Plot. As dogs are taught to fetch.
New. Or elephants to dance on ropes.
Bright. And, pray, what honour would
The states have given him for the service?
Quart. That, sir, is uncertain.
Sale. Ha' made him some sea-count; or, 't may be, admiral.
Plot. Then, sir, in time,
Dutch authors, that writ Mare Liberum,[227]
Might dedicate their books to him?
Sale. Yes, being
A fish advanc'd, and of great place. Sing, boy!
You now shall hear a song upon him.
Bright. Listen.
New. Do they not act it rarely?
Plot. If 'twere their trade, they could not do it better.