But now come on, go we abroad awhile and walk,
Let my birthright go, and of other matters talk.
RAGAN. Who--I, walk? nay, I trow not, till I have better din'd.
It is more time to seek, where I may some meat find.
ESAU. What say'st thou, drawlatch? come forth, with a mischief!
Wilt thou not go with me? on, forward, whoreson thief?
Shall it be as pleaseth you, or as pleaseth me?
RAGAN. Nay, as pleaseth you, sir, methink it must be.
ESAU. And where be my dogs and my hound? be they all well?
RAGAN. Better than your man, for they be in their kennel.
ESAU. Then go see all be well in my part of the tent.
RAGAN. With a right good will, sir, I go incontinent.
ESAU. And I will to my field, the which I cleansed last,
To see what hope there is, that it will yield fruit fast.
ACTUS SECUNDI, SCAENA QUINTA.
JACOB. MIDO. REBECCA. ABRA, _the handmaid_.
JACOB. Thou knowest, little Mido, where my mother is.
MIDO. I can go to her as straight as a thread, and not miss.
JACOB. Go call her, and come again with her thine own self.
MIDO. Yes, ye shall see me scud like a little elf.
JACOB. Where I have, by the enticement of my mother,
Bargained and bought the birthright of my brother.
Turn it all to good, O Lord, if it be thy will:
Thou knowest my heart, Lord, I did it for no ill.
And whatever shall please thee to work or to do,
Thou shalt find me prest and obedient thereto.
But here is my mother Rebecca now in place.
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