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pawue his bedding & bungiugs, and 

 luake riddance of all bis bousebold 

 stuffe to set vs packing. To tbis be 

 listens a little, and saitb, These are 

 some hopes yet, but if be sliouUl 

 goe with yon, and you baue monie. 

 and he none, you will domineere 

 ouer him at your pleasure, & then 

 he were wel set up to leave such 

 possibilities in England, & be made 

 a slaue in another countrie. With 

 that you offer to part balfes with 

 him, or put al into his custody, be- 

 fore he should think j'ou meant 

 otherwise than wel with him. He 

 takes you at your offer, and prom- 

 iseth to husband it so for you, that 

 you shall spend with the best, and 

 yet not wast halfe so much as you 

 do. Which makes you (meaning 

 simplie) to put him in tnist, and 

 giue him the purse. Then all a 

 boone voyage into the lowe Coun- 

 ti'ies you trudge, and so traueile vp 

 into Italy, but j^er varios casus, et 

 tot discrimina rcrum, in a towne of 

 garrison he leaues you, runnes 

 awaie with your monie, and makes 

 you glad to betake your selfe to 

 prouant and become a Gentleman of 

 a companie. If he feare you will 

 make him after him he will change 

 bis name: and if there be anie Gen- 

 tleman or other in the countrie, he 

 will borrow bis name and creep e 

 into his kinred, or it shall cost him 

 a fall, and make him paie sweetly 

 lor it in the end, if he take not the 

 better heed. Thus will he be sure 

 to haue one Asse or other a foote 

 to keepe himselfe in pleasing.-"^ 



There m no Arte but he will haue 

 a superficiall sight into, and put 

 downe euerie man with talke: and 

 when he bath vttred the most he 

 can. make men beleette he knowes 

 ten times moi'e then be A\ il] iml into 



than faile, we wil sel his books, 

 pawne his bedding and hang- 

 ings, & make riddance of all his 

 household stuffe to set vs packing. 

 To this he listens a little, & sayes: 

 These are some hopes yet, but if he 

 should go with you, and you haue 

 Uioney & he none, you will domi- 

 neere ouer him at your pleasure and 

 then he were well set vp, to leaue 

 such possibilities in England, and 

 l)e made a slave in another Coun- 

 trey: With that you offer to part 

 balfes with him, or put all you 

 haue into his custodie, before bee 

 should thinke you meant otherwise 

 then well with him. Hee takes y i 

 at yottr offer, and promiseth to hus- 

 bp.nd it so for you, that you shall 

 spend with the best and yet not 

 wast so much as j'ou doe : which 

 makes you (meaning simply) pui 

 him in trust and giue him the 

 jjurse : Then all a boone voyage into 

 the low Countries yoti trudge, so to 

 trauel vp into Italic, but per varios 

 casus et tot discrimina reruin, in a 

 Towne of Garrison he leaues you. 

 runnes away with your money, and 

 makes you glad to betake yourself 

 to prottant, and to be a Gentleman 

 C'f a Company. If hee feare yon 

 will make after him, hee will change 

 bis name, and if there be any better 

 Gentleman than other in the Coun- 

 try where he soiournes, his name hee 

 N^-ill borrowe, and creepe into his 

 kindred, or it shall cost him a fall, 

 and make him paj' sweetely for it 

 in the end, if he take not the better 

 heede. Thus will he bee sure to 

 haue one Asse or other a foote. on 

 whom hee may pray, and euer to 

 haue newe inuentions to keepe him 

 selfe in pleasing. 



Tliere is no Aj't but he will haue 

 ;i snperticial sight into, and put 



-■■ The Defence also has a good desci-iptiou Of this coscning globe-trotter. 

 Greene's ^yo^J;s^ XI, 72-7.5, 



