my passage.

_Jam_.

Thou art a hopeful Boy,
And it was bravely spoken: For this answer,
I love thee more than ever.

_Mil_.

Pity such seeds
Of promising courage should not grow and prosper.

_Ang_.

What ever his reputed Parents be,
He hath a mind that speaks him right and noble.

_Lean_.

You make him blush; it needs not sweet _Ascanio_,
We may hear praises when they are deserv'd,
Our modesty unwounded. By my life
I would add something to the building up
So fair a mind, and if till you are fit
To bear Arms in the Field, you'l spend some years
In _Salamanca_, I'le supply your studies
With all conveniences.

_Asc_.

Your goodness (Signiors)
And charitable favours overwhelm me.
If I were of your blood, you could not be
More tender of me: what then can I pay
(A poor Boy and a stranger) but a heart
Bound to your service? with what willingness
I would receive (good Sir) your noble offer,
Heaven can bear witness for me: but alas,
Should I embrace the means to raise my fortunes,
I must destroy the lives of my poor Parents
(To who[m] I ow my being) they in me
Place all their comforts, and (as if I were
The light of their dim eyes) are so indulgent
They cannot brook one short dayes absence from me;
And (what will hardly win belief) though young,
I am their Steward and their Nurse: the bounties
Which others bestow on me serves to sustain 'em,
And to forsake them in their age, in me
Were more than Murther.

_Enter_ Henrique.

_Aug_.

This is a kind of begging
Would make a Broker charitable.

_Mil_.

Here, (sweet heart)
I wish it were more.

_Lean_.

When this is spent,
Seek for supply from me.

_Jam_.

Thy piety
For ever be remembred: nay take all,
Though 'twere my exhibition to a Royal
For one whole year.

_Asc_.

High Heavens reward your goodness.

_Hen_.

So Sir, is this a slip of your own grafting,
You are so prodigal?

_Jam_.

A slip Sir?

_Hen_.

Yes,
A slip; or call it by the proper name,
Your Bastard.

_Jam_.

You are foul-mouth'd; do not provoke me,
I shall forget your Birth if you proceed,
And use you, (as your manners d