Test for Tony 01

            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       Sr 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       Sr 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         wth 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 
            
            3d 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        wtha 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       Sr 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
            Wth 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 
            Wthin 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        Sr 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        Sr 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 
            Wth 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        yes
             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       Sr 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 
            Wth 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       Sr 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       Sr 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       Sr 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       wth 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       Sr 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       Sr 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       Sr some small conference I de desire w^th you 600
Snaile      Wth 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       Sr 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. 
            Sr I will send the gentleman to morrowe. 
Strange     to what you please
Poore       Sr 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       yes 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       Sr 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 
            Wthout 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         Sr 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       Sr 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
            Sr 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       Sr Ile performe it zealously
             I would be private wth you Mrs ——
Wife        Bee privat w^th mee
Poore       I have strong occasions
Dry         wth 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         Sr 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 
            Mrs 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       Sr 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         wth mee from my M^r
Poore       Sr 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       Sr 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 
            Wth 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 
            Wth 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       Wthout 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       Sr 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 
            Wth 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        yes 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       Wthout 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 
            Wth kicksh<a>wes now, as long as this shall last 
            Whilest this resplendant substance shall remaine 
            Wthin 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        wth 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       Sr if my best indeavours could deserve them 1370
             I should account them, very strong reward. 
            Sr 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       Sr 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 excel