CHURMS. Marry, I think so too, for she did show no token of any dislike of your motion, did she?
PETER PLOD-ALL.
No, not a whit, sir.
CHURMS. Why then, I warrant ye, for we hold in our law that, idem est non apparere et non esse.
GRIPE. Master Churms, I pray you, do so much as call my daughter hither. I will make her sure here to Peter Plod-all, and I'll desire you to be a witness.
CHURMS.
With all my heart, sir. [Exit CHURMS.
GRIPE. Before God, neighbour, this same Master Churms is a very good lawyer, for, I warrant, you cannot speak anything, but he has law for it ad unguem.
PLOD-ALL. Marry, even the more joy on him, and he's one that I am very much beholding to: but here comes your daughter.
Enter CHURMS, LELIA, and NURSE.
LELIA.
Father, did you send for me?
GRIPE.
Ay, wench, I did. Come hither, Lelia; give me thy hand. Master Churms,
I pray you, bear witness, I here give Lelia to Peter Plod-all. [She
plucks away her hand.] How now?