_Leo._ I see this fellow is to be an evidence in your plot; where you hope to drive, it is hard to guess; for if any thing can exceed its impudence, it is its folly. A noble stratagem indeed to win a lady by! I could be diverted with it, but that I see a face of villainy requires a rougher treatment; I could almost, methinks, forget my sex, and be my own avenger. _Lor._ Madam, I am surpris'd beyond all---- _Lop._ Pray, Sir, let me come to her; you are so surpris'd, you'll make nothing on't: she wants a little snubbing. Look you, madam, I have seen many a pleasant humour amongst ladies, but you out-cut them all. Here's contradiction, with a vengeance: you han't been married eight-and-forty hours, and you are slap----at your husband's beard already: why, do you consider who he is?----Who this gentleman is? And what he can do----by law? Why, he can lock you up----knock you down----tie you neck and heels---- _Lor._ Forbear, you insolent villain, you. [_Offering to strike him._ _Leo._ That----for what's past, however. [_Giving him a box o' th' ear._ _Lop._ I think----she gave me a box o' the ear; ha! [_Exit ~Leonora~._ Sir, will you suffer your old servants to be us'd thus by new comers? It's a shame, a mere shame: Sir, will you take a poor dog's advice for once? She denies she's married to you: take her at her word; you have seen some of her humours,----let her go. _Alv._ Well, gentlemen, thus far you see I have heard all with patience; have you content? Or how much farther do you design to go with this business? _Lop._ Why truly, Sir, I think we are near at a stand. _Alv._ 'Tis time, you villain you. _Lop._ Why, and I am a villain now, if every word I've spoke be not as true as----as the _Gazette_: and your daughter's no better than a----a----a whimsical young woman, for making disputes among gentlemen. And if every body had their deserts, she'd have a good----I won't speak out to inflame reckonings; but let her go, master. _Alv._ Sir, I don't think it well to spend any more words with your impudent and villainous servant here. _Lop._ Thank you, Sir: but I'd let her go. _Alv._ Nor have I more to say to you than this, that you must not think so daring an affront to my family can go long unresented. Farewel. [_Exit ~Alv~._ _Lor._ Well, Sir, what have you to say for yourself now? _Lop._ Why, Sir, I have only to say, that I am a very unfortunate----middle-ag'd man; and that I believe all the stars upon heaven and earth have been concern'd in my destiny. Children now unborn will hereafter sing my downfal in mournful lines, and notes of doleful tune: I am at present troubled in mind, despair around me, signify'd in appearing gibbets, with a great bundle of dog-whips by way of preparation.