Hodge. Drunke! hees a beast, and he be drunke; theres no man that is a sober man will be drunk; hees a boy, and he be drunke.
Boy. No, hees a man as thou art. 46
Hodge. Thus tis when a man will not be ruled by his friends: I bad him keepe under the lee, but he kept downe the weather two bowes; I tolde him hee would be taken with a plannet,[1718] but the wisest of us all may fall. 50
B. True, Hodge.
Boy trip him.
Hod. Whope! lend me thy hand, Dicke, I am falne into a wel; lend me thy hand, I shall be drowned else.
Boy. Hold fast by the bucket, Hodge.
Hodg. A rope on it! 55
Boy. I, there is a rope on it; but where art thou, Hodge?
Hodge. In a well; I prethie, draw up.