Mount,
dearling
of darkne?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
elfe to a ?
imple coyle here, and your freinds, [164]
By dealing with new _Agents_, in new plots. 55
MER. No more o' that, ? weet cou? in.
EVE. What had you
To doe with this ? ame _Wittipol_, for a _Lady_?
MER. Que? tion not that: 'tis done.
EVE. You had ? ome ? traine
'Boue E-_la_?
MER. I had indeed.
EVE. And, now, you crack for't.
MER. Do not vpbraid me.
EVE. Come, you mu? t be told on't; 60
You are ? o couetous, ? till, to embrace
More then you can, that you loo? e all.
MER. 'Tis right.
What would you more, then Guilty? Now, your ? uccours.
[783] SD. om. G
[784] 5 _Ambler. Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[785] 11 SN. om. G
[786] 12 private. [_Takes him aside. _ G
[787] 28 loud] round 1716
[788] 32 SN. ] [_Exit Sledge with Pug. _ G
[789] 36 O'] O W O, G
[790] 37 SN. om. G
[791] 42 [_to Everill. _ G
[792] 43 I will G
[793] 45 two] to 1641
[794] 46 imploy 1641
[795] 49 t' ret. G
[796] 51 t'tother 1692 t'other 1716. f.
[797] 53 You're 1716, W right. || [_Exit Fitz. _ G
[798] 61 imbrace 1641
[799] 63 [_Exeunt. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VJ.
SHAKLES. PVG. INIQUITY. DIVEL.
Pug _is brought to_ New-gate.
Here you are lodg'd, Sir, you mu? t ? end your garni? h,
If you'll be priuat.
PVG. There it is, Sir, leaue me.
To _New-gate_, brought? How is the name of _Deuill_
Di? credited in me! What a lo? t fiend
Shall I be, on returne? My _Cheife_ will roare 5
In triumph, now, that I haue beene on earth,
A day, and done no noted thing, but brought
That body back here, was hang'd out this morning.
Well! would it once were midnight, that I knew
My vtmo? t. I thinke Time be drunke, and ? leepes; 10
He is ? o ? till, and moues not! I doe glory
Now i' my torment. Neither can I expect it,
I haue it with my fact.
_Enter_ Iniquity _the_ Vice.
INI. _Child_ of hell, be thou merry:
Put a looke on, as round, boy, and red as a cherry.
Ca? t care at thy po? ternes; and firke i' thy fetters, 15
They are ornaments, _Baby_, haue graced thy betters:
Looke vpon me, and hearken. Our _Cheife_ doth ? alute thee,
And lea? t the coldyron ? hould chance to confute thee,
H'hath ? ent thee, _grant-paroll_ by me to ? tay longer
A moneth here on earth, again? t cold _Child_, or honger. 20
PVG. How? longer here a moneth?
ING. Yes, boy, till the _Se? ? ion_,
That ? o thou maye? t haue a triumphall egre? ? ion.
PVG. In a cart, to be hang'd.
ING. No, _Child_, in a Carre,
The charriot of Triumph, which mo? t of them are.
And in the meane time, to be greazy, and bouzy, 25
And na? ty, and filthy, and ragged and louzy,
With dam'n me, renounce me, and all the fine phra? es;
That bring, vnto _Tiborne_, the plentifull gazes.
PVG. He is a _Diuell_! and may be our _Cheife_! [165]
The great Superiour _Diuell_! for his malice: 30
_Arch-diuel_! I acknowledge him. He knew
What I would ? uffer, when he tie'd me vp thus
In a rogues body: and he has (I thanke him)
His tyrannous plea? ure on me, to confine me
To the vnlucky carka? ? e of a _Cutpur? e_, 35
wherein I could do nothing.
_The great_ Deuill _enters, and vpbraids
him with all his dayes worke_.
DIV. Impudent fiend,
Stop thy lewd mouth. Doe? t thou not ? hame and tremble
To lay thine owne dull damn'd defects vpon
An innocent ca? e, there? Why thou heauy ? laue!
The ? pirit, that did po? ? e? ? e that fle? h before 40
Put more true life, in a finger, and a thumbe,
Then thou in the whole Ma? ? e. Yet thou rebell'? t
And murmur'? t? What one profer ha? t thou made,
Wicked inough, this day, that might be call'd
Worthy thine owne, much le? ? e the name that ? ent thee? 45
Fir? t, thou did'? t helpe thy ? elfe into a beating
Promptly, and with't endangered'? t too thy tongue:
A _Diuell_, and could not keepe a body intire
One day! That, for our credit. And to vindicate it,
Hinderd'? t (for ought thou know'? t) a deed of darkne? ? e: 50
Which was an act of that egregious folly,
As no one, to'ard the _Diuel_, could ha' thought on.
This for your acting! but for suffering! why
Thou ha? t beene cheated on, with a fal? e beard,
And a turn'd cloake. Faith, would your predece? ? our 55
The _Cutpur? e_, thinke you, ha' been ? o? Out vpon thee,
The hurt th' ha? t don, to let men know their ? trength,
And that the'are able to out-doe a _diuel_
Put in a body, will for euer be
A ? carre vpon our Name! whom ha? t thou dealt with, 60
Woman or man, this day, but haue out-gone thee
Some way, and mo? t haue prou'd the better fiendes?
Yet, you would be imploy'd? Yes, hell ? hall make you
_Prouinciall_ o' the _Cheaters_! or _Bawd-ledger_,
For this ? ide o' the towne! No doubt you'll render 65
A rare accompt of things. Bane o' your itch,
And ? cratching for imployment. I'll ha' brim? tone
To allay it ? ure, and fire to ? indge your nayles off,
But, that I would not ? uch a damn'd di? honor
Sticke on our ? tate, as that the _diuell_ were hang'd; 70
And could not ? aue a body, that he tooke
From _Tyborne_, but it mu? t come thither againe:
You ? hould e'en ride. But, vp away with him--
Iniquity _takes him on his back_.
INI.
Mount, dearling of darkne? ? e, my ? houlders are broad:
He that caries the fiend, is ? ure of his loade. 75
The _Diuell_ was wont to carry away the euill; [166]
But, now, the Euill out-carries the _Diuell_.
[800] SD. VJJ VII. W ACT. . . . ] SCENE IV. _A Cell in Newgate.
Enter_ SHAKLES, _with_ PVG _in chains_. G
[801] 2 [_Exit Shackles. _
[802] SN. (after 'fact. ' 13) _the_ Vice om. G
[803] 12 i'] in W
[804] 18 the] our 1692, 1716
[805] 19 parole G
[806] 22 maist 1692 may'st 1716 mayst W, G
[807] 36 SN. ] _Enter_ SATAN. G DIV. ] _Sat. _ G
[808] 37 Dost 1692, 1716
[809] 44 enough 1692, f.
[810] 48 entire W, G
[811] 57 th'] thou G
[812] 58 the'are] they are 1641, G the'are are 1692 they're 1716, W
[813] 63 employ'd W, G
[814] 67 employment W, G
[815] 64 Cheaters] _heaters_ 1641
[816] 77 [_Exeunt. _ [_A loud explosion, smoke, &c. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VIJ.
SHAKLES. KEEPERS.
_A great noise is heard in_ New-gate,
_and the Keepers come out affrighted_.
O mee!
KEE. 1. What's this?
2. A piece of Iustice Hall
Is broken downe.
3. Fough! what a ? teeme of brim? tone
Is here?
4. The pri? oner's dead, came in but now!
SHA. Ha? where?
4. Look here.
KEE. S'lid, I ? huld know his countenance!
It is _Gill-Cut-pur? e_, was hang'd out, this morning! 5
SHA. 'Tis he!
2. The _Diuell_, ? ure, has a hand in this!
3. What ? hall wee doe?
SHA. Carry the newes of it
Vnto the _Sherifes_.
1. And to the _Iu? tices_.
4. This ? trange!
3. And ? auours of the _Diuell_, ? trongly!
2. I' ha' the _? ulphure_ of _Hell-coale_ i' my no? e. 10
1. Fough.
SHA. Carry him in.
1. Away.
2. How ranke it is!
[817] SD. ] _Enter_ SHAKLES, _and the_ Under-keepers, _affrighted_. G
[818] 3 Is here? ] part of line 2 W
[819] 9 This is 1716, f.
[820] 11 [_Exeunt with the body. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VIII.
Sir POVLE. MERE-CRAFT. EVER-ILL.
TRAINES. PITFALL. FITZ-DOTTREL.
{_To them_}
VVITTIPOL. MANLY. Mi? tre? ? e FITZ-DOTTREL.
INGINE. _To them_} GVILT-HEAD.
SLEDGE. _to them_} SHACKLES.
_The Iu? tice comes out wondring, and the re? t informing him. _
This was the notable? t Con? piracy,
That ere I heard of.
MER. Sir, They had giu'n him potions,
That did enamour him on the counterfeit _Lady_--
EVE. Iu? t to the time o' deliuery o' the deed--
MER. And then the witchcraft 'gan't' appeare, for ? treight 5
He fell into his fit.
EVE. Of rage at fir? t, Sir,
Which ? ince, has ? o increa? ed.
TAY. Good S^r. _Poule_, ? ee him,
And puni? h the impo? tors.
POV. Therefore I come, _Madame_.
EIT. Let M^r. _Ether? ide_ alone, _Madame_.
POV. Do you heare?
Call in the Con? table, I will haue him by: 10
H'is the Kings _Officer_! and ? ome Cittizens, [167]
Of credit! I'll di? charge my con? cience clearly.
MER. Yes, Sir, and ? end for his wife.
EVE. And the two _Sorcerers_,
By any meanes!
TAY. I thought one a true _Lady_,
I ? hould be ? worne. So did you, _Eyther-? ide_? 15
EIT. Yes, by that light, would I might ne'r ? tir el? e, _Tailbu? h_.
TAY. And the other a ciuill Gentleman.
EVE. But, _Madame_,
You know what I told your _Lady? hip_.
TAY. I now ? ee it:
I was prouiding of a banquet for 'hem.
After I had done in? tructing o' the fellow 20
_De-uile_, the Gentlemans man.
MER. Who's found a thiefe, _Madam_.
And to haue rob'd your Vsher, Ma? ter _Ambler_,
This morning.
TAY. How?
MER. I'll tell you more, anon.
FIT. Gi me ? ome _garlicke, garlicke, garlicke, garlicke_.
_He beginnes his fit. _
MER. Harke the poore Gentleman, how he is tormented! 25
FIT. _My wife is a whore, I'll ki? ? e her no more: and why?
Ma'? t not thou be a Cuckold, as well as I?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, &c. _
POV.
By dealing with new _Agents_, in new plots. 55
MER. No more o' that, ? weet cou? in.
EVE. What had you
To doe with this ? ame _Wittipol_, for a _Lady_?
MER. Que? tion not that: 'tis done.
EVE. You had ? ome ? traine
'Boue E-_la_?
MER. I had indeed.
EVE. And, now, you crack for't.
MER. Do not vpbraid me.
EVE. Come, you mu? t be told on't; 60
You are ? o couetous, ? till, to embrace
More then you can, that you loo? e all.
MER. 'Tis right.
What would you more, then Guilty? Now, your ? uccours.
[783] SD. om. G
[784] 5 _Ambler. Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[785] 11 SN. om. G
[786] 12 private. [_Takes him aside. _ G
[787] 28 loud] round 1716
[788] 32 SN. ] [_Exit Sledge with Pug. _ G
[789] 36 O'] O W O, G
[790] 37 SN. om. G
[791] 42 [_to Everill. _ G
[792] 43 I will G
[793] 45 two] to 1641
[794] 46 imploy 1641
[795] 49 t' ret. G
[796] 51 t'tother 1692 t'other 1716. f.
[797] 53 You're 1716, W right. || [_Exit Fitz. _ G
[798] 61 imbrace 1641
[799] 63 [_Exeunt. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VJ.
SHAKLES. PVG. INIQUITY. DIVEL.
Pug _is brought to_ New-gate.
Here you are lodg'd, Sir, you mu? t ? end your garni? h,
If you'll be priuat.
PVG. There it is, Sir, leaue me.
To _New-gate_, brought? How is the name of _Deuill_
Di? credited in me! What a lo? t fiend
Shall I be, on returne? My _Cheife_ will roare 5
In triumph, now, that I haue beene on earth,
A day, and done no noted thing, but brought
That body back here, was hang'd out this morning.
Well! would it once were midnight, that I knew
My vtmo? t. I thinke Time be drunke, and ? leepes; 10
He is ? o ? till, and moues not! I doe glory
Now i' my torment. Neither can I expect it,
I haue it with my fact.
_Enter_ Iniquity _the_ Vice.
INI. _Child_ of hell, be thou merry:
Put a looke on, as round, boy, and red as a cherry.
Ca? t care at thy po? ternes; and firke i' thy fetters, 15
They are ornaments, _Baby_, haue graced thy betters:
Looke vpon me, and hearken. Our _Cheife_ doth ? alute thee,
And lea? t the coldyron ? hould chance to confute thee,
H'hath ? ent thee, _grant-paroll_ by me to ? tay longer
A moneth here on earth, again? t cold _Child_, or honger. 20
PVG. How? longer here a moneth?
ING. Yes, boy, till the _Se? ? ion_,
That ? o thou maye? t haue a triumphall egre? ? ion.
PVG. In a cart, to be hang'd.
ING. No, _Child_, in a Carre,
The charriot of Triumph, which mo? t of them are.
And in the meane time, to be greazy, and bouzy, 25
And na? ty, and filthy, and ragged and louzy,
With dam'n me, renounce me, and all the fine phra? es;
That bring, vnto _Tiborne_, the plentifull gazes.
PVG. He is a _Diuell_! and may be our _Cheife_! [165]
The great Superiour _Diuell_! for his malice: 30
_Arch-diuel_! I acknowledge him. He knew
What I would ? uffer, when he tie'd me vp thus
In a rogues body: and he has (I thanke him)
His tyrannous plea? ure on me, to confine me
To the vnlucky carka? ? e of a _Cutpur? e_, 35
wherein I could do nothing.
_The great_ Deuill _enters, and vpbraids
him with all his dayes worke_.
DIV. Impudent fiend,
Stop thy lewd mouth. Doe? t thou not ? hame and tremble
To lay thine owne dull damn'd defects vpon
An innocent ca? e, there? Why thou heauy ? laue!
The ? pirit, that did po? ? e? ? e that fle? h before 40
Put more true life, in a finger, and a thumbe,
Then thou in the whole Ma? ? e. Yet thou rebell'? t
And murmur'? t? What one profer ha? t thou made,
Wicked inough, this day, that might be call'd
Worthy thine owne, much le? ? e the name that ? ent thee? 45
Fir? t, thou did'? t helpe thy ? elfe into a beating
Promptly, and with't endangered'? t too thy tongue:
A _Diuell_, and could not keepe a body intire
One day! That, for our credit. And to vindicate it,
Hinderd'? t (for ought thou know'? t) a deed of darkne? ? e: 50
Which was an act of that egregious folly,
As no one, to'ard the _Diuel_, could ha' thought on.
This for your acting! but for suffering! why
Thou ha? t beene cheated on, with a fal? e beard,
And a turn'd cloake. Faith, would your predece? ? our 55
The _Cutpur? e_, thinke you, ha' been ? o? Out vpon thee,
The hurt th' ha? t don, to let men know their ? trength,
And that the'are able to out-doe a _diuel_
Put in a body, will for euer be
A ? carre vpon our Name! whom ha? t thou dealt with, 60
Woman or man, this day, but haue out-gone thee
Some way, and mo? t haue prou'd the better fiendes?
Yet, you would be imploy'd? Yes, hell ? hall make you
_Prouinciall_ o' the _Cheaters_! or _Bawd-ledger_,
For this ? ide o' the towne! No doubt you'll render 65
A rare accompt of things. Bane o' your itch,
And ? cratching for imployment. I'll ha' brim? tone
To allay it ? ure, and fire to ? indge your nayles off,
But, that I would not ? uch a damn'd di? honor
Sticke on our ? tate, as that the _diuell_ were hang'd; 70
And could not ? aue a body, that he tooke
From _Tyborne_, but it mu? t come thither againe:
You ? hould e'en ride. But, vp away with him--
Iniquity _takes him on his back_.
INI.
Mount, dearling of darkne? ? e, my ? houlders are broad:
He that caries the fiend, is ? ure of his loade. 75
The _Diuell_ was wont to carry away the euill; [166]
But, now, the Euill out-carries the _Diuell_.
[800] SD. VJJ VII. W ACT. . . . ] SCENE IV. _A Cell in Newgate.
Enter_ SHAKLES, _with_ PVG _in chains_. G
[801] 2 [_Exit Shackles. _
[802] SN. (after 'fact. ' 13) _the_ Vice om. G
[803] 12 i'] in W
[804] 18 the] our 1692, 1716
[805] 19 parole G
[806] 22 maist 1692 may'st 1716 mayst W, G
[807] 36 SN. ] _Enter_ SATAN. G DIV. ] _Sat. _ G
[808] 37 Dost 1692, 1716
[809] 44 enough 1692, f.
[810] 48 entire W, G
[811] 57 th'] thou G
[812] 58 the'are] they are 1641, G the'are are 1692 they're 1716, W
[813] 63 employ'd W, G
[814] 67 employment W, G
[815] 64 Cheaters] _heaters_ 1641
[816] 77 [_Exeunt. _ [_A loud explosion, smoke, &c. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VIJ.
SHAKLES. KEEPERS.
_A great noise is heard in_ New-gate,
_and the Keepers come out affrighted_.
O mee!
KEE. 1. What's this?
2. A piece of Iustice Hall
Is broken downe.
3. Fough! what a ? teeme of brim? tone
Is here?
4. The pri? oner's dead, came in but now!
SHA. Ha? where?
4. Look here.
KEE. S'lid, I ? huld know his countenance!
It is _Gill-Cut-pur? e_, was hang'd out, this morning! 5
SHA. 'Tis he!
2. The _Diuell_, ? ure, has a hand in this!
3. What ? hall wee doe?
SHA. Carry the newes of it
Vnto the _Sherifes_.
1. And to the _Iu? tices_.
4. This ? trange!
3. And ? auours of the _Diuell_, ? trongly!
2. I' ha' the _? ulphure_ of _Hell-coale_ i' my no? e. 10
1. Fough.
SHA. Carry him in.
1. Away.
2. How ranke it is!
[817] SD. ] _Enter_ SHAKLES, _and the_ Under-keepers, _affrighted_. G
[818] 3 Is here? ] part of line 2 W
[819] 9 This is 1716, f.
[820] 11 [_Exeunt with the body. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VIII.
Sir POVLE. MERE-CRAFT. EVER-ILL.
TRAINES. PITFALL. FITZ-DOTTREL.
{_To them_}
VVITTIPOL. MANLY. Mi? tre? ? e FITZ-DOTTREL.
INGINE. _To them_} GVILT-HEAD.
SLEDGE. _to them_} SHACKLES.
_The Iu? tice comes out wondring, and the re? t informing him. _
This was the notable? t Con? piracy,
That ere I heard of.
MER. Sir, They had giu'n him potions,
That did enamour him on the counterfeit _Lady_--
EVE. Iu? t to the time o' deliuery o' the deed--
MER. And then the witchcraft 'gan't' appeare, for ? treight 5
He fell into his fit.
EVE. Of rage at fir? t, Sir,
Which ? ince, has ? o increa? ed.
TAY. Good S^r. _Poule_, ? ee him,
And puni? h the impo? tors.
POV. Therefore I come, _Madame_.
EIT. Let M^r. _Ether? ide_ alone, _Madame_.
POV. Do you heare?
Call in the Con? table, I will haue him by: 10
H'is the Kings _Officer_! and ? ome Cittizens, [167]
Of credit! I'll di? charge my con? cience clearly.
MER. Yes, Sir, and ? end for his wife.
EVE. And the two _Sorcerers_,
By any meanes!
TAY. I thought one a true _Lady_,
I ? hould be ? worne. So did you, _Eyther-? ide_? 15
EIT. Yes, by that light, would I might ne'r ? tir el? e, _Tailbu? h_.
TAY. And the other a ciuill Gentleman.
EVE. But, _Madame_,
You know what I told your _Lady? hip_.
TAY. I now ? ee it:
I was prouiding of a banquet for 'hem.
After I had done in? tructing o' the fellow 20
_De-uile_, the Gentlemans man.
MER. Who's found a thiefe, _Madam_.
And to haue rob'd your Vsher, Ma? ter _Ambler_,
This morning.
TAY. How?
MER. I'll tell you more, anon.
FIT. Gi me ? ome _garlicke, garlicke, garlicke, garlicke_.
_He beginnes his fit. _
MER. Harke the poore Gentleman, how he is tormented! 25
FIT. _My wife is a whore, I'll ki? ? e her no more: and why?
Ma'? t not thou be a Cuckold, as well as I?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, &c. _
POV.
