Speak, Diligence! while he hath bethought him.
Diligence. That way, belike; most usage hath wrought him.
Study. Yea, hold your peace! Best we here now stay
For Instruction; I like not that way.
Wit. Instruction, Study? I ween we have lost him.
[Instruction cometh in.
[Inst.] Indeed, full gently about ye have tossed him!
What mean you, Wit, still to delight
Running before thus, still out of sight;
And, thereby, out of your way now quite.
What do ye here except he would fight?
Come back again, Wit! for, I must choose ye
An easier way than this, or else lose ye.
Wit. What aileth this way? Peril here is none.
Inst. But as much as your life standeth upon;
Your enemy, man! lieth here before ye:
Tediousness, to brain or to gore ye!
Wit. Tediousness? Doth that tyrant rest
In my way now? Lord! how am I blest
That occasion so near me stirs,
For my dear heart's sake, to win my spurs!
Sir! would ye fear me with that foul thief,
With whom to meet my desire is chief?
Inst. And what would ye do, you having nought
For your defence? for, though ye have caught
Garments of Science upon your back,
Yet weapons of Science ye do lack!
Wit. What weapons of Science should I have?