The colloquies of Edward Osborne, citizen and clothworker of London . a little While, that I may think where to place you. Ned !—I have had some Trial of thee ; I have tested thee, and I have trusted thee. Dont betray my Trust in this Matter. I said, I will not. And do thou, quod he, with all hisold Kindness, trust in me. I shall do what, on Deliberation, I think best for you. And stay thyself with this Re- flection : that if thou wert the first Noble in the Land, sueing for my Daughter, I would not, in these her so early Days, give her to thee. Keep a brave, honest Heart, and take Things quie
The colloquies of Edward Osborne, citizen and clothworker of London . a little While, that I may think where to place you. Ned !—I have had some Trial of thee ; I have tested thee, and I have trusted thee. Dont betray my Trust in this Matter. I said, I will not. And do thou, quod he, with all hisold Kindness, trust in me. I shall do what, on Deliberation, I think best for you. And stay thyself with this Re- flection : that if thou wert the first Noble in the Land, sueing for my Daughter, I would not, in these her so early Days, give her to thee. Keep a brave, honest Heart, and take Things quietly. You have not been such a Knave as to speak to her ? No, Master. Your Word is enough, quod he, and left 230 Colloquies of Edward Osborne left me. I put my Head down on mineArms and shed hot Tears that had noRelief in them. Just then, I felt a kindHand laid with strong emphatic Pressureon my Shoulder. I kissed it, in Sign ofReverence and Good-faith : he understoodit for such, and left me without a I went on mine Affairs with alightened Heart. Chapter. CHAPTER XIII Master Hewet ordereth Things discretely \W0 Days after this, MasterHewet sent me to abode there six Months,transacting his was much to learn,much to see. When I returned Home, itwas with a strong Heart. Directly I sawMistress y^/?;?^, I felt that I loved her asmuch as ever ; but I also felt that I couldrule myself She cried, Oh, Osborne, thou art returned at last ! How glad I am ! with her dear, innocent Eyes fixedbrightly on mine ; and forthwith beganto tell me that one of her Dormice haddied, and to ask me to get her 1 232 The Colloq uies I told her I had brought her a Guinea-pig ; she thanked me, but said she didnot think she should like it as much asthe Dormouse. I found that some Change in House-hold Arrangements had been made inmine Absence, whereby my old Quarterswere pre-occupied ; and that MasterHewet had taken a Lodging for me at theBarbitonsors over the Way;
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