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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, wch 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 Sr 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 sr 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 wth 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 Sr, 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 Sr					[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 Sr 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 Sr 

Poore  		not yet, 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 yet the importunitye hir freinds have vsed,

Have made hir yeeld.

Hard  		so much into hir <e>state  					[FOL. 25b] 

Poore.  	I have no reason sr 

Hard  		What may hir portion be?  						290 

Poore 		 Hir father Sr

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 Sr —

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 yt 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 Mr 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 Sr 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 yt 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 Sr? 							440

Poor.		Yes vndoubtedly

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

Snaile		— Pray Sr lets see the gentlewoman 

Poore:		You shall Gaspar lead vp these gentlemen

Vnto your mrs

Sly		— I will —

Poore:		Stay you wth mee Sr

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 yet 

Trugull.	——— and kisse and talke wth hir. 

Poore:		S^r it is best first to have mediates 					[FOL. 28a]

Shee shallbee brought downe to you

Strange	—————— speake lower 

Poor:		Pray Sr may I inquire your name and country?

[Tru: ————— of the name Ime sure]

Quicke  	How say you goodman dawe? 

Poore  		Tis a faire living Sr 

Tru: 		 — But a faire living?  							460

Poore  		A very rich one

Trug: ———— I cry you mercy

Poore  		But Sr 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  		—————————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 Sr 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 wth 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,yor 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 Sr

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

Quicke 	————— and it shalbe kept. 

Poore: 		But Sr 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: Sr 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 wth prayse.

Tell hir theire good because theire end is good 570

Wch is to prayse hir.

Hard		When comes hir vncle Sr? 

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 Sr? 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 Sr? 					[FOL. 30b] 

Poore: 		[] ——— A rare iewell

S<na>ile I ever had ————

Poore: 		S^r tis your wife I meane. 						610 

Snaile:		————— Not gonn Sr 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 Sr be patient heare. — 

Snaile: 	I pray you Sr 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 yes 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 yet of age?

Trug: ———— y^es that I hope I am

Poore 		Will you then suffer Sr such contradiction?

Lett them determine of you appoint tymes?

Trug: Nay and I will to ——————

Poore: 		—Oh Sr 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 Mrs 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 ye 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 Mr 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 ye best sr 						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 sr 

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, wch 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 Sr,

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 wth 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 ye 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 Sr 

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 ye 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 Srrah 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 yts 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 yu cann whĕ it please you. 			940 

Tru:		I will Sr —— 

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 yor 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 [wth Mr 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 Mr 						971 

Badg: 		  My Mr? ——

Poore		[Yes,] Your name is Badger [is it not] e<n>t it 

Bad  		—— w^th mee from my Mr? 

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 Sr

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 wth my deniall 

Poore  		What wth 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 Sr 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 yt 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 Sr 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 wch 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 wth 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 wth 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 yor 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 Sr ——————

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 Sr 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 wth 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 Sr! 

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 wth 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 yt 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 yt 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 wth 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 yu termes.

Fustian will serve sufficiently curiosity 1520

Will stand you in no steed, heere are no Criticks

Stran: 		—————Ile admitt them 

Poore		 Sr 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>] — 'Sr 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