C. Custance. As much brain as a burbolt.[106]

M. Merry. Well, dame Custance, if he hear you thus play choploge.[107]

C. Custance. What will he?

M. Merry. Play the devil in the horologe.[108]

C. Custance. I defy him, lout.

M. Merry. Shall I tell him what ye say?

C. Custance. Yea, and add whatsoever thou canst, I thee pray,

And I will avouch it, whatsoever it be.

M. Merry. Then let me alone; we will laugh well, ye shall see: