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elfe now, a _Mathematicall_ broker.

ING. I'll warrant you for halfe a piece.

WIT. 'Tis done, S^r. 5

MAN. Is't po? ? ible there ? hould be ? uch a man?

WIT. You ? hall be your owne witne? ? e, I'll not labour
To tempt you pa? t your faith.

MAN. And is his wife
So very hand? ome, ? ay you?

WIT. I ha' not ? eene her,
Since I came home from trauell: and they ? ay, 10
Shee is not alter'd. Then, before I went,
I ? aw her once; but ? o, as ? hee hath ? tuck
Still i' my view, no obiect hath remou'd her.

MAN. 'Tis a faire gue? t, Friend, beauty: and once lodg'd [102]
Deepe in the eyes, ? hee hardly leaues the Inne. 15
How do's he keepe her?

WIT. Very braue. Howeuer,
Himselfe be fordide, hee is ? en? uall that way.
In euery dre? ? ing, hee do's ? tudy her.

MAN. And furni? h forth himselfe ? o from the _Brokers_?

WIT. Yes, that's a hyr'd ? uite, hee now has one, 20
To ? ee the _Diuell_ is an _A? ? e_, to day, in:
(This _Ingine_ gets three or foure pound a weeke by him)
He dares not mi? ? e a new _Play_, or a _Fea? t_,
What rate ? oeuer clothes be at; and thinkes
Him? elfe ? till new, in other mens old.

MAN. But ? tay, 25
Do's he loue meat ? o?

WIT. Faith he do's not hate it.
But that's not it. His belly and his palate
Would be compounded with for rea? on. Mary,
A wit he has, of that ? trange credit with him,
'Gain? t all mankinde; as it doth make him doe 30
Iu? t what it li? t: it raui? hes him forth,
Whither it plea? e, to any a? ? embly'or place,
And would conclude him ruin'd, ? hould hee ? cape
One publike meeting, out of the beliefe
He has of his owne great, and Catholike ? trengths, 35
In arguing, and di? cour? e. It takes, I ? ee:
H'has got the cloak vpon him.

Ingine _hath won_ Fitzdottrel, _to '? ay on the cloake_.

FIT. A faire garment,
By my faith, _Ingine_!

ING. It was neuer made, Sir,
For three ? core pound, I a? ? ure you: 'Twill yeeld thirty.
The plu? h, Sir, co? t three pound, ten ? hillings a yard! 40
And then the lace, and veluet.

FIT. I ? hall, _Ingine_,
Be look'd at, pretitly, in it! Art thou ? ure
The _Play_ is play'd to day?

ING. O here's the bill, S^r.
_Hee giues him the_ Play-_bill_.
I', had forgot to gi't you.

FIT. Ha? the _Diuell_!
I will not lo? e you, Sirah! But, _Ingine_, thinke you, 45
The Gallant is ? o furious in his folly?
So mad vpon the matter, that hee'll part
With's cloake vpo' the? e termes?

ING. Tru? t not your _Ingine_,
Breake me to pieces el? e, as you would doe
A rotten _Crane_, or an old ru? ty _Iacke_, 50
That has not one true wheele in him. Doe but talke with him.

FIT. I ? hall doe that, to ? atisfie you, _Ingine_,
And my ? elfe too. With your leaue, Gentlemen.
_Hee turnes to_ Wittipol.
Which of you is it, is ? o meere Idolater
To my wiues beauty, and ? o very prodigall 55
Vnto my patience, that, for the ? hort parlee?
Of one ? wift houres quarter, with my wife,
He will depart with (let mee ? ee) this cloake here
The price of folly? Sir, are you the man?

WIT. I am that vent'rer, Sir.

FIT. Good time! your name 60
Is _Witty-pol_?

WIT. The ? ame, S^r.

FIT. And 'tis told me, [103]
Yo' haue trauell'd lately?

WIT. That I haue, S^r.

FIT. Truly,
Your trauells may haue alter'd your complexion;
But ? ure, your wit ? tood ? till.

WIT. It may well be, Sir.
All heads ha' not like growth.

FIT. The good mans grauity, 65
That left you land, your father, neuer taught you
The? e plea? ant matches?

WIT. No, nor can his mirth,
With whom I make 'hem, put me off.

FIT. You are
Re? olu'd then?

WIT. Yes, S^r.

FIT. Beauty is the _Saint_,
You'll ? acrifice your ? elfe, into the ? hirt too? 70

WIT. So I may ? till cloth, and keepe warme your wi? dome?

FIT. You lade me S^r!

WIT. I know what you wil beare, S^r.

FIT. Well, to the point. 'Tis only, Sir, you ? ay,
To ? peake vnto my wife?

WIT. Only, to ? peake to her.

FIT. And in my pre? ence?

WIT. In your very pre? ence. 75

FIT. And in my hearing?

WIT. In your hearing: ?
o,
You interrupt vs not.

FIT. For the ? hort ? pace
You doe demand, the fourth part of an houre,
I thinke I ? hall, with ? ome conuenient ? tudy,
And this good helpe to boot, bring my ? elfe to't. 80

_Hee ? hrugs him? elfe vp in the cloake. _

WIT. I aske no more.

FIT. Plea? e you, walk to'ard my hou? e,
Speake what you li? t; that time is yours: My right
I haue departed with. But, not beyond,
A minute, or a ? econd, looke for. Length,
And drawing out, ma'aduance much, to the? e matches. 85
And I except all ki? ? ing. Ki? ? es are
Silent petitions ? till with willing _Louers_.

WIT. _Louers? _ How falls that o' your phant? ie?

FIT. Sir.
I doe know ? omewhat. I forbid all lip-worke.

WIT. I am not eager at forbidden dainties. 90
Who couets vnfit things, denies him ? elfe.

FIT. You ? ay well, Sir, 'Twas prettily ? aid, that ? ame,
He do's, indeed. I'll haue no touches, therefore,
Nor takings by the armes, nor tender circles
Ca? t 'bout the wa? t, but all be done at di? tance. 95
Loue is brought vp with tho? e ? oft _migniard_ handlings;
His pul? e lies in his palme: and I defend
All melting ioynts, and fingers, (that's my bargaine)
I doe defend 'hem, any thing like action.
But talke, Sir, what you will. V? e all the _Tropes_ 100
And _Schemes_, that Prince _Quintilian_ can afford you:
And much good do your _Rhetoriques_ heart. You are welcome, Sir.
_Ingine_, God b'w'you.

WIT. Sir, I mu? t condition
To haue this Gentleman by, a witne? ? e.

FIT. Well,
I am content, ? o he be ? ilent.

MAN. Yes, S r. 105

FIT. Come _Diuell_, I'll make you roome, ? treight.
But I'll ? hew you
Fir? t, to your Mi? tre? ? e, who's no common one,
You mu? t conceiue, that brings this game to ? ee her. [104]
I hope thou'? t brought me good lucke.

PVG. I ? hall do't. Sir.

[177] SD. ACT. . . . ] _Enter, behind_, ENGINE, _with a cloke on his
arm_, WITTIPOL, _and_ MANLY. G

[178] 5 [_Engine goes to Fitzdottrel and takes him aside. _ G

[179] 19 _Broker_ 1692, 1716 broker W

[180] 20 on 1641, f.

[181] 28 Marry 1692, f.

[182] 32 whether 1716

[183] 36 SN. 'say] say 1641, f. SN. om. G

[184] 37 _Fitz. _ [_after saying on the cloke. _] G

[185] 42 prettily 1641. f.

[186] 44 I', had] I'd 1716 I had W, G gi't] give it G

[187] 48 upon 1716, f.

[188] 50 _Cain_ 1692 _Cane_ 1716

[189] 51 with him] with W

[190] 53 too. [_comes forward. _] G SN. om. G

[191] 60 venturer G

[192] 62 You G?

[193] 70 comma om. after 'selfe' 1692, f. to W, G

[194] 80 SN. _Hee_ om. G

[195] 82 is om. 1641

[196] 85 may W, G

[197] 88 phant'sie W phantasy G o'ret. G

[198] 99 comma om. W, G

[199] 102 [_Opens the door of his house. _ G

[200] 103 b'w'] be wi' G

[201] 108 this om. 1641

[202] 109 [_They all enter the house. _ G


ACT. I. SCENE. V.

VVITTIPOL. MANLY.

_Ingine_, you hope o' your halfe piece? 'Tis there, Sir.
Be gone. Friend _Manly_, who's within here? fixed?

Wittipol _knocks his friend o' the bre? t_.

MAN. I am directly in a fit of wonder
What'll be the i? ? ue of this conference!

WIT. For that, ne'r vex your ? elfe, till the euent. 5
How like yo' him?

MAN. I would faine ? ee more of him.

WIT. What thinke you of this?

MAN. I am pa? t degrees of thinking.
Old _Africk_, and the new _America_,
With all their fruite of Mon? ters cannot ? hew
So iu? t a prodigie.

WIT. Could you haue beleeu'd, 10
Without your ? ight, a minde ? o ? ordide inward,
Should be ? o ? pecious, and layd forth abroad,
To all the ? hew, that euer ? hop, or ware was?

MAN. I beleeue any thing now, though I confe? ? e
His _Vices_ are the mo? t extremities 15
I euer knew in nature. But, why loues hee
The _Diuell_ ? o?

WIT. O S^r! for hidden trea? ure,
Hee hopes to finde: and has propos'd him? elfe
So infinite a Ma? ? e, as to recouer,
He cares not what he parts with, of the pre? ent, 20
To his men of Art, who are the race, may coyne him.
Promi? e gold-mountaines, and the couetous
Are ? till mo? t prodigall.

MAN. But ha' you faith,
That he will hold his bargaine?

WIT. O deare, Sir!
He will not off on't. Feare him not. I know him. 25
One ba? ene? ? e ? till accompanies another.
See! he is heere already, and his wife too.

MAN. A wondrous hand? ome creature, as I liue!

[203] SD.