table, I will haue him by: 10
H'is the Kings _Officer_!
H'is the Kings _Officer_!
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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. That is the _Diuell_ ? peakes, and laughes in him.
_The Iu? tice interpret all:_
MER. Do you thinke ? o, S^r.
POV. I di? charge my con? cience. 30
FIT. _And is not the Diuell good company? Yes, wis. _
EVE. How he changes, Sir, his voyce!
FIT. _And a Cuckold is
Where ere hee put his head, with a_ a _Wanion,
If his hornes be forth, the Diuells companion!
Looke, looke, looke, el? e. _
MER. How he foames!
EVE. And ? wells! 35
TAY. O, me! what's that there, ri? es in his belly!
EIT. A ? trange thing! hold it downe:
TRA. PIT. We cannot, _Madam_.
POV. 'Tis too apparent this!
FIT. _Wittipol, Wittipol. _
Wittipol, _and_ Manly _and_ Mistr. Fitz-dottrel _enter_.
WIT. How now, what play ha' we here.
MAN. What fine, new matters?
WIT. The _Cock? comb_, and the _Couerlet_.
MER. O ? trang impud? ce! 40
That the? e ? hould come to face their ? inne!
EVE. And out-face
_Iu? tice_, they are the parties, Sir.
POV. Say nothing.
MER. Did you marke, Sir, vpon their comming in,
How he call'd _Wittipol_.
EVE. And neuer ? aw 'hem.
POV. I warrant you did I, let 'hem play a while. 45
FIT. _Buz, buz, buz, buz. _
TAY. La? ? e poore Gentleman!
How he is tortur'd!
M^rs. FI. Fie, Ma? ter _Fitz-dottrel_!
What doe you meane to counterfait thus?
FIT. _O, o,_
_His wife goes to him. _
_Shee comes with a needle, and thru? ts it in,_
_Shee pulls out that, and ? hee puts in a pinne,_ 50
_And now, and now, I doe not know how, nor where,_
_But ? hee pricks mee heere, and ? hee pricks me there: oh, oh:_
POV. Woman forbeare.
WIT. What, S^r?
POV. A practice foule
For one ? o faire:
WIT. Hath this, then, credit with you?
MAN. Do you beleeue in't?
POV. Gentlemen, I'll di? charge
My con? cience. 'Tis a cleare con? piracy! 56
A darke, and diuelli? h practice! I dete? t it!
WIT. The _Iu? tice_ ? ure will proue the merrier man! [168]
MAN. This is mo? t ? trange, Sir!
POV. Come not to confront
Authority with impudence: I tell you,
I doe dete? t it. Here comes the Kings _Con? table_,
And with him a right wor? hipfull _Commoner_;
My good friend, Ma? ter _Guilt-head_! I am glad
I can before ? uch witne? ? es, profe? ? e
My con? cience, and my dete? tation of it. 65
Horible! mo? t vnaturall! Abominable!
EVE. You doe not tumble enough.
MER. Wallow, gna? h:
_They whi? per him. _
TAY. O, how he is vexed!
POV. 'Tis too manife? t.
EVE. Giue him more ? oap to foame with, now lie ? till.
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. That is the _Diuell_ ? peakes, and laughes in him.
_The Iu? tice interpret all:_
MER. Do you thinke ? o, S^r.
POV. I di? charge my con? cience. 30
FIT. _And is not the Diuell good company? Yes, wis. _
EVE. How he changes, Sir, his voyce!
FIT. _And a Cuckold is
Where ere hee put his head, with a_ a _Wanion,
If his hornes be forth, the Diuells companion!
Looke, looke, looke, el? e. _
MER. How he foames!
EVE. And ? wells! 35
TAY. O, me! what's that there, ri? es in his belly!
EIT. A ? trange thing! hold it downe:
TRA. PIT. We cannot, _Madam_.
POV. 'Tis too apparent this!
FIT. _Wittipol, Wittipol. _
Wittipol, _and_ Manly _and_ Mistr. Fitz-dottrel _enter_.
WIT. How now, what play ha' we here.
MAN. What fine, new matters?
WIT. The _Cock? comb_, and the _Couerlet_.
MER. O ? trang impud? ce! 40
That the? e ? hould come to face their ? inne!
EVE. And out-face
_Iu? tice_, they are the parties, Sir.
POV. Say nothing.
MER. Did you marke, Sir, vpon their comming in,
How he call'd _Wittipol_.
EVE. And neuer ? aw 'hem.
POV. I warrant you did I, let 'hem play a while. 45
FIT. _Buz, buz, buz, buz. _
TAY. La? ? e poore Gentleman!
How he is tortur'd!
M^rs. FI. Fie, Ma? ter _Fitz-dottrel_!
What doe you meane to counterfait thus?
FIT. _O, o,_
_His wife goes to him. _
_Shee comes with a needle, and thru? ts it in,_
_Shee pulls out that, and ? hee puts in a pinne,_ 50
_And now, and now, I doe not know how, nor where,_
_But ? hee pricks mee heere, and ? hee pricks me there: oh, oh:_
POV. Woman forbeare.
WIT. What, S^r?
POV. A practice foule
For one ? o faire:
WIT. Hath this, then, credit with you?
MAN. Do you beleeue in't?
POV. Gentlemen, I'll di? charge
My con? cience. 'Tis a cleare con? piracy! 56
A darke, and diuelli? h practice! I dete? t it!
WIT. The _Iu? tice_ ? ure will proue the merrier man! [168]
MAN. This is mo? t ? trange, Sir!
POV. Come not to confront
Authority with impudence: I tell you,
I doe dete? t it. Here comes the Kings _Con? table_,
And with him a right wor? hipfull _Commoner_;
My good friend, Ma? ter _Guilt-head_! I am glad
I can before ? uch witne? ? es, profe? ? e
My con? cience, and my dete? tation of it. 65
Horible! mo? t vnaturall! Abominable!
EVE. You doe not tumble enough.
MER. Wallow, gna? h:
_They whi? per him. _
TAY. O, how he is vexed!
POV. 'Tis too manife? t.
EVE. Giue him more ? oap to foame with, now lie ? till.
