Vel. This is his chamber; let's enter, here's his clerk.
Pre. Fondling, said she, since I have hemm'd thee here,
Within the circuit of this ivory pale.[189]
Drap. I pray you, sir, help us to the speech of your master.
Pre. I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer:
He is very busy in his study.
Feed where thou wilt, in mountain or on dale:
Stay awhile, he will come out anon.
Graze on my lips, and when those mounts are dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
Go thy way, thou best book in the world!
Vel. I pray you, sir, what book do you read?
Pre. A book that never an orator's clerk in this kingdom but is beholden unto; it is called "Maids' Philosophy, or Venus and Adonis." Look you, gentlemen, I have divers other pretty books.
Drap. You are very well-stored, sir; but I hope your master will not stay long.
Pre. No, he will come presently.
Enter Mechant.
Vel. Whom have we here? another client, sure.
Crows flock to carcases: O, 'tis the Lord Mechant.