C. Custance. If ever my head thought it, God sende me yll speede.
Wherfore I beseech you, with me to be a witnesse,
That in all my lyfe I never intended thing lesse,
And what a brainsicke foole Ralph Roister Doister is, 45
Your selfe know well enough.
T. Trusty. Ye say full true ywis.
C. Custance. Bicause to bee his wife I ne graunt nor apply,[556]
Hither will he com he sweareth by and by,
To kill both me and myne, and beate downe my house flat.
Therfore I pray your aide. 50