Ch. Just. You speak as having power to do
wrong: but answer in the effect of your reputa-
tion, and satisfy the poor woman.
Fal. Come hither, hostess. 148
Enter Master Gower.
Ch. Just. Now, Master Gower! what news?
Gow. The king, my lord, and Harry Prince of Wales
Are near at hand: the rest the paper tells.
Fal. As I am a gentleman. 152
Host. Faith, you said so before.
Fal. As I am a gentleman. Come, no more
words of it.
Host. By this heavenly ground I tread on, 156
I must be fain to pawn both my plate and the
tapestry of my dining-chambers.
Fal. Glasses, glasses, is the only drinking:
and for thy walls, a pretty slight drollery, or the 160
story of the Prodigal, or the German hunting in
water-work, is worth a thousand of these bed-
hangings and these fly-bitten tapestries. Let it
be ten pound if thou canst. Come, an it were 164
not for thy humours, there's not a better wench
in England. Go, wash thy face, and draw the
action. Come, thou must not be in this humour
with me; dost not know me? Come, come, I 168
know thou wast set on to this.
Host. Prithee, Sir John, let it be but twenty
145 Cf. n.
146 in the effect of: in a manner suitable to
159 Cf. n.
160 drollery: humorous painting
161 German hunting: German hunting-scene
162 water-work: water colors
165 humours: caprices
166 draw: withdraw
