cut to my nose watch.
_J sweare by the masse J wyll wash it of with a quart of drinke,
then saye to me what thou wilt._
_Man._ Why, hast thou any lowre in thy bouge to bouse?
_Why, hast thou any money in thy purse to drinke?_
_Roge._ But a flagge, a wyn, and a make.
_But a grot, a penny, and a halfe-penny._
_Man._ Why where is the kene that hath the bene bouse?
_Where is the house that hath the good drinke?_
_Roge._ A bene mort hereby at the signe of the prauncer.
_A good wyfe here by at the signe of the hors._
_Man._ J cutt it is quyer bouse J bousd a flagge the laste darkemans.
_J saye it is small and naughtye drynke, J dranke a groate there
the last night._
_Roge._ But bouse there a bord, and thou shalt haue beneship.
_But drinke there a shyllinge, and thou shalt haue very good._
Tower ye, yander is the kene, dup the gygger, and maund that is
beneshype.
_Se you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the
best._
_Man._ This bouse is as benshyp as rome bouse.
_This drinke is as good as wyne._
Now J tower that bene bouse makes nase nabes.
_Now J se that good drynke makes a dronken heade._
Maunde of this morte what bene pecke is in her ken.
_Aske of this wyfe what good meate shee hath in her house._
_Roge._ She hath a cacling chete, a grunting chete, ruff pecke, cassan,
and popplarr of yarum.
_She hath a hen, a pyg, baken, chese and mylke porrage._
_Man._ That is beneshyp to oure watche.
_That is very good for vs._
Now we haue well bousd, let vs strike some chete.
_Nowe we haue well dronke, let vs steale some thinge._
Yonder dwelleth a quyere cuffen it were beneshype to myll hym.
_Yonder dwelleth a hoggeshe and choyrlyshe man it weare very well
donne to robbe him._
_Roge._ Nowe, bynge we a waste to the hygh pad, the ruff-manes is by.
_Naye, let vs go hence to the hygh waye, the wodes is at hande._
_Man._ So may we happen on the harmanes and cly the jarke, or to the
quyer ken and skower quyaer cramprings and so to tryning on the
chates.
_So we maye chaunce to set in the stockes, eyther be whypped,
eyther had to prison-house, and there be shackeled with bolttes and
fetters, and then to hange
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