When she, Gnathænium, had almost abandon'd

Her trade, and would no longer common be,

Moved by the love of the actor Andronicus;

(But at this moment he was gone away,

After she'd brought him a male child;) this smith

Then long besought the fair Gnathænium

To fix her price; and though she long refused,

By long entreaty and liberality,

At last he won her over to consent.

But being but a rude and ill-bred clown,