The iii:. Acte. The iiii. Sceane.
Tyb. Hodge Gammer. Cocke.
Tyb
Se gammer, gammer, gib our cat, cham afraid what she ayleth 
She standes me gasping behind the doore, as though her winde her faileth: 
Now let ich doubt what gib shuld mean, yt now she doth so dote 

Hodge
Hold hether, ichould twenty pound, your neele is in her throte 
Grope her ich say, me thmkes ich feele it, does not pricke your hand? 

Gammer
Ich can feele nothing 

Hodge
No, ich know thars not within this land 
A muryner Cat then Gyb is, betwixt the tems and Tyne, 
Shase as much wyt in her head almost as chaue in mine. 

Tyb
Faith shase eaten some thing, that wil not easely downe 
Whether she gat it at home, or abrode in the towne 
Iche can not tell 

Gammer
A1as ich feare it be some croked pyn, 
And then farewell gyb, she is vndone, and lost al saue the skyn. 

Hodge
Tys your neele woman, I say gogs soule geue me a knyfe 
And chil haue it out of her mawe, or els chal lose my lyfe. 

Gammer
What nay hodg, fy kil not our cat, tis al the cats we ha now. 

Hodge
By the masse dame Chat hays me so moued. iche care not what I kyll, ma god
a v
owe. 

Go to then Tyb to this geare, holde vp her tayle and take her, 
Chil see what deuil is in her guts chil take ye pain es to rake her 

Gammer
Rake a Cat Hodge, what woldst thou do ? 

Hodge
What thinckst that cham not able? 
Did not Tom Tankard rake his Curtal toore day standing in the stable. 

Gammer
Soft be content, lets here what newes Cocke bringeth from maist Rat 

Cocke
Gammer chaue ben ther as you bad, you wot wel about what 
Twill not be long before he come, ich durst sweare of a booke 
He byds you see ye be at home, and there for him to looke. 

Gammer
Where didst thou find him boy was he not wher 
I told thee? 

Cocke
Yes, yes euen at hob filchers house, by him yt bought and solde me 
A cup of ale had in his hand, and a crab lay in the fyer, 
Chad much a do to go and coine, al was so ful of myer. 
And Gammer one thing I can tel, Hob filchers naule was loste 
And Doctor Rat found it againe, hard beside the doore poste, 
I chould a penny can say something, your neele againe to fet 

Gammer
Cham glad to heare so much Cocke, then trust he wil not let, 
To helpe vs herein best he can therfore tyl time he come 
Let vs go in, if there be ought to get thou shalt haue some.