_ G
[179] 19 _Broker_ 1692, 1716 broker W
[180] 20 on 1641, f.
[179] 19 _Broker_ 1692, 1716 broker W
[180] 20 on 1641, f.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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.
[177] SD. ACT. . . . ] _Enter, behind_, ENGINE, _with a cloke on his
arm_, WITTIPOL, _and_ MANLY. G
[178] 5 [_Engine goes to Fitzdottrel and takes him aside.
_ G
[179] 19 _Broker_ 1692, 1716 broker W
[180] 20 on 1641, f.
[181] 28 Marry 1692, f.
[182] 32 whether 1716
[183] 36 SN. 'say] say 1641, f. SN. om. G
[184] 37 _Fitz. _ [_after saying on the cloke. _] G
[185] 42 prettily 1641. f.
[186] 44 I', had] I'd 1716 I had W, G gi't] give it G
[187] 48 upon 1716, f.
[188] 50 _Cain_ 1692 _Cane_ 1716
[189] 51 with him] with W
[190] 53 too. [_comes forward. _] G SN. om. G
[191] 60 venturer G
[192] 62 You G?
[193] 70 comma om. after 'selfe' 1692, f. to W, G
[194] 80 SN. _Hee_ om. G
[195] 82 is om. 1641
[196] 85 may W, G
[197] 88 phant'sie W phantasy G o'ret. G
[198] 99 comma om. W, G
[199] 102 [_Opens the door of his house. _ G
[200] 103 b'w'] be wi' G
[201] 108 this om. 1641
[202] 109 [_They all enter the house. _ G
ACT. I. SCENE. V.
VVITTIPOL. MANLY.
_Ingine_, you hope o' your halfe piece? 'Tis there, Sir.
Be gone. Friend _Manly_, who's within here? fixed?
Wittipol _knocks his friend o' the bre? t_.
MAN. I am directly in a fit of wonder
What'll be the i? ? ue of this conference!
WIT. For that, ne'r vex your ? elfe, till the euent. 5
How like yo' him?
MAN. I would faine ? ee more of him.
WIT. What thinke you of this?
MAN. I am pa? t degrees of thinking.
Old _Africk_, and the new _America_,
With all their fruite of Mon? ters cannot ? hew
So iu? t a prodigie.
WIT. Could you haue beleeu'd, 10
Without your ? ight, a minde ? o ? ordide inward,
Should be ? o ? pecious, and layd forth abroad,
To all the ? hew, that euer ? hop, or ware was?
MAN. I beleeue any thing now, though I confe? ? e
His _Vices_ are the mo? t extremities 15
I euer knew in nature. But, why loues hee
The _Diuell_ ? o?
WIT. O S^r! for hidden trea? ure,
Hee hopes to finde: and has propos'd him? elfe
So infinite a Ma? ? e, as to recouer,
He cares not what he parts with, of the pre? ent, 20
To his men of Art, who are the race, may coyne him.
Promi? e gold-mountaines, and the couetous
Are ? till mo? t prodigall.
MAN. But ha' you faith,
That he will hold his bargaine?
WIT. O deare, Sir!
He will not off on't. Feare him not. I know him. 25
One ba? ene? ? e ? till accompanies another.
See! he is heere already, and his wife too.
MAN. A wondrous hand? ome creature, as I liue!
[203] SD. ACT. . . . ] om. SCENE III. _A Room in_ FITZDOTTREL'S _House_.
_Enter_ WITTIPOL, MANLY, _and_ ENGINE. G
[204] 2 SN. ] gone. [_Exit Engine. _] || fixed! [_knocks him on the
breast. _ G
[205] 4 'll] will G
ACT. I. SCENE. VI. [105]
FITZ-DOTTRELL. Mi? tre? ? e FITZ-DOTTRELL.
WITTIPOL. MANLY.
Come wife, this is the Gentleman. Nay, blu? h not.
M^rs. FI. Why, what do you meane Sir? ha' you your rea? on?
FIT. Wife,
I do not know, that I haue lent it forth
To any one; at lea? t, without a pawne, wife:
Or that I'haue eat or drunke the thing, of late, 5
That ? hould corrupt it. Wherefore gentle wife,
Obey, it is thy vertue: hold no acts
Of di? putation.
M^rs. FI. Are you not enough
The talke, of fea? ts, and meetingy, but you'll ? till
Make argument for fre? h?
FIT. Why, carefull wedlocke, 10
If I haue haue a longing to haue one tale more
Goe of mee, what is that to thee, deare heart?
Why ? hould? t thou enuy my delight? or cro? ? e it?
By being ? olicitous, when it not concernes thee?
M^rs. FI. Yes, I haue ? hare in this. The ? corne will fall 15
As bittterly on me, where both are laught at.
FIT. Laught at, ? weet bird? is that the ? cruple? Come, come,
Thou art a _Niai? e_.
_A_ Niai? e _is a young Hawke, tane crying out of the ne? t. _
Which of your great hou? es,
(I will not meane at home, here, but abroad)
Your families in _France_, wife, ? end not forth 20
Something, within the ? euen yeere, may be laught at?
I doe not ? ay ? euen moneths, nor ? euen weekes,
Nor ? euen daies, nor houres: but ? euen yeere wife.
I giue 'hem time. Once, within ? euen yeere,
I thinke they may doe ? omething may be laught at. 25
In _France_, I keepe me there, ? till. Wherefore, wife,
Let them that li? t, laugh ? till, rather then weepe
For me; Heere is a cloake co? t fifty pound, wife,
Which I can ? ell for thirty, when I ha' ? eene
All _London_ in't, and _London_ has ? eene mee. 30
To day, I goe to the _Black-fryers Play-hou? e_,
Sit ithe view, ? alute all my acquaintance,
Ri?
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.
[177] SD. ACT. . . . ] _Enter, behind_, ENGINE, _with a cloke on his
arm_, WITTIPOL, _and_ MANLY. G
[178] 5 [_Engine goes to Fitzdottrel and takes him aside.
_ G
[179] 19 _Broker_ 1692, 1716 broker W
[180] 20 on 1641, f.
[181] 28 Marry 1692, f.
[182] 32 whether 1716
[183] 36 SN. 'say] say 1641, f. SN. om. G
[184] 37 _Fitz. _ [_after saying on the cloke. _] G
[185] 42 prettily 1641. f.
[186] 44 I', had] I'd 1716 I had W, G gi't] give it G
[187] 48 upon 1716, f.
[188] 50 _Cain_ 1692 _Cane_ 1716
[189] 51 with him] with W
[190] 53 too. [_comes forward. _] G SN. om. G
[191] 60 venturer G
[192] 62 You G?
[193] 70 comma om. after 'selfe' 1692, f. to W, G
[194] 80 SN. _Hee_ om. G
[195] 82 is om. 1641
[196] 85 may W, G
[197] 88 phant'sie W phantasy G o'ret. G
[198] 99 comma om. W, G
[199] 102 [_Opens the door of his house. _ G
[200] 103 b'w'] be wi' G
[201] 108 this om. 1641
[202] 109 [_They all enter the house. _ G
ACT. I. SCENE. V.
VVITTIPOL. MANLY.
_Ingine_, you hope o' your halfe piece? 'Tis there, Sir.
Be gone. Friend _Manly_, who's within here? fixed?
Wittipol _knocks his friend o' the bre? t_.
MAN. I am directly in a fit of wonder
What'll be the i? ? ue of this conference!
WIT. For that, ne'r vex your ? elfe, till the euent. 5
How like yo' him?
MAN. I would faine ? ee more of him.
WIT. What thinke you of this?
MAN. I am pa? t degrees of thinking.
Old _Africk_, and the new _America_,
With all their fruite of Mon? ters cannot ? hew
So iu? t a prodigie.
WIT. Could you haue beleeu'd, 10
Without your ? ight, a minde ? o ? ordide inward,
Should be ? o ? pecious, and layd forth abroad,
To all the ? hew, that euer ? hop, or ware was?
MAN. I beleeue any thing now, though I confe? ? e
His _Vices_ are the mo? t extremities 15
I euer knew in nature. But, why loues hee
The _Diuell_ ? o?
WIT. O S^r! for hidden trea? ure,
Hee hopes to finde: and has propos'd him? elfe
So infinite a Ma? ? e, as to recouer,
He cares not what he parts with, of the pre? ent, 20
To his men of Art, who are the race, may coyne him.
Promi? e gold-mountaines, and the couetous
Are ? till mo? t prodigall.
MAN. But ha' you faith,
That he will hold his bargaine?
WIT. O deare, Sir!
He will not off on't. Feare him not. I know him. 25
One ba? ene? ? e ? till accompanies another.
See! he is heere already, and his wife too.
MAN. A wondrous hand? ome creature, as I liue!
[203] SD. ACT. . . . ] om. SCENE III. _A Room in_ FITZDOTTREL'S _House_.
_Enter_ WITTIPOL, MANLY, _and_ ENGINE. G
[204] 2 SN. ] gone. [_Exit Engine. _] || fixed! [_knocks him on the
breast. _ G
[205] 4 'll] will G
ACT. I. SCENE. VI. [105]
FITZ-DOTTRELL. Mi? tre? ? e FITZ-DOTTRELL.
WITTIPOL. MANLY.
Come wife, this is the Gentleman. Nay, blu? h not.
M^rs. FI. Why, what do you meane Sir? ha' you your rea? on?
FIT. Wife,
I do not know, that I haue lent it forth
To any one; at lea? t, without a pawne, wife:
Or that I'haue eat or drunke the thing, of late, 5
That ? hould corrupt it. Wherefore gentle wife,
Obey, it is thy vertue: hold no acts
Of di? putation.
M^rs. FI. Are you not enough
The talke, of fea? ts, and meetingy, but you'll ? till
Make argument for fre? h?
FIT. Why, carefull wedlocke, 10
If I haue haue a longing to haue one tale more
Goe of mee, what is that to thee, deare heart?
Why ? hould? t thou enuy my delight? or cro? ? e it?
By being ? olicitous, when it not concernes thee?
M^rs. FI. Yes, I haue ? hare in this. The ? corne will fall 15
As bittterly on me, where both are laught at.
FIT. Laught at, ? weet bird? is that the ? cruple? Come, come,
Thou art a _Niai? e_.
_A_ Niai? e _is a young Hawke, tane crying out of the ne? t. _
Which of your great hou? es,
(I will not meane at home, here, but abroad)
Your families in _France_, wife, ? end not forth 20
Something, within the ? euen yeere, may be laught at?
I doe not ? ay ? euen moneths, nor ? euen weekes,
Nor ? euen daies, nor houres: but ? euen yeere wife.
I giue 'hem time. Once, within ? euen yeere,
I thinke they may doe ? omething may be laught at. 25
In _France_, I keepe me there, ? till. Wherefore, wife,
Let them that li? t, laugh ? till, rather then weepe
For me; Heere is a cloake co? t fifty pound, wife,
Which I can ? ell for thirty, when I ha' ? eene
All _London_ in't, and _London_ has ? eene mee. 30
To day, I goe to the _Black-fryers Play-hou? e_,
Sit ithe view, ? alute all my acquaintance,
Ri?
