First Car. Heigh-ho! an it be not four by the day,[2228]
I'll be hanged: Charles' wain is over the new chimney, and
yet our horse not packed. What, ostler!
Ost. [Within] Anon, anon.[2229]
First Car. I prithee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a5
few flocks in the point; poor jade, is wrung in the withers[2230]
out of all cess.
Enter another Carrier.[2231]
Sec. Car. Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog,[2232]
and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots: this[2233]
house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died.[2234]10
First Car. Poor fellow, never joyed since the price of[2235]
oats rose; it was the death of him.
Sec. Car. I think this be the most villanous house in[2236]
all London road for fleas: I am stung like a tench.[2237]
First Car. Like a tench! by the mass, there is ne'er a[2237][2238]15
king christen could be better bit than I have been since[2239]
the first cock.
Sec. Car. Why, they will allow us ne'er a jordan, and[2240]
then we leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds[2241]
fleas like a loach.20
First Car. What, ostler! come away and be hanged!
come away.