SCENE I.
Palace of the Duke of Venice.
Enter Balurdo, a Painter with two pictures, and Dildo.
Bal. And are you a painter? sir, can you draw, can you draw?
Pa. Yes, sir.
Bal. Indeed, law! now so can my father’s forehorse. And are these the workmanship of your hands?
Pa. I did limn them.
Bal. Limn them? a good word, limn them: whose picture is this? Anno Domini, 1599. Believe me, master Anno Domini was of a good settled age when you limn’d him: 1599 years old! Let’s see the other. Ætatis suæ 24. Byrlady, he is somewhat younger. Belike master Ætatis suæ was Anno Domini’s son. 12
Pa. Is not your master a——
Dil. He hath a little proclivity to him.