C. Not so, he may breake his necke in a short course.

P. No man can call againe yesterday.

C. Yes, hee may call till his heart ake, though it never come.

P. Had I wist was a foole.

C. No, he was a foole that said so."

And so it proceeds, not without humour and point, here and there borrowing from known sources, as in the following:—

"Proverb. The world is a long journey.

Cros. Not so, the sunne goes it every day.

P. It is a great way to the bottom of the sea.

C. Not so, it is but a stone's cast."