Idle. I trow then he will come hither
That laid first In principio together.
Ambo. Go we, for we two will go thither,
Thereas we will make merry, by this light!
[They go out. Enter Actio and Eugenio.
Actio. A, sir, I have been long away;
I said I would see you by the light day. C2,v.
Eug. There hath be a fair array.
Where we two have be,
There was laying of the law,
And all was not worth a new straw,
So God help me!
Actio. Sir, I saw the wench that did your neck claw,
That bare in her hand a gay gewgaw;
Methought it was like a paw
Of a whiting;
She held me with a tale of titmary tally,
Till my thrift was gone as quit as a dally.
God wot, it is a nice thing.
Eug. Peace, man! ye shall hear a sermon i-fashion
Of the eagle that riseth full high;
If he do hear thy exclamation
He will make thee to fly.
Actio. Not in a string, I trow.
Peace! for he is come now. [Enter St. John.
St. John. O men unkind, wretched and mortal,
Hearken to this parable that I shall tell.
Eug. The hearing thereof give you I shall.