_Sol._ Then I will shine [_To the tune of_ "Trenchmore." _Bis._
_Orb._ And I will be fine.
_Luna._ And I will drink nothing but Lippara wine.[61]
_Omnes._ And we, &c. [_As they dance the hey_, BAYES _speaks_.
_Bayes._ Now the earth's before the moon: now the moon's before the sun:
there's the eclipse again.
_Smith._ He's mightily taken with this, I see.
_Johns._ Ay, 'tis so extraordinary, how can he choose?
_Bayes._ So, now, vanish eclipse, and enter t'other battle, and fight.
Here now, if I am not mistaken, you will see fighting enough.
[_A battle is fought between foot and great hobby-horses. At last_,
DRAWCANSIR _comes in and kills them all on both sides. All the while the
battle is fighting_, BAYES _is telling them when to shout_, _and shouts
with 'em_.
_Draw._ Others may boast a single man to kill;
But I the blood of thousands daily spill.
Let petty kings the names of parties know:
Where'er I come, I slay both friend and foe.
The swiftest horse-men my swift rage controls,
And from their bodies drives their trembling souls.
If they had wings, and to the gods could fly,
I would pursue and beat 'em through the sky;
And make proud Jove, with all his thunder, see
This single arm more dreadful is than he. [_Exit._
_Bayes._ There's a brave fellow for you now, sirs. You may talk of
your Hectors, and Achilles's, and I know not who; but I defy all your
histories, and your romances too, to show me one such conqueror, as this
Drawcansir.
_Johns._ I swear, I think you may.
_Smith._ But, Mr. Bayes, how shall all these dead men go off? for I see
none alive to help 'em.
_Bayes._ Go off! why, as they came on, upon their legs: how should they
go off? Why, do you think the people here don't know they are not dead?
he is mighty ignorant, poor man: your friend here is very silly, Mr.
Johnson; egad, he is. Ha, ha, ha! Come, sir, I'll show you how they shall
go off. Rise, rise, sirs, and go about your business.[62] There's go off
for you now; ha, ha, ha! Mr. Ivory, a word. Gentlemen, I'll be with you
presently.
[_Exit._
_Johns._ Will you so? Then we'll be gone.
_Smith._ Ay, prithee let's go, that we may preserve our hearing.
One battle more will take mine quite away. [_Exeunt._
_Enter_ BAYES _and_ PLAYERS.
_Bayes._ Where are the gentlemen?
_1st Play._ They are gone, sir.
_Bayes._ Gone! 'sdeath, this act is best of all. I'll go fetch
'em again. [_Exit._
_1st Play._ What shall we do, now he is gone away?
_2nd Play._ Why, so much the better; then let's go to dinner.
_3rd Play._ Stay, here's a foul piece of paper. Let's see what
'tis.
_3rd or 4th Play._ Ay, ay, come, let's hear it.
[_Reads. The argument of the fifth act._
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