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I am not so far obliged yet to long Marches And mouldy Biskets, to run mad for Honour, When you are all gone I have my choice before me. Sanchio: Of which Hospital thou wilt sweat in; wilt thou Never leave whoring? Alonzo: There is less danger in't than gunning, _Sanchio_, Though we be shot sometimes, the shot's not mortal, Besides, it breaks no limbs. Sanchio: But it disables 'em, Dost thou see how thou pull'st thy legs after thee, as they Hung by points. Alonzo: Better to pull 'em thus than walk on wooden ones, Serve bravely for a Billet to support me. Sanchio: Fye, fye, 'tis base. Alonzo: Dost thou count it base to suffer? Suffer abundantly? 'tis the Crown of Honour; You think it nothing to lie twenty days Under a Surgeons hands that has no mercy. Sanchio: As thou hast done I am sure, but I perceive now Why you desire to stay, the orient Heiress, The _Margarita_, Sir, Alonzo: I would I had her. Sanchio: They say she will marry. 175] Alonzo: I think she will. Sanchio: And marry suddenly, as report goes too, She fears her Youth will not hold out, _Alonzo_. Alonzo: I would I had the sheathing on't. Sanchio: They say too She has a greedy eye that must be fed With more than one mans meat. Alonzo: Would she were mine, I would cater for her well enough; but _Sanchio_, There be too many great men that adore her, Princes, and Princes fellows, that claim priviledge. Sanchio: Yet those stand off i'th' way of marriage, To be tyed to a man's pleasure is a second labour. Alonzo: She has bought a brave house here in town. Sanchio: I have heard so. Alonzo: If she convert it now to pious uses, And bid poor Gentlemen welcome. Sanchio: When comes she to it? Alonzo: Within these two days, she is in the Country yet, And keeps the noblest House. Sanchio: Then there's some hope of her, Wilt thou go my way? Alonzo: No, no, I must leave you, And repair to an old Gentlewoman That has credit with her, that can speak a good word. Sanchio: Send thee good fortune, but make thy Body sound first. Alonzo: I am a Souldier, A
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