“And how do you account for such a coincidence?”
“Wait; the play goes on.”
The second scene of Act I was in progress, and at its close Nash, who appeared to be the better posted, said:
“Didst ever hear Marlowe’s play of Edward II?”
“Yes, years ago at this theater.”
“Dost thou remember the character of Spencer?”
“I do,” answered Jonson.
“Where he says:
‘’Tis not a black coat and a little band,
A velvet caped cloak faced before with serge?’”
“And what of that?” interrupted the other.