Sebas. Or docks, or mallows.
Gonza.—And were the King on’t, what would I do?
Sebas. ’Scape being drunk for want of wine.
Gonza. I’ the commonwealth I would by contraries
Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate;
Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,
And use of service, none; contract, succession,[400-26]
Bourn,[400-27] bound of land, tilth,[400-28] vineyard, none;
No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil;
No occupation; all men idle, all,
And women too, but innocent and pure;
No sovereignty:—
Sebas. Yet he would be king on’t.
Anto. The latter end of his commonwealth forgets the beginning.
Gonza. All things in common Nature should produce
Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony,
Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine,[401-29]
Would I not have; but Nature should bring forth,
Of its own kind, all foison,[401-30] all abundance,
To feed my innocent people.
Sebas. No marrying ’mong his subjects?
Anto. None, man; all idle.
Gonza. I would with such perfection govern, sir,
T’ excel the golden age.[401-31]