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t so farre, I tru? t him.
He is my Ward-robe man, my Cater, Cooke,
Butler, and Steward; lookes vnto my hor? e:
And helpes to watch my wife. H'has all the places, 15
That I can thinke on, from the garret downward,
E'en to the manger, and the curry-combe.

PVG. Sir, I ? hall put your wor? hip to no charge,
More then my meate, and that but very little,
I'le ? erue you for your loue.

FIT. Ha? without wages? 20
I'le harken o' that eare, were I at lea? ure.
But now, I'm bu? ie. 'Pr'y the, friend forbeare mee,
And' thou had? t beene a _Diuell_, I ? hould ? ay [101]
Somewhat more to thee. Thou do? t hinder, now,
My meditations.

PVG. Sir, I am a _Diuell_. 25

FIT. How!

PVG. A true _Diuell_, S^r.

FIT. Nay, now, you ly:
Vnder your fauour, friend, for, I'll not quarrell.
I look'd o' your feet, afore, you cannot coozen mee,
Your ? hoo's not clouen, Sir, you are whole hoof'd.
_He viewes his feete againe. _
PVG. Sir, that's a popular error, deceiues many: 30
But I am that, I tell you.

FIT. What's your name?

PVG. My name is _Diuell_, S^r.

FIT. Sai'? t thou true.

PVG. in-deed, S^r.

FIT. 'Slid! there's ? ome _omen_ i' this! what countryman?

PVG. Of _Derby-? hire_, S^r. about the _Peake_.

FIT. That Hole
Belong'd to your Ance? tors?

PVG. Yes, _Diuells_ ar? e, S^r. 35

FIT. I'll entertaine him for the name ? ake. Ha?
And turne away my tother man? and ? aue
Foure pound a yeere by that? there's lucke, and thrift too!
The very _Diuell_ may come, heereafter, as well.
Friend, I receiue you: but (withall) I acquaint you, 40
Aforehand, if yo' offend mee, I mu? t beat you.
It is a kinde of exerci? e, I v? e.
And cannot be without.

PVG. Yes, if I doe not
Offend, you can, ? ure.

FIT. Faith, _Diuell_, very hardly:
I'll call you by your ? urname, 'cau? e I loue it. 45

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[160] 47 Wife's 1716 wife's W, G passim

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[165] 15 He has W, G

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[169] 23 An' 1716, W An G || had? t] hast 1692, 1716

[170] 26 Sir 1641. f. passim

[171] 28 cozen 1692, f. passim

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ACT. I. SCENE. IIII.

INGINE. WITTIPOL. MANLY.
FITZDOTTRELL. PVG.

Yonder hee walkes, Sir, I'll goe lift him for you.

WIT. To him, good _Ingine_, rai? e him vp by degrees,
Gently, and hold him there too, you can doe it.
Shew your ? 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.