Ortho-epia Gallica Eliots fruits for the French: enterlaced vvith a double nevv inuention, vvhich teacheth to speake truely, speedily and volubly the French-tongue. Pend for the practise, pleasure, and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endeuour by their owne paine, studie, and dilligence, to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronounciation, the swift and glib grace of this noble, famous, and courtly language.

The Draper. Chap. 4.

GEntleman, sir, signior, honest man, vvhat cloth vvill you see? vvant you any good sorts of cloaths?

Come hether, I will vse you vvell.

Of what colour will you haue?

Shew me a faire scarlet, a vvelch frise, a good Irish rug.

Haue you a faire French tawnie? Let me see a very fine London greene. Shew me a Crimsin very fine and large.

I haue the best in London for you.

There is one of a good breadth, looke vpon it vvell in the light. Handle it, the colour is in graine.

It will not loose colour.

How sell you the yard, the elle, the whole peece, the halfe yard, a gowne-cloth, a cloake-cloth?

At a vvord I vvould sell it, ten shillings six pence the yard, fifteene shillings the elle, sixteene shillings eight pence the elle and the halfe quarter.

Well measure out fiue elles and an halfe, make good measure I pray you.

One, two, three, foure, fiue, and a halfe, good measure.

What would you haue mistresse, a stammell to make you a petticote, or a purple for a kertle? Of vvhat colour vvill you haue, of white, blacke,

gray, violet, greene, of medlie colour, of rats or ships colour, yellow, blew, orenge, purple, crimsin, skie colour, lyons haire, &c. I haue of all colours, and of all prises.

How gracious and glib are the tongues of these yoong drapers in Watling-street?