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THE PART OF 'POORE'

Actus I^mus Scӕna Ia. [Fol. 21a]

Poore.

Welcome thou instrument of liberty offreth to stab himselfe

Sly Hold hold
Poore It is a most vnthankfull office

To save a man vnwilling is to murder.

What hath this world of myne that I should covet

Longer to stay w^th it? nor have you reason

Thus to detaine mee, I must greiving say it

Through mee you want what might have well sustaind you 10

And your last store scarce panteth nourishment

Vnto your selfe and sister.

Sly How truely rich

Though having nothing, for contemning all?

Poore True very wise nay rich if hee could gett

Even w^th his best indeauour nourishment:

But that now wants whose rich hees only wise

T'is the receaved opinion, and what arts

Are meanly shrouded in a thred bare coate

Want theire due forme, thats a privation of it. 20

The worst of ills that is in misery

Is that it gives a man contemptible

Makes him a scoffe to every painted asse

Wch beares a golden image, every slave

Wch came into this Cytty w^th bare feete

And since hath heap'd vp by mechanicke basenes

Abundant riches will contem the state

That nature brought him to and no more pitty it,

Then wisedome will a snake pin'd w^th much cold

Sly you much erre 30
Poore No it is sacred truth there is not one

Who hath not circled  w^th a triple brasse 

His more obdurate heart, each mandoth live [FOL. 21b] 

As hee were enemy to the whole world. 

There is a spatious distance twixt the heart, 

And tounge of every man, they speake and doe 

Nought that hath smallest coherence wth theire minds; 

They doe even strive vnto it wth theire full nerves. 

Sly Imitate theire manners
Poore You advise well I shall and digg a prey 40

From out theire frosen intrailes, wch shall nourish vs, 

Feede vs wth laughter, cramm vs full wth gold. 

I'le hold as firme antipathy wth men, 

As doe the elements amongst themselves. 

Sly they doe generate
Poore Soe will not I vnlesse a misery

And wanton spleene to laugh at it. 

Sly will force frequent troops

Of clyents, to your lure —

Poore And being well lured 50

Ile cramm them soe they shall not breath to flight. 

Let's see they may doe well if more harsh fate 

Bite not our blooming fortunes. 

Strange beene ith fashion to
Poore Whilst wee Apollo s ^children w^ch are given

To the true study of whats purely good. 

Share not the least partof it in effect. 

Our merits are defects, and only staines. 

Disgraces to mans glosse, in mans false eyes. 

The heaven of our glory shines no more,  60 

Then a faint candles light, in a proud sunn. 

Oh Iove! oh Iove! why hast thou warn'd thy thunder [?] 

It should not dare to touch Apollo's tree? 

Yet sufferest vilder more inferiour stro<a>kes 

To rend, and hammer his more loved children,  [FOL. 22a] 

To dust, to aire, to nothing, lesse then nothing. 

Strang f for what they suffer
Poore S^r I have fellowe feeling of theire ills
Strang tis sacred truth
Poore O O S^r beleeve him not 70

He doth intice you to a dangerous ill 

Sly Slight what doe you meane
Poore Hee is a strange hyaena
Sly You wont vndoe your selfe
Poore A And drawes you on

Stra:  —————wants much connexion 

Poore To losse
Strange of what
Poore Your wealth and reputation

Riches are not more enimyes to heaven,  80 

then To our art. 

Sly honest men in as bare naps
Poore Our heaven of poetry cannot brooke such rivals

It is wellnigh[] prodigious they should meete. 

And or proceedes from a defect of wo<r>th, 

Or by excesse of some vild humour ioyned, 

Wch naturalists observe w^thin theire subjects 

To cause a vitious forme; for more then perfect 

Is but a plurisy wch in wholsomest blood 

Breeds naught save malladyes, but being ill,  90 

It meerely is necessited to kill. 

You knowe the daunger Sr If you proceede 

Strange You cannot fright mee
Poore Now comes your cue to speake goe on and roundly
Sly not shewe his matchlesse skill
Poore You may proceed and hee may w inn by intising

 But by your pardon, you are much [deceaved] vnwise,  [FOL.22b]

If all his traines cann lead you to consent. 

Strange vnto your art

I cannot be disswaded————— .  100

Poore then resolve

To contemplation, for you must neglect 

All worldly matters, and begiven to this,

As to the sollidst earthly happinesse. 

Strang you knowe my minde
Poore And I will vndertake to give instructions

In this quainte rhetoricke, and subtile logicke, 

And what I cann participat in naturals 

Shall not bewanting, since I knowe you firme 

Of good capacity and ingenuous.  110

Strange What I possesse

Shall not be wanting to you 

Poore Pish pish no no you shall not

Those were but by words w^ch I did object 

Sly into your minde I told you soe
Poore S^r It was ill donn and no way worth your thanks
Strange I would lodge heare about
Poore Twil be best
Strange only take this as earnest
Poore It should not neede but since you l have it soe 120

I will accept it and deserve it to 

Strange Till when I leave you
Poore pray good s^r your name
Strange Tis Strange anon Ile come
Poore you shalbe welcome
Sly to quircks and quillets soe they de help to thrive
Poore S light what doe you meane
Sly my tender Iuvenall
Poore You wo n t vndoe your selfe

Sly w^th your precisenes 130
Poore may you have game and will not sterve and perish
Sly Leave it scholler leave it FOL 23a

Or it spoile thee 

Poore You r spoild you may turne ballad munger
Sly Prethee vrge these no more
Poore you may thrive tis possible

But Ive seene honest men in as bare naps. 

Sly Ile pay thee for it
Poore Doe spare mee not I will indure thy worst

And answer thee wth full as great a noyse.  140

My flash shalbe as violent and as horrid. 

Sly Our lightning shall insue
Poore content content

Now my wise wench of brantford, how now Gill, 

What newes bringst thou now? 

Sly Wee are quite vndon
Poore On w^th your night gowne Gill and dresse yo^rselfe

  Ith lady fashion speedily, and returne. 

Theire coming in ? 

Gill I I 150
Poore Begonn be gonn
Sly as poore indeed as thou in name
Poore Your witt is rich enough to play on mee
Sly I will stab myselfe
Poore That shall not be indited for your death

<Ieamy> hath putt it vp [<yyo>] you shall not have it 

Sly Then Ile goe hang my self
Poore Away away man

What what in desperation, fy vpon't 

Heare mee s^r I have heard a cunning hand  160 

May soe dispose two glasses as by them 

Each externe inconvenience maybe kend. 

Sly laugh t at my afflictions FOL 23b
Poore At thy promotion at thy exaltation

Giv'd thou mayest cheat securely free of feare. 

Thou feelst the worst of it, false dice, halfe cards 

Will doe exceeding well; [f<a>lse] if thoult be honest, 

Ile teach thee a more exquisite art of begging, 

Then ere was heard yet from the newgate dungeon. 

Each man ith house shall give a groat a day  170 

To have thee vndergoe theire worke, and gaine by it. 

For I will vndertake, in halfe a yeare. 

Thou shalt as palpably snatch from the grates,

Of all the prisons w^thin London walls, 

Ney and the libertyes, the penny pension 

As the Kings men doe from theire neighbour companyes 

Societyes of gallants 

Sly death and damnation
Poore Hell and misery
Sly light on the head 180
Poore of thy destroying Hard

Is't Is't I heare them, fly and putt you on 

Some other shape, come Lady Gillian come 

Have you not donn yett? oh your well enough 

Good morrowe to your worships Ladyship­

Good Madam Change. 

Act: II  Scӕna 2da 

3^d offi: some kind purgation, is not that your meaning ? 

Poore Madam doe you still hold those points of complement

In wch I did instruct you yesterday?  190

When to advance, when to retire, and when 

To keepe your stand? at the first salutacion 

How to congratulate the welcome of— 

—A freind equall in fortune, of a superiour, 

How to be court<e>ous to inferiours? 

Gill w^tha greater matter FOL 24a
Poore Thus farr weeve gonn i th science theory

Now weele proceed evnto the art, or practise. 

Hard wee shall see fine sport
Poore Thinke you you cann performe what I instructed 200
Gill make experience S^r
Poore Suppose mee lordly after what manner meete you
Gill vnworthy roofe of ours
Poore How to a knight your equall
Hard I would my kinsman had hir
Poore Soe would I to but for the inferiour now
Hard should be hir ioynter
Poore S^r you bid fairely for hir you shall have hir

Your cousen goose shall have hir 

Gill If I cann helpe it 210
Poore come come mind them not

Soe now you are instructed, let us spend 

Some tyme, in matters of a more import. 

Madam I knowe your birth, and your deservings. 

But what your fortunes are Ive beene content 

Yet not to seeke, but now you've given your selfe 

Wholly to mee and doe repose alone 

Vpon my choyce, I will be bold to inquire 

That I may neither loose you on a man 

Belowe yourselfe in merits or in fortune  220 

Gill Heaven blesse vs what are you
Poore Murder murder

Roalfe Gaspar Thomas where are these varlets trowe? 

Sly you shalbe held doe you heare
Poore What are you speake to what end doe you come FOL 24b
Hard arrest that Sly
Poore How Sly saucy groome first enter my house

W^th more then two, tis a sufficient riot 

And god knowes what you would, but that our eye, 

Our happily seeing eye prevented you;  230 

Thanks to the supreame power wch made it happy 

To that foresight, what not a varlett stirr ? 

You are consenting to, wee mightbe murdred[,] 

And you not heare of it; where are your fellows?. 

You'are sometymes dubly diligent, and a word 

W^thin our kenn will make you fly like winde 

Where are your fellowes? ————————

Sly troth S^r I doe not knowe
Poore What men are these
Gill nor heare of any thing 240
Poore Ney you shall stay the justice shall decide

Whither your act be lawfull, tmay perchance 

Conclude at Tyburne or the newgate dungeon 

Besides a publique lash from henceto ye tower 

From thence to westmonest<e>r, spight of your freinds 

Hard S^r I intreat your favour
Poore That were pretty

To be god knowes frighted well nigh to death, 

Then only intreat favour, that's fine recompence. 

If thou beest worth a penny Ile have that  250 

And all thy freinds cann make if they will save thee. 

Hard S^r in good fayth I meant no harme
Poore thats better

Thatshalbe t[y]ryed, goe Gaspar fetch the Conestable 

Sly Tak t least hee doe repent
Poore how forty pound

That is a sweet amends, but whats your name ? 

Hard Tis Hard and please you S^r FOL 25a
Poore Hard mr Sly

Hath often named you wthin my hearing  260 

An honest creditor, and for his sake. 

If wth [th] your haust this lady be appeased 

Your peace is made; what recompence shee will 

You must attone hir w^th, or this cannot bee. 

Some toy will please hir best, shee is a woman 

A diamond ring of twenty marke that's all 

Oh shee was frighted much, had shee beene married 

Tenn Suttons wealths could not have saved yor life 

Hard I would bestowe
Poore Vm lett mee seethe gold 270

[Ile] offer it; oh these are [the f] Sly's attachments and his bonds. 

Hard Good S^r they are
Poore Madam this gentleman

Presents to you by mee his mediate 

Twenty faire angells, and doth hope to appease 

W^th this bright sacrifice, your incensed minde: 

To add by glorious coulour of this gold, 

A pleasing tinture, to your late pale cheeke. 

Hard I see a lady S^r
Poore not y^et a knight 280

Is ready now to bed hir, and but stay's 

The coming of some freinds vnto the ceremony. 

Sly oh it takes rarely
Poore Some five dayes hince
Hard And is shee well affected
Poore No y^et the importunitye hir freinds have vsed

Have made hir yeeld. 

Hard so much into hir e state FOL 25b
Poore I have no reason s^r
Hard What may hir portion be 290
Poore Hir father S^r

Iustice of peace inYorkeshire, hath alotted 

Three thousand pound wch wthin twice three months 

After the day of marriage shall bee payed; 

Vpon condition,ye shee shall have ioynter. 

After his death, three hundreed pound a yeare. 

Hir fathers age and weakenes will not suffer hĩ 

Present vnto these nuptials but hee sends 

His brother to consumate what he please. 

Hard Then he concludes all 300
Poore All
Hard in my behalfe
Poore Shee hath refer d hirselfe to my dispose

And if I like the gentleman and the tearmes 

It shall goe hard but Ile prevaile so much 

Hard shalbee assured hir
Poore Tis faire the gentle man concludes it
Hard y^es

Hee shall ————————

Poor as I like him it takes effect 310

If I cann ought. 

Hard your care shalbe requited
Poore It is requited i n th the very act

If it doe prove succesfully and well 

Hard in the meanewhile plant for battery
Poore S^r If hee be as you have spoken him

Hee shall not come vnwelcome 

Gill You r welcome to
Poore to your cost S^r
Sly Footra for Hard 320
Poore now my Sly blewcoat thou how likst thou this FOL 26a

Is it not better then ye dolefull ditty 

Of Ile goe hang or stab my selfe 

Sly Of more rich witt
Poore Tis in tis inforced soe now

But better arts were better ways to thrift 

Gett you a country gentile habit, hir vncle 

You must be nowe. 

Gill Wh what shall become of mee
Poor Be neat and spruise as what you have cann make 330

You <h>have a woer coming that shall pay fort 

You want not my instructions how to answer 

Though hee how to oppose, and sett on you 

When fate affords no other way to live 

to get a living needs must 

Our wits [must list indeavour wee may thrive] strive 

Exeunt 

Actus 2^di scӕ 2da 

Poore Whose at the dore who is it
Sly He y^t desires to bee a scholler 340
Poor Goe Sly

Admitt, admitt them: I must scoure my witt 

I feare tis spoil'd wth rust tis not acute 

Sly What are you bett ready for them
Poore Ready ready

Surely twas in Domitian's tyme he lived. 

That Juvenal, the wonder of all ages 

Wch have beene since, should live soe much vnknow 

Soe much neglected in his owne tyme, as none 

Would grace theire storyes wth his sacred name,  350 

Nor praise them selves, wth giving him due fame. 

Yet tis enough wee knowe and wonder at thee 

That once thou wert and that thy works shal bee 

Worthy long admiration. 

Sly Noe noe hee shall not M^r Poore FOL 26b
Poore whose there

Oh Sr I cry you mercy, and your freind, 

Your welcom please you sitt, I was translating 

A poet wch is prince of all his sect 

Of Satyrists, theire manners should give them  360 

Princes of men, though fewe there beeare soe; 

Twas Juvenall wch if it please you heare 

I will recite. 

Strang Yes very willingly

 [Though fewe there bee are soe] 

Poore Tis thus Ile not repeat the Latine text

Shall I continue silent &, indure. 

The loude vexations Codrus doth procure 

W^th his rude Theseus? shall this man reherse 

His gouned scaene and this his mournfull v<er>se?  370 

Shall giant Telephus consume his day 

And long Orestes ӕviternall play 

Whose margent is repleat,whose very backe 

Scapes not the rage but beares asselike packe. 

Shall these I say much endlesse still be read 

And only I continue as if dead 

Vnto these labours? shall I only feare 

To vex mens organs and to force a teare ? &c 

I only made experience what I could. 

Quicke you ve made vs knowe you soe 380 Poore The ire sudden and they beare no more of weight

Then a small tyme would give. 

Strang It is well vrged
Poore and no way worth deniall
Quicke And make a Ioviall meale
Poore in the meane while

Weele vse a prety schollers exercise 

One shall propose a theame, & each compose 

A couple of verses on it as they sitt  [FOL. 27a] 

And if the first speake last, the rest shall take  390 

Theire cups of wine a peece to acuat them 

Sly who doth propose
Poore Each in his order shall doe you propose
Sly wine doth ^cheare the heart
Poore You observe method in your very sport

S^r for the good report you give of wine 

Ile wish you quicker poets, and th<at>  myne. 

Sly What what more y^et
Poore who ereit bee admitt him
Quicke goe call them in 400
Poore you shall not neede we a re those

they doe intend. Srs wee must intreat you 

Into another roome, there you shall see 

What passeth; ift please you disclose yor minde 

I will performe what my weake skill can[n] doe 

Sly Ile lead the way
Poore Ney pray S^r goe wee schollers love no complement

Though wee cann vseit: he hath beene yor guide 

And you must followe 

Scaena 3ia  Enter Poore above  410 

Poor A swagerour doe you say one y^t hates schollers

Hee's none of your stage railours on the is hee? 

Quicke Inns of courtman that cann raile
Poore I would he were a poet one that daubd

Papers wth greasy lines, w^ch fall away 

From his hoggs head, as sweat doth fro his body. 

Both being excrements,of art, and nature. 

Such I doe knowe there are, & would faine meet wth 

Ide make the knowe theire mungrill nature could not 

Produce a word, lesse vicious then themselves,  420 

And if not borrowed from ye sacred springs.  [FOL. 27b] 

But tis to matter; Ile give them leave to envy 

What is beyond theire reach, but for yor creature, 

If I not bafle him in his proper humour 

He burne my bookes, and turne a lawyers clearke. 

But they are neere the doare you shall have sport. 

I must begonn  Exit 

[Sly] Quicke — worth ^cherishing — 

Scaena 4ta  Enter Poore 

Trugull what is t a hall
Poore best our poore house hath 430
Tru Pray whats your name
Hard the gentlewoman minded
Poore Doubt not but you shall well I like the man

[That] He is a proper man[] yt will tempt much 

Besides grave, generous as it seems to mee 

Repleat wth worthy qualityes, & though rawe 

In Cupids ceremonyes, I must thinke 

A few instructions,will give him singular. 

Hard Doe you thinke soe S^r 440
Poor Yes vndoubtedly

I know hee's very apt: to bee a gull. 

Snaile Pray S^r lets see the gentlewoman
Poore You shall Gaspar lead vp these gentlemen

Vnto your mrs

Sly I will
Poore Stay you w^th mee S^r

Doe you inquire hir minde and bring hir downe 

The whilst wee wilbe busy Gaspar lead them. 

Trugull Must not I goe to must I not 450
Poore Not y^et
Trugull and kisse and talke w^th hir
Poore S^r it is best first to have mediates FOL 28a

Shee shallbee brought downe to you 

Strange speake lower
Poor Pray S^r may I inquire your name and country

[Tru: ————— of the name Ime sure] 

Quicke How say you goodman dawe
Poore Tis a faire living S^r
Tru But a faire living 460
Poore A very rich one

Trug:  ———— I cry you mercy 

Poore But S^r after what fashion would you woe
Tru Why are there divers fashions
Poore Very many Yes as in other things

Soe wee're fantasticall in that, ney more. 

Your woer is or rampant or couchant: 

Your rampant woer, is an angry fellowe 

That beares downe all before him should yu heare him, 

You'de thinke hee were a souldier by his wounds.  470

Heele sweare a woman in to love w^th him. 

Or spend whole vollyes of his oaths in vaine. 

Though that doe seldome happen; for his thunder 

Battars theire fortresses vntill they fall 

Flatt downe before him. 

Trug:  —————Is it possible? 

Poore S^r very true your couchant is a creature

Wch sighs and sobs out Hero & Leander, 

Or some more mournfull elegyes; and hee goes 

Alwayes crosse armed, to shewe his passions.  480

Tru I wilbe that woer FOL 28b
Poore Soe S^r but Ile instruct you soe effectually

You shan't neede halfe yt passion. Let mee see 

You have a very perfect sperick eeye 

True Yes Ide be sory elce
Poore And of congruous health
Tru Yes I am very health full
Poore S^r the better

Your organs are more fitt; for I must teach you

To fix your eye wth iudgement, on an obiect;  490

And Ile give such a power vnto y^e radiature 

Emitted from it y^t shall strike hir 

More conqueringly then Cupids golden shafte. 

At the first sight you shall not speake to hir 

But heare are lines w^ch when shee ginns approach 

Ile desire you to reade, & you shall read the. 

Say often say you writt them in hir prayse. 

Trug: And they are none of myne ———— 

Poore oh S^r the better

You Imitate the gentile fashion  500

They for the most part only live on others 

By borrowing of others, and shall you 

As well proportioned for a genltreman. 

As amongst them the best, not keep y^e fashion? 

Quicke will raile on the whole world
Poore How feare to ly then feare to live all creatures

Doe live by lying 

Tru som live by standing
Poore Indeede I am deceaved

For some doe live by standing, y^et they ly to. 510

Tru It may bee soe
Poore And to beginn w^th gallants for nobility

 I durst not touch though they should spend themselves 

On waxen Images; 

Nor cleargy men though they should ly wth scripture.

And vitiate [th] it to adulte[rate]ry. 

Have at your gallants, should they pay theire debts 

As they doe promise, I knowe some now flants 

In cloath of tyshue, yt would be as bare, 

As when they first sett foote vpon this land.  520 

These live by falsifying of theire dayes; 

Others by mating w^th ye Cyty wives 

Schollers and lawyers doe' live by theire toungs 

And the best ground of schollers sophistry 

Wch you may call lyes; but your lawyers toungs 

Are strumpets ly wth all men yet they live by them. 

Your citty lying is so truly knowne. 

As I will not repeate it. 

Stran w^th out cessation
Poore But to goe forward shee hearing hir praise read 530

Cann't choose but speake to you, out of hir words 

Then must you take occasion, and proce<a>de. 

If I had tyme Ide give you actions 

Wch should prove charmes, and drawe hir by ye eares, 

Despight all propased antydotes of deafnes. 

Tru and speake soe
Poore You shall most potently yo^r eyes shall sparkle spread

Such flames of love, as shee shall feare to stirr 

Least shee be scorched wth them, yor lips shall move. 

Such sphӕrelike harmony as you shall ravish hir.  540 

Tru for ravishing FOL 29b
Poore No thinke not Ile vrge ought shalbe distastfull
Tru Nay nay you shant deny it
Poore Come good S^r

Youle wrong mee much, for I have not deservd it. 

Quicke and it shalbe kept
Poore But S^r I must confesse Ive laboured

And donn you more good wth ye gentlewoman. 

Then cann this tenn tymes doubled procure mee. 

Yet since you offer it soe vnrequested  550

I doe accept it as sufficient recompence. 

For all my labour, not because tis worth them, 

I like your will, farr better then the gift. 

Be mindfull that you wrap a ring ith verses. 

Tru Oh I meant that will not this serve
Poor it will
Strange Not very well
Poore be ready they are coming

S^r shall I heare them. 

Tru Attend for these are they Poore S^r I doe heare 560
Tru That s for the ring

Poore S^r these are very good
Tru I would shee heard mee
Poore Doe you vse this often

Trug:  I would shee'de heard them read. — 

Poore S^r ift please you

I will present them to hir. 

Gill Greater perfection to them
Poore tickle hir w^th prayse

Tell hir theire good because theire end is good  570

Wch is to prayse hir. 

Hard When comes hir vncle S^r
Poore I did receave

A letter wch assured tomorrowe night.  [FOL. 30a]

This night heele visit ye great bed of ware

 Had hee a lasse of like dimensions

 Twould scarce conteine them. 

Hand. —— is hee soe burlye? 

Poore The northerne ale hath made him a Lucullus

 Hee's a meere man of fatnes, you must feede him 580 

And fee him well, if you expect ought from him 

He is desirous of a well greased fist 

As well as mouth or belly. 

Hard I was so rash
Poore The end will croune it ioyfully be sure

You'enquire not to much after hir portion: 

Twill vex himstrangely, bee not you to strickt, 

In asking forraine bills for ye performance, 

Twill hinder all your hopes, hee's very collericke 

And must be humour'd to the full, or elce  590 

Hard Hee s fire and toe I doe instruct you savingly

Not aske her portion! 

Hard Of what hee promiseth P Yes you may enquire but

not &cӕ 

Poore Hir fathers bond and his wilbe sufficient

I give you Sr the worst and yet I thinke 

Hee'l[e] hardly trouble any to be bound 

Nor love that man wch shall distrust his honesty 

Stran I hee s now about it
Poore S^r some small conference I de desire w^th you 600
Snaile W^th mee S^r very willingly
Poore I must greive

Soe good a man as you should be soe wrong'd 

As my art sayth you are.Would that wrong'd mee. 

And that my house should be soe much vnhappy 

As to detaine you from yor home th<i>s tyme 

Snaile I have lost nothing have I S^r FOL 30b
Poore A rare iewell

S<na>ile  I ever had ————

Poore S^r tis your wife I meane 610
Snaile Not gonn S^r is shee
Poore Hir honour hath left hir for shee hath left

To bee an honest wife, you knowe on Medle?

 Snaile:  ————————————— my good cu[ ]stomer. 

Poore Hir honour hath left hir for shee

T should seeme soe he hath go[od]tt yor best ware Sr 

Snaile I nere wrongd you
Poore nor ere mistrusted him
Snaile No on my life
Poore nor wife I knowe it well 620

Sir hye you home; if you now meet not wth him. 

He give you such instructions as you shall 

In ye named place at further tyme, meanwhile 

I knowe a gentleman whom he hath wrongd 

Will give his best indeavour, to finde out 

The tyme, & to prevent him if you please. 

S^r I will send the gentleman to morrowe. 

Strange to what you please
Poore S^r I will send the gentleman to morrowe

That shall intrap him.  630

Snaile indeede shee told mee soe
Poore Pray S^r be patient heare
Snaile I pray you S^r remember mee
Poore Be sure I will and send the gentleman to morrow morne

By [that ]eight o'th [ ] clocke. 

Snaile heele deale honestly
Poore If you mistrust him one you shall thinke faythfull

Choose to this office, I but offer Sr, 

Tis in your will to'accept 

Snaile Be not to credulous I did thinke 640
Poore fy fy FOL 31a

blaze not your owne discredite, tis tomuch 

You know't your selfe. 

Snaile but are you sure tis true
Poore I would I were not
Hard Tomorrowe night he comes
Poore y^es y^es tomorrowe

Tru wee shalbe married
Poore I doubt not but you shall
Hard you sha nt soe suddenly 650
Poore Are you not y^et adultus
Tru what doe you meane
Poore not y^et of age

Trug:  ———— y^es that I hope I am 

Poore Will you then suffer S^r such contradiction

Lett them determine of you appoint tymes? 

Trug:  Nay and I will to ——————

Poore Oh S^r been t to feirce

He is your vncle, you doe owe some duty 

Or at the least respect————————  660

Hard A second father to him
Poore You must be rul e d but not to much oreruld
Tru Ile warrant you
Poore S^r Heele bee gonn ere this be not to violent

Vpon your wife inquire out secretly. 

Hard bee his continual rendez vouz
Poore A and reason
Gill I must continue M^rs Change
Poore They heare

You must, a iustice of peaces daughter,  670

Ith north at least 

Quicke did you feare us
Poore Not as Snaile feares meddle to morrowe morne

You must to him, hee will initiate you 

Him selfe in to acquaintance wth his wife 

If you shall neede my counsell, Ile instruct you  [FOL. 31b] 

How to behave yourselfe in information 

Quicke to much I feare
Poore no hee must bee inraged

You must add to his fury and augment it  680 

Quicke Vpon y^e least distastfull word
Poore and lett him

Nay if hee be an angry boy weele deale w^th him 

And fright him from his roaring humours, wee 

Cann talke, bristle, and vaunt, as well as hee. 

Exeunt 

Actus 3ij scӕna 2da

Poore What ^cheaters did heesay
Sly that was the word
Poore And couldst thou suffer it goe thou rt a gull 690

& that huge bulke of thyne those giant limbs 

Conteine not any sparkeof man wthin them. 

Sdeath had I heard him he should have found I had 

A thunder in my hand Iove in my voyce 

Sly and sayth vs ^cheaters
Poore Pish tis a puny oneeasy to performe

Ile have a duble or a <no> revenge 

Vppon my life I think<e> [t] thou wouldst confess

 Vs cheaters should a man inquire of thee. 

Sly Wee are noe better 700
Poore I thought this thou lyest

What ere of cheating's in mee it is thyne: 

Thou didst intice, coniure mee by our wants 

Didst force me too't when I god knowes was minded

Never to suffer more in this vild world.

Sly But how much in y^e insuing
Poore Doe not vex mee

By all good things I vowe, and will performe it 

If ere I learne, yt alike worde be spoken 

Thou hearing, suffering it, I will abiure thee;  [FOL. 32a] 

Leave thee vnto thy selfe & spoile thy hopes  711

 Sly  You may doe as you please ———————

 Poore  [G] ——— goe to Virginia 

To the Bromoodoes, or elce hire my selfe 

Vnto the Northwest passage; if these faile: 

Turne Poet stageplayer or anything, 

rather then live w^th thee, Ile sell my selfe 

Vnto a Iewe or worse, an english vserour 

Whom have I cheated? only Ive sold Hard 

Fishd my young gallant Trugull vexed Snaile  720 

Intic'd my Strange to poetrie, thats poverty: 

Wch hee shall surely feele prevented Medle 

Drawne blood from Quicke, or at the least will draw it 

What act mongst these deserves ye name of cheating 

Ist not to gett from vserours charitable? 

And to lett him bee wise, yt is not cousned 

Whome nature made a foole is against nature 

To lett men knowe when others doe them wrong 

Is a great Iustice, and worth recompence. 

And to make him a poet that would bee one,  730 

Is att the most but to fullfill his vowes. 

What to prevent a lawyer since theire knowne 

To circumvent all others, but meere equity?

And to take vengeance on who doe defame vs, 

Soe it bee noble, is allowed to vs 

by Martiall lawe, whome have I ^cheated now 

Whom have I ^cheated now, or against whom 

Have I intended more, then may bee donn? 

Sly their end maks actions good FOL 32b
Poore Tis true my Sly I m in apparrell well 740

Sufficient for a petty gentleman 

Where is thy rapier ? 

Sly What do est thou intend
Poore What cannst thou guesse
Sly Not well
Poore then aske not for thou shalt not knowe

Wher ist —————————

Sly above
Poore If Quicke doe ^chance come hither

Stay him till my returne w^ch shalbe suddaine.  750 

If heele not stay will him, not goe to Snailes 

Till I may speake w^th him, Gill bring down ye rapier 

If Trugull come lett Gill and hee be private,

 If hee be earnest, lett him presse hir his. 

Gill spirit on his bankes
Poore Take heede my Dousabell vnto your docke

Looke not to my affaires; take heede yo^r Trugull 

Bee not to hard for you hees a lusty knave 

Cann pitch his barr well, shoote his shaft arright 

And pay you home my Gill; hee cann ifayth.  760 

Gill That shalbe tryed
Poore bee wary and doe well

Prepare yor selfe vnto yor part anon  Exit. 

Actus 3ij scӕna 3ia

Med wish hee had not inquired Enter Poore disguisd
Poore Oh M^r Medle I have sought you S^r

In all your places of retreat. 

Me[l]d  —  [—] Vnto what end Sr

Poore Wee are private heare

Now I will give it you, you knowe one Quicke  770 

An envious raskall one that laboureth 

That seeketh causes to defame all men 

And if they want his wil's sufficient  [FOL. 33a] 

For hee defames them; and vniustly iust 

Beginns wth his owne intimates; this vild wretch 

Hath quite supplanted all yor hopes at Snailes 

Med may bee supplanted Poore Nay lett it not seeme strange I know yo^r hopes

Your more then hopes your much assurance there

 Of his wives love, know all occurrances.  780

 And come to tell you yt you are abused

 By this same Quicke, who hath, I knowe not how,

 But sure it was by some sinister meanes 

Found first you lov'd & after whom you loved. 

Who hath (to what intent I doe not knowe) 

Yet sure hee did intend to wrong you by it 

Reveal'd the privacy of your love vnto 

Hir husband who now truly iealous 

Hath giv'n in ^charge to one of's trusty freinds. 

That if you chance to come thither hee should  790 

Much circumspectly watch your haviour 

The manner of your language to his wife 

And farther yt hee should bee certified

 Of your approach wch how suspiciously 

Heed take, the very premisies demonstrate. 

Your perill may bee much too, hee is desperate, 

And I doe thinke will hardly brooke to see you 

W^thout much fury,wch though you esteeme not; 

Yet poore gentlewoman. —————

Med Advise mee for y^e best s^r 800
Poore trust mee I will

First be reveng'd on Quicke, & if you cann 

Make him confess that only enviously 

He scandald you for some small wrong you did him.  [FOL. 33b] 

Then you devise some other means besides 

How to confirme hir honesty

Med your name I pray s^r
Poore ^change a Yorkeshireman
Med S^r I am much indebted to you r lov e
Poore and I will study asside 810

  How you shall pay ­oh Sr humanity 

Commaunds this office 

Med Stronglier knitt betweene vs
Poore S^r I desire it may w^ch to continue

He give you intelligence, for I am ye man 

Snaile hath appointed as hir overseer 

Med I thanke you
Poore When you would speake w^th mee send to Poor s house

The scholler, I shall heare of it, the tyme 

Will not afford mee farther leisure now  820 

S^r fare yow well.  Exit 

Actus 3ij scӕna 4ta

Wife occasion to vnsluce them Enter Poore
Snaile to whom should I give credite
Poore To them y^t you thinke best deserve it S^r

What place commaunds shee in your credulous heart, 

That hee should force beleefe against your wife 

Shee may be ^chaster then the mourning aire 

Purg'd by the sunn of vitiating mists. 

But yet there is a shrewd suspition  830 

Much frequent in your freinds, they think not soe 

Ile vowe, Ive heard him say yt he hath knowne hir, 

But yet how [vn]truly 'tis vnknowne. 

Wife My duty to you
Poore your knowledge I desire

S^r I doe greive, I chose soe sad a tyme 

For the beginning of acquaintance, but  [FOL. 34a] 

I hope it shall continue w^th more ioy. 

This is your fault Sr, you are to vnkind, 

Vnto soe sweete a wife.  840 

Snail Be very long
Poore S^r Ile performe it zealously

I would be private wth you Mrs ——

Wife Bee privat w^th mee
Poore I have strong occasions
Dry w^th hir privatest counsell
Poore Then I dare like wise you knowe Medle
Wife True
Poore And he hath blabd it
Wife as you meane 850
Poore Oh to to truly
Wife What durst y^e villaine say soe
Po P Positively
Wife And soe Ime knowne
Poore By him for hee perceaving

You now begann neglect him, likewise knowing 

Your love wa[ll]s fully fixed on Quicke, did thinke

 No better way to secure you his owne 

Then by revealing your intended love 

Wch hee hathfully donn; the other to  860 

Not knowing freelyer to settle you

 In your newe love, then by displacing Medle; 

Hath striven w^th great effect to yt performance 

Thus have they laboured to supplant each other 

Wife But only I have be e ne tript vp
Poore most true

Whilst they reioyce in theire high enterprise 

And thinke theire wits much good ————

Wife Ile be revenged FOL 34b
Poore You must that Ile performe 870

I thinke I have allready ——

Dry Vpon my life
Poore You shall not finde mee otherwise
Wife Your love shal bee rewarded

 Poore  — w^th your I hope 

That is my only ayme 

Dry deserve to have it
Poore And I will keepe it warely by this

Your envious lovers may bleed each by other 

Wife I shall reioyce 880 Poore Tis like they will
Dry no matter lett them sinke
Poore If not Ile soe provide your honour shall

No whitt be impeached 

Wife Then I shalbee vnspotted
Poore not knowne otherwise
Wife be holding to you S^r
Poore Now shall my ignoramus and young witt

Knowe they have found a scholler y^t can iearke ye. 

Who have wee heare my gull & Gillian 890 

What intend they trowe? 

Tru And you S^r
Poore I returne your complement

W^th ye like wish to you, & yt faire gentlewoma

Wife Ile give my indeavour
Poore And doe not you vse to carreine your selfe

What fucus have you daubd your face wth , ha ? 

Thinke you Ile have you vse theise plasterings 

And outgoe snakes in monthly casting skinns 

Tru Theide looke like eels for all y^e world 900
Poore Spraule soe

And be more slipery as they are. but s^r,  [FOL. 35a]

I hope you not intend hir for your wife 

Tru Beleiv t S^r but I doe
Poore beleive t you must not
Tru Ile aske hir
Poore You shall not need for I cann certify you

I have reserved hir for my selfe. 

Tru be cousned of my wife
Poore How S^rrah cousned such an other word 910

And Ile lopp of a limbe send you to' the' spittle 

There to condole your losse. S^rrah if your eares 

The want of them I mean cann move you ought

 Let mee not heare another word but give hir mee. 

Tru S^r I doe love my eares and feare myeares

It were a prety toy to gett hir from mee 

Poor Are my words toye
Tru Ile try what you cann doe

Marry and shall  trips him vp. 

Soe sr you see now in what plight you are  920 

Tru doe not hurt mee
Poore On the conditions y^t I shall propose

You are your owne man shee likewise your wife 

You shall give mee to hundred pounds to right 

My wrongs. 

Tru but trust mee s^r y^ts somewhat hard
Poore Doe not deny it for if you doe by this

Not forty kicks, not 20 luggs by th'are 930 As many tweaks by the nose, your fower foreteeth 

A little finger shall not save your life 

At least a maine limbe. 

Wife For my sake a lesse ransom
Poore Your commaund

I must obay, it shalbe but a hundred.  [FOL. 35b] 

And heare you [brin] leave it wth yor tutor Poore 

Be sure you faile not, if you doe you knowe. 

Tru W when shall I carry it
Poore This night I knowe y^u cann wh it please you 940
Tru I will S^r
Poore Gill how goe things at home
Gill will vnto him
Poore Why this is admirable past my wish

I will home instantly. nay since you will not,

Goe take hir to you, shee is your's but knowe 

Your vncle and your sire shall heare of it 

Gill into a di vell
Poore You have yo^r tounge at liberty tis your owne 950

B<u>t you ere long shall wish you'de tyed it vp 

M^rs I take my leave you are revenged 

The rivals doe bleed each by others sword. 

Wife heare againe ere long
Poore I am bound to it youngster fare you well

Keepe your word duly, or: no more but[doe] keep it.

 And you my quondam betroathd, I will leave you 

But knowe, the divill, will fly love as ye sea 

As ships doe saile two wayes w^th the same [m] winde 

Soe woemen leave and take wth y^e same minde  960

Actus 4ti scӕna 1ia

Badg and forsake his blewe trash Enter Poore
Poore This is Quickes lodging and he hath been heere
Badg The ^cheating scholler
Poore This concearnes mee much

Ime glad I heard of this, God save you Sr

Badg And you if you be worth it
Poore you have beene w^th M^r Quicke

W^th M^r Quicke I pray you s^r how fares hee 

Badg I wont tell you FOL 36a
Poore S^r I came from your M^r 971
Badg My M^r
Poore Yes Your name is Badger is it not e n t it
Bad w^th mee from my M^r
Poore S^r I was coming to you to this lodging

To knowe how the owner doth that if hee have 

Required ought [b]of you from yo^r M^r, you should

Give mee the the message, you ye whilst should goe 

To Medle, whom if you found dangerous 

Then certifye him, Quicke is dead wherby  980 

Hee may fly more securely 

Badg Faithfully and earnestly
Poore As you would your selfe
Badg he doth demaund Badg gives him y^e Ire
Poore Iff I cann gett it as I hope I shall

You neede not doubt 

Badg then fare you well
Poore Ile gull you he opens y^e Ire

This day is like to prove a very rare one 

I never look'd for this, it came vnhoped  990 

Fifty good pound tis well, it soundeth great 

Flush in these slops; but I must not deferr. 

Things falling out soe fittly I must take 

All the occasions y^t the tymes cann make. 

Exit 

Actus 4ti Scӕna 2da

———— Sly.  ————— would it had beene a hundred.  Enter 

Hard I am not quite ^cheated
Poore But you may ^chance to feele a new relapse

S^r I would speake wth you —————— 1000

Stran g you may
Poore In privat FOL 36b

Th'affaires are vrgent, Mr Quicke your freind 

Commends his best love to you, wth this letter 

Twill give you his full minde and his desire 

St how fares hee S^r
Poore In good plight but that feare of Medle s death

Doth make him feare his life, but hee well hopes 

By yor assistant love, to avoyd all 

Those daungers w^ch as yet doe seeme to presse him  1010

Strang why came not my knave
Poore S^r He intreated him to visit Medle

And learne ye hopes or feares conceivd of him. 

Sly fare you well good brother
Poore Pray S^r commend mee to your kinsman trugull

  Tell him one Change expecteth him 

Sly Is your name Change
Poore Yes my great man of worship

My Sly changd to a <hee> bosse to a swod 

What, hast thou quilted thy faind gutts w^th gold,  1020

Cramb'd them wth baggs? ————

Sly of my neice Gillian
Poore That was a maine one how my Gogmagog
Sly When it is donn Ile tell you howe
Poore what doubtfull

Nay then I have out strip't thee, I did cause 

Those two to fight, and for my better vengeance 

Have gott this fifty pound, w^ch Quicke doth borrow 

Of my True strange. an other hundered 

[My] Gills Trugull will bring into I expect him,  1030

And I have future hopes of ampler bootyes 

Wch my lawe lover, scholler hating Medle

Shall yeeld vs, I will soke him and exhaust him 

Exantlate, pumpe out, and drawe dry hisbaggs  [FOL. 37a] 

Wee play for whole baggs wee'r no puny sharks 

That venter to bee trust vp for the nipping 

A bung fraught w^th no more then a scotch marke 

None of your Gipsyes, that prole napery 

W^th shirts and smocks, no pidlers,wee doe deale

 In wholesale wee, yett doe not feare a noose  1040 

A ginn to lift vs vp: lawe cann't condemne vs 

To further pennance then our eares cann satisfy 

Sly Tookest thou this shape
Poore to that is perfected

Revenge, but stay hee comes lett vs fall of 

Stran you may tell t please it you

 Poore  It shall not need, Sr I dare trust yor word 

If you'le confirme it right

Stran Let mee inquire yo^r name
Poor my name is ^change 1050
Sly as I knowe
Poore I should have gloried to have beene admitted

Into soe grave a consanguinity 

Sly And lett vs see you often
Poore I shall trouble you
Sly quaffe drunke w^th all
Poore I take my leave
Sly To my freind
Poore I shall Exit

Actus 4ti scӕna 3ia  1060

Sna[]ile  —— s^r shee is mine.  Enter Poore 

Med acquitt w^th my deniall
Poore What w^th a mischeif make they heere or I

This was no fitt tyme for my action 

I must turne honest fate will have it soe.  [FOL. 37h] 

Yet He not loose my booty, ile attempt it 

And venter gainst loves thunder. 

Med may give some ayde oh freind
Poore Why S^r your freind

I am but will not seeme soe. your'r a villaine.  1070 

Have wrong'd a matron yt deserves the stole 

For hir strong ^chastity wth the name of bad. 

Wife Peace
Poore Doe not I knowe y^t you did bribe y^e scholler

(I have learn't all theire trickes, & will perforce, 

Despight theire pollicy turne the on themselves,) 

To suggest hir false to hir to credulous husband 

W^th Quicke, and yt [h<e>e] Quicke did outbribe him, soe 

To make more easy way to worke hir false 

Is not this true? deny it?  1080

Med You dare not proove t this
Poore oh frontlesse impudence

What cann afford more truth to my inditement 

Then his even staggering toung in his owne cause 

Hee falters, faints, growes weake []to excusation. 

Snaile receave this guilt soe pronely
Poore Oh S^r sufficient reason since h hath tried

Hir much inpregnable to all his slights 

Hee would accuse hir. and no way soe strongly 

As when hee would give crime vnto himselfe  1090 

Snaile Then your crime was great
Poore A new vnheard of one
Snaile And greater love
Poore It must bee soe you ve wrongd them To Med

You must if tyme doe graunt deserve hir pardon]

Med That I may merit it
Poore No no you cannot

There is a death attends you will prevent it.  [FOL. 38a] 

Med but cann t I fly it
Poore You shall lett that suffice no signe of joy 1100
Snaile In that nam e st i le towards mee
Poore You looke to fix dly

Vpon this coulour, w^ch will dull yor sence 

Of apprehension; and make mee see <m>e other 

Then what I am. I y^eeld I closd wth him 

Why this sole end wch I did still propose 

Cann give sufficient reason: my intent 

Of coming hither was to free your iealousy. 

To give you this ^chast comfort you now finde 

Or elce to fix hir in perpetuall shame  1110

Snaile I still doe thinke soe
Poore Shall still thinke true

Whilst you continue in that fayth, inquire 

Of that ill tempting scholler, if you finde him 

A little differing in my maine of truth 

Sepose mee from the number of your freinds 

Snaile why doth hee feare death
Poore That Quicke w^ch caused your passion by him is not
Wife much daunger may succeed
Poore Much losse must followe I even feare to death 1120
Med I thanke you fare yow well
Poore How pretily shee doth desire his death

But I will hope more prosperous event 

Then your ill boading minde suggests to you. 

For lettmee tell you, I doe knowe ye man 

Cann force the rugged lawe vnbend hir browe 

And fetch a smile from a more easy power; 

Wch shall givehir morecheerfull countenance. 

Then is hir genuine, vpon faire tearmes.  [FOL. 38b] 

For honied speach, is an availing sacrifice;  1130 

But when a golden offring is prepar'd 

You may expect not meane successe, what though 

Philosophers have vrged that theire gods 

Were more delighted wth y^e givers minde 

Then wth the glory of the haust was offred? 

Yet had not men suppos'd them more accepted 

They would have fitted humbler to theire altars. 

Spare not a free hand & strike highest powers— 

Theire sure ones yt I trust to, yes soe sure 

As should they w^th strong hand, force man and wife  1140 

To seperation, soe to gaine a freind 

A female one I meane; murder the opposers 

Venter the mine of a state, and plott 

To take away competitours, they might doe it 

Securely, and detected, be vnblam'd 

Att least vnpunished 

Med much easily obtained
Poore W^thout much difficulty

But you must thinke yt in externe affaires 

Theile not soe strongly labour wthout hope  1150 

Of future benefitt. 

Med blood and spirit away
Poore Your life I will secure mee on myne owne

If wee conclude agreementfor what summ 

Med Being your creature
Poore S^r prepare the summ

Against I bring you life —— 

Med I shall what is it
Poore An easy one I dare venter it for 200
Med vnlesse my tombe FOL 39a
Poore These sacred meditations strongly fitt 1161

Men given to observance of true virtue; 

But thinke not only, of your last good Sr. 

For there are many mediates wch require 

Some like respect w^th that. 

Med Who have longhope to escape that
Poore then w^th you

For heere is that will give you lives assurance 

For this crime 

Med Have you a pardon S^r 1170
Poore probatum est

And Sr wthout compelling articles 

Your will is theire desire, what you shall please 

Wilbe sufficient vnto the acceptedly. 

Med a deniere from it
Poore Your hand wilbe to liberall they procurd it

W^th a small easy breath. 

Med And then at last hardly obtainde
Poore tis true

I will accept for them, what you shall please  1180 

Med and Ile deliver it
Poore I will the waight of my deserts how strong

It is how forcible this benefitt? 

When should his coyne bee wth my pardon layed 

In a true ballance myne would bee outwaigh'd, 

Tost in to aire; What I receave I gett 

Giving him for his sterling counterfett 

W^th w^ch [hee]sIme well appayde, hee is well pleasd 

Hee that hath to much may of some be eas<ed>.

Exit  1190

Actus 5ti scӕna i^a  [FOL. 39b] 

Badg Slid heare comes somebody Ente Poore
Badg you shal bee mett w^th s^r
Poore I must now doffe this covert of my villainye
Quicke I must thanke thee for thy words have been

An ample gaine to mee, and Badger to 

Badg A sees mee not trowe doth hee
Poore thou hast binn

A great ayde to mee, I must give thee thanks. 

Badg when you knowe all 1200
Poore How evesdropt
Badg Hee hath not the same beard
Poore Ile wash and shave you and yo^r greasy blewcoat

My serving <d>onn I will; but I must forgoe 

This fifty pound now I am caught wth it. 

Twill make a deepe hole in my summs, a la<n>ke 

Wch all my letting out cann nere make full. 

I would some taylour would instruc tme fairly 

To patch vp this misshapen sute againe 

And give it wth out bracke. Well I [will keep] Ie not looseit.  1210

 But yett to loose my vncle were worse ill 

Let it prove how it will Ile venter it 

Abide the hazard of it. Ile tosse fairly 

To scape, fortune must be my opposite 

If I doe loose it. 

Badg A mischeife on your muttering ^chops
Poore Have at you

I left it heare, and I must search it out. 

Badg but not soe well
Poore True for the savour s worse 1220
Badg As thinn a roome asmay bee
Poore I remember

Twas on this side Llayd it; what have I heare 

What is it turn'd into a baskett hilt 

And threadbare blewe coate, twas agood exchange  [Fol. 40a]

For him that made it; vm, maynot the snake 

That cast the skinn be found heare, nor ought elce ? 

Nay ile search furder; oh you michingraskall 

What have I found you? You shall pay for it. 

The raskall was crept vp into a mousehole  1230

And lay as close as a hedge hogg: what freind Badger? 

Badg I even the same S^r
Poore What makst thou heare now
Badg And and
Poore What what then
Badg you doe knowe his humour And I dare not venter
Poore What
Badg till his anger spast
Poore Tis well were not thy parents puritanes
Badg W why doe you aske 1240
Poore Did they not teach thee for to pray extempore
Badg But when they went to them
Poore did they not hum and ha

When they were gravelld 

Badg y^es perchance they did
Poore And when thou wert gott
Badg I don t remember that
Poore Mee thinks they should it seem s innate to thee

But thou'st reduced it better to thy art 

Of lying; I doe knowe your busines mungrill  1250 

Your sett to spy my noble trencher man 

You've waited all this while but for small cheare 

An howers attendance had beene better giv'n 

For but a head of garlicke, see you this steele? 

Ile make you munch a peice of't if yu swear not  [Fol. 40b] 

As I shall vrge, but if you sweare looke heare 

Crounes you mad raskall. 

Badg Then I will sweare
Poore tis well sayed but this place

Is no fitt one for quarrels,will you sweare?  1260 

Bad Since I am forced I will
Poore thou shalt no furder

Then I allready have: you shall conceale mee. 

Not give him notice, that I was ye factour 

Who tooke vp fifty pound on Quicks behalfe 

Badg Why by this hand I wont
Poore What doe you equivocate

And sweare by your leffe hand whe you mean to write it? 

Sweare you by both your hands 

Badg by my both hands 1270
Poore nor either of them
Badg ne neither
Poore Nor your tounge

In word or signe you shall make any way: 

Badger No way by signes or tokens
Poore this thou swearst

 thy sword hilts, for thats the hardest oath 

I cann now force thee to. 

Badg I doe sweare this
Poore W^thout reservances 1280
Badg I from my heart
Poore Then heare my noble skincker heare is gold

Twill give thee freise in stead of thy blew coate. 

Twill give thee gaudyes, thou mayst cram thyselfe 

W^th kicksh<a>wes now, as long as this shall last 

Whilest this resplendant substance shall remaine 

W^thin ye repleat body of thy purse. 

This hath sufficient spirit, centinell.  [FOL. 41a] 

Twill give thee douszens, more then perfect summs 

They shall exceed the prӕdicament's best number  1290 

And the 3 principals: three shall not bee all. 

Twill make thee looke, like a Claridiano 

Till it hath made thee a hebitated Zoophyton. 

Badg w^th your conjuring tearmes
Poore Fare well good badger I have other busines

I should bee more intent to. 

Exit. 

Actus 5ti scӕ 2da  (Poore sitts at his study) 

Sly and ready in that art I would faine h ear e him 1300
Stran Heare a lector from you
Poore Most willingly though Ime not we ll provided
Sly Wee will expect the lesse
Poore Ile give you breifly

The texture of a speechfull composition. 

When the infernall h<e>lbread shades of night 

The hate of Phoebus, and the scorne of light 

A're forc'd to theire darke cells, choyce spirits arise 

From theire dull easyes frightlesse lethargyes. 

My spirits are not fresh, the subiect's mourning  1310

Aurora wane, first the etymology 

The golden hower, when Phoebus first displayes 

Vnto the ioyed world his more ioyfull rayes 

Now amplyfy it fro the propertyes 

Extract's the vapours, from the thickned aire 

Expels' the sadnes, gives it subtile, rare. 

The effects doe followe w^ch our bodyes have 

And wch our minds, externe and interne these  [FOL. 41b] 

Our blood our nerves receive like purity 

That from the aire, wee from the purged sky  1320

Should we dampd [aires] nights polluted aire still breath 

As wee receivd life wee should drawe in death. 

But being cleansed by that sacred fyre 

That aire feeds life blest life, our best desire 

Now for the operation in our minds. 

What ofspring of high witt, birth of rare art 

Wch from this tyme doth not acquire cheife part. 

I should proceede to prove this by connexion 

The mourning salutations were calld holy 

Amongst the Romans, then wee may surmise  1330

Those studyes holy that wth Sol doe rise. 

For then there is a greater sympathy 

Betwixt the stars and vs, they stand more nye 

To eloquence, and helpe more or theorie. 

Now should be some proportioned inductions

To prove that tyme most apt to meditation. 

Then follow individuall examples 

Of such as have vsed it these must be sett downe 

In grave words, full and sounding; well connected 

Agreeing in theire sence, and these not vulgar.  1340

Hyperb<o>lyes sometymes, then Metaphors 

These now w^thout coniunction, though not often. 

Yet bearingstill relation on, to other. 

Now vse an iteration, speake w<o>rds twice. 

But lett them still bee increasing, and ascend 

Not falle to flatly, soe heare are instructions 

Such as the tyme, and my weake braine cann give  [FOL. 42a] 

Quicke how to composea speech
Poore Not any one

As I remember doth sett these downe fully.  1350 

Some heare some theare, I have collected, not 

sucking my hony from one only flower. 

But From [the] best fountaines Aristotles rheth'ricke 

Tully in 'his oratory, from Quintilian.

 Badg  —————— doe you meane

 Poore  [E] ———— No badger no . 

Ex M Fabij Quintiliani institutionibus. 

Badg by fifty pound
Poore Yes S^r some fewe affaires calld mee abroad

And force'd mee bee lesse diligent, then I would  1360 

But now theire ended, I shall give attendance 

More amply to you. 

Quicke tis best
Poore that s the best way to thrift indeed where is your neice
Sly a dodkinn w^th my will
Poore You were to much obdurat then to hard

You may spoile all hir possibilityes 

Such great extreames force naught but desperatiõ 

Quicke for your great labours
Poore S^r if my best indeavours could deserve them 1370

 I should account them, very strong reward. 

S^r my desire of gaine is not soe stupid 

As is your common pedants, yet no ambition 

Hath grow'ns oe much [vp] on mee as I should covett 

A meerely nominall opinion 

Oh affectation is a cloudy vayle 

Wch hidst the solidst, of our soules perfections. [FOL. 42b]

 Or at the least doth hinder hir free workings 

Quic: [ ———— ] of your free soule —— 

Poore S^r I proffesse an essence 1380

Wch should as perfectly bee knowne as bee. 

But since the wretched, vild esteeme of men. 

Doth give the best of men but meere selfe lovers 

If they esteeme themselves, I gratulate 

Your good coniecture, that you thinke mee free 

Whilst I doe knowe myselfe soe, fare you well Sr. 

Stran anon Ile make a second visitation

You may expect mee ready to yo^r vowes 

Badg since today
Poore Yes Badger if thoult give me ample thanks 1390

That I've remembred thee soe well. 

Badg oh Lord S^r
Poore Soe now they are gonn what wouldst thou my brave pufpast

What wouldst thou wullsacke, whose inside is no better. 

Then 'a sheeps coate, ift bee of equall goodnesse 

Sly my wandring prince of troy
Poore why thou shallt knowe

I will rehearse my ephemerydes 

Myy dayly slights, since moondayes last meridies 

But thou must bee my subiect and my scӕnicke  1400

To act mygulls in gloriouswise. 

Sly content
Poore Weele first beginn w^th strange
Sly Heare I come
Poore sound tr u mpetts heere our play begi nne s
Sly and vitiated your muse

 Poore  ———— fy thou art out 

I am his true begott, legitimate. 

Sly b y making pallinodes FOL 43a
Poore And thou wouldst live soe to well Ile instruct thee 1410
Sly I would
Poore but first you must putt of your fatnesse

Pooets are leane and marc<e>lent 

Sly hir burden dead
Poore Well thought of oh I have the finest lasse

Have made the bravest conquest, purchase of hir.

 I hope none heare<s> Ile tell thee shee excels 

Man in's best property of looking vpwards 

Hir falling eyes give heaven full viewe. 

Sly no more deserving qualityes 1420
Poore Such as your common women have shee s coy

Yet wanton, shee cann laugh, and weepe, and laugh, 

And hould againe. shee hath an exquisite face 

And yet not painted wch is very rare. 

Sly transccends shee Gill
Poore y^es fayth in feature

But Gill hir more in witt and haviour. 

And heere shee comes; what may <wee> wish yu ioy 

Of your good match? 

Gill That did indeavour cousenage 1430
Poore How certainly
Sly a rocke quite shipwrackt
Poor It cannot bee none knowes vs but ourselves

And wee or selves soe finally, as no humour 

Could give mee knowne vnlesse yo^r womans tounge. 

Yet Ive one refuge and, it is my last 

The very sanctuary of our safety 

As I supposse it yet, but prove that wanting  [FOL. 43h] 

I cannot guesse the consequent save ill 

Sly Lets know t 1440
Poore ney much of ill must force y^t from mee
Gill And suffer a small hafling
Poore oh I cannot

But why what proiect, what event will followe? 

Gill I have revealed your disguise
Poore how how

Ime tangled in a cobweb that have scapd 

Snaires and strong engines able to prevaile 

Against a lion, if the fox were absent 

But now the ridle is confirm'd, a secret, 1450 

Is much to little for one only man. 

For two sufficient, but for three to much. 

Well goe thy wayes, old Gill, Ive knowne thy equals 

But bedlam kept them for they could not themselvs 

W^thin due compasse is your Trugull heare 

Sly what new shape may I take
Poore Why turne a horse leech

Thou mayst sucke blood securely in yt habit 

Somewhat Ile doe and labour for event 

Wch shall alone give knowledge what I meant.  1460 

Exit Actus 5ti scӕna 5ta 

Sly houle like sterved currs
Poore For mee I am the obiect may they burst

Conceale mee lett mee not bee knowne. 

Sly knowe you not Quick s death
Poore Oh y^t nothing moves mee I divulg d him dead

For my owne private ends 

Sly And h e e is dead
Poore Poets are prophets then I see how dead

Amasement ceaseth mee, dead ? it cannot bee.  1470 

Why then a necke verse followes, oh my fate  [FOL. 44a] 

Woemenes best witt I see is extreame folly 

How free[] had I beene from this certaine ruine 

How practis'd in more ills, had not this hapned 

And flourishing in them? ist not possible 

That I may live vnknowne to Medle? tis 

And I will venter it, shake of these burrs 

W^th easy recompence of a little nap. 

You shalbee a phisition, I am sicke 

You make me daungerously sicke, but heare you  1480 

Ile not bee purged, you shall give me out [p<ur>g'd] sicke 

But not give inward sicknes. Ile no figgs. 

Sly As you shall please
Poore I doe not like I doe no the humour Of your great guilty person ages s who to scape

A lawfull death; that is death giv'n by'th lawe 

Will rather choose to dy, vnnaturally 

By theire owne guilty hands. 

Sly w^th mature iudgement
Poore Intreat Strange hither 1490
Sly to prevent my labour
Poore fittly
Strange termes w^th one consent
Poore S^r lett mee crave your pardon I esteeme you

A second parent to mee, removed by nature 

But one degree from it, you are my vncle 

I therfore will lay ope my worst acts to you, 

That you may veiwe them fully, as they are 

In theire owne essence: I have wrongd them all

And giv'ne iust cause for this complaint, nay more  1500 

Wch most afflicteth mee, I have wrongd you 

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Strange by ^ch you did conceive mee soe FOL 45b
Poore I shalbee knowne

sufficiently heare after. 

Sly And putt it in to practise
Poore I doe promise

A like restraint from the vnciv<i>ll liberty 

Tyme and our ryoutous age doth prompt vs to 

Str:  ——— ^choakd wth recompence 

Poore Wee are deficient in ability 1510
Sly stop d till cramm d
Poore Since the whole summ of my continued actions

Have been me<'>re tricks. Ile end them wth a tricke 

Ime sicke to death. 

Strang the reast Ile vndertake
Poore Let them fly in

Give mee a gowne and night capp 

Sly heare they are
Poore Wheres your phisitions habits have y^u termes

Fustian will serve sufficiently curiosity  1520 

Will stand you in no steed, heere are no Criticks 

Stran Ile admitt them
Poore S^r I am ready for them for some meale now

To make a wh[ighte]ite man of mee & a sickly. 

Oh, oh, oh. 

Sly whats the disease
Poore The epylepsye
Sly The falling sicknes
Poore I
Sly And much good doe it you 1530
Poore I hope it will
Sly How didst thou knowe him for thy vncle
Poore Strangly

Some other tyme ile tell you; they are entring. 

Tru Made mee a gull FOL 46a
Poore Oh oh oh I confesse

That, [yo]u I have beene the cause, youve suffred wrong 

Dry agree to it shee gives him gold
Poore Ime heartily sory for it I thanke my god

He []hatth brought you hither, that I may  crave |hee  1540 

(falls downe

Your pardons, I would my estate were able (in his fitt 

 Sly  — present at, how ^cheare you? 

Poore Why well I thancke my maker fitt for heaven

If these could be intreated to forgivenes. 

The remnants of what I have gott from you 

I will restore wth thanks to satisfy you 

Stran that Ile not vndertake
Poore I thank you your careful lin my behalfe
Stran In presence of these gentlemen 1550
Poore there is one absent

One Mr Medle, him I would faine speake wth 

Str<an>g  — whom you desirde to speake wth 

Poore I must intreat

Your pardon for Ive wrongd you. 

Med Hard Tru wee doe to w^ch beare witnesse
Poore Then thus I shake my sickenes of

[Trugull  I for my loving spouse]. 

[Poore  happily may you live.] 

Med why did you crave my pardon 1560
Poore But wha S^r I craved

But what I gave you, doe you knowe mee now? 

I am to all of you what you will but good. 

Med Is then my pardon counterfett
Poore twas the best

That I could give you; Ive no more from you 

Only the difference is I payd not for it  [FOL. 46b] 

An equall price. 

Med weele both have equall parts
Poore tis fairely offred 1570
Sly All thrive but my selfe
Poore My gaine is thine for what remaines in bank

Of our last getting shall restore thy state. 

And give thee means of trading, one ill fate 

Wee equally indured, fortunes sad frowne 

Wee shared betwixt vs, but it is my croune 

That as in worst of ill thou hadst a pt 

Soe of our [better] best state thou a sharer art 

This is the maine true freindship cann com[m<aun>]maund 

Yt  hopes and fears of freinds goe hand in hand  1580