[♦] Smith. Has a book in his pocket with red letters in’t.
[85] Cade. Nay, then, he is a conjuror.
Dick. Nay, he can make obligations, and write court-hand.
Cade. I am sorry for’t: the man is a proper man, of mine honour; unless I find him guilty, he shall not die. 90 Come hither, sirrah, I must examine thee: what is thy name?
Clerk. Emmanuel.
Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters: ’twill go hard with you.
95 Cade. Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy [♦] name? or hast thou a mark to thyself, like an honest plain-dealing man?
Clerk. Sir, I thank God, I have been so well brought up that I can write my name.
[100] All. He hath confessed: away with him! he’s a villain and a traitor.
Cade. Away with him, I say! hang him with his pen [♦] and ink-horn about his neck. [Exit one with the Clerk.