sure hold, may smile with scorn on all
That can be urg'd against us.

_Jac_.

I am confident
There is no man so covetous, that desires
To ravish our wants from us, and less hope
There can be so much Justice left on earth,
(T[h]ough sued, and call'd upon) to ease us of
The burthen of our wrongs.

_Octa_.

What thinks _Ascanio_?
Should we be call'd in question, or accus'd
Unjustly, what would you do to redeem us
From tyrannous oppression?

_Asc_.

I could pray
To him that ever has an open ear,
To hear the innocent, and right their wrongs;
Nay, by my troth, I think I could out-plead
An Advocate, and sweat as much as he
Do's for a double Fee, ere you should suffer
In an honest cause.

_Enter_ Jamie _and_ Bartolus.

_Octa_.

Happy simplicitie!

_Jac_.

My dearest and my best one, _Don Jamie_.

_Octa_.

And the Advocate, that caus'd us to be summon'd.

_Asc_.

My Lord is mov'd, I see it in his looks,
And that man, in the Gown, in my opinion
Looks like a proguing Knave.

_Jac_.

Peace, give them leave.

_Jam_.

Serve me with Process?

_Bar_.

My Lord, you are not lawless.

_Jam_.

Nor thou honest;
One, that not long since was the buckram Scribe,
That would run on mens errands for an Asper,
And from such baseness, having rais'd a Stock
To bribe the covetous Judge, call'd to the Bar.
So poor in practice too, that you would plead
A needy Clyents Cause, for a starv'd Hen,
Or half a little Loin of Veal, though fly-blown,
And these, the greatest Fees you could arrive at
For just proceedings; but since you turn'd Rascal--

_Bar_.

Good words, my Lord.

_Jam_.

And grew my Brothers Bawd,
In all his vitious courses, soothing him
In his dishonest practises, you are grown
The rich, and eminent Knave, in the Devils name,
What am I cited for?

_Bar_.

You shall know anon,
And then too late repent this bitter language,
Or I'll miss of my ends.

_Jam_.

Were't not in Court,
I would beat that fat of thine, rais'd by the food
Snatch'd from poor Clyents mouths, into a jelly:
I would (my man of Law) but I am patient,
And would obey the Judge.

_Bar_.