And like a servant ye must be unto me.
Can ye mark these.

Leon. Yes, indeed, forsooth.

Mar. There is one thing,

That if I take ye in, I put ye from me,

Utterly from me, you must not be saucy,
No, nor at any time familiar with me,
Scarce know me, when I call ye not.

Leon. I will not. Alas, I never knew myself sufficiently.

Mar. Nor must not now.

Leon. I'll be a dog to please ye.

Mar. Indeed you must fetch and carry as I appoint ye.

Leon. I were to blame else.

Mar. Kiss me again.-If you see me Kiss any other, twenty in an hour, sir, You must not start, nor be offended.

Leon. No, if you kiss a thousand, I shall be contented;

It will the better teach me how to please ye.

Alt. I told ye, madam.

Mar. 'Tis the man I wish'd for--The less you speak

Leon. I'll never speak again, madam ;

But when you charge me, then I'll speak softly toa. Mar. Get me a priest, I'll ved him instantly.

But when you're married, sir, you must wait on me, And see you observe my laws.

Leon. Else you shall hang me.

Mar. I'll give ye better clothes when you deserve

them.

Come in, and serve for witnesses.

All. We shall, madam.

[Exeunt VICTORIA and ISABELLA.

Mar. And then away to the city presently. I'll to my new house and new company.

D

(Exit.

Leon. A thousand crowns are thine:-I'm a made

man.

Alt. Do not break out too soon.

Leon. I know my time, wench.

[Exeunt.

SCENE IV.

A Grand Saloon.

Enter CLARA and ESTIFANIA, with a Paper.

Cla. What, have you caught him?

Estif. Yes.

Cla. And do you find him

A man of those hopes that

Estif. Yes:

And the most kind man,-

I find him rich too, Clara.

you

aim'd at?

Cla. Hast thou married him?

Estif. What, dost thou think I fish without a bait, wench?

I bob for fools: he is mine own. I have him;

I told thee what would tickle him like a trout,
And as I cast it, so I caught him daintily,

And all he has I've stow'd at my devotion.

C'a. Does the lady know this? she's coming now

to town;

Now to live here in this house.

Es. if. Let her come,

She shall be welcome, I am prepar'd for her;

She's i

nad sure if she be

angry

at my

fortune.

Cla. Dost thou not love him?

Est. Yes, entirely well,

As long as there he stays and looks no farther

Into my ends; but when he doubts, I hate him,
And that wise hate will teach me how to cozen him.

Enter PEREZ.

O, here he is; now you shall see a kind man.
Per. My Estifania, shall we to dinner, lamb ?
I know thou stay'st for me.

Estif. I cannot eat else.

Per. I never enter, but methinks a Paradise Appears about me.

Estif. You're welcome to it, sir.

Per. I think I have the sweetest seat in Spain, wench;

Methinks, the richest too. We'll eat i'the garden.
In one o'the arbours; there 'tis cool and pleasant,
And have our wine cool'd in the running fountain.
Who's that?

Estif. A friend of mine, sir.
Per. Of what breeding?
Estif. A gentlewoman, sir.

Per. What business has she?

Is she a learned woman i'the mathematics?
Can she tell fortunes?

Estif. More than I know, sir.

Per. Or has she e'er a letter from a kinswoman, That must be delivered in my absence, wife? Or comes she from the doctor to salute you, And learn your health? She looks not like a confessor. Estif. What needs all this? Why are you troubled,

sir ?

What do you suspect? She cannot cuckold ye,
She is a woman, sir, a very woman.

Per. Your very woman may do very well, sir,
Towards the matter, for though she cannot perform it
In her own person, she may do't by proxy,
Your rarest jugglers work still by conspiracy.

Estif. Cry ye mercy, husband, you are jealous then, And haply suspect me.

Per. No indeed, wife.

Estif. Methinks you should not till you have more

cause.

And clearer too: I'm sure you have heard say, hus

band,

A woman forc'd will free herself through iron,
A happy, calm, and good wife discontented,
May be taught tricks.

Per. No, no, I do but jest with ye,

Estif. To-morrow friend, I'll see you.
Cla. I shall leave ye

Till then, and pray all may go sweetly with ye. [Exit.
[A Knock at the Door.
Estif. Why, where's this girl? who's at the door?
Per. Who knocks there?

Is't for the king you come, ye knock so boisterously? Look to the door.

Enter CLARA.

Cla. My lady, as I live, mistress: my lady's come; She's at the door, I peeped through, I saw her, And a stately company of ladies with her,

Estif. This was a week too soon, but I must meet with her,

And set a new wheel going; and a subtle one
Must blind this mighty Mars, or I am ruin'd.
Per. What are they at the door?

Estif. Such, my Michael,

As you may bless the day they enter'd here;
Such for our good.

Per. "Tis well.

Estif. Nay, 'twill be better

If you will let me but dispute the business,

And be a stranger to't, and not disturb me.

What have I now to do but to advance your fortune? Per. Do, I dare trust thee, I'm asham'd I was

Estif. I'll wise your worship

Before I leave ye;-[Aside.] pray ye walk by, and say

nothing;

Only salute them, and leave the rest to me, sir.
I was born to make ye a man.

Per. The rogue speaks heartily,

[Exit.

Her good-will colours in her cheeks, I'm born to love her;

I must be gentle to these tender natures,

A soldier's rude harsh words befit not ladies.

Nor must we talk to them as we talk to our officers. I'll give her her way, for 'tis for me she works now; I am husband, heir, and all she has.

Enter ESTIFANIA, MARGARITA, LEON, ALTEA,
VICTORIA, and ISABEL.

Who're these, I hate such flaunting things?
A woman of rare presence! excellent fair;
This is too big sure for a bawdy-house.

Too open seated too.

Estif. My husband, lady.

Mar. You've gained a proper man.

Per. Whate'er I am, I am your servant, lady.

[Kisses.

[Exeunt LEON, MARGARITA, ALTEA, VICTORIA,

and ISABEL.

Estif. Sir, be rul'd now.

[Apart to PEREZ.

And I shall make ye rich ; this is my cousin,

That gentleman dotes on her, even to death;
See how he observes her.

Per. She is a goodly woman.

Estif. She is a mirror.

But she is poor, she were for a prince's side else.
This house she has brought him to as to her own,
And presuming upon me, and on my courtesy;
Conceive me short-he knows not but she is wealthy.
This we must carry with discretion, husband,
And yield unto her for four days.