Now. Say no[ugh]t again the new guise now-a-days!
Thou shall find us sh[r]ews at all assays:
Beware! ye may soon lick a buffet.
Mer. He was well occupied that brought you hither!
Nought. I heard you call New Guise, Now-a-days, Nought: all these three together.
If ye say that I lie, I shall make you to slither:
Lo, take you here a trepitt!
Mer. Say me your names! I know you not.
New G. [Now, and Nought, in turn]. New Guise, I! Now-a-days, [I]! I, Nought!
Mer. By Jesu Christ! that me dear bought;
Ye betray many men.
New G. Betray? nay, nay, sir! nay, nay!
We make them both fresh and gay.
But, of your name, sir, I you pray!
That we may you ken.
Mer. Mercy is my name and my denomination.
I conceive ye have but a little force in my communication.
New G. Ay, ay! your body is full of English Latin.
Now. I pray you heartily, worshipful clerk!
I have eaten a dishful of curds,
And I have shitten your mouth full of turds.
Now, open your satchel with Latin words,
And say me this, in clerical manner:
Also, I have a wife; her name is Rachael;
Betwixt her and me was a great battle;
And fain, of you, I would hear tell
Who was the most master.