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of, keepe his stable when tis emptie, and his purse when tis
full, and hath man qualities woorse then all these, let him write

his name and goe his way, and attendance shall be giuen. 460

Ateu. By my faith, a good seruant: which is he?

Slip. Trulie, sir, that am I.

Ateu. And why doest thou write such a bill? Are all these
qualities in thee?

Slip. O Lord, I, sir, and a great many more, some better, 465
some worse, some richer, some porer. Why, sir, do you
looke so? do they not please you?

Ateu. Trulie, no, for they are naught, and so art thou: if
thou hast no better qualities, stand by.

Slip. O, sir, I tell the worst first; but, and you lack a man, 470
I am for you: Ile tell you the best qualities I haue.

Ateu. Be breefe, then.

Slip. If you need me in your chamber, I can keepe the doore
at a whistle; in your kitchen, turne the spit, and licke the

pan, and make the fire burne; but if in the stable,-- 475

Ateu. Yea, there would I vse thee.

Slip. Why, there you kill me, †there am I,† and turne me to
a horse and a wench, and I haue no peere.

Ateu. Art thou so good in keeping a horse? I pray thee tell

me how many good qualities hath a horse? 480

Slip. Why, so, sir: a horse hath two properties of a man,
that is, a proude heart, and a hardie stomacke; foure
properties of a Lyon, a broad brest, a stiffe docket,--hold your
nose, master,--a wild countenance, and 4 good legs; nine

properties of a Foxe, nine of a Hare, nine of an Asse, and 485
ten of a woman.

Ateu. A woman! why, what properties of a woman hath a Horse?

Slip. O, maister, know you not that? Draw your tables, and
write what wise I speake. First, a merry countenance; second,

a soft pace; third, a broad forehead; fourth, broad buttockes; 490
fift, hard of warde; sixt, easie to leape vpon; seuenth, good
at long iourney; eight, mouing vnder a man; ninth, always
busie with the mouth; tenth, euer chewing on the bridle.

Ateu. Thou art a man for me: whats thy name?

Slip. An auncient name, sir, belonging to the chamber and the 495
night gowne: gesse you that.

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447 there am I a per se conj. Mitford
461-529 Q prints as verse

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene. Volume: 2. Contributors: J. Churton Collins - editor. Publisher: Clarendon Press. Place of Publication: Oxford, England. Publication Year: 1905. Page Number: 102.
    
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