uch a one Sir, I will leaue you 10
To your _God fathers_ in Law.
To your _God fathers_ in Law.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
_A Room in_ Fitzdottrel's _House.
Enter_ MEERCRAFT, FITZDOTTREL, _and_ EVERILL. G
[762] 2 Roll 1692, 1716 roll W, G
[763] 9 SN. om. G
[764] 11 gave G
[765] 13 estate 1641
[766] 18 shapes--G
[767] 27 could not pity W could [not] pity G
ACT. V. SCENE. IV.
MERE-CRAFT, &c. _to them_. GVILT-HEAD.
SLEDGE. PLVTARCHVS. SERIEANTS.
_Gvilt-head_ What newes?
FIT. O Sir, my hundred peices:
Let me ha' them yet.
Fitz-dottrel _a? kes for his money_.
GVI. Yes Sir, officers
Arre? t him.
FIT. Me?
SER. I arre? t you.
SLE. Keepe the peace,
I charge you gentlemen.
FIT. Arre? t me? Why?
GVI. For better ? ecurity, Sir. My ? onne _Plutarchus_ 5
A? ? ures me, y'are not worth a groat.
PLV. Pardon me, _Father_,
I said his wor? hip had no foote of Land left:
And that I'll iu? tifie, for I writ the deed.
FIT. Ha' you the? e tricks i' the citty?
GVI. Yes, and more.
Arre? t this gallant too, here, at my ? uite. 10
_Meaning_ Mere-craft.
SLE. I, and at mine. He owes me for his lodging
Two yeere and a quarter.
MER. Why M. _Guilt-head_, Land-Lord,
Thou art not mad, though th'art _Constable_
Puft vp with th' pride of the place? Do you heare, Sirs.
Haue I de? eru'd this from you two? for all 15
My paines at _Court_, to get you each a patent.
GVI. For what?
MER. Vpo' my proiect o' the _forkes_,
SLE. _Forkes? _ what be they? [162]
_The_ Project _of forks_.
MER. The laudable v? e of forkes,
Brought into cu? tome here, as they are in _Italy_,
To th' ? paring o' _Napkins_. That, that ? hould haue made 20
Your bellowes goe at the forge, as his at the fornace.
I ha' procur'd it, ha' the Signet for it,
Dealt with the _Linnen-drapers_, on my priuate,
By cause, I fear'd, they were the likelye? t euer
To ? tirre again? t, to cro? ? e it; for 'twill be 25
A mighty ? auer of _Linnen_ through the kingdome
(As that is one o' my grounds, and to ? pare wa? hing)
Now, on you two, had I layd all the profits.
_Guilt-head_ to haue the making of all tho? e
Of gold and ? iluer, for the better per? onages; 30
And you, of tho? e of _Steele_ for the common ? ort.
And both by _Pattent_, I had brought you your ? eales in.
But now you haue preuented me, and I thanke you.
Sledge _is brought about_.
SLE. Sir, I will bayle you, at mine owne ap-perill.
MER. Nay choo? e.
PLV. Do you ? o too, good Father. 35
_And_ Guilt-head _comes_.
GVI. I like the fa? hion o' the proiect, well,
The forkes! It may be a lucky one! and is not
Intricate, as one would ? ay, but fit for
Plaine heads, as ours, to deale in. Do you heare
_Officers_, we di? charge you.
MER. Why this ? hewes 40
A little good nature in you, I confe? ? e,
But do not tempt your friends thus. Little _Guilt-head_,
Adui? e your ? ire, great _Guilt-head_ from the? e cour? es:
And, here, to trouble a great man in reuer? ion,
For a matter o' fifty on a fal? e _Alarme_, 45
Away, it ? hewes not well. Let him get the pieces
And bring 'hem. Yo'll heare more el? e.
PLV. _Father. _
[768] SD. MERE. . . . _them_] _To them. _ Mere-craft &c. 1692
MERE-CRAFT, &c. om. 1716. W
[769] ACT. . . . ] _Enter_ GILTHEAD, PLUTARCHUS, SLEDGE, _and_ Serjeants. G
[770] 2 SN. om. G
[771] 3 SER. ] I _Serj. _ G
[772] 6 y'] you W, G
[773] 10 SN. ] [_Points to Meercraft. _ G
[774] 13 th'] thou W, G
[775] 18 SN. om. G
[776] 23, 4 private Bie, 'cause 1692, 1716 private, Because W, G
[777] 27 to] so 1641
[778] 33, 5 SN. om. G
[779] 37, 8 Not intricate (l. 38) G
[780] 40 you. [_Exeunt Serjeants. _ G
[781] 45 on] in W, G
[782] 47 You'll 1692, 1716 You'll W || _Exeunt Gilt. and Plut.
Enter_ AMBLER, _dragging in_ PUG. G
ACT. V. SCENE. V.
AMBLER. {_To them. _
O Ma? ter _Sledge_, are you here? I ha' been to ? eeke you.
You are the _Con? table_, they ? ay. Here's one
That I do charge with _Felony_, for the ? uite
He weares, Sir.
MER. Who? M. _Fitz-Dottrels_ man?
Ware what you do, M. _Ambler_.
AMB. Sir, the? e clothes 5
I'll ? weare, are mine: and the ? hooes the gentlewomans
I told you of: and ha' him afore a _Iu? tice_, [163]
I will.
PVG. My ma? ter, Sir, will pa? ? e his word for me.
AMB. O, can you ? peake to purpo? e now?
FIT. Not I,
If you be ?
uch a one Sir, I will leaue you 10
To your _God fathers_ in Law. Let twelue men worke.
Fitz-dottrel _di? claimes him_.
PVG. Do you heare Sir, pray, in priuate.
FIT. well, what ? ay you?
Briefe, for I haue no time to loo? e.
PVG. Truth is, Sir,
I am the very _Diuell_, and had leaue
To take this body, I am in, to ? erue you; 15
Which was a _Cutpur? es_, and hang'd this Morning.
And it is likewi? e true, I ? tole this ? uite
To cloth me with. But Sir let me not goe
To pri? on for it. I haue hitherto
Lo? t time, done nothing; ? howne, indeed, no part 20
O' my _Diuels_ nature. Now, I will ? o helpe
Your malice, 'gainst the? e parties; ? o aduance
The bu? ine? ? e, that you haue in hand of _witchcraft_,
And your _po? ? e? ? ion_, as my ? elfe were in you.
Teach you ? uch tricks, to make your belly ? well, 25
And your eyes turne, to foame, to ? tare, to gna? h
Your teeth together, and to beate your ? elfe,
Laugh loud, and faine ? ix voices--
FIT. Out you Rogue!
You mo? t infernall counterfeit wretch! Auant!
Do you thinke to gull me with your _AE? ops Fables_? 30
Here take him to you, I ha' no part in him.
PVG. Sir.
FIT. Away, I do di? claime, I will not heare you.
_And ? ends him away. _
MER. What ? aid he to you, Sir?
FIT. Like a lying raskall
Told me he was the _Diuel_.
MER. How! a good ie? t!
FIT. And that he would teach me, ? uch fine _diuels_ tricks 35
For our new re? olution.
EVE. O' pox on him,
'Twas excellent wi? ely done, Sir, not to tru? t him.
Mere-craft _giues the instructions to him and the re? t_.
MER. Why, if he were the Diuel, we ? ha' not need him,
If you'll be rul'd. Goe throw your ? elfe on a bed, Sir,
And faine you ill. Wee'll not be ? eene wi' you, 40
Till after, that you haue a fit: and all
Confirm'd within. Keepe you with the two _Ladies_
And per? wade them. I'll to _Iu? tice Either-? ide_,
And po? ? e? ? e him with all. _Traines_ ? hall ? eeke out _Ingine_,
And they two fill the towne with't, euery cable 45
Is to be veer'd. We mu? t employ out all
Our _emi? ? aries_ now; Sir, I will ? end you
_Bladders_ and _Bellowes_. Sir, be confident,
'Tis no hard thing t'out doe the _Deuill_ in:
A Boy o' thirteene yeere old made him an _A? ? e_ 50
But t'toher day.
FIT. Well, I'll beginne to practice;
And ? cape the imputation of being _Cuckold_,
By mine owne act.
MER. yo' are right.
EVE. Come, you ha' put
Your ? elfe to a ? imple coyle here, and your freinds, [164]
By dealing with new _Agents_, in new plots. 55
MER. No more o' that, ? weet cou? in.
EVE. What had you
To doe with this ? ame _Wittipol_, for a _Lady_?
MER. Que? tion not that: 'tis done.
EVE. You had ? ome ? traine
'Boue E-_la_?
MER. I had indeed.
EVE. And, now, you crack for't.
MER. Do not vpbraid me.
EVE. Come, you mu? t be told on't; 60
You are ? o couetous, ? till, to embrace
More then you can, that you loo? e all.
MER. 'Tis right.
What would you more, then Guilty? Now, your ? uccours.
[783] SD. om. G
[784] 5 _Ambler. Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[785] 11 SN. om. G
[786] 12 private. [_Takes him aside. _ G
[787] 28 loud] round 1716
[788] 32 SN. ] [_Exit Sledge with Pug. _ G
[789] 36 O'] O W O, G
[790] 37 SN. om. G
[791] 42 [_to Everill. _ G
[792] 43 I will G
[793] 45 two] to 1641
[794] 46 imploy 1641
[795] 49 t' ret. G
[796] 51 t'tother 1692 t'other 1716. f.
[797] 53 You're 1716, W right. || [_Exit Fitz. _ G
[798] 61 imbrace 1641
[799] 63 [_Exeunt. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VJ.
SHAKLES. PVG. INIQUITY. DIVEL.
Pug _is brought to_ New-gate.
Here you are lodg'd, Sir, you mu? t ? end your garni? h,
If you'll be priuat.
PVG. There it is, Sir, leaue me.
To _New-gate_, brought? How is the name of _Deuill_
Di? credited in me! What a lo? t fiend
Shall I be, on returne? My _Cheife_ will roare 5
In triumph, now, that I haue beene on earth,
A day, and done no noted thing, but brought
That body back here, was hang'd out this morning.
Well! would it once were midnight, that I knew
My vtmo? t. I thinke Time be drunke, and ? leepes; 10
He is ? o ? till, and moues not! I doe glory
Now i' my torment. Neither can I expect it,
I haue it with my fact.
_Enter_ Iniquity _the_ Vice.
INI. _Child_ of hell, be thou merry:
Put a looke on, as round, boy, and red as a cherry.
Ca? t care at thy po? ternes; and firke i' thy fetters, 15
They are ornaments, _Baby_, haue graced thy betters:
Looke vpon me, and hearken. Our _Cheife_ doth ? alute thee,
And lea? t the coldyron ?
Enter_ MEERCRAFT, FITZDOTTREL, _and_ EVERILL. G
[762] 2 Roll 1692, 1716 roll W, G
[763] 9 SN. om. G
[764] 11 gave G
[765] 13 estate 1641
[766] 18 shapes--G
[767] 27 could not pity W could [not] pity G
ACT. V. SCENE. IV.
MERE-CRAFT, &c. _to them_. GVILT-HEAD.
SLEDGE. PLVTARCHVS. SERIEANTS.
_Gvilt-head_ What newes?
FIT. O Sir, my hundred peices:
Let me ha' them yet.
Fitz-dottrel _a? kes for his money_.
GVI. Yes Sir, officers
Arre? t him.
FIT. Me?
SER. I arre? t you.
SLE. Keepe the peace,
I charge you gentlemen.
FIT. Arre? t me? Why?
GVI. For better ? ecurity, Sir. My ? onne _Plutarchus_ 5
A? ? ures me, y'are not worth a groat.
PLV. Pardon me, _Father_,
I said his wor? hip had no foote of Land left:
And that I'll iu? tifie, for I writ the deed.
FIT. Ha' you the? e tricks i' the citty?
GVI. Yes, and more.
Arre? t this gallant too, here, at my ? uite. 10
_Meaning_ Mere-craft.
SLE. I, and at mine. He owes me for his lodging
Two yeere and a quarter.
MER. Why M. _Guilt-head_, Land-Lord,
Thou art not mad, though th'art _Constable_
Puft vp with th' pride of the place? Do you heare, Sirs.
Haue I de? eru'd this from you two? for all 15
My paines at _Court_, to get you each a patent.
GVI. For what?
MER. Vpo' my proiect o' the _forkes_,
SLE. _Forkes? _ what be they? [162]
_The_ Project _of forks_.
MER. The laudable v? e of forkes,
Brought into cu? tome here, as they are in _Italy_,
To th' ? paring o' _Napkins_. That, that ? hould haue made 20
Your bellowes goe at the forge, as his at the fornace.
I ha' procur'd it, ha' the Signet for it,
Dealt with the _Linnen-drapers_, on my priuate,
By cause, I fear'd, they were the likelye? t euer
To ? tirre again? t, to cro? ? e it; for 'twill be 25
A mighty ? auer of _Linnen_ through the kingdome
(As that is one o' my grounds, and to ? pare wa? hing)
Now, on you two, had I layd all the profits.
_Guilt-head_ to haue the making of all tho? e
Of gold and ? iluer, for the better per? onages; 30
And you, of tho? e of _Steele_ for the common ? ort.
And both by _Pattent_, I had brought you your ? eales in.
But now you haue preuented me, and I thanke you.
Sledge _is brought about_.
SLE. Sir, I will bayle you, at mine owne ap-perill.
MER. Nay choo? e.
PLV. Do you ? o too, good Father. 35
_And_ Guilt-head _comes_.
GVI. I like the fa? hion o' the proiect, well,
The forkes! It may be a lucky one! and is not
Intricate, as one would ? ay, but fit for
Plaine heads, as ours, to deale in. Do you heare
_Officers_, we di? charge you.
MER. Why this ? hewes 40
A little good nature in you, I confe? ? e,
But do not tempt your friends thus. Little _Guilt-head_,
Adui? e your ? ire, great _Guilt-head_ from the? e cour? es:
And, here, to trouble a great man in reuer? ion,
For a matter o' fifty on a fal? e _Alarme_, 45
Away, it ? hewes not well. Let him get the pieces
And bring 'hem. Yo'll heare more el? e.
PLV. _Father. _
[768] SD. MERE. . . . _them_] _To them. _ Mere-craft &c. 1692
MERE-CRAFT, &c. om. 1716. W
[769] ACT. . . . ] _Enter_ GILTHEAD, PLUTARCHUS, SLEDGE, _and_ Serjeants. G
[770] 2 SN. om. G
[771] 3 SER. ] I _Serj. _ G
[772] 6 y'] you W, G
[773] 10 SN. ] [_Points to Meercraft. _ G
[774] 13 th'] thou W, G
[775] 18 SN. om. G
[776] 23, 4 private Bie, 'cause 1692, 1716 private, Because W, G
[777] 27 to] so 1641
[778] 33, 5 SN. om. G
[779] 37, 8 Not intricate (l. 38) G
[780] 40 you. [_Exeunt Serjeants. _ G
[781] 45 on] in W, G
[782] 47 You'll 1692, 1716 You'll W || _Exeunt Gilt. and Plut.
Enter_ AMBLER, _dragging in_ PUG. G
ACT. V. SCENE. V.
AMBLER. {_To them. _
O Ma? ter _Sledge_, are you here? I ha' been to ? eeke you.
You are the _Con? table_, they ? ay. Here's one
That I do charge with _Felony_, for the ? uite
He weares, Sir.
MER. Who? M. _Fitz-Dottrels_ man?
Ware what you do, M. _Ambler_.
AMB. Sir, the? e clothes 5
I'll ? weare, are mine: and the ? hooes the gentlewomans
I told you of: and ha' him afore a _Iu? tice_, [163]
I will.
PVG. My ma? ter, Sir, will pa? ? e his word for me.
AMB. O, can you ? peake to purpo? e now?
FIT. Not I,
If you be ?
uch a one Sir, I will leaue you 10
To your _God fathers_ in Law. Let twelue men worke.
Fitz-dottrel _di? claimes him_.
PVG. Do you heare Sir, pray, in priuate.
FIT. well, what ? ay you?
Briefe, for I haue no time to loo? e.
PVG. Truth is, Sir,
I am the very _Diuell_, and had leaue
To take this body, I am in, to ? erue you; 15
Which was a _Cutpur? es_, and hang'd this Morning.
And it is likewi? e true, I ? tole this ? uite
To cloth me with. But Sir let me not goe
To pri? on for it. I haue hitherto
Lo? t time, done nothing; ? howne, indeed, no part 20
O' my _Diuels_ nature. Now, I will ? o helpe
Your malice, 'gainst the? e parties; ? o aduance
The bu? ine? ? e, that you haue in hand of _witchcraft_,
And your _po? ? e? ? ion_, as my ? elfe were in you.
Teach you ? uch tricks, to make your belly ? well, 25
And your eyes turne, to foame, to ? tare, to gna? h
Your teeth together, and to beate your ? elfe,
Laugh loud, and faine ? ix voices--
FIT. Out you Rogue!
You mo? t infernall counterfeit wretch! Auant!
Do you thinke to gull me with your _AE? ops Fables_? 30
Here take him to you, I ha' no part in him.
PVG. Sir.
FIT. Away, I do di? claime, I will not heare you.
_And ? ends him away. _
MER. What ? aid he to you, Sir?
FIT. Like a lying raskall
Told me he was the _Diuel_.
MER. How! a good ie? t!
FIT. And that he would teach me, ? uch fine _diuels_ tricks 35
For our new re? olution.
EVE. O' pox on him,
'Twas excellent wi? ely done, Sir, not to tru? t him.
Mere-craft _giues the instructions to him and the re? t_.
MER. Why, if he were the Diuel, we ? ha' not need him,
If you'll be rul'd. Goe throw your ? elfe on a bed, Sir,
And faine you ill. Wee'll not be ? eene wi' you, 40
Till after, that you haue a fit: and all
Confirm'd within. Keepe you with the two _Ladies_
And per? wade them. I'll to _Iu? tice Either-? ide_,
And po? ? e? ? e him with all. _Traines_ ? hall ? eeke out _Ingine_,
And they two fill the towne with't, euery cable 45
Is to be veer'd. We mu? t employ out all
Our _emi? ? aries_ now; Sir, I will ? end you
_Bladders_ and _Bellowes_. Sir, be confident,
'Tis no hard thing t'out doe the _Deuill_ in:
A Boy o' thirteene yeere old made him an _A? ? e_ 50
But t'toher day.
FIT. Well, I'll beginne to practice;
And ? cape the imputation of being _Cuckold_,
By mine owne act.
MER. yo' are right.
EVE. Come, you ha' put
Your ? elfe to a ? imple coyle here, and your freinds, [164]
By dealing with new _Agents_, in new plots. 55
MER. No more o' that, ? weet cou? in.
EVE. What had you
To doe with this ? ame _Wittipol_, for a _Lady_?
MER. Que? tion not that: 'tis done.
EVE. You had ? ome ? traine
'Boue E-_la_?
MER. I had indeed.
EVE. And, now, you crack for't.
MER. Do not vpbraid me.
EVE. Come, you mu? t be told on't; 60
You are ? o couetous, ? till, to embrace
More then you can, that you loo? e all.
MER. 'Tis right.
What would you more, then Guilty? Now, your ? uccours.
[783] SD. om. G
[784] 5 _Ambler. Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[785] 11 SN. om. G
[786] 12 private. [_Takes him aside. _ G
[787] 28 loud] round 1716
[788] 32 SN. ] [_Exit Sledge with Pug. _ G
[789] 36 O'] O W O, G
[790] 37 SN. om. G
[791] 42 [_to Everill. _ G
[792] 43 I will G
[793] 45 two] to 1641
[794] 46 imploy 1641
[795] 49 t' ret. G
[796] 51 t'tother 1692 t'other 1716. f.
[797] 53 You're 1716, W right. || [_Exit Fitz. _ G
[798] 61 imbrace 1641
[799] 63 [_Exeunt. _ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VJ.
SHAKLES. PVG. INIQUITY. DIVEL.
Pug _is brought to_ New-gate.
Here you are lodg'd, Sir, you mu? t ? end your garni? h,
If you'll be priuat.
PVG. There it is, Sir, leaue me.
To _New-gate_, brought? How is the name of _Deuill_
Di? credited in me! What a lo? t fiend
Shall I be, on returne? My _Cheife_ will roare 5
In triumph, now, that I haue beene on earth,
A day, and done no noted thing, but brought
That body back here, was hang'd out this morning.
Well! would it once were midnight, that I knew
My vtmo? t. I thinke Time be drunke, and ? leepes; 10
He is ? o ? till, and moues not! I doe glory
Now i' my torment. Neither can I expect it,
I haue it with my fact.
_Enter_ Iniquity _the_ Vice.
INI. _Child_ of hell, be thou merry:
Put a looke on, as round, boy, and red as a cherry.
Ca? t care at thy po? ternes; and firke i' thy fetters, 15
They are ornaments, _Baby_, haue graced thy betters:
Looke vpon me, and hearken. Our _Cheife_ doth ? alute thee,
And lea? t the coldyron ?
