Carlo  :  A  most  gentlemanlike  resolution.
Sog.  :  All  this  is  my  lordship  you  see  here,  and  those  farms
you  came  by.
Car  :  Good  steps  to  gentility  too,  marry,  but,  Sogliardo,
if  you  affect  to  be  a  gentleman  indeed,   you  must  observe


494  Ironical  and  Abusive

all  the  rare  qualities,  humours,  and  compliments  of  a  gentle-
man. First,  to  be  an  accomplished  gentleman,  that
is,  a  gentleman  of  the  time,  you  must  gi\'e  over  housekeeping
in  the  country,  and  live  altogether  in  the  city  amongst  gal-
lants .  where,  at  your  first  appearance,  'twere  good  you
turn'd  four  or  five  hundred  acres  of  your  best  land  into  two
or  three  trunks  of  apparel  :  .  .  .  but  above  all  protest  in
your  play,  and  affirm,  upon  your  credit.  As  you  are  a  true
gentleman,  at  every  cast  ;  you  may  do  it  with  a  safe  conscience,
I  warrant  you.
Sog.  O  admirable  rare  !  he  cannot  choose  but  be  a  gentle-
man that  has  these  excellent  gifts.
Car.  :  You  must  talk  much  of  your  kindred  and  allies  ..
you  must  pretend  alliance  with  courtiers  and  great  persons.
Macilente  :  I  could  run  wild  with  grief

.  .   .  that  Fortune  doth  breed

Such  bulrushes  ;  these    mushroom  gentlemen,

That  shoot  up  in  a  night  to  place  and  worship.
1599,  B.  Jonson,  Every  Man  out  of  His  Humour,  act  i,  so.  i.
Sogliardo  :  I  can  write  myself  gentleman  now  ;  here's  my
patent ;  it  cost  me  thirty  pounds,  by  this  breath.  .  ,  .  How
like  you  the  crest,  sir  ?  it  is  your  boar  without  a  head,  rampant.
