Ralph. Yes, sir, you shall have them. But what length’s her foot?
Serv. Why, you must make them in all parts like this shoe; but, at any hand, fail not to do them, for the gentlewoman is to be married very early in the morning.
Ralph. How? by this shoe must it be made? by this? Are you sure, sir, by this?
Serv. How, by this? Am I sure, by this? Art thou in thy wits? I tell thee, I must have a pair of shoes dost thou mark me? a pair of shoes, two shoes, made by this very shoe, this same shoe, against to-morrow morning by four a clock. Dost understand me? Canst thou do’t?
Ralph. Yes, sir, yes—I—I—I can do’t. By this shoe, you say? I should know this shoe. Yes, sir, yes, by this shoe, I can do’t. Four a clock, well. Whither shall I bring them?
Serv. To the sign of the Golden Ball in Watling Street; enquire for one Master Hammon, a gentleman, my master.
Ralph. Yea, sir; by this shoe, you say?
Serv. I say, Master Hammon at the Golden Ball; he’s the bridegroom, and those shoes are for his bride.
Ralph. They shall be done by this shoe; well, well, Master Hammon at the Golden Shoe—I would say, the Golden Ball; very well, very well. But I pray you, sir, where must Master Hammon be married?
Serv. At Saint Faith’s Church, under Paul’s.[86] But what’s that to thee? Prithee, dispatch those shoes, and so farewell. [Exit.