Vitry. You sh[ould] have heard me say I had din'd first, I
have built on an unwholsome ground, rais'd up a house, before
I knew a Tenant, matcht to meet weariness, sought to find
want and hunger.
Bawdb. It is time you put up your sword, and run away
for meat, Sir, nay, if I had not withdrawn e'r now, I might
have kept thee; fast with you: but since the way to thrive
is never late, what is the nearest course to profit think you?
Vitry. It may be your worship will say bawdry.
Bawdb. True sense, bawdry.
Vitry. Why, is the[re] five kinds of them, I never knew
but one.
Bawdb. I'll shew you a new way of prostitution, fall back,
further yet, further, there is fifty crowns, do but as much
to Protaldye the Queens favorite, they are doubled.
Vitry. But thus much.
Bawdb. Give him but an affront as he comes to the presence,
and in his drawing make way, like a true bawd to his
valour, the s[um]'s thy own; if you take a scratch in the arm
or so, every drop of bloud weighs down a ducket.
Vitry. After that rate, I and my friends would begger the
kingdom. Sir, you have made me blush to see my want,
whose cure is such a cheap and easie purchase, this is Male-bawdry
belike.
Enter Protaldy, a Lady, and Revellers.