WIT. For that ſmall part,
That I am truſted with, put off your care: 25
I would not loſe to doe it, for the mirth,
Will follow of it; and well, I haue a fancy.
MER. Sir, that will make it well.
WIT. You will report it ſo.
Where muſt I haue my dreſſing?
ING. At my houſe, Sir.
MER. You ſhall haue caution, Sir, for what he yeelds, 30
To ſix pence.
WIT. You ſhall pardon me. I will ſhare, Sir,
I’ your ſports, onely: nothing i’ your purchaſe.
But you muſt furniſh mee with complements,
To th’ manner of _Spaine_; my coach, my _guarda duenn’as_;
MER. _Ingine’s_ your _Pro’uedor_. But, Sir, I muſt 35
(Now I’haue entred truſt wi’ you, thus farre)
Secure ſtill i’ your quality, acquaint you
With ſomewhat, beyond this. The place, deſign’d
To be the _Scene_, for this our mery matter,
Becauſe it muſt haue countenance of women, 40
To draw diſcourse, and offer it, is here by,
At the _Lady Taile-buſhes_.
WIT. I know her, Sir.
And her Gentleman _huiſher_.
MER. M^r _Ambler_?
WIT. Yes, Sir.
MER. Sir, It ſhall be no ſhame to mee, to confeſſe
To you, that wee poore Gentlemen, that want acres, 45
Muſt for our needs, turne fooles vp, and plough _Ladies_
Sometimes, to try what glebe they are: and this
Is no vnfruitefull piece. She, and I now,
Are on a proiect, for the fact, and venting
Of a new kinde of _fucus_ (paint, for _Ladies_) 50
To ſerue the kingdome: wherein ſhee her ſelfe
Hath trauell’d, ſpecially, by way of ſeruice
Vnto her ſexe, and hopes to get the _Monopoly_,
As the reward of her inuention. [138]
WIT. What is her end, in this?
EV. Merely ambition, 55
Sir, to grow great, and court it with the ſecret:
Though ſhee pretend ſome other. For, ſhe’s dealing,
Already, vpon caution for the ſhares,
And M^r. _Ambler_, is hee nam’d _Examiner_
For the ingredients; and the _Register_ 60
Of what is vented; and ſhall keepe the _Office_.
Now, if ſhee breake with you, of this (as I
Muſt make the leading thred to your acquaintance,
That, how experience gotten i’ your being
Abroad, will helpe our buſinesse) thinke of ſome 65
Pretty additions, but to keep her floting:
It may be, ſhee will offer you a part,
Any ſtrange names of--
WIT. S^r, I haue my inſtructions.
Is it not high time to be making ready?
MER. Yes, Sir.
ING. The foole’s in ſight, _Dottrel_.
MER. Away, then. 70
[515] SD. om. G
[516] 1 ’t] it G
[517] 3 t’] ’t 1716, W it G
[518] 6 he’s 1692, f.
[519] 7 want] have 1641
[520] 11 SN. om. G
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