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Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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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.
_and giue him ? oape to act with. _
MER. And act a little.
TAY. What do's he now, S^r.
POV. Shew
The taking of _Tabacco_, with which the _Diuell_
Is ? o delighted.
FIT. _Hum! _
POV. And calls for _Hum_.
You takers of ? trong _Waters_, and _Tabacco_,
Marke this.
FIT. _Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow_, &c.
POV. That's _Starch_! the _Diuells_ Idoll of that colour. 75
He ratifies it, with clapping of his hands.
The proofes are pregnant.
GVI. How the _Diuel_ can act!
POV. He is the Ma? ter of _Players_! Master _Guilt-head_,
And _Poets_, too! you heard him talke in rime!
I had forgot to ob? erue it to you, ere while! 80
TAY. See, he ? pits fire.
POV. O no, he plaies at _Figgum_,
The _Diuell_ is the Author of wicked _Figgum_--
_Sir_ Poule _interprets_ Figgum _to be a Iuglers game_.
MAN. Why ? peake you not vnto him?
WIT. If I had
All innocence of man to be indanger'd,
And he could ? aue, or ruine it: I'ld not breath 85
A ? yllable in reque? t, to ? uch a foole,
He makes him? elfe.
FIT. _O they whi? per, whi? per, whi? per.
Wee ? hall haue more, of Diuells a ? core,
To come to dinner, in mee the ? inner. _
EYT. Alas, poore Gentleman!
POV. Put 'hem a? under. 90
Keepe 'hem one from the other.
MAN. Are you phrenticke, Sir,
Or what graue dotage moues you, to take part
VVith so much villany? wee are not afraid
Either of law, or triall; let vs be
Examin'd what our ends were, what the meanes? 95
To worke by, and po? ? ibility of tho? e meanes.
Doe not conclude again? t vs, ere you heare vs.
POV. I will not heare you, yet I will conclude
Out of the circum? tances.
MAN. VVill you ? o, Sir?
POV. Yes, they are palpable:
MAN. Not as your folly: 100
POV. I will di? charge my con? cience, and doe all
To the _Meridian_ of Iu? tice:
GVI. You doe well, Sir.
FIT. _Prouide mee to eat, three or foure di? hes o' good meat,
I'll fea? t them, and their traines, a Iu? tice head and braines
Shall be the fir? t. _
POV. The _Diuell_ loues not Iu? tice, [169]
There you may ? ee.
FIT. _A ? pare-rib O' my wife, 106
And a whores purt'nance! a_ Guilt-head _whole_.
POV. Be not you troubled, Sir, the _Diuell_ ? peakes it.
FIT. _Yes, wis, Knight, ? hite, Poule, Ioule, owle, foule,
troule, boule. _
POV. _Crambe_, another of the _Diuell's_ games! 110
MER. Speake. Sir, ? ome _Greeke_, if you can. Is not the _Iu? tice_
A ? olemne game? ter?
EVE. Peace.
FIT. ? ? ? ? ? , ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
[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.
_and giue him ? oape to act with. _
MER. And act a little.
TAY. What do's he now, S^r.
POV. Shew
The taking of _Tabacco_, with which the _Diuell_
Is ? o delighted.
FIT. _Hum! _
POV. And calls for _Hum_.
You takers of ? trong _Waters_, and _Tabacco_,
Marke this.
FIT. _Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow_, &c.
POV. That's _Starch_! the _Diuells_ Idoll of that colour. 75
He ratifies it, with clapping of his hands.
The proofes are pregnant.
GVI. How the _Diuel_ can act!
POV. He is the Ma? ter of _Players_! Master _Guilt-head_,
And _Poets_, too! you heard him talke in rime!
I had forgot to ob? erue it to you, ere while! 80
TAY. See, he ? pits fire.
POV. O no, he plaies at _Figgum_,
The _Diuell_ is the Author of wicked _Figgum_--
_Sir_ Poule _interprets_ Figgum _to be a Iuglers game_.
MAN. Why ? peake you not vnto him?
WIT. If I had
All innocence of man to be indanger'd,
And he could ? aue, or ruine it: I'ld not breath 85
A ? yllable in reque? t, to ? uch a foole,
He makes him? elfe.
FIT. _O they whi? per, whi? per, whi? per.
Wee ? hall haue more, of Diuells a ? core,
To come to dinner, in mee the ? inner. _
EYT. Alas, poore Gentleman!
POV. Put 'hem a? under. 90
Keepe 'hem one from the other.
MAN. Are you phrenticke, Sir,
Or what graue dotage moues you, to take part
VVith so much villany? wee are not afraid
Either of law, or triall; let vs be
Examin'd what our ends were, what the meanes? 95
To worke by, and po? ? ibility of tho? e meanes.
Doe not conclude again? t vs, ere you heare vs.
POV. I will not heare you, yet I will conclude
Out of the circum? tances.
MAN. VVill you ? o, Sir?
POV. Yes, they are palpable:
MAN. Not as your folly: 100
POV. I will di? charge my con? cience, and doe all
To the _Meridian_ of Iu? tice:
GVI. You doe well, Sir.
FIT. _Prouide mee to eat, three or foure di? hes o' good meat,
I'll fea? t them, and their traines, a Iu? tice head and braines
Shall be the fir? t. _
POV. The _Diuell_ loues not Iu? tice, [169]
There you may ? ee.
FIT. _A ? pare-rib O' my wife, 106
And a whores purt'nance! a_ Guilt-head _whole_.
POV. Be not you troubled, Sir, the _Diuell_ ? peakes it.
FIT. _Yes, wis, Knight, ? hite, Poule, Ioule, owle, foule,
troule, boule. _
POV. _Crambe_, another of the _Diuell's_ games! 110
MER. Speake. Sir, ? ome _Greeke_, if you can. Is not the _Iu? tice_
A ? olemne game? ter?
EVE. Peace.
FIT. ? ? ? ? ? , ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
