Host. Why? is there charm in this?
Inc. Expect; now walk,
But not the pace of one that runs on errands;
For, want of gravity in an Host, is odious:
You may remember Gossip, if you please,
(Your Wife being then th' Infanta of the Gipsies,
And your self governing a great mans Mules then)
Me a poor Squire at Madrid attending
A Master of Ceremonies; But a man, believe it,
That knew his place to the gold weight, and such
Have I heard him [oft] say, ought every Host
Within the Catholique Kings Dominions
Be in his own house.
Die. How?
Inc. A Master of Ceremonies;
At least Vice-Master, and to do nought in cuerpo,
That was his Maxim, I will tell thee of him:
He would not speak with an Ambassadors Cook,
See a cold bake-meat from a forreign part
In cuerpo: had a dog but staid without,
Or beast of quality, as an English Cow,
But to present it self, he would put on
His Savoy chain about his neck, the ruff
And cuffs of Holland, then the Naples Hat
With the Rome Hat-band, and the Florentin[e] Agat,
The Millan Sword, the Cloak of Genoa, set
With Flemish buttons; all his given pieces
To entertain 'em in, and complement [Knock within.
With a tame Conie, as with the Prince that sent it.
Die. List. Who is there?
Inc. A guest and 't be thy will.
Die. Look Spowse, cry luck, and we be encounter'd: ha?
Host. Luck then, and good, for 'tis a fine brave guest,
With a brave horse.
Inc. Why now, believe of cuerpo.
Enter Theodosia.