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A TALE OF A TUB.
John Clay and cloth-breech for my money and daughter.[1]
Here comes another old boy too vor his colours,
Here comes another old boy too vor his colours,
Enter Rosin, and his two Boys.
Will stroak down my wives udder of purses, empty
Of all her milk-money this winter quarter:
Old father Rosin, the chief minstrel here,
Chief minstrel too of Highgate, she has hired him
And all his two boys for a day and a half;
And now they come for ribanding and rosemary:
Give them enough, girls, give them enough, and take it
Out in his tunes anon.
Of all her milk-money this winter quarter:
Old father Rosin, the chief minstrel here,
Chief minstrel too of Highgate, she has hired him
And all his two boys for a day and a half;
And now they come for ribanding and rosemary:
Give them enough, girls, give them enough, and take it
Out in his tunes anon.
Clench. I'll have Tom Tiler,
For our John Clay's sake, and the tile-kilns, zure.
For our John Clay's sake, and the tile-kilns, zure.
Med. And I the Jolly Joiner for mine own sake.
Pan. I'll have the Jovial Tinker for To-Pan's sake.
Turfe. We'll all be jovy this day vor son Valentine,
My sweet son John's sake.
My sweet son John's sake.
Scri. There's another reading now:
My master reads it Son and not Sin Valentine.
My master reads it Son and not Sin Valentine.
Pup. Nor Zim: and he's in the right; he is high-constable,
And who should read above 'un, or avore 'hun?
And who should read above 'un, or avore 'hun?
Turfe. Son John shall bid us welcome all, this day;
We'll zerve under his colours: lead the troop, John,
We'll zerve under his colours: lead the troop, John,
- ↑ John Clay and cloth-breech for my money.] The allusion is to the Quip for an Upstart Courtier, a humourous tract by Greene. The contending parties in the Dialogue are Velvet-breeches and Cloth-breeches, the representatives of the court and country. The superiority throughout is adroitly given to the latter.
