Mons. What, woman, what are those portions?

Per. Riddle my riddle, my lord.

Mons. I, marry, wench, I think thy portion

is a right riddle; a man shall never finde it out:

but let's heare it.[265]

Per. You shall, my lord.

What's that, that being most rar's most cheap?

That when you sow, you never reap?

That when it growes most, most you [th]in it,

And still you lose it, when you win it?[270]