_ Euen reason forseth me to
graunt that they are more then fratyke and
folyshe. _Bea._ Yea ||but althoughe all the
whole worlde be full of suche fooles, a man can
scaselye fynde one whiche can abyde the name of a
foole, and yet they deserue to be called so for
asmoche as they hate not the thynge. _Boni._ Suerly
it is euen so as ye seye. _Bea._ Ye knowe also howe
the names of a lyar and a thefe are abhorred and
hated of all men. _Boni._ They are spyteful and
odious names, and abhorred of all men, and not
withe out good cause why. _Bea._ I graunte that,
but althoughe to commyt adulterie be a more wycked
synne then thefte yet for al that some men reioyse
and shewe them selfe glad of that name, whiche
wolde be redy by and by to drawe theyr swerdes and
fyghte withe a man that wolde or durst call them
theues. _Boni._ It is true there are many wolde
take it euyll as you saye in dede. _Bea._ And nowe
it is commyn to that poynt that thoughe there are
many vnthryftes and spedals whiche consume theyr
substaunce at the ||wyne and vpon harlottes,
and yet so wyllynge to continewe openly that all
the worlde wonders at them, yet they wyll be
offended and take peper in the noose yf a man
shulde call them ruffyans or baudy knaues. _Boni._
Suche fellowes thynke they deserue prayse for the
thynge, and yet for all that they can not abyde
the name dewe to the thinge whiche they deserue.
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