SCENEIACHURCHYARD.
EntertwoClowns,[1] withspades, &c.(L.H.U.E.)
1stClo.(R.) Isshetobeburiedinchristianburialthatwillfullyseeksherownsalvation?
2ndClo.(L.) Itelltheesheis; thereforemakehergravestraight:[2] thecrowner[3] hathsetonher, andfindsitChristianburial.
, unlessshedrownedherselfinherowndefence?
, 'tisfoundso.
;[4] : IfIdrownmyselfwittingly, itarguesanact: andanacthaththreebranches; itis, toact, todo, andtoperform:[5] argal,[6] shedrownedherselfwittingly.
, buthearyou, goodmandelver.[7]
; good: herestandstheman; good: Ifthemangotothiswater, anddrownhimself, itis, willhe, nillhe, hegoes,[8] markyouthat; butifthewatercometohimanddrownhim, hedrownsnothimself: argal, hethatisnotguiltyofhisowndeathshortensnothisownlife.
?
, marryis't; crowner's-questlaw.[9]
' thetruthon't? Ifthishadnotbeenagentlewoman, sheshouldhavebeenburiedoutofchristianburial.
, therethousay'st:[10] Andthemorepitythatgreatfolksshouldhavecountenanceinthisworldtodrownorhangthemselves, morethantheirevenchristian.[11] Come, , ditchers, andgrave-makers: theyholdupAdam'sprofession.
?[12]
.I'llputanotherquestiontothee: ifthouanswerestmenottothepurpose, confessthyself——[13]
.
, theshipwright, orthecarpenter?
-maker; forthatframeoutlivesathousandtenants.
, ingoodfaith: thegallowsdoeswell; Buthowdoesitwell? itdoeswelltothosethatdoill: now, thoudostilltosaythegallowsisbuiltstrongerthanthechurch: argal, 'tagain, come.
, ashipwright, oracarpenter?
, tellmethat, andunyoke.[14]
, nowIcantell.
't.
, Icannottell.