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FIT. Faith, but I did, S^r.
And vpon better thought, not without rea? on!
He being chiefe _Officer_, might ha' tane it ill, el? e, 5
As a _Contempt_ again? t his Place, and that
In time Sir, ha' drawne on another _Dependance_.
No, I did finde him in good termes, and ready
To doe me any ? eruice.

MER. So he said, to you?
But S^r, you do not know him.

FIT. VVhy, I presum'd 10
Becau? e this _bus'ne? ? e_ of my wiues, requir'd mee,
I could not ha' done better: And hee told
Me, that he would goe pre? ently to your _Councell_,
A Knight, here, i' the Lane--

MER. Yes, _Iu? tice Either-? ide_.

FIT. And get the _Feoffment_ drawne,
with a letter of _Atturney_, 15
For _liuerie_ and _? ei? en_!

MER. That I knowe's the cour? e.
But Sir, you meane not to make him _Feoffee_?

FIT. Nay, that I'll pau? e on!

MER. How now little _Pit-fall_.

PIT. Your Cou? in Ma? ter _Euer-ill_, would come in--
But he would know if Ma? ter _Manly_ were heere. 20

MER. No, tell him, if he were, I ha' made his peace!
Mere-craft _whi? pers again? t him_.
Hee's one, Sir, has no State, and a man knowes not,
How such a trust may tempt him.

FIT. I conceiue you.

EVE. S^r. this ? ame deed is done here.

MER. Pretty _Plutarchus_?
Art thou come with it? and has Sir _Paul_ view'd it? 25

PLV. His hand is to the draught.

MER. VVill you step in, S^r.
And read it?

FIT. Yes.

EVE. I pray you a word wi' you.
Eueril _whi? pers against_ Mere-craft.
Sir _Paul Eitherside_ will'd mee gi' you caution,
Whom you did make _Feoffee_: for 'tis the tru? t
O' your whole State: and though my Cousin heere 30
Be a worthy Gentleman, yet his valour has
At the tall board bin que? tion'd: and we hold
Any man ? o impeach'd, of doubtfull honesty!
I will not iu? ti? ie this; but giue it you
To make your profit of it: if you vtter it, 35
I can for? weare it!

FIT. I beleeue you, and thanke you, Sir.

[688] SD. V] III. 1641 ACT. . . . ] SCENE II. _Another Room in the same.
Enter_ MEERCRAFT _and_ FITZDOTTREL. G

[689] 5 taken G

[690] 9 service 1641, W, G Service 1692, 1716

[691] 18 on. _Enter_ PITFALL. G

[692] 20 Mr. 1692, 1716 mr. W

[693] 21 [_Exit Pitfall. _ SN. om. G

[694] 23 _Enter_ EVERILL _and_ PLUTARCHUS. G

[695] 25 _Poul_ 1692, 1716 Poul W

[696] 27 SN. ] [_Aside to Fitz. _ G

[697] 28 give 1641, G _Paul_] as in 4. 5. 25

[698] 36 [_Exeunt. _ G


ACT. IIIJ. SCENE. VI.

VVITTIPOL. Mistresse FITZ-DOTTREL.
MANLY. MERE-CRAFT.

Be not afraid, ? weet _Lady_: yo' are tru? ted [154]
To loue, not violence here; I am no raui? her,
But one, whom you, by your faire tru? t againe,
May of a ? eruant make a mo? t true friend.

M^rs. FI. And ? uch a one I need, but not this way: 5
Sir, I confe? ? e me to you, the meere manner
Of your attempting mee, this morning tooke mee,
And I did hold m'inuention, and my manners,
Were both engag'd, to giue it a requitall;
But not vnto your ends: my hope was then, 10
(Though interrupted, ere it could be vtter'd)
That whom I found the Ma? ter of ? uch language,
That braine and ? pirit, for ? uch an enterpri? e,
Could not, but if tho? e ? uccours were demanded
To a right v? e, employ them vertuou? ly! 15
And make that profit of his noble parts,
Which they would yeeld. S^r, you haue now the ground,
To exerci? e them in: I am a woman:
That cannot ? peake more wretchedne? ? e of my ? elfe,
Then you can read; match'd to a ma? ? e of folly; 20
That euery day makes ha? te to his owne ruine;
The wealthy portion, that I brought him, ? pent;
And (through my friends neglect) no ioynture made me.
My fortunes ? tanding in this precipice,
'Tis _Coun? ell_ that I want, and hone? t aides: 25
And in this name, I need you, for a friend!
Neuer in any other; for his ill,
Mu? t not make me, S^r, wor? e.

Manly, _conceal'd this while, ? hews him? elf_.

MAN. O friend! for? ake not
The braue occa? ion, vertue offers you,
To keepe you innocent: I haue fear'd for both; 30
And watch'd you, to preuent the ill I fear'd.
But, ? ince the weaker ? ide hath ? o a? ? ur'd mee,
Let not the ? tronger fall by his owne vice,
Or be the le? ? e a friend, cau? e vertue needs him.

WIT. Vertue ? hall neuer aske my ? uccours twice; 35
Mo? t friend, mo? t man: your _Coun? ells_ are commands:
Lady, I can loue _goodnes_ in you, more [155]
Then I did _Beauty_; and doe here intitle
Your vertue, to the power, vpon a life
You ? hall engage in any fruitfull ? eruice, 40
Euen to forfeit.

MER. _Madame_: Do you heare, Sir,
Mere-craft _takes_ Wittipol _a? ide,_
& _moues a proiect for him? elfe_.
We haue another leg-? train'd, for this _Dottrel_.
He'ha's a quarrell to carry, and ha's cau? 'd
A deed of _Feoffment_, of his whole e? tate
To be drawne yonder; h'ha'? t within: And you, 45
Onely, he meanes to make _Feoffee_. H'is falne
So de? peratly enamour'd on you, and talkes
Mo? t like a mad-man: you did neuer heare
A _Phrentick_, ? o in loue with his owne fauour!
Now, you doe know, 'tis of no validity 50
In your name, as you ? tand; Therefore adui? e him
To put in me. (h'is come here:) You ? hall ? hare Sir.

[699] SD. SCENE III _Another Room in the same. Enter_ WITTIPOL,
_and Mrs. _ FITZDOTTREL. G

[700] 1 Yo'] you W

[701] 4 MANLY _enters behind_. G

[702] 8 m'] W, G

[703] 28 SN. ] [_comes forward.
_] G

[704] 40 faithfull 1641

[705] 41 SN. ] _Enter_ MEERCRAFT. (after 'forfeit. ')
_Aside to Wittipol. _ (after 'Sir,') G

[706] 42 leg-strain'd] hyphen om. 1692, f.

[707] 43 He'] H' 1692, 1716

[708] 45 h' om. 1641 he W, G

[709] 46 H'is] He's 1716, W He is G

[710] 49 phrenetic G

[711] 52 me! --_Enter_ FITZDOTTREL, EVERILL, _and_ PLUTARCHUS. G || h'is
He's 1716, f.


ACT. IV. SCENE. VIJ.

WITTIPOL. Mi? tre? ? e FITZ-DOTTREL.
MANLY. MERE-CRAFT.
FITZ-DOTTRELL. EVERILL.
PLVTARCHVS.

FIT. _Madame_, I haue a ? uit to you; and afore-hand,
I doe be? peake you; you mu? t not deny me,
I will be graunted.

WIT. Sir, I mu? t know it, though.

FIT. No _Lady_; you mu? t not know it: yet, you mu? t too.
For the tru? t of it, and the fame indeed, 5
Which el? e were lo? t me. I would vfe your name,
But in a _Feoffment_: make my whole e? tate
Ouer vnto you: a trifle, a thing of nothing,
Some eighteene hundred.

WIT. Alas! I vnder? tand not
Tho? e things Sir. I am a woman, and mo? t loath, 10
To embarque my ? elfe--

FIT. You will not ? light me, _Madame_?

WIT. Nor you'll not quarrell me?

FIT. No, ? weet _Madame_, I haue
Already a _dependance_; for which cau? e
I doe this: let me put you in, deare _Madame_,
I may be fairely kill'd.

WIT. You haue your friends, Sir, 15
About you here, for choice.

EVE. She tells you right, Sir.

_Hee hopes to be the man. _

FIT. Death, if ? he doe, what do I care for that?
Say, I would haue her tell me wrong.

WIT. Why, Sir, [156]
If for the tru? t, you'll let me haue the honor
To name you one.

FIT. Nay, you do me the honor, _Madame_: 20
Who is't?

WIT. This Gentleman:

_Shee de? ignes_ Manly.

FIT. O, no, sweet _Madame_,
H'is friend to him, with whom I ha' the _dependance_.

WIT. Who might he bee?

FIT. One _Wittipol_: do you know him?

WIT. Alas Sir, he, a toy: This Gentleman
A friend to him? no more then I am Sir! 25

FIT. But will your _Lady? hip_ vndertake that, _Madame_?

WIT. Yes, and what el? e, for him, you will engage me.

FIT. What is his name?

VVIT. His name is _Eu? tace Manly_.

FIT. VVhence do's he write him? elfe?

VVIT. of _Middle-? ex_, _E? quire_.

FIT. Say nothing, _Madame_. _Clerke_, come hether 30
VVrite _Eu? tace Manly_, Squire o' _Middle-? ex_.

MER. What ha' you done, Sir?

VVIT. Nam'd a gentleman,
That I'll be an? werable for, to you, Sir.
Had I nam'd you, it might ha' beene ? u? pected:
This way, 'tis ? afe.

FIT. Come Gentlemen, your hands, 35
For witnes.

MAN. VVhat is this?

EVE. You ha' made _Election_
Eueril _applaudes it_.
Of a mo? t worthy _Gentleman_!

MAN. VVould one of worth
Had ? poke it: whence it comes, it is
Rather a ? hame to me, then a prai? e.

EVE. Sir, I will giue you any Satisfaction. 40

MAN. Be ? ilent then: "fal? hood commends not truth".

PLV. You do deliuer this, Sir, as your deed.
To th' v? e of M^r. _Manly_?

FIT. Yes: and Sir--
VVhen did you ? ee yong _Wittipol_? I am ready,
For proce? ? e now; Sir, this is _Publication_. 45
He ? hall heare from me, he would needes be courting
My wife, Sir.

MAN. Yes: So witne? ? eth his Cloake there.

FIT. Nay good Sir,--_Madame_, you did vndertake--

Fitz-dottrel _is ? u? picious of_ Manly _? till_.

VVIT. VVhat?

FIT. That he was not _Wittipols_ friend.

VVIT. I heare S^r. no confe? ? ion of it.

FIT. O ? he know's not; 50
Now I remember, _Madame_! This young _Wittipol_,
VVould ha' debauch'd my wife, and made me _Cuckold_,
Through a ca? ement; he did fly her home
To mine owne window: but I think I ? ou't him,
And rauifh'd her away, out of his pownces. 55
I ha' ? worne to ha' him by the eares: I feare
The toy, wi' not do me right.

VVIT. No? that were pitty!
VVhat right doe you aske, Sir? Here he is will do't you?

Wittipol _di? couers him? elfe_.

FIT. Ha? _Wittipol_?

VVIT. I Sir, no more _Lady_ now,
Nor _Spaniard_!

MAN. No indeed, 'tis _Wittipol_. 60

FIT. Am I the thing I fear'd?

VVIT. A _Cuckold_? No Sir,
But you were late in po? ? ibility,
I'll tell you ? o much.

MAN. But your wife's too vertuous!

VVIT. VVee'll ?