codding

Indeed , I was their tutor to instruct them .
That codding spirit had they from their mother ,
As sure a card as ever won the set ;
That bloody mind I think they learned of me ,
As true a dog as ever fought at head .
Well , let my deeds be witness of my worth .
I trained thy brethren to that guileful hole
Where the dead corpse of Bassianus lay .
I wrote the letter that thy father found ,
And hid the gold within that letter mentioned ,
Confederate with the Queen and her two sons .
And what not done that thou hast cause to rue ,
Wherein I had no stroke of mischief in it ?
I played the cheater for thy father’s hand ,
And , when I had it , drew myself apart
And almost broke my heart with extreme laughter .
I pried me through the crevice of a wall
When , for his hand , he had his two sons’ heads ,
Beheld his tears , and laughed so heartily
That both mine eyes were rainy like to his .
And when I told the Empress of this sport ,
She sounded almost at my pleasing tale ,
And for my tidings gave me twenty kisses .