ue of this
conference!
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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. ACT. . . . ] om. SCENE III. _A Room in_ FITZDOTTREL'S _House_.
_Enter_ WITTIPOL, MANLY, _and_ ENGINE. G
[204] 2 SN. ] gone. [_Exit Engine. _] || fixed! [_knocks him on the
breast. _ G
[205] 4 'll] will G
ACT. I. SCENE. VI. [105]
FITZ-DOTTRELL. Mi? tre? ? e FITZ-DOTTRELL.
WITTIPOL. MANLY.
Come wife, this is the Gentleman. Nay, blu? h not.
M^rs. FI. Why, what do you meane Sir? ha' you your rea? on?
FIT. Wife,
I do not know, that I haue lent it forth
To any one; at lea? t, without a pawne, wife:
Or that I'haue eat or drunke the thing, of late, 5
That ? hould corrupt it. Wherefore gentle wife,
Obey, it is thy vertue: hold no acts
Of di? putation.
M^rs. FI. Are you not enough
The talke, of fea? ts, and meetingy, but you'll ? till
Make argument for fre? h?
FIT. Why, carefull wedlocke, 10
If I haue haue a longing to haue one tale more
Goe of mee, what is that to thee, deare heart?
Why ? hould? t thou enuy my delight? or cro? ? e it?
By being ? olicitous, when it not concernes thee?
M^rs. FI. Yes, I haue ? hare in this. The ? corne will fall 15
As bittterly on me, where both are laught at.
FIT. Laught at, ? weet bird? is that the ? cruple? Come, come,
Thou art a _Niai? e_.
_A_ Niai? e _is a young Hawke, tane crying out of the ne? t. _
Which of your great hou? es,
(I will not meane at home, here, but abroad)
Your families in _France_, wife, ? end not forth 20
Something, within the ? euen yeere, may be laught at?
I doe not ? ay ? euen moneths, nor ? euen weekes,
Nor ? euen daies, nor houres: but ? euen yeere wife.
I giue 'hem time. Once, within ? euen yeere,
I thinke they may doe ? omething may be laught at. 25
In _France_, I keepe me there, ? till. Wherefore, wife,
Let them that li? t, laugh ? till, rather then weepe
For me; Heere is a cloake co? t fifty pound, wife,
Which I can ? ell for thirty, when I ha' ? eene
All _London_ in't, and _London_ has ? eene mee. 30
To day, I goe to the _Black-fryers Play-hou? e_,
Sit ithe view, ? alute all my acquaintance,
Ri? e vp betweene the _Acts_, let fall my cloake,
Publi? h a hand? ome man, and a rich ? uite
(As that's a ? peciall end, why we goe thither, 35
All that pretend, to ? tand for't o' the _Stage_)
The Ladies aske who's that? (For, they doe come [106]
To ? ee vs, _Loue_, as wee doe to ? ee them)
Now, I ? hall lo? e all this, for the fal? e feare
Of being laught at? Yes, wu? ? e. Let 'hem laugh, wife, 40
Let me haue ? uch another cloake to morrow.
And let 'hem laugh againe, wife, and againe,
And then grow fat with laughing, and then fatter,
All my young Gallants, let 'hem bring their friends too:
Shall I forbid 'hem? No, let heauen forbid 'hem: 45
Or wit, if't haue any charge on 'hem. Come, thy eare, wife,
Is all, I'll borrow of thee. Set your watch, Sir,
Thou, onely art to heare, not ? peake a word, _Doue_,
To ought he ? ayes. That I doe gi' you in precept,
No le? ? e then councell, on your wiue-hood, wife, 50
Not though he flatter you, or make court, or _Loue_
(As you mu? t looke for the? e) or ? ay, he raile;
What ere his arts be, wife, I will haue thee
Delude 'hem with a trick, thy ob? tinate ? ilence;
I know aduantages; and I loue to hit 55
The? e pragmaticke young men, at their owne weapons.
Is your watch ready? Here my ? aile beares, for you:
Tack toward him, ? weet _Pinnace_, where's your watch?
_He di? po? es his wife to his place, and ? ets his watch. _
WIT. I'le ?
