Here entereth with some jest Ill-Will.
Ill-Will. Marry! I am come at the first call:
Will, your own man, have me who shall;
For I am Will, servant to you all;
Ye shall not need to send for me.
Wealth. Who is acquainted with this man?
He is very homely, and little good he can B2,v.
To come in here so boldly; then
Drive him away quickly!
Ill-W. Why, I came not till I was called.
Your own Will openly ye named;
Then I came apace, lest I should be blamed:
Therefore, I pray you, let me bide still.
[H]eal[th.] Whose will, or what will, doth he mean?
Thou art not my will, I forsake thee clean;
My will and their wills is often seen:
Our wills can none ill.
Ill-W. Alas, good masters! I can none ill.
Yet, by my troth! I am your evil will—
Your will, and your will, and your will; therefore, keep me:
I love ye, by God's mother!
Lib. This is a strange saying unto me:
My will, your will, and his will—this cannot be;
For in our wills is great diversity;
For one is not like another.
Ill-W. Yet, by Christ! your own will I am;
The maddest will, and the merriest than.
For God's sake! now let me be your man
Till ye have better acquaintance.
Wealth. I perceive this fellow is kind,
And oweth to us good will and mind;
Some kinds again then let him find:
Let him have some furtherance.
Ill-W. By God, sir! and I durst be so bold,
Acquaintance of this man claim I would,
And kindred, too; if the truth were told
We be of one consanguinity.