_Franc_. You shall not bail him.
_Bib_. I know I am a rogue to do it; but his wit has prevailed
upon me, and a man must not go against his conscience. There,
officers.
_Lov_. to _Non_. Old man, if it were not for thy daughter--
_Non_. Well, well; take your course, sir.
[_Exeunt_ NONSUCH _and Bailiffs_.
_Lov_. Come, Will, I'll thank thee at the tavern. Frances,
remember this the next time you come up to make my bed.
_Franc_. Do your worst, I fear you not, sir. This is twice to
day, William; to trust a gentlewoman, and bail a ragamuffin: I am sure
he called you cuckold but yesterday, and said he would make you one.
_Lov_. Look you, Frances, I am a man of honour, and, if I said
it, I'll not break my word with you.
_Bib_. There he was with you again, Frances: An excellent good
jest, i'faith la.
_Franc_. I'll not endure it, that I won't, so I won't: I'll go to
the justice's worship, and fetch a warrant for him.
_Lov_. But, landlady, the word cuckold will bear no action in the
law, except you could prove your husband prejudiced by it. Have any
of his customers forsook him for't? Or any mercer refused to trust him
the less, for my calling him so?
_Franc_. Nay, I know not for the mercers; perhaps the citizens
may take it for no slander among one another, as they say: but for the
gentlemen--
_Lov_.
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