Touch. I will not take her on gift of any
man.
Sir Oli. Truly, she must be given, or the mar-
riage is not lawful. 76
Jaq. [Coming forward.] Proceed, proceed:
I'll give her.
Touch. Good even, good Master What-ye-
call't: how do you, sir? You are very well met:
God 'ild you for your last company: I am very
glad to see you: even a toy in hand here, sir:
nay, pray be covered.
Jaq. Will you be married, motley? 84
Touch. As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse
his curb, and the falcon her bells, so man hath
his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock
would be nibbling. 88
Jaq. And will you, being a man of your
breeding, be married under a bush, like a
beggar? Get you to church, and have a good
priest that can tell you what marriage is: this
fellow will but join you together as they join
wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk
panel, and like green timber, warp, warp. 95
Touch. [Aside.] I am not in the mind but I
were better to be married of him than of an-
other: for he is not like to marry me well, and
not being well married, it will be a good excuse
for me hereafter to leave my wife. 100
Jaq. Go thou with me, and let me counsel thee.
Touch. Come, sweet Audrey:
We must be married, or we must live in bawdry.
Farewell, good Master Oliver: not 104
81 God 'ild: God reward
82 toy: trifling matter
85 bow: yoke
103 bawdry: immorality
