eed _Fernando_, thou canst fight, not plot:
Had they continu'd one, they two alone
Were of sufficient courage and performance
To beat an Armie.

Fernando:

Now by all my hopes,
I rather shall admire, than envy vertue.

Gonzalo:

Why then by all your hopes you'l rather have
Your Brains knockt out, than learn how to be wise;
You States-man? Well Sir, I did more than this,
When _Cassilane_ crav'd from the common treasure
Pay for his Souldiers, I strook home, and lent him
An hundred thousand Duckets.

Fernando:

Marry Sir,
The policy was little, the love l[e]ss,
And honesty least of all.

Gonzalo:

How say ye by that?
Go fight, I say goe fight, I'le talk no more with you,
You are insensible.

Fernando:

Well, I shall observe ye.

Gonzalo:

Why look you Sir, by this means have I got
The greatest part of _Cassilanes_ estate
Into my hands, which he can ne're redeem,
But must of force sink: do you conceive me now?

Fernando:

So:
But why have you importuned the Senate,
For me to sojourn with them?

Gonzalo:

There's the quintessence,
The soul, and grand elixir of my wit:
For he (according to his noble nature)
Will not be known to want, though he do want,
And will be bankrupted so much the sooner,
And made the subject of our scorn and laughter.

Fernando:

Here's a perfect plotted stratagem.

Gonzalo:

Why? could you
263] Imagine, that I did not hate in heart
My Countryes enemies? yes, yes, _Fernando_,
And I will be the man that shall undoe them.

Fernando:

Ye are in a ready way.

Gonzalo:

I was never out on't.

[Enter _Gaspero_]

Gonzalo:

Peace,
Here comes a wise Coxcombe, a tame Coward.
Now worthy _Gaspero_, what,
You come (I know) to be my Lord _Fernando_'s
Conducter to old _Cassilane_?

Gaspero:

To wait upon him.

Gonzalo:

And my Lords the Senators sent you?

Gaspero:

My noble Lord they did.

Gonzalo:

My Lord _Fernando_,
This Gentleman, (as humble as you see him)
Is even this Kingdoms treasure; In a word,
'Tis his chief glory that he is not wiser
Than honest, nor more honest than approv'd
In truth and faith.

Gaspero:

My Lord.

Gon