s thynke they deserue prayse for the
thynge, and yet for all that they can not abyde
the name dewe to the thinge whiche they deserue.
_Bea._ There is scarslye any name amonges vs more
intollerable or worse can be abydden then to be
called a lyar or a lyeng fellowe. _Boni._ I haue
knowen some or this whiche haue kylled men for
suche a spytefull worde as that is. _Bea._ Yea yea
but wolde god suche hasty fellowes dyd as well
abhorre the thinge and hate lienge as well as to
be called lyers, was it neuer thy chaunce to be
dysceyued of any man whiche borowinge mony of the
appoyntynge the a certayne daye to repaye the sayd
money and so performyd not his appoyntment nor
kept his day? ||_Boni._ Yeas many tymes (god
knoweth) and yet hath he sworne many a greuous
othe and that not one tyme but many tymes. _Bea._
Peraduenture he wolde haue ben so honest as to
haue payed it and yf he had had wherwith. _Boni._
Naye that is not so for he was able inoughe, but
as he thought it better neuer to paye his dettes.
_Bea._ And what call you this in englyshe, is it
not playne lyenge? _Boni._ Yes as playne as
Dunstable way, there can not be a lowder lye then
this is. _Bea._ Durste you be so bolde to pulle
one of these good detters of yours by the sleue and
saye thus to hym, why hast thou dysceyued me so
many tymes and broken promyse with me, or to talke
to hym in playne englyshe, why doest thou make me
so many lyes? _Boni._ Why no syr by my trouthe
durst I not, excepte I were mynded before to chauge
halfe a dosen drye blowes with hym. _Bea._ Dothe
not masons Brekelayers, Carpenters, Smy||thes,
Goldsmithes, Taylours, disceyue and disapoynt vs
after the lyke maner daylye promysynge to do youre
worke suche a daye and suche a daye without any
fayle, or further delaye, and yet for all that
they parforme not theyr promesse althoughe it
stande the neuer somoche vpon hande, or that thou
shuldest take neuer so moche profyte by it. _Boni._
This is a wonderous and strange vnshamefast
knauerye of all that euer I hard of. But and ye
speake of breakers of promyse then ye maye reken
amongest them lawyers and atturneys at the lawe,
which wyl not stycke to promyse or beare you in
hande that they wyll be diligent and ernest in the
furtherauce and spedie expedicion of your sute.
_Bea._ Reken quod he, naye ye maye reken fyve
hundreth mennes names besyde these