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trine. Marc. Come, come. Flam. When age shall turn thee White as a blooming hawthorn---- Marc. I 'll interrupt you: For love of virtue bear an honest heart, And stride o'er every politic respect, Which, where they most advance, they most infect. Were I your father, as I am your brother, I should not be ambitious to leave you A better patrimony. Flam. I 'll think on 't. [Enter Savoy Ambassador. The lord ambassadors. [Here there is a passage of the Lieger Ambassadors over the stage severally. Enter French Ambassador Lawyer. Oh, my sprightly Frenchman! Do you know him? he 's an admirable tilter. Flam. I saw him at last tilting: he showed like a pewter candlestick fashioned like a man in armour, holding a tilting staff in his hand, little bigger than a candle of twelve i' th' pound. Lawyer. Oh, but he's an excellent horseman! Flam. A lame one in his lofty tricks; he sleeps a-horseback, like a poulterer. Enter English and Spanish Lawyer. Lo you, my Spaniard! Flam. He carried his face in 's ruff, as I have seen a serving-man carry glasses in a cypress hatband, monstrous steady, for fear of breaking; he looks like the claw of a blackbird, first salted, and then broiled in a candle. [Exeunt. SCENE II The Arraignment of Vittoria Enter Francisco, Monticelso, the six Lieger Ambassadors, Brachiano, Vittoria, Zanche, Flamineo, Marcello, Lawyer, and a Guard. Mont. Forbear, my lord, here is no place assign'd you. This business, by his Holiness, is left To our examination. Brach. May it thrive with you. [Lays a rich gown under him. Fran. A chair there for his Lordship. Brach. Forbear your kindness: an unbidden guest Should travel as Dutch women go to church, Bear their stools with them. Mont. At your pleasure, sir. Stand to the table, gentlewoman. Now, signior, Fall to your plea. Lawyer. Domine judex, converte oculos in hanc pestem, mulierum corruptissiman. Vit. What 's he? Fran. A lawyer that pleads against you. Vit. Pray, my lord, let him speak his usual tongue, I 'll make no answer else. Fran. Why, you understand Latin. Vit. I do, sir, but amongst this auditory Which come to hear my cause, the half or more May be ignorant in 't. Mont. Go
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