HOLOFERNES.
Quis, quis, thou consonant?
MOTH.
The third of the five vowels, if you repeat them; or the fifth, if I.
HOLOFERNES.
I will repeat them: a, e, i—
MOTH.
The sheep. The other two concludes it: o, u.
ARMADO.
Now, by the salt wave of the Mediterraneum, a sweet touch, a quick venue of wit! Snip, snap, quick and home! It rejoiceth my intellect. True wit!
MOTH.
Offered by a child to an old man—which is wit-old.
HOLOFERNES.
What is the figure? What is the figure?
MOTH.
Horns.
HOLOFERNES.
Thou disputes like an infant. Go whip thy gig.
MOTH.
Lend me your horn to make one, and I will whip about your infamy unum cita. A gig of a cuckold’s horn.