ACTUS TERTII, SCENA SECUNDA
Adulation. Respublica.
Adul. Three hundred pound by year, and a good manor place—
Well, it is metely well, in so short time and space!
More will come right shortly; this gear doth gaily walk.
Bones! here is Respublica, what use I such ta[l]ke?
I seek lady Respublica!
Resp. Lo, I am here!
And welcome, Honesty! what do my friends most dear?
Adul. Certes, Madame! we rest nor day, nor night, nor hour,
[To] practise and travail for your wealth and honour.
But, O Lord! what a prudent man is Policy!
What a deep head he hath to devise and to spy!
Resp. He is fine, indeed!
Adul. Also Reformation—
How earnest he is in his operation!
Resp. I think of him no less.
Adul. Now, then, Authority,
The stoutest in his office that ever I did see—
I will no farther praise them, Madame! for, doubtless,
They far surmount all praise that my tongue can express:
Ye may bless the time ye met with such as they be;
And I do my poor part.
Resp. I doubt not, Honesty!
And condign reward shall ye all have for your pain.