BERTRAM What shall be done to him?
First Lord Nothing, but let him have thanks. Demand of him my
condition, and what credit I have with the duke.
First Soldier Well, that's set down.
[Reads]
'You shall demand of him, whether one Captain Dumain
be i' the camp, a Frenchman; what his reputation is
with the duke; what his valour, honesty, and
expertness in wars; or whether he thinks it were not
possible, with well-weighing sums of gold, to
corrupt him to revolt.' What say you to this? what
do you know of it?
PAROLLES I beseech you, let me answer to the particular of
the inter'gatories: demand them singly.
First Soldier Do you know this Captain Dumain?
PAROLLES I know him: a' was a botcher's 'prentice in Paris,
from whence he was whipped for getting the shrieve's
fool with child,--a dumb innocent, that could not
say him nay.
BERTRAM Nay, by your leave, hold your hands; though I know
his brains are forfeit to the next tile that falls.
First Soldier Well, is this captain in the duke of Florence's camp?
PAROLLES Upon my knowledge, he is, and lousy.
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