] _Shews him
Fitzdottrel
coming out of his
house at a distance.
house at a distance.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
will not this doe, _Chiefe_?
INI. Nay, boy, I wil bring thee to the Bawds, and the Roy? ters,
At _Belins-gate_, fea? ting with claret-wine, and oy? ters,
From thence ? hoot the _Bridge_, childe, to the Cranes
i' the _Vintry_, 70
And ? ee, there the gimblets, how they make their entry!
Or, if thou had? t rather, to the _Strand_ downe to fall,
'Gain? t the Lawyers come dabled from _We? tmin? ter-hall_ [97]
And marke how they cling, with their clyents together,
Like Iuie to Oake; so Veluet to Leather: 75
Ha, boy, I would ? hew thee.
PVG. Rare, rare!
DIV. Peace, dotard,
And thou more ignorant thing, that ? o admir'? t.
Art thou the ? pirit thou ? eem'? t? ? o poore? to choo? e
This, for a _Vice_, t'aduance the cau? e of _Hell_,
Now? as Vice ? tands this pre? ent yeere? Remember, 80
What number it is. _Six hundred_ and _? ixteene_.
Had it but beene _fiue hundred_, though ? ome _? ixty_
Aboue; that's _fifty_ yeeres agone, and _? ix_,
(When euery great man had his _Vice_ ? tand by him,
In his long coat, ? haking his wooden dagger) 85
I could con? ent, that, then this your graue choice
Might haue done that with his Lord _Chiefe_, the which
Mo? t of his chamber can doe now. But _Pug_,
As the times are, who is it, will receiue you?
What company will you goe to? or whom mix with? 90
Where can? t thou carry him? except to Tauernes?
To mount vp ona joynt-? toole, with a _Iewes_-trumpe,
To put downe _Cokeley_, and that mu? t be to Citizens?
He ne're will be admitted, there, where _Vennor_ comes.
Hee may perchance, in taile of a Sheriffes dinner, 95
Skip with a rime o' the Table, from _New-nothing_,
And take his _Almaine_-leape into a cu? tard,
Shall make my Lad _Maiore? ? e_, and her ? i? ters,
Laugh all their hoods ouer their shoulders. But,
This is not that will doe, they are other things 100
That are receiu'd now vpon earth, for Vices;
Stranger, and newer: and chang'd euery houre.
They ride 'hem like their hor? es off their legges,
And here they come to _Hell_, whole legions of 'hem,
Euery weeke tyr'd. Wee, ? till ? triue to breed, 105
And reare 'hem vp new ones; but they doe not ? tand,
When they come there: they turne 'hem on our hands.
And it is fear'd they haue a ? tud o' their owne
Will put downe ours. Both our breed, and trade
VVill ? uddenly decay, if we preuent not. 110
Vnle? ? e it be a _Vice_ of quality,
Or fa? hion, now, they take none from vs. Car-men
Are got into the yellow ? tarch, and Chimney-? weepers
To their tabacco, and ? trong-waters, _Hum_,
_Meath_, and _Obarni_. VVe mu? t therefore ayme 115
At extraordinary ? ubtill ones, now,
When we doe ? end to keepe vs vp in credit.
Not old _Iniquities_. Get you e'ne backe, Sir,
To making of your rope of ? and againe.
You are not for the manners, nor the times: [98] 120
They haue their _Vices_, there, mo? t like to _Vertues_;
You cannnot know 'hem, apart, by any difference:
They weare the ? ame clothes, eate the ? ame meate,
Sleepe i' the ? elfe-? ame beds, rid i' tho? e coaches.
Or very like, foure hor? es in a coach, 125
As the be? t men and women. Ti? ? ue gownes,
Garters and ro? es, foure? core pound a paire,
Embroydred ? tockings, cut-worke ? mocks, and ? hirts,
More certaine marks of lechery, now, and pride,
Then ere they were of true nobility! 130
But _Pug_, ? ince you doe burne with ? uch de? ire
To doe the Common-wealth of Hell ? ome ? eruice;
I am content, a? ? uming of a body,
You goe to earth, and vi? it men, a day.
But you mu? t take a body ready made, _Pug_, 135
I can create you none: nor ? hall you forme
Your ? elfe an aery one, but become ? ubiect
To all impre? ? ion of the fle? h, you take,
So farre as humane frailty. So, this morning,
There is a hand? ome Cutpur? e hang'd at _Tiborne_, 140
Who? e ? pirit departed, you may enter his body:
For clothes imploy your credit, with the Hangman,
Or let our tribe of Brokers furni? h you.
And, looke, how farre your ? ubtilty can worke
Thorow tho? e organs, with that body, ? pye 145
Among? t mankind, (you cannot there want vices,
And therefore the le? ? e need to carry 'hem wi' you)
But as you make your ? oone at nights relation,
And we ? hall find, it merits from the State,
Your ? hall haue both tru? t from vs, and imployment. 150
PVG. Most gracious _Chiefe_!
DIV. Onely, thus more I bind you,
To ? erue the fir? t man that you meete; and him
I'le ? hew you, now: Obserue him. Yon' is hee,
_He ? hewes_ Fitz-dottrel _to him, comming forth_.
You ? hall ? ee, fir? t, after your clothing. Follow him:
But once engag'd, there you mu? t ? tay and fixe;
Not ? hift, vntill the midnights cocke doe crow.
PVG. Any conditions to be gone.
DIV. Away, then. 157
[110] SD. DIVELL] _Devil_, 1692 || _Satan_ 1716, W || DIVELL . . . ]
_Enter_ SATAN _and_ PUG. G
[111] 1 &c. om. G
[112] 9 entering G
[113] 10 Market 1641, 1692, 1716 || market W, G
[114] 11 Tottenham G
[115] 15 Housewive's 1716 || housewife's W, f.
[116] 23 with't W, G
[117] 24 i'] in G? || strength 1692, f.
[118] 30 employs W, G
[119] 33 enough 1692, f.
[120] 34 you 'ad 1716 you had W, G
[121] 38 there with 1692, f.
[122] 41 th'] thou G Why any, Fraud, 1716 Why any: Fraud, W, G
[123] 43 I'll . . . ] _Sat. _ I'll . . . W, G] _Enter_ INIQUITY. G
[124] 48 cheate] to cheat W [to] cheat G
[125] 57 Dance 1716 || dance 1641. W, G
[126] 69 _Billings-gate_ 1692 _Billingsgate_ 1716 Billingsgate
W Billinsgate G
[127] 76 thee. ] thee--G || DIV. ] Dev. 1692 || _Sat. _ 1716, f.
[128] 79 t'] to G
[129] 84 5 () om. G?
[130] 98 Lady 1692, 1716 lady W, G
[131] 101 Vices 1641, 1692, 1716, G vices W
[132] 103 'hem] 'em 1692, 1716, W passim them G?
[133] 106 'hem om. G stand,] stand; G
[134] 107 there:] there W there, G
[135] 116 subtle 1692, f.
[136] 120 manner G
[137] 128 Embrothered 1641 Embroider'd 1716, f. stockins 1641
[138] 130 [_Exit Iniq. _ G
[139] 137 airy 1692, f. passim
[140] 139 human W, G
[141] 140 _Tyburn_ 1692, f. passim
[142] 142 employ W, G
[143] 146, 7 () ret. G
[144] 147 wi'] with G?
[145] 150 employment W, G
[146] 151, 157 DIV. ] _Dev. _ 1692 _Sat. _ 1716, f.
[147] 153 now] new 1716
[148] 153 SN.
] _Shews him Fitzdottrel coming out of his
house at a distance. _ G
[149] 157 _Exeunt severally. _ G
ACT. I. SCENE. II.
FITZ-DOTTRELL.
I, they doe, now, name _Bretnor_, as before, [97]
They talk'd of _Gre? ham_, and of Doctor _Fore-man_,
_Francklin_, and _Fiske_, and _Sauory_ (he was in too)
But there's not one of the? e, that euer could
Yet ? hew a man the _Diuell_, in true ? ort. 5
They haue their chri? talls, I doe know, and rings,
And virgin parchment, and their dead-mens ? culls
Their rauens wings, their lights, and _pentacles_,
With _characters_; I ha' ? eene all the? e. But--
Would I might ? ee the _Diuell_. I would giue 10
A hundred o' the? e pictures, to ? ee him
Once out of picture. May I proue a cuckold,
(And that's the one maine mortall thing I feare)
If I beginne not, now, to thinke, the Painters
Haue onely made him. 'Slight, he would be ? eene, 15
One time or other el? e. He would not let
An ancient gentleman, of a good hou? e,
As mo? t are now in _England_, the _Fitz-Dottrel's_
Runne wilde, and call vpon him thus in vaine,
As I ha' done this twelue mone'th. If he be not, 20
At all, why, are there Coniurers? If they be not,
Why, are there lawes again? t 'hem? The be? t arti? ts
Of _Cambridge_, _Oxford_, _Middlesex_, and _London_,
_Essex_, and _Kent_, I haue had in pay to rai? e him,
The? e fifty weekes, and yet h'appeares not. 'Sdeath, 25
I ? hall ? u? pect, they, can make circles onely
Shortly, and know but his hard names. They doe ? ay,
H'will meet a man (of him? elfe) that has a mind to him.
If hee would ? o, I haue a minde and a halfe for him:
He ? hould not be long ab? ent. Pray thee, come 30
I long for thee. An' I were with child by him,
And my wife too; I could not more. Come, yet,
_He expre? ? es a longing to ? ee the Diuell_
Good _Beelezebub_. Were hee a kinde diuell,
And had humanity in him, hee would come, but
To ? aue ones longing. I ? hould v? e him well, 35
I ? weare, and with re? pect (would he would try mee)
Not, as the Conjurers doe, when they ha' rais'd him.
Get him in bonds, and ? end him po? t, on errands.
A thou? and miles, it is prepo? terous, that; [100]
And I beleeue, is the true cau? e he comes not. 40
And hee has rea? on. Who would be engag'd,
That might liue freely, as he may doe? I ? weare,
They are wrong all. The burn't child dreads the fire.
They doe not know to entertaine the _Diuell_.
I would ? o welcome him, ob? erue his diet, 45
Get him his chamber hung with _arras_, two of 'hem,
I' my own hou? e; lend him my wiues wrought pillowes:
And as I am an hone? t man, I thinke,
If he had a minde to her, too; I should grant him,
To make our friend-? hip perfect. So I would not 50
To euery man. If hee but heare me, now?
And ? hould come to mee in a braue young ? hape,
And take me at my word? ha! Who is this?
[150] SD. ACT. I. om. 1716, f. (as regularly, after SC. I. of each
act. ) ACT . . . ] SCENE II. _The street before Fitzdottrel's House.
Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[151] 12 picture, 1641
[152] 17 a] as W [as] G || good] good a G
[153] 21, 22 comma om. after 'why' and 'Why' 1692 f.
[154] 25 h'] he G
[155] 26 circle 1641
[156] 30 Prithee G
[157] 31 An'] an G
[158] 32 SN. _expresseth_ 1692, 1716, W || SN. om. G
ACT. I. SCENE. IIJ.
PVG. FITZ-DOTTRELL.
Sir, your good pardon, that I thus pre? ume
Vpon your priuacy. I am borne a Gentleman,
A younger brother; but, in ? ome di? grace,
Now, with my friends: and want ? ome little meanes,
To keepe me vpright, while things be reconcil'd. 5
Plea? e you, to let my ? eruice be of v? e to you, Sir.
FIT. Seruice? 'fore hell, my heart was at my mouth,
Till I had view'd his ? hooes well: for, tho? e ro? es
Were bigge inough to hide a clouen foote.
_Hee lookes and ? uruay's his feet: ouer and ouer. _
No, friend, my number's full. I haue one ? eruant, 10
Who is my all, indeed; and, from the broome
Vnto the bru? h: for, iu? 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 ?
INI. Nay, boy, I wil bring thee to the Bawds, and the Roy? ters,
At _Belins-gate_, fea? ting with claret-wine, and oy? ters,
From thence ? hoot the _Bridge_, childe, to the Cranes
i' the _Vintry_, 70
And ? ee, there the gimblets, how they make their entry!
Or, if thou had? t rather, to the _Strand_ downe to fall,
'Gain? t the Lawyers come dabled from _We? tmin? ter-hall_ [97]
And marke how they cling, with their clyents together,
Like Iuie to Oake; so Veluet to Leather: 75
Ha, boy, I would ? hew thee.
PVG. Rare, rare!
DIV. Peace, dotard,
And thou more ignorant thing, that ? o admir'? t.
Art thou the ? pirit thou ? eem'? t? ? o poore? to choo? e
This, for a _Vice_, t'aduance the cau? e of _Hell_,
Now? as Vice ? tands this pre? ent yeere? Remember, 80
What number it is. _Six hundred_ and _? ixteene_.
Had it but beene _fiue hundred_, though ? ome _? ixty_
Aboue; that's _fifty_ yeeres agone, and _? ix_,
(When euery great man had his _Vice_ ? tand by him,
In his long coat, ? haking his wooden dagger) 85
I could con? ent, that, then this your graue choice
Might haue done that with his Lord _Chiefe_, the which
Mo? t of his chamber can doe now. But _Pug_,
As the times are, who is it, will receiue you?
What company will you goe to? or whom mix with? 90
Where can? t thou carry him? except to Tauernes?
To mount vp ona joynt-? toole, with a _Iewes_-trumpe,
To put downe _Cokeley_, and that mu? t be to Citizens?
He ne're will be admitted, there, where _Vennor_ comes.
Hee may perchance, in taile of a Sheriffes dinner, 95
Skip with a rime o' the Table, from _New-nothing_,
And take his _Almaine_-leape into a cu? tard,
Shall make my Lad _Maiore? ? e_, and her ? i? ters,
Laugh all their hoods ouer their shoulders. But,
This is not that will doe, they are other things 100
That are receiu'd now vpon earth, for Vices;
Stranger, and newer: and chang'd euery houre.
They ride 'hem like their hor? es off their legges,
And here they come to _Hell_, whole legions of 'hem,
Euery weeke tyr'd. Wee, ? till ? triue to breed, 105
And reare 'hem vp new ones; but they doe not ? tand,
When they come there: they turne 'hem on our hands.
And it is fear'd they haue a ? tud o' their owne
Will put downe ours. Both our breed, and trade
VVill ? uddenly decay, if we preuent not. 110
Vnle? ? e it be a _Vice_ of quality,
Or fa? hion, now, they take none from vs. Car-men
Are got into the yellow ? tarch, and Chimney-? weepers
To their tabacco, and ? trong-waters, _Hum_,
_Meath_, and _Obarni_. VVe mu? t therefore ayme 115
At extraordinary ? ubtill ones, now,
When we doe ? end to keepe vs vp in credit.
Not old _Iniquities_. Get you e'ne backe, Sir,
To making of your rope of ? and againe.
You are not for the manners, nor the times: [98] 120
They haue their _Vices_, there, mo? t like to _Vertues_;
You cannnot know 'hem, apart, by any difference:
They weare the ? ame clothes, eate the ? ame meate,
Sleepe i' the ? elfe-? ame beds, rid i' tho? e coaches.
Or very like, foure hor? es in a coach, 125
As the be? t men and women. Ti? ? ue gownes,
Garters and ro? es, foure? core pound a paire,
Embroydred ? tockings, cut-worke ? mocks, and ? hirts,
More certaine marks of lechery, now, and pride,
Then ere they were of true nobility! 130
But _Pug_, ? ince you doe burne with ? uch de? ire
To doe the Common-wealth of Hell ? ome ? eruice;
I am content, a? ? uming of a body,
You goe to earth, and vi? it men, a day.
But you mu? t take a body ready made, _Pug_, 135
I can create you none: nor ? hall you forme
Your ? elfe an aery one, but become ? ubiect
To all impre? ? ion of the fle? h, you take,
So farre as humane frailty. So, this morning,
There is a hand? ome Cutpur? e hang'd at _Tiborne_, 140
Who? e ? pirit departed, you may enter his body:
For clothes imploy your credit, with the Hangman,
Or let our tribe of Brokers furni? h you.
And, looke, how farre your ? ubtilty can worke
Thorow tho? e organs, with that body, ? pye 145
Among? t mankind, (you cannot there want vices,
And therefore the le? ? e need to carry 'hem wi' you)
But as you make your ? oone at nights relation,
And we ? hall find, it merits from the State,
Your ? hall haue both tru? t from vs, and imployment. 150
PVG. Most gracious _Chiefe_!
DIV. Onely, thus more I bind you,
To ? erue the fir? t man that you meete; and him
I'le ? hew you, now: Obserue him. Yon' is hee,
_He ? hewes_ Fitz-dottrel _to him, comming forth_.
You ? hall ? ee, fir? t, after your clothing. Follow him:
But once engag'd, there you mu? t ? tay and fixe;
Not ? hift, vntill the midnights cocke doe crow.
PVG. Any conditions to be gone.
DIV. Away, then. 157
[110] SD. DIVELL] _Devil_, 1692 || _Satan_ 1716, W || DIVELL . . . ]
_Enter_ SATAN _and_ PUG. G
[111] 1 &c. om. G
[112] 9 entering G
[113] 10 Market 1641, 1692, 1716 || market W, G
[114] 11 Tottenham G
[115] 15 Housewive's 1716 || housewife's W, f.
[116] 23 with't W, G
[117] 24 i'] in G? || strength 1692, f.
[118] 30 employs W, G
[119] 33 enough 1692, f.
[120] 34 you 'ad 1716 you had W, G
[121] 38 there with 1692, f.
[122] 41 th'] thou G Why any, Fraud, 1716 Why any: Fraud, W, G
[123] 43 I'll . . . ] _Sat. _ I'll . . . W, G] _Enter_ INIQUITY. G
[124] 48 cheate] to cheat W [to] cheat G
[125] 57 Dance 1716 || dance 1641. W, G
[126] 69 _Billings-gate_ 1692 _Billingsgate_ 1716 Billingsgate
W Billinsgate G
[127] 76 thee. ] thee--G || DIV. ] Dev. 1692 || _Sat. _ 1716, f.
[128] 79 t'] to G
[129] 84 5 () om. G?
[130] 98 Lady 1692, 1716 lady W, G
[131] 101 Vices 1641, 1692, 1716, G vices W
[132] 103 'hem] 'em 1692, 1716, W passim them G?
[133] 106 'hem om. G stand,] stand; G
[134] 107 there:] there W there, G
[135] 116 subtle 1692, f.
[136] 120 manner G
[137] 128 Embrothered 1641 Embroider'd 1716, f. stockins 1641
[138] 130 [_Exit Iniq. _ G
[139] 137 airy 1692, f. passim
[140] 139 human W, G
[141] 140 _Tyburn_ 1692, f. passim
[142] 142 employ W, G
[143] 146, 7 () ret. G
[144] 147 wi'] with G?
[145] 150 employment W, G
[146] 151, 157 DIV. ] _Dev. _ 1692 _Sat. _ 1716, f.
[147] 153 now] new 1716
[148] 153 SN.
] _Shews him Fitzdottrel coming out of his
house at a distance. _ G
[149] 157 _Exeunt severally. _ G
ACT. I. SCENE. II.
FITZ-DOTTRELL.
I, they doe, now, name _Bretnor_, as before, [97]
They talk'd of _Gre? ham_, and of Doctor _Fore-man_,
_Francklin_, and _Fiske_, and _Sauory_ (he was in too)
But there's not one of the? e, that euer could
Yet ? hew a man the _Diuell_, in true ? ort. 5
They haue their chri? talls, I doe know, and rings,
And virgin parchment, and their dead-mens ? culls
Their rauens wings, their lights, and _pentacles_,
With _characters_; I ha' ? eene all the? e. But--
Would I might ? ee the _Diuell_. I would giue 10
A hundred o' the? e pictures, to ? ee him
Once out of picture. May I proue a cuckold,
(And that's the one maine mortall thing I feare)
If I beginne not, now, to thinke, the Painters
Haue onely made him. 'Slight, he would be ? eene, 15
One time or other el? e. He would not let
An ancient gentleman, of a good hou? e,
As mo? t are now in _England_, the _Fitz-Dottrel's_
Runne wilde, and call vpon him thus in vaine,
As I ha' done this twelue mone'th. If he be not, 20
At all, why, are there Coniurers? If they be not,
Why, are there lawes again? t 'hem? The be? t arti? ts
Of _Cambridge_, _Oxford_, _Middlesex_, and _London_,
_Essex_, and _Kent_, I haue had in pay to rai? e him,
The? e fifty weekes, and yet h'appeares not. 'Sdeath, 25
I ? hall ? u? pect, they, can make circles onely
Shortly, and know but his hard names. They doe ? ay,
H'will meet a man (of him? elfe) that has a mind to him.
If hee would ? o, I haue a minde and a halfe for him:
He ? hould not be long ab? ent. Pray thee, come 30
I long for thee. An' I were with child by him,
And my wife too; I could not more. Come, yet,
_He expre? ? es a longing to ? ee the Diuell_
Good _Beelezebub_. Were hee a kinde diuell,
And had humanity in him, hee would come, but
To ? aue ones longing. I ? hould v? e him well, 35
I ? weare, and with re? pect (would he would try mee)
Not, as the Conjurers doe, when they ha' rais'd him.
Get him in bonds, and ? end him po? t, on errands.
A thou? and miles, it is prepo? terous, that; [100]
And I beleeue, is the true cau? e he comes not. 40
And hee has rea? on. Who would be engag'd,
That might liue freely, as he may doe? I ? weare,
They are wrong all. The burn't child dreads the fire.
They doe not know to entertaine the _Diuell_.
I would ? o welcome him, ob? erue his diet, 45
Get him his chamber hung with _arras_, two of 'hem,
I' my own hou? e; lend him my wiues wrought pillowes:
And as I am an hone? t man, I thinke,
If he had a minde to her, too; I should grant him,
To make our friend-? hip perfect. So I would not 50
To euery man. If hee but heare me, now?
And ? hould come to mee in a braue young ? hape,
And take me at my word? ha! Who is this?
[150] SD. ACT. I. om. 1716, f. (as regularly, after SC. I. of each
act. ) ACT . . . ] SCENE II. _The street before Fitzdottrel's House.
Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[151] 12 picture, 1641
[152] 17 a] as W [as] G || good] good a G
[153] 21, 22 comma om. after 'why' and 'Why' 1692 f.
[154] 25 h'] he G
[155] 26 circle 1641
[156] 30 Prithee G
[157] 31 An'] an G
[158] 32 SN. _expresseth_ 1692, 1716, W || SN. om. G
ACT. I. SCENE. IIJ.
PVG. FITZ-DOTTRELL.
Sir, your good pardon, that I thus pre? ume
Vpon your priuacy. I am borne a Gentleman,
A younger brother; but, in ? ome di? grace,
Now, with my friends: and want ? ome little meanes,
To keepe me vpright, while things be reconcil'd. 5
Plea? e you, to let my ? eruice be of v? e to you, Sir.
FIT. Seruice? 'fore hell, my heart was at my mouth,
Till I had view'd his ? hooes well: for, tho? e ro? es
Were bigge inough to hide a clouen foote.
_Hee lookes and ? uruay's his feet: ouer and ouer. _
No, friend, my number's full. I haue one ? eruant, 10
Who is my all, indeed; and, from the broome
Vnto the bru? h: for, iu? 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 ?
