+Duke.+ They shall pass without any seal of disguise. Who ne'er were thought on, will ne'er be mistrusted. +Leo.+ Come what will, greatness can justify any action whatsoever, and make it thought wisdom; but if we do walk undiscerned, 'twill be the better. It tickles me to think what a mass of delight we shall possess in being, as 'twere, the invisible spectators of their strange behaviours. I heard, sir, of an antiquary who, if he be as good at wine as at history, he is sure an excellent companion: and of one Petrucio, who plays the eagle in the clouds: and indeed divers others, who verify the proverb, _So many men, so many humours._ +Duke.+ All these we'll visit in order: but how we shall comply with them, 'tis as occasion shall be offered; we will not now be so serious to consider. +Leo.+ Well, sir, I must trust to your wit to manage it. Lead on; I attend you. [_Exeunt._ FOOTNOTES: [299] Mr Samuel Gale told Dr Ducarel that this comedy was acted two nights in 1718, immediately after the revival of the Society of Antiquaries, and that therein had been introduced a ticket of a turnpike (then new), which was called a _Tessera_.--_Nott._ [300] _Motion_ is a _puppet_. In Ben Jonson's "Every Man out of his Humour," act iv. sc. 5, Captain Pod, the celebrated owner of a puppet-show, and his _motion_, are mentioned. Again, in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Rule a Wife and have a Wife," act ii.-- "If he be that _motion_ that you tell me of, And make no more noise, I shall entertain him." In "The Queen of Corinth," by the same, act i. sc. 3-- "Good friends, for half an hour remove your _motion_;" and in Dekker's "Villanies Discovered by Lanthorne and Candle-light," 1620, ch. iv.: "This labour being taken, the master of the _motion_ hearkens where such a nobleman, &c. The _motion_ is presented before him." [301] A _statist_ is a _statesman_. So in Ben Jonson's "Cynthia's Revels," act ii. sc. 3: "Next is your _statist's_ face, a serious, solemn, and supercilious face, full of formal and square gravity." And in "The Magnetick Lady," by the same, act i. sc. 7-- "He Will screw you out a secret from a _statist_." [302] [Suspicious.] [303] [Old copy, _fear_. _Feer_ or _pheer_ is a companion or friend.] [304] This speech seems more properly to belong to Lorenzo, to whom Gasparo has just pointed out his son standing with Lionel.--_Collier._ [It is given to Lorenzo in a copy of the original edition before me.--_H._] [305] [Query, should we read _foined_, thrust, as the speaker rather speaks of the adventures of Ulysses as a reality than a myth.] [306] A company. [307] This is taken from Chaucer-- "But one thing warn I you, my frendis dere, I woll no old wife have in no manere. She shall not passin sixtene yere certeine, _Old fish, and yong flesh woll I have full faine_."