_Barb._ That is most excellent good luck; we will swing them for false imprisonment, and that of so great an officer as a constable. _Constable._ But, sir, I want a warrant to do what I would on this occasion. _Pin._ There need none, sir; you have the law, which will uphold you in it; the recovery of your liberty, and my liberty, as well as that of the barber, will support you. There is in your person the liberty of every man in England. As you are a constable concerned, I am a lawyer. I'll stand by you, I warrant you. But let's be silent before you bring in the _posse_. Take these deeds in your care and custody. [_Giving him deeds._] Observe, Mr. Barber, I deliver them to him; and now let us go, or him go, and let in his people. [_Exit_ CONSTABLE.] What a prodigious villainy was here, Mr. Barber! I placed such a confidence in this Mr. Severn, and took counsel with him for the disposal of my niece, and thus he has served me; but I have put my deeds relating to her into the constable's hand; and if he can let his _posse_ into the house, I'll warrant you we will recover all. [_A noise of people_:--"Beat down the doors; deliver the lady."] _Barb._ Hark, hark! he has got them in, I warrant ye the _posse_ is raised; I'll warrant we shall have the whole city and country on our side. _Pin._ The whole matter is, how to conduct it legally. Let me be but of the council, and we will knock them all o' the head, and not transgress the law at all; we will murder the dogs, I would say the rogues. Why, what is there in it? they are no people, they are nobody in law; and if they are no people, to kill them is to kill nobody; for to fire at _fera natura_, creatures by nature wild--those animals are lawful game, and any man that has so much a year may kill them; so, Mr. Barber, any man may fire upon these fellows; these stage-players, who are no persons, have no right in themselves; and therefore any man may kill them. [_A noise without_:--"Deliver the lady; give her to her guardian; give her to her uncle."] _Barb._ They are just a-coming in; I know the neighbourhood and the constable; you shall direct us all. _Pin._ Nay, I'll warrant you all shall be safely and legally done. [_Enter a crowd of people._] _Rabble._ Where is the gentleman? where is the gentleman? _Barb._ Here he is, gentlemen; and the players have taken his niece from him; and, for aught we know, they have ravished her; but, let it be so or no, we'll indict them for it. Harkee, Mr. Pincers, will an indictment for a rape lie in Drury Lane? _Pin._ Lookee, gentlemen, we will fall upon them for taking her and her clothes; and then afterwards come upon them for the body, as we shall see cause; but we must find this body before we can do anything.