Throat. Get your sword,
[Exeunt Frances and Beard.
And me my buckler: nay, you shall know
We are Tam Marti quam Mercurio.
Bring my cloak: you shall thither: I'll for friends.
Worship and wealth the lawyer's state attends.
Dash, we must bear some brain[374] to Saint John's Street,
Go, run, fly: and afar off inquire,
If that the Lady Sommerfield be there,
If there, know what news; and meet me straight
At the Mitre door,[375] in Fleet Street. Away!
"To get rich wives, men must not use delay."
FOOTNOTES:
[351] The edition of this play in 1636 omits the word wench, and therefore it was not found in the last reprint under the care of Mr Reed. It is now inserted from the copy of 1611.—Collier.
[352] Terms of the chase. Mussers are hiding-holes, or lurking-places; from the Fr. musser, to hide, conceal, &c.
[353] i.e., As brave a man.
[354] [Edits., Q, the letter having been written probably by the transcriber of the play for press to save trouble. A Q is a farthing in the old college books.]
[355] I imagine an allusion is here intended to the buff coats of the Serjeants belonging to the Counter. See p. 330.
[356] These lines are the conclusion of many old songs. Several instances are produced by Mr Steevens, Sir John Hawkins, and Mr Tyrwhit, in their notes on "Twelfth Night," act ii. sc. 3.