Pand. You looke but on the out-side of this worke

Dol. Out-side or in-side, I will not returne

Till my attempt so much be glorified,

As to my ample hope was promised,

Before I drew this gallant head of warre,

And cull'd these fiery spirits from the world

To out-looke Conquest, and to winne renowne

Euen in the iawes of danger, and of death:

What lusty Trumpet thus doth summon vs?

Enter Bastard.

Bast. According to the faire-play of the world,

Let me haue audience: I am sent to speake:

My holy Lord of Millane, from the King

I come to learne how you haue dealt for him:

And, as you answer, I doe know the scope

And warrant limited vnto my tongue

Pand. The Dolphin is too wilfull opposite

And will not temporize with my intreaties:

He flatly saies, hee'll not lay downe his Armes

Bast. By all the bloud that euer fury breath'd,

The youth saies well. Now heare our English King,

For thus his Royaltie doth speake in me:

He is prepar'd, and reason to he should,

This apish and vnmannerly approach,

This harness'd Maske, and vnaduised Reuell,

This vn-heard sawcinesse and boyish Troopes,

The King doth smile at, and is well prepar'd

To whip this dwarfish warre, this Pigmy Armes

From out the circle of his Territories.

That hand which had the strength, euen at your dore,

To cudgell you, and make you take the hatch,

To diue like Buckets in concealed Welles,

To crowch in litter of your stable plankes,

To lye like pawnes, lock'd vp in chests and truncks,

To hug with swine, to seeke sweet safety out

In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake,

Euen at the crying of your Nations crow,

Thinking this voyce an armed Englishman.

Shall that victorious hand be feebled heere,

That in your Chambers gaue you chasticement?

No: know the gallant Monarch is in Armes,

And like an Eagle, o're his ayerie towres,

To sowsse annoyance that comes neere his Nest;

And you degenerate, you ingrate Reuolts,

You bloudy Nero's, ripping vp the wombe

Of your deere Mother-England: blush for shame:

For your owne Ladies, and pale-visag'd Maides,

Like Amazons, come tripping after drummes:

Their thimbles into armed Gantlets change,

Their Needl's to Lances, and their gentle hearts

To fierce and bloody inclination

Dol. There end thy braue, and turn thy face in peace,

We grant thou canst out-scold vs: Far thee well,

We hold our time too precious to be spent

with such a brabler

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