_Nee._ That your man _Pompey's_ Coat may come over his ears back agen, I would not he should be lost for my sake. _Sir Gr._ Well, 'tis granted, for mine own sake. _Mirab._ I'll intreat it Sir. _Sir Gr._ Why then 'tis granted for your sake. _Old K._ Come, come, down with all weapons now, 'tis Musick time, So it be purchas'd at an easie rate; Some have receiv'd the knocks, some giv'n the hits, And all concludes in love, there's happy wits. [_Exeunt._ The Epilogue at the reviving of this Play. _We need not tell you Gallants, that this night_ _The Wits have jumpt, or that the Scenes hit right_ _'Twould be but labor lost for to excuse_ _What_ Fletcher _had to do in: his brisk Muse_ _Was so Mercurial, that if he but writ_ _An Act, or two, the whole Play rose up wit._ _We'll not appeal unto those Gentlemen_ _Judge by their Cloaths, if they sit right, nor when_ _The Ladies smile, and with their Fanns delight_ _To whisk a clinch aside, then all goes right:_ _'Twas well receiv'd before, and we dare say,_ _You now are welcome to no vulgar Play._ The Fair Maid of the Inn. A TRAGI-COMEDY. The Persons represented in the Play. Duke _of_ Florence. Cesario, _a young Gentleman of a fiery nature, Son to_ Alberto, Albertus, _Father to_ Cesario, _Admiral of_ Florence. Baptista, _a brave Sea-Commander_, _antient friend to_ Albertus, _and Father to_ Mentivole _and_ Biancha. Mentivole, _Son to_ Baptista, _Lover of_ Clarissa. Prospero, _a noble friend to_ Baptista. Two Magistrates _of_ Florence. Host, _the supposed Father to_ Biancha. Forobosco, _a cheating Mountebank_. Clown, _the Mountebanks man, and setter_. Three Gentlemen. Secretary _to the Duke_. Dancer, } _Four fools and knaves_, Taylor, } _who pretend love_ Mulitteer, } Biancha, _the Fair_ Pedant, } _Maid of the Inn_. Sailors. WOMEN. Mariana, _Wife to_ Albertus, _a virtuous Lady_. Clarissa, _Mariana's Daughter, in love with_ Mentivole. Juliana, _Neece to the Duke of_ Genoa, Baptista's _second wife_. Biancha, _the Fair Maid of the Inn_, _beloved of_ Cesario, _and Daughter to_ Baptista _and_ Juliana. Hostess, _the supposed Mother of_ Biancha. The Scene, Florence. PROLOGUE.