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not he; though his face be better than any40 man's, yet his leg[C 1] excels all men's; and for a hand, and a foot, and a body,[C 2] though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past com- pare. He is not the flower of courtesy, but, I'll warrant him, as gentle as a[C 3] lamb. Go45 thy ways, wench; serve God. What, have you dined at home?

Jul.	No, no: but all this[C 4] did I know before. What says he of our marriage? what of that?

Nurse.

Lord, how my head aches! what a head have I!50 It beats as it would fall in twenty pieces. My back o' t' other side,[E 1]—O,[C 5] my back, my back! Beshrew your heart for sending me about, To catch my death with jaunting[C 6] up and down.

Jul.	I' faith, I am sorry that thou art not well.[C 7]55 Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse, tell me, what says my love?

Nurse.

Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous,—Where is your mother?[C 8][E 2]60

Jul.	Where is my mother! why, she is within;[C 9]

1. 41. leg] Q, legs F.
2. 42. a body] Q, F; a baudie Q 1; body Qq 4, 5; a bawdy Ff 2–4.
3. 45. gentle as a] Q, gentle a F.
4. 48. this] Q, this this, F.
5. 52. O] F, a Q.
6. 54. jaunting] Q 4, F; iaunsing Q.
7. 55. not well] Q, so well F, so ill F 2.
8. 57–60, Your … mother?] prose Cambridge editors (S. Walker conject.); three lines ending gentleman … handsome … mother? Q, F.
9. 61, 62.] as arranged by Rowe.

1. 52. o' t' other side] The Nurse has clapped her hand to her forehead, and now places it on her back. Collier and others read, "My back! o' t' other side,—"
2. 57–60] Capell, printing as verse, ends the second at warrant; Steevens at handsome, and.