Page 2480 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

Exit.

KING

Here is like to be a good presence of Worthies. [530] (Consulting the
paper) He presents Hector of Troy; the swain, Pompey the Great; the
parish curate, Alexander; Armado’s page, Hercules; the pedant, Judas
Maccabaeus.
(Reading)

And if these four Worthies in their first show thrive, [535]
These four will change habits and present the other five.

BEROWNE

There is five in the first show.

KING

You are deceivèd. ’Tis not so.

BEROWNE

The pedant, the braggart, the hedge-priest, the fool, and the boy. [540]
Abate throw at novum, and the whole world again
Cannot pick out five such, take each one in his vein.

KING

The ship is under sail, and here she comes amain.

Enter Costard as Pompey.

COSTARD as Pompey

I Pompey am -

BEROWNE

You lie! You are not he.

COSTARD as Pompey

I Pompey am -

BOY ET

With leopard’s head on knee. [545]

BEROWNE