e;
Adiourne your beatings euery terme; and make
New parties for your proiects.
Adiourne your beatings euery terme; and make
New parties for your proiects.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
harks!
There's an old debt of forty, I ga' my word
For one is runne away, to the _Bermudas_,
And he will hooke in that, or he wi' not doe. 150
_He whi? pers_ Fitz-dottrell _a? ide_.
FIT. Why, let him. That and the ring, and a hundred pieces,
Will all but make two hundred?
MER. No, no more, Sir.
What ready _Arithmetique_ you haue? doe you heare?
_And then_ Guilt-head.
A pretty mornings worke for you, this? Do it,
You ? hall ha' twenty pound on't.
GVI. Twenty pieces? [135] 155
(PLV. Good Father, do't)
MER. You will hooke ? till? well,
Shew vs your ring. You could not ha' done this, now
With gentlene? ? e, at fir? t, wee might ha' thank'd you?
But groane, and ha' your courte? ies come from you
Like a hard ? toole, and ? tinke? A man may draw 160
Your teeth out ea? ier, then your money? Come,
Were little _Guilt-head_ heere, no better a nature,
I ? hould ne'r loue him, that could pull his lips off, now!
_He pulls_ Plutarchus _by the lips_.
Was not thy mother a Gentlewoman?
PLV. Yes, Sir.
MER. And went to the Court at _Chri? tmas_,
and S^t. _Georges-tide_? 165
And lent the Lords-men, chaines?
PLV. Of gold, and pearle, S^r.
MER. I knew, thou mu? t take, after ? ome body!
Thou could'? t not be el? e. This was no ? hop-looke!
I'll ha' thee Captaine _Guilt-head_, and march vp,
And take in _Pimlico_, and kill the bu? h, 170
At euery tauerne! Thou shalt haue a wife,
If ? mocks will mount, boy. How now? you ha' there now
Some _Bri? to-? tone_, or _Corni? h_ counterfeit
You'ld put vpon vs.
_He turns to old_ Guilt-head.
GVI. No, Sir I a? ? ure you:
Looke on his lu? ter! hee will ? peake him? elfe! 175
I'le gi' you leaue to put him i' the Mill,
H'is no great, large ? tone, but a true _Paragon_,
H'has all his corners, view him well.
MER. H'is yellow.
GVI. Vpo' my faith, S^r, o' the right black-water,
And very deepe! H'is ? et without a foyle, too. 180
Here's one o' the yellow-water, I'll ? ell cheape.
MER. And what do you valew this, at? thirty pound?
GVI. No, Sir, he cost me forty, ere he was ? et.
MER. Turnings, you meane? I know your _Equinocks_:
You'are growne the better Fathers of 'hem o' late. 185
Well, where't mu? t goe, 'twill be iudg'd, and, therefore,
Looke you't be right. You ? hall haue fifty pound for't.
_Now to_ Fitz-dottrel.
Not a deneer more! And, becau? e you would
Haue things di? patch'd, Sir, I'll goe pre? ently,
Inquire out this _Lady_. If you thinke good, Sir. 190
Hauing an hundred pieces ready, you may
Part with tho? e, now, to ? erue my kin? mans turnes,
That he may wait vpon you, anon, the freer;
And take 'hem when you ha' ? eal'd, a game, of _Guilt-head_.
FIT. I care not if I do!
MER. And di? patch all, 195
Together.
FIT. There, th'are iu? t: a hundred pieces!
I' ha' told 'hem ouer, twice a day, the? e two moneths.
_Hee turnes 'hem out together.
And_ Euerill _and hee fall to ? hare_.
MER. Well, go, and ? eale, then, S^r, make your returne
As ? peedy as you can.
EVE. Come gi' mee.
MER. Soft, Sir.
EVE. Mary, and faire too, then. I'll no delaying, Sir. 200
MER. But, you will heare?
EVE. Yes, when I haue my diuident.
MER. Theres forty pieces for you.
EVE. What is this for? [136]
MER. Your halfe. You know, that _Guilt-head_ mu? t ha' twenty.
EVE. And what's your ring there? ? hall I ha' none o' that?
MER. O, thats to be giuen to a _Lady_! 205
EVE. Is't ? o?
MER. By that good light, it is.
EV. Come, gi' me
Ten pieces more, then.
MER. Why?
EV. For _Guilt-head_? Sir,
Do'you thinke, I'll 'low him any ? uch ? hare:
MER. You mu? t.
EVE. Mu? t I? Doe you your mu? ts, Sir, I'll doe mine,
You wi' not part with the whole, Sir? Will you? Goe too. 210
Gi' me ten pieces!
MER. By what law, doe you this?
EVE. E'n Lyon-law, Sir, I mu? t roare el? e.
MER. Good!
EVE. Yo' haue heard, how th' _A? ? e_ made his diui? ions, wi? ely?
MER. And, I am he: I thanke you.
EV. Much good do you, S^r.
MER. I ? hall be rid o' this tyranny, one day?
EVE. Not,
While you doe eate; and lie, about the towne, here; 216
And coozen i' your bullions; and I ? tand
Your name of credit, and compound your bu? ine? ?
e;
Adiourne your beatings euery terme; and make
New parties for your proiects. I haue, now, 220
A pretty ta? que, of it, to hold you in
Wi' your_ Lady Tayle-bu? h_: but the toy will be,
How we ? hall both come off?
MER. Leaue you your doubting.
And doe your portion, what's a? ? ign'd you: I
Neuer fail'd yet.
EVE. With reference to your aydes? 225
You'll ? till be vnthankfull. Where ? hall I meete you, anon?
You ha' ? ome feate to doe alone, now, I ? ee;
You wi? h me gone, well, I will finde you out,
And bring you after to the audit.
MER. S'light!
There's _Ingines_ ? hare too, I had forgot! This raigne 230
Is too-too-vn? uportable! I mu? t
Quit my ? elfe of this va? ? alage! _Ingine! _ welcome.
[457] SD. om. G
[458] 1 [_takes Meer. aside. _ G
[459] 7 I'm 1716, W I am G
[460] 16 think. [_They walk aside. _ G
[461] 17 I'm 1716 I am W
[462] 21 SN. om. G
[463] 23 gartering W, G
[464] 32 Storer 1716 storer W, G
[465] 33 Sulters 1641
[466] 38 Bayliffs 1716 bailiffs W, G
[467] 39,43 SN. om. G
[468] 44 you're 1716, W
[469] 52 _Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. || SN. om. G
[470] 53 part. [_They go up to Fitz. _] G
[471] 57, 61 SN. om. G
[472] 68 since 1641, f.
[473] 90 I had G
[474] 97 SN. _Hee_ om. G
[475] 103 () ret. G
[476] 104 _Ever. _ [_Aside to Meer. _]
[477] 106 'd] would G
[478] 114 the W
[479] 123 's] is G
[480] 127 our] your 1641
[481] 148 gave G
[482] 149 to] into 1641
[483] 150 SN. ] [_Aside to Fitz. _ G he wi'] he'll G
[484] 153 SN. ] [_Aside to Gilthead. _ G
[485] 159 you] your 1641, f.
[486] 163 SN. ] [_Pulls him by the lips. _ G
[487] 165 George-G
[488] 166 Lords-] lords W lords' G
[489] 173 Bristol stone W, G
[490] 174 SN. _He_, _old_ om. G
[491] 177 He is W, G
[492] 178 He has W, G
[493] 178, 180 He's W, G
[494] 184 equivokes W, G
[495] 185 You're 1716, W You are G || 'hem] 'em G || o' ret. G
[496] 186 where it G
[497] 187 SN. ] [_To Fitz. _] G
[498] 188 dencer 1641 Denier 1716 denier W, G
[499] 196 they're just a 1716, W they are just a G
[500] 197 SN. ] [_Turns them out on table. _ G
[501] 199 can. [_Exeunt Fitzdottrel, Gilthead, and Plutarchus. _] me.
[_They fall to sharing_. G
[502] 201 Dividend 1716 dividend W, G
[503] 204 o' ret. G
[504] 205 that is G
[505] 206 Is it W, G
[506] 208 allow 1692, f.
[507] 209 you om. 1692, 1716, W
[508] 212 E'n] Even G
[509] 213 You've 1716, W
[510] 218 your om. 1641
[511] 223 you om. 1641
[512] 227 to doe] to be done 1641
[513] 229 audit. [_Exit. _ G
[514] 232 vassalage! --_Enter_ ENGINE, _followed by_ WITTIPOLL. G
ACT. IIJ. SCENE. IV.
MERE-CRAFT. INGINE. VVITTIPOL.
How goes the cry?
ING. Excellent well!
MER. Wil't do?
VVhere's _Robin? on_?
ING. Here is the Gentleman, Sir.
VVill vndertake t'him? elfe. I haue acquainted him.
MER. VVhy did you ? o?
ING. VVhy, _Robin? on_ would ha' told him,
You know. And hee's a plea? ant wit! will hurt 5
Nothing you purpo? e. Then, he'is of opinion,
That _Robin? on_ might want audacity, [129]
She being ? uch a gallant. Now, hee has beene,
In _Spaine_, and knowes the fa? hions there; and can
Di? cour? e; and being but mirth (hee ? aies) leaue much, 10
To his care:
MER. But he is too tall!
_He excepts at his ? tature. _
ING. For that,
He has the braue? t deuice! (you'll loue him for't)
To ? ay, he weares _Cioppinos_: and they doe ? o
In _Spaine_. And _Robin? on's_ as tall, as hee.
MER. Is he ? o?
ING. Euery iot.
MER. Nay, I had rather 15
To tru? t a Gentleman with it, o' the two.
ING. Pray you goe to him, then, Sir, and ? alute him.
MER. Sir, my friend _Ingine_ has acquainted you
With a ? trange _bu? ine? ? e_, here.
WIT. A merry one, Sir.
The _Duke_ of _Drown'd-land_, and his _Dutche? ? e_?
MER. Yes, Sir. 20
Now, that the _Coniurers_ ha' laid him by,
I ha' made bold, to borrow him a while;
WIT. With purpo? e, yet, to put him out I hope
To his be? t v? e?
MER. Yes, Sir.
WIT. For that ? mall part,
That I am tru? ted with, put off your care: 25
I would not lo? e to doe it, for the mirth,
Will follow of it; and well, I haue a fancy.
MER. Sir, that will make it well.
WIT. You will report it ? o.
Where mu? t I haue my dre? ? ing?
ING. At my hou? e, Sir.
MER. You ? hall haue caution, Sir, for what he yeelds, 30
To ? ix pence.
WIT. You ? hall pardon me. I will ? hare, Sir,
I' your ? ports, onely: nothing i' your purcha? e.
But you mu? t furni? h mee with complements,
To th' manner of _Spaine_; my coach, my _guarda duenn'as_;
MER. _Ingine's_ your _Pro'uedor_. But, Sir, I mu? t 35
(Now I'haue entred tru? t wi' you, thus farre)
Secure ? till i' your quality, acquaint you
With ? omewhat, beyond this. The place, de? ign'd
To be the _Scene_, for this our mery matter,
Becau?
There's an old debt of forty, I ga' my word
For one is runne away, to the _Bermudas_,
And he will hooke in that, or he wi' not doe. 150
_He whi? pers_ Fitz-dottrell _a? ide_.
FIT. Why, let him. That and the ring, and a hundred pieces,
Will all but make two hundred?
MER. No, no more, Sir.
What ready _Arithmetique_ you haue? doe you heare?
_And then_ Guilt-head.
A pretty mornings worke for you, this? Do it,
You ? hall ha' twenty pound on't.
GVI. Twenty pieces? [135] 155
(PLV. Good Father, do't)
MER. You will hooke ? till? well,
Shew vs your ring. You could not ha' done this, now
With gentlene? ? e, at fir? t, wee might ha' thank'd you?
But groane, and ha' your courte? ies come from you
Like a hard ? toole, and ? tinke? A man may draw 160
Your teeth out ea? ier, then your money? Come,
Were little _Guilt-head_ heere, no better a nature,
I ? hould ne'r loue him, that could pull his lips off, now!
_He pulls_ Plutarchus _by the lips_.
Was not thy mother a Gentlewoman?
PLV. Yes, Sir.
MER. And went to the Court at _Chri? tmas_,
and S^t. _Georges-tide_? 165
And lent the Lords-men, chaines?
PLV. Of gold, and pearle, S^r.
MER. I knew, thou mu? t take, after ? ome body!
Thou could'? t not be el? e. This was no ? hop-looke!
I'll ha' thee Captaine _Guilt-head_, and march vp,
And take in _Pimlico_, and kill the bu? h, 170
At euery tauerne! Thou shalt haue a wife,
If ? mocks will mount, boy. How now? you ha' there now
Some _Bri? to-? tone_, or _Corni? h_ counterfeit
You'ld put vpon vs.
_He turns to old_ Guilt-head.
GVI. No, Sir I a? ? ure you:
Looke on his lu? ter! hee will ? peake him? elfe! 175
I'le gi' you leaue to put him i' the Mill,
H'is no great, large ? tone, but a true _Paragon_,
H'has all his corners, view him well.
MER. H'is yellow.
GVI. Vpo' my faith, S^r, o' the right black-water,
And very deepe! H'is ? et without a foyle, too. 180
Here's one o' the yellow-water, I'll ? ell cheape.
MER. And what do you valew this, at? thirty pound?
GVI. No, Sir, he cost me forty, ere he was ? et.
MER. Turnings, you meane? I know your _Equinocks_:
You'are growne the better Fathers of 'hem o' late. 185
Well, where't mu? t goe, 'twill be iudg'd, and, therefore,
Looke you't be right. You ? hall haue fifty pound for't.
_Now to_ Fitz-dottrel.
Not a deneer more! And, becau? e you would
Haue things di? patch'd, Sir, I'll goe pre? ently,
Inquire out this _Lady_. If you thinke good, Sir. 190
Hauing an hundred pieces ready, you may
Part with tho? e, now, to ? erue my kin? mans turnes,
That he may wait vpon you, anon, the freer;
And take 'hem when you ha' ? eal'd, a game, of _Guilt-head_.
FIT. I care not if I do!
MER. And di? patch all, 195
Together.
FIT. There, th'are iu? t: a hundred pieces!
I' ha' told 'hem ouer, twice a day, the? e two moneths.
_Hee turnes 'hem out together.
And_ Euerill _and hee fall to ? hare_.
MER. Well, go, and ? eale, then, S^r, make your returne
As ? peedy as you can.
EVE. Come gi' mee.
MER. Soft, Sir.
EVE. Mary, and faire too, then. I'll no delaying, Sir. 200
MER. But, you will heare?
EVE. Yes, when I haue my diuident.
MER. Theres forty pieces for you.
EVE. What is this for? [136]
MER. Your halfe. You know, that _Guilt-head_ mu? t ha' twenty.
EVE. And what's your ring there? ? hall I ha' none o' that?
MER. O, thats to be giuen to a _Lady_! 205
EVE. Is't ? o?
MER. By that good light, it is.
EV. Come, gi' me
Ten pieces more, then.
MER. Why?
EV. For _Guilt-head_? Sir,
Do'you thinke, I'll 'low him any ? uch ? hare:
MER. You mu? t.
EVE. Mu? t I? Doe you your mu? ts, Sir, I'll doe mine,
You wi' not part with the whole, Sir? Will you? Goe too. 210
Gi' me ten pieces!
MER. By what law, doe you this?
EVE. E'n Lyon-law, Sir, I mu? t roare el? e.
MER. Good!
EVE. Yo' haue heard, how th' _A? ? e_ made his diui? ions, wi? ely?
MER. And, I am he: I thanke you.
EV. Much good do you, S^r.
MER. I ? hall be rid o' this tyranny, one day?
EVE. Not,
While you doe eate; and lie, about the towne, here; 216
And coozen i' your bullions; and I ? tand
Your name of credit, and compound your bu? ine? ?
e;
Adiourne your beatings euery terme; and make
New parties for your proiects. I haue, now, 220
A pretty ta? que, of it, to hold you in
Wi' your_ Lady Tayle-bu? h_: but the toy will be,
How we ? hall both come off?
MER. Leaue you your doubting.
And doe your portion, what's a? ? ign'd you: I
Neuer fail'd yet.
EVE. With reference to your aydes? 225
You'll ? till be vnthankfull. Where ? hall I meete you, anon?
You ha' ? ome feate to doe alone, now, I ? ee;
You wi? h me gone, well, I will finde you out,
And bring you after to the audit.
MER. S'light!
There's _Ingines_ ? hare too, I had forgot! This raigne 230
Is too-too-vn? uportable! I mu? t
Quit my ? elfe of this va? ? alage! _Ingine! _ welcome.
[457] SD. om. G
[458] 1 [_takes Meer. aside. _ G
[459] 7 I'm 1716, W I am G
[460] 16 think. [_They walk aside. _ G
[461] 17 I'm 1716 I am W
[462] 21 SN. om. G
[463] 23 gartering W, G
[464] 32 Storer 1716 storer W, G
[465] 33 Sulters 1641
[466] 38 Bayliffs 1716 bailiffs W, G
[467] 39,43 SN. om. G
[468] 44 you're 1716, W
[469] 52 _Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. || SN. om. G
[470] 53 part. [_They go up to Fitz. _] G
[471] 57, 61 SN. om. G
[472] 68 since 1641, f.
[473] 90 I had G
[474] 97 SN. _Hee_ om. G
[475] 103 () ret. G
[476] 104 _Ever. _ [_Aside to Meer. _]
[477] 106 'd] would G
[478] 114 the W
[479] 123 's] is G
[480] 127 our] your 1641
[481] 148 gave G
[482] 149 to] into 1641
[483] 150 SN. ] [_Aside to Fitz. _ G he wi'] he'll G
[484] 153 SN. ] [_Aside to Gilthead. _ G
[485] 159 you] your 1641, f.
[486] 163 SN. ] [_Pulls him by the lips. _ G
[487] 165 George-G
[488] 166 Lords-] lords W lords' G
[489] 173 Bristol stone W, G
[490] 174 SN. _He_, _old_ om. G
[491] 177 He is W, G
[492] 178 He has W, G
[493] 178, 180 He's W, G
[494] 184 equivokes W, G
[495] 185 You're 1716, W You are G || 'hem] 'em G || o' ret. G
[496] 186 where it G
[497] 187 SN. ] [_To Fitz. _] G
[498] 188 dencer 1641 Denier 1716 denier W, G
[499] 196 they're just a 1716, W they are just a G
[500] 197 SN. ] [_Turns them out on table. _ G
[501] 199 can. [_Exeunt Fitzdottrel, Gilthead, and Plutarchus. _] me.
[_They fall to sharing_. G
[502] 201 Dividend 1716 dividend W, G
[503] 204 o' ret. G
[504] 205 that is G
[505] 206 Is it W, G
[506] 208 allow 1692, f.
[507] 209 you om. 1692, 1716, W
[508] 212 E'n] Even G
[509] 213 You've 1716, W
[510] 218 your om. 1641
[511] 223 you om. 1641
[512] 227 to doe] to be done 1641
[513] 229 audit. [_Exit. _ G
[514] 232 vassalage! --_Enter_ ENGINE, _followed by_ WITTIPOLL. G
ACT. IIJ. SCENE. IV.
MERE-CRAFT. INGINE. VVITTIPOL.
How goes the cry?
ING. Excellent well!
MER. Wil't do?
VVhere's _Robin? on_?
ING. Here is the Gentleman, Sir.
VVill vndertake t'him? elfe. I haue acquainted him.
MER. VVhy did you ? o?
ING. VVhy, _Robin? on_ would ha' told him,
You know. And hee's a plea? ant wit! will hurt 5
Nothing you purpo? e. Then, he'is of opinion,
That _Robin? on_ might want audacity, [129]
She being ? uch a gallant. Now, hee has beene,
In _Spaine_, and knowes the fa? hions there; and can
Di? cour? e; and being but mirth (hee ? aies) leaue much, 10
To his care:
MER. But he is too tall!
_He excepts at his ? tature. _
ING. For that,
He has the braue? t deuice! (you'll loue him for't)
To ? ay, he weares _Cioppinos_: and they doe ? o
In _Spaine_. And _Robin? on's_ as tall, as hee.
MER. Is he ? o?
ING. Euery iot.
MER. Nay, I had rather 15
To tru? t a Gentleman with it, o' the two.
ING. Pray you goe to him, then, Sir, and ? alute him.
MER. Sir, my friend _Ingine_ has acquainted you
With a ? trange _bu? ine? ? e_, here.
WIT. A merry one, Sir.
The _Duke_ of _Drown'd-land_, and his _Dutche? ? e_?
MER. Yes, Sir. 20
Now, that the _Coniurers_ ha' laid him by,
I ha' made bold, to borrow him a while;
WIT. With purpo? e, yet, to put him out I hope
To his be? t v? e?
MER. Yes, Sir.
WIT. For that ? mall part,
That I am tru? ted with, put off your care: 25
I would not lo? e to doe it, for the mirth,
Will follow of it; and well, I haue a fancy.
MER. Sir, that will make it well.
WIT. You will report it ? o.
Where mu? t I haue my dre? ? ing?
ING. At my hou? e, Sir.
MER. You ? hall haue caution, Sir, for what he yeelds, 30
To ? ix pence.
WIT. You ? hall pardon me. I will ? hare, Sir,
I' your ? ports, onely: nothing i' your purcha? e.
But you mu? t furni? h mee with complements,
To th' manner of _Spaine_; my coach, my _guarda duenn'as_;
MER. _Ingine's_ your _Pro'uedor_. But, Sir, I mu? t 35
(Now I'haue entred tru? t wi' you, thus farre)
Secure ? till i' your quality, acquaint you
With ? omewhat, beyond this. The place, de? ign'd
To be the _Scene_, for this our mery matter,
Becau?
