RAGAN. Ah, sir, when one is hungry, good meat is much worth.
And well fare a good brother yet in time of need,
[Esau cometh forth, wiping his mouth.
The world is now meetly well amended indeed,
ESAU. By my truth, if I had bidden[267] from meat any longer,
I think my very maw would have fret asunder.
Then had I been dead and gone, I make God a vow.
RAGAN. Surely then the world had had a great loss of you; For where should we have had your fellow in your place? [Aside.
ESAU. What should I have done with my birthright in this case?
RAGAN. Kept it still, and you had not been a very ass. [Aside.
ESAU. But the best pottage it was yet, that ever was.
It were sin not to sell one's soul for such gear.
RAGAN. Ye have done no less in my conscience, I fear. [Aside.
ESAU. Who is this that standeth clattering at my back?