness these goodly tines[472], that grace my head. [_Aside_.
LADY F. But were you the sole monarch of the earth,
Your power were insufficient to invade
My never-yielding heart of chastity.
FAU. Sayst thou so, Mall? I promise thee for this,
I'll owe thy cherry lips an old man's kiss;
Look, how my cockerell droops; 'tis no matter,
I like it best, when women will not flatter.
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