Heere comes my sonne, conferring with his friend.—

Fraunces, how do you like your friends discourse?

I know he is persuading to this motion.

Fra. Father, as matter that befits a friend,

But yet not me, that am too young to marry. 15

M. Gou. Nay, if thy minde be forward with thy yeares,

The time is lost thou tarriest. Trust me, boy,[1729]

This match is answerable to thy birth;

Her bloud and portion give each other grace;

These indented lines promise a sum, 20