70 Dro. E. [Quoth] my master:
[‘I know,’ quoth he], ‘no house, no wife, no mistress.’
So that my errand, due unto my tongue,
I thank him, I [bare] home upon [my] shoulders;
For, in conclusion, he did beat me [there].
75 Adr. Go back again, thou slave, and fetch him home.
Dro. E. Go back again, and be new beaten home?
For God’s sake, send some other messenger.
Adr. Back, slave, or I will break thy pate across.
Dro. E. And he will bless that cross with other beating: