its this after-noone,
Ha's tane the ring, commends her ?
Ha's tane the ring, commends her ?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
VI.
MERE-CRAFT. PITFALL. PVG.
TRAINES.
Come, I mu? t bu? ? e--
_Offers to ki? ? e. _
PIT. Away. MER. I'll ? et thee vp again.
Neuer feare that: can? t thou get ne'r a bird?
No _Thru? hes_ hungry? Stay, till cold weather come,
I'll help thee to an _Ou? ell_, or, a _Field-fare_.
Who's within, with Madame?
PIT. I'll tell you straight. 5
_She runs in, in ha? te: he followes. _
MER. Plea? e you ? tay here, a while Sir, I'le goe in.
PVG. I doe ? o long to haue a little venery,
While I am in this body! I would ta? t
Of euery ? inne, a little, if it might be
After the m? ner of man! _Sweet-heart! _
PIT. What would you, S^r? 10
Pug _leaps at_ Pitfall's _comming in_.
PVG. Nothing but fall in, to you, be your Black-bird,
My pretty pit (as the Gentleman ? aid) your _Thro? tle_:
Lye tame, and taken with you; here'is gold!
To buy you ? o much new ? tuffes, from the ? hop,
As I may take the old vp--
TRA. You mu? t send, Sir. 15
The Gentleman the ring.
Traine's _in his fal? e cloak, brings a fal? e
me? ? age, and gets the ring_.
PVG. There 'tis. Nay looke,
Will you be fooli? h, _Pit_.
PIT. This is ? trange rudene? ? e.
PVG. Deare _Pit_.
PIT. I'll call, I ? weare.
Mere-craft _followes pre? ently, and askes for it_.
MER. Where are you, S^r?
Is your ring ready? Goe with me.
PVG. I ? ent it you.
MER. Me? When? by whom?
PVG. A fellow here, e'en now, 20
Came for it i' your name.
MER. I ? ent none, ? ure.
My meaning euer was, you ? hould deliuer it,
Your ? elfe: So was your Ma? ters charge, you know.
_Ent. _ Train's _as him? elfe againe_.
What fellow was it, doe you know him?
PVG. Here,
But now, he had it.
MER. Saw you any? _Traines_? 25
TRA. Not I.
PVG. The Gentleman ? aw him.
MER. Enquire.
PVG. I was ? o earne? t vpon her, I mark'd not!
_The_ Diuell _confe? ? eth him? elfe coozen'd_.
My diuelli? h _Chiefe_ has put mee here in flesh, [141]
To ? hame mee! This dull body I am in,
I perceiue nothing with! I offer at nothing, 30
That will ? ucceed!
TRA. Sir, ? he ? aw none, ? he ? aies.
PVG. _Satan_ him? elfe, has tane a ? hape t'abu? e me.
It could not be el? e.
MER. This is aboue ? trange!
Mere-craft _accu? eth him of negligence_.
That you ? hould be ? o retchle? ? e. What'll you do, Sir?
How will you an? wer this, when you are que? tion'd? 35
PVG. Run from my fle? h, if I could: put off mankind!
This's ? uch a ? corne! and will be a new exerci? e,
For my _Arch-Duke_! Woe to the ? euerall cudgells,
Mu? t suffer, on this backe! Can you no ? uccours? Sir? 39
_He asketh ayde. _
MER. Alas! the v? e of it is ? o pre? ent.
PVG. I aske,
Sir, credit for another, but till to morrow?
MER. There is not ? o much time, Sir. But how euer,
The lady is a noble Lady, and will
(To ? aue a Gentleman from check) be intreated
Mere-craft _promi? eth faintly, yet comforts him_.
To ? ay, ? he ha's receiu'd it.
PVG. Do you thinke ? o? 45
Will ? hee be won?
MER. No doubt, to ? uch an office,
It will be a Lady's brauery, and her pride.
PVG. And not be knowne on't after, vnto him?
MER. That were a treachery! Vpon my word,
Be confident. Returne vnto your ma? ter, 50
My _Lady Pre? ident_ ?
its this after-noone,
Ha's tane the ring, commends her ? eruices
Vnto your _Lady-Dutche? ? e_. You may ? ay
She's a ciuill _Lady_, and do's giue her
All her re? pects, already: Bad you, tell her 55
She liues, but to receiue her wi? h'd commandements,
And haue the honor here to ki? ? e her hands:
For which ? hee'll ? tay this houre yet. Ha? ten you
Your _Prince_, away.
PVG. And Sir, you will take care
Th' excu? e be perfect?
MER. You confe? ? e your feares. 60
_The_ Diuel _is doubtfull_.
Too much.
PVG. The ? hame is more, I'll quit you of either.
[555] SD. om.
[556] 1 SN. ] [_Offers to kiss her. _ G
[557] 5 SN. [_Exit hastily. _ (after 5) [_Exit. _ (after 6) G
[558] 10 SN. ] Sweetheart! _Re-enter_ PITFALL. || sir?
[_Pug runs to her. _ G
[559] 16 SN. ] _Enter_ TRAINS _in his false beard and cloke_.
(after 'vp--'15) [_Exit Trains. _] (after 'tis' 16) G
[560] 18 SN. _Enter_ MEERCRAFT. G
[561] 21 for't W
[562] 23 SN. ] _Re-enter_ TRAINS _dressed as at first_. G
[563] 26 Gentlewoman 1716 gentlewoman W, G
[564] 27, 33, 39 SN. om. G
[565] 31 succeed! [_Aside. _ G
[566] 33 else! [_Aside. _ G
[567] 34 'll] will G
[568] 37 's] is G
[569] 39 back! [_Aside. _] G
[570] 44 entreated W, G
[571] 45 has 1692, f. passim
[572] 44, 60 SN. om. G
[573] 60 period om. 1716, f.
[574] 61 I'll . . . ] _Meer. _ I'll . . . W, G
[575] 61 [_Exeunt_ G
ACT. IIIJ. SCENE. I. [142]
TAILE-BVSH. MERE-CRAFT. MANLY.
A Pox vpo' referring to _Commi? sioners_,
I'had rather heare that it were pa? t the ? eales:
Your _Courtiers_ moue ? o Snaile-like i' your _Bu? ine? ? e_.
Wuld I had begun wi' you.
MER. We mu? t moue,
_Madame_, in order, by degrees: not iump. 5
TAY. Why, there was S^r. _Iohn Monie-man_ could iump
A _Bu? ine? ? e_ quickely.
MER. True, hee had great friends,
But, becau? e ? ome, ? weete _Madame_, can leape ditches,
Wee mu? t not all ? hunne to goe ouer bridges.
The harder parts, I make account are done: 10
_He flatters her. _
Now, 'tis referr'd. You are infinitly bound
Vnto'the _Ladies_, they ha' so cri'd it vp!
TAY. Doe they like it then?
MER. They ha' ? ent the _Spani? h-Lady_,
To gratulate with you--
TAY. I must ? end 'hem thankes
And ? ome remembrances.
MER. That you mu? t, and vi? it 'hem. 15
Where's _Ambler_?
TAY. Lo? t, to day, we cannot heare of him.
MER. Not _Madam_?
TAY. No in good faith. They ? ay he lay not
At home, to night. And here has fall'n a _Bu? ine? ? e_
Betweene your Cou? in, and Ma? ter _Manly_, has
Vnquieted vs all.
MER. So I heare, _Madame_. 20
Pray you how was it?
TAY. Troth, it but appeares
Ill o' your Kin? mans part. You may haue heard,
That _Manly_ is a ? utor to me, I doubt not:
MER. I gue? s'd it, _Madame_.
TAY. And it ? eemes, he tru? ted
Your Cou? in to let fall some faire reports 25
Of him vnto mee.
MER. Which he did!
TAY. So farre
From it, as hee came in, and tooke him rayling
Again? t him.
MER. How! And what said _Manly_ to him?
TAY. Inough, I doe a? ? ure you: and with that ? corne
Of him, and the iniury, as I doe wonder 30
How _Euerill_ bore it! But that guilt vndoe's
Many mens valors.
MER. Here comes _Manly_.
MAN. _Madame_, [143]
I'll take my leaue--
Manly _offers to be gone_.
TAY. You ? ha' not goe, i' faith.
I'll ha' you ? tay, and ? ee this _Spani? h_ miracle,
Of our _Engli? h Ladie_.
MAN. Let me pray your _Ladi? hip_, 35
Lay your commands on me, some other time.
TAY. Now, I prote? t: and I will haue all piec'd,
And friends againe.
MAN. It will be but ill ? older'd!
TAY. You are too much affected with it.
MAN. I cannot
_Madame_, but thinke on't for th' iniu? tice.
TAY. Sir, 40
His kin? man here is ? orry.
MER. Not I, _Madam_,
I am no kin to him, wee but call Cou? ins,
Mere-craft _denies him_.
And if wee were, Sir, I haue no relation
Vnto his crimes.
MAN. You are not vrged with 'hem.
I can accu? e, Sir, none but mine owne iudgement, 45
For though it were his crime, ? o to betray mee:
I am ? ure, 'twas more mine owne, at all to tru? t him.
But he, therein, did v? e but his old manners,
And fauour ?
MERE-CRAFT. PITFALL. PVG.
TRAINES.
Come, I mu? t bu? ? e--
_Offers to ki? ? e. _
PIT. Away. MER. I'll ? et thee vp again.
Neuer feare that: can? t thou get ne'r a bird?
No _Thru? hes_ hungry? Stay, till cold weather come,
I'll help thee to an _Ou? ell_, or, a _Field-fare_.
Who's within, with Madame?
PIT. I'll tell you straight. 5
_She runs in, in ha? te: he followes. _
MER. Plea? e you ? tay here, a while Sir, I'le goe in.
PVG. I doe ? o long to haue a little venery,
While I am in this body! I would ta? t
Of euery ? inne, a little, if it might be
After the m? ner of man! _Sweet-heart! _
PIT. What would you, S^r? 10
Pug _leaps at_ Pitfall's _comming in_.
PVG. Nothing but fall in, to you, be your Black-bird,
My pretty pit (as the Gentleman ? aid) your _Thro? tle_:
Lye tame, and taken with you; here'is gold!
To buy you ? o much new ? tuffes, from the ? hop,
As I may take the old vp--
TRA. You mu? t send, Sir. 15
The Gentleman the ring.
Traine's _in his fal? e cloak, brings a fal? e
me? ? age, and gets the ring_.
PVG. There 'tis. Nay looke,
Will you be fooli? h, _Pit_.
PIT. This is ? trange rudene? ? e.
PVG. Deare _Pit_.
PIT. I'll call, I ? weare.
Mere-craft _followes pre? ently, and askes for it_.
MER. Where are you, S^r?
Is your ring ready? Goe with me.
PVG. I ? ent it you.
MER. Me? When? by whom?
PVG. A fellow here, e'en now, 20
Came for it i' your name.
MER. I ? ent none, ? ure.
My meaning euer was, you ? hould deliuer it,
Your ? elfe: So was your Ma? ters charge, you know.
_Ent. _ Train's _as him? elfe againe_.
What fellow was it, doe you know him?
PVG. Here,
But now, he had it.
MER. Saw you any? _Traines_? 25
TRA. Not I.
PVG. The Gentleman ? aw him.
MER. Enquire.
PVG. I was ? o earne? t vpon her, I mark'd not!
_The_ Diuell _confe? ? eth him? elfe coozen'd_.
My diuelli? h _Chiefe_ has put mee here in flesh, [141]
To ? hame mee! This dull body I am in,
I perceiue nothing with! I offer at nothing, 30
That will ? ucceed!
TRA. Sir, ? he ? aw none, ? he ? aies.
PVG. _Satan_ him? elfe, has tane a ? hape t'abu? e me.
It could not be el? e.
MER. This is aboue ? trange!
Mere-craft _accu? eth him of negligence_.
That you ? hould be ? o retchle? ? e. What'll you do, Sir?
How will you an? wer this, when you are que? tion'd? 35
PVG. Run from my fle? h, if I could: put off mankind!
This's ? uch a ? corne! and will be a new exerci? e,
For my _Arch-Duke_! Woe to the ? euerall cudgells,
Mu? t suffer, on this backe! Can you no ? uccours? Sir? 39
_He asketh ayde. _
MER. Alas! the v? e of it is ? o pre? ent.
PVG. I aske,
Sir, credit for another, but till to morrow?
MER. There is not ? o much time, Sir. But how euer,
The lady is a noble Lady, and will
(To ? aue a Gentleman from check) be intreated
Mere-craft _promi? eth faintly, yet comforts him_.
To ? ay, ? he ha's receiu'd it.
PVG. Do you thinke ? o? 45
Will ? hee be won?
MER. No doubt, to ? uch an office,
It will be a Lady's brauery, and her pride.
PVG. And not be knowne on't after, vnto him?
MER. That were a treachery! Vpon my word,
Be confident. Returne vnto your ma? ter, 50
My _Lady Pre? ident_ ?
its this after-noone,
Ha's tane the ring, commends her ? eruices
Vnto your _Lady-Dutche? ? e_. You may ? ay
She's a ciuill _Lady_, and do's giue her
All her re? pects, already: Bad you, tell her 55
She liues, but to receiue her wi? h'd commandements,
And haue the honor here to ki? ? e her hands:
For which ? hee'll ? tay this houre yet. Ha? ten you
Your _Prince_, away.
PVG. And Sir, you will take care
Th' excu? e be perfect?
MER. You confe? ? e your feares. 60
_The_ Diuel _is doubtfull_.
Too much.
PVG. The ? hame is more, I'll quit you of either.
[555] SD. om.
[556] 1 SN. ] [_Offers to kiss her. _ G
[557] 5 SN. [_Exit hastily. _ (after 5) [_Exit. _ (after 6) G
[558] 10 SN. ] Sweetheart! _Re-enter_ PITFALL. || sir?
[_Pug runs to her. _ G
[559] 16 SN. ] _Enter_ TRAINS _in his false beard and cloke_.
(after 'vp--'15) [_Exit Trains. _] (after 'tis' 16) G
[560] 18 SN. _Enter_ MEERCRAFT. G
[561] 21 for't W
[562] 23 SN. ] _Re-enter_ TRAINS _dressed as at first_. G
[563] 26 Gentlewoman 1716 gentlewoman W, G
[564] 27, 33, 39 SN. om. G
[565] 31 succeed! [_Aside. _ G
[566] 33 else! [_Aside. _ G
[567] 34 'll] will G
[568] 37 's] is G
[569] 39 back! [_Aside. _] G
[570] 44 entreated W, G
[571] 45 has 1692, f. passim
[572] 44, 60 SN. om. G
[573] 60 period om. 1716, f.
[574] 61 I'll . . . ] _Meer. _ I'll . . . W, G
[575] 61 [_Exeunt_ G
ACT. IIIJ. SCENE. I. [142]
TAILE-BVSH. MERE-CRAFT. MANLY.
A Pox vpo' referring to _Commi? sioners_,
I'had rather heare that it were pa? t the ? eales:
Your _Courtiers_ moue ? o Snaile-like i' your _Bu? ine? ? e_.
Wuld I had begun wi' you.
MER. We mu? t moue,
_Madame_, in order, by degrees: not iump. 5
TAY. Why, there was S^r. _Iohn Monie-man_ could iump
A _Bu? ine? ? e_ quickely.
MER. True, hee had great friends,
But, becau? e ? ome, ? weete _Madame_, can leape ditches,
Wee mu? t not all ? hunne to goe ouer bridges.
The harder parts, I make account are done: 10
_He flatters her. _
Now, 'tis referr'd. You are infinitly bound
Vnto'the _Ladies_, they ha' so cri'd it vp!
TAY. Doe they like it then?
MER. They ha' ? ent the _Spani? h-Lady_,
To gratulate with you--
TAY. I must ? end 'hem thankes
And ? ome remembrances.
MER. That you mu? t, and vi? it 'hem. 15
Where's _Ambler_?
TAY. Lo? t, to day, we cannot heare of him.
MER. Not _Madam_?
TAY. No in good faith. They ? ay he lay not
At home, to night. And here has fall'n a _Bu? ine? ? e_
Betweene your Cou? in, and Ma? ter _Manly_, has
Vnquieted vs all.
MER. So I heare, _Madame_. 20
Pray you how was it?
TAY. Troth, it but appeares
Ill o' your Kin? mans part. You may haue heard,
That _Manly_ is a ? utor to me, I doubt not:
MER. I gue? s'd it, _Madame_.
TAY. And it ? eemes, he tru? ted
Your Cou? in to let fall some faire reports 25
Of him vnto mee.
MER. Which he did!
TAY. So farre
From it, as hee came in, and tooke him rayling
Again? t him.
MER. How! And what said _Manly_ to him?
TAY. Inough, I doe a? ? ure you: and with that ? corne
Of him, and the iniury, as I doe wonder 30
How _Euerill_ bore it! But that guilt vndoe's
Many mens valors.
MER. Here comes _Manly_.
MAN. _Madame_, [143]
I'll take my leaue--
Manly _offers to be gone_.
TAY. You ? ha' not goe, i' faith.
I'll ha' you ? tay, and ? ee this _Spani? h_ miracle,
Of our _Engli? h Ladie_.
MAN. Let me pray your _Ladi? hip_, 35
Lay your commands on me, some other time.
TAY. Now, I prote? t: and I will haue all piec'd,
And friends againe.
MAN. It will be but ill ? older'd!
TAY. You are too much affected with it.
MAN. I cannot
_Madame_, but thinke on't for th' iniu? tice.
TAY. Sir, 40
His kin? man here is ? orry.
MER. Not I, _Madam_,
I am no kin to him, wee but call Cou? ins,
Mere-craft _denies him_.
And if wee were, Sir, I haue no relation
Vnto his crimes.
MAN. You are not vrged with 'hem.
I can accu? e, Sir, none but mine owne iudgement, 45
For though it were his crime, ? o to betray mee:
I am ? ure, 'twas more mine owne, at all to tru? t him.
But he, therein, did v? e but his old manners,
And fauour ?
