(I will so help and maintain ye) shall not live long,
Nor any foolish dolt shall cumber you; but I—
I whoe'er say nay, will stick by you till I die.
Thus, good Mistress Custance, the Lord you save and keep!
From me, Roister Doister, whether I wake or sleep,
Who favoureth you no less (ye may be bold)
Than this letter purporteth, which ye have unfold."
Now, sir, what default can ye find in this letter?
R. Roister. Of truth, in my mind, there cannot be a better.
Scrivener. Then was the fault in reading, and not in writing,