maintain their painters, and
their painters their beauties.

MER. Sir, you have plaid the painter yourself, and limn'd them to
the life. I desire to deserve before them.

AMO. [RETURNING THE CERTIFICATE.] This is authentic. We must
resolve to entertain the monsieur, howsoever we neglect him.

HED. Come, let's all go together, and salute him.

ANA. Content, and not look on the other.

AMO. Well devised; and a most punishing disgrace.

HED. On.

AMO. Monsieur, we must not so much betray ourselves to
discourtship, as to suffer you to be longer unsaluted: please you
to use the state ordain'd for the opponent; in which nature,
without envy, we receive you.

HED. And embrace you.

ANA. And commend us to you, sir.

PHI. Believe it, he is a man of excellent silence.

PHA. He keeps all his wit for action.

ANA. This hath discountenanced our scholaris, most richly.

HED. Out of all emphasis. The monsieur sees we regard him not.

AMO. Hold on; make it known how bitter a thing it is not to be
look'd on in court.

HED. 'Slud, will he call him to him yet! Does not monsieur
perceive our disgrace?

ANA. Heart! he is a fool, I see. We have done ourselves wrong to
grace him.

HED. 'Slight, what an ass was I to embrace him!

CRI. Illustrious and fearful judges--

HED. Turn away, turn away.

CRI. It is the suit of the strange opponent (to whom you ought not
to turn your tails, and whose noses I must follow) that he may have
the justice, before he encounter his respected adversary, to see
some light stroke of his play, commenced with some other.

HED. Answer not him, but the stranger: we will not believe him.

AMO. I will demand him, myself.

CRI. O dreadful disgrace, if a man were so foolish to feel it.

AMO. Is it your suit, monsieur, to see some prelude of my scholar?
Now, sure the monsieur wants language--

HED. And take upon him to be one of the accomplished! 'Slight,
that's a good jest; would we could take him with that nullity.--
"Non sapete voi parlar' Italiano?"

ANA. 'Sfoot, the carp has no tongue.

CRI. Signior, in courtship, you are to bid your abettors forbear,
and satisfy the monsieur's request.

AMO. Well, I will strike him more silent with admiration, and
terrify his daring hither. He shall behold my own play with my