MER. For ſeruing the whole ſtate with Tooth-picks; _The_ Proiect _for_ Tooth-picks. (Somewhat an intricate _Buſineſſe_ to diſcourſe) but-- 40 I ſhew, how much the Subiect is abus’d, Firſt, in that one commodity? then what diſeaſes, And putrefactions in the gummes are bred, By thoſe are made of adultrate, and falſe wood? My plot, for reformation of theſe, followes. 45 To haue all Tooth-picks, brought vnto an _office_, There ſeal’d; and ſuch as counterfait ’hem, mulcted. And laſt, for venting ’hem to haue a booke Printed, to teach their vſe, which euery childe Shall haue throughout the kingdome, that can read, 50 And learne to picke his teeth by. Which beginning Earely to practice, with ſome other rules, Of neuer ſleeping with the mouth open, chawing Some graines of _maſticke_, will preſerue the breath Pure, and ſo free from taynt--ha’ what is’t? ſaiſt thou? Traines _his man whiſpers him_. TAY. Good faith, it ſounds a very pretty _Bus’neſſe_! 56 EIT. So M^r. _Either-ſide_ ſaies, _Madame_. MER. The _Lady_ is come. TAY. Is ſhe? Good, waite vpon her in. My _Ambler_ Was neuer ſo ill abſent. _Either-ſide_, How doe I looke to day? Am I not dreſt, 60 Spruntly? _She lookes in her glaſſe._ EIT. Yes, verily, _Madame_. TAY. Pox o’ _Madame_, Will you not leaue that? EIT. Yes, good _Taile-buſh_. TAY. So? Sounds not that better? What vile _Fucus_ is this, Thou haſt got on? EIT. ’Tis _Pearle_. TAY. _Pearle?_ _Oyſter-ſhells_: As I breath, _Either-side_, I know’t. Here comes 65 (They say) a wonder, ſirrah, has beene in _Spaine_! Will teach vs all; ſhee’s ſent to mee, from _Court_. To gratulate with mee! Pr’y thee, let’s obſerue her, What faults ſhe has, that wee may laugh at ’hem, When ſhe is gone. EIT. That we will heartily, _Tail-buſh_. 70 Wittipol _enters_. TAY. O, mee! the very _Infanta_ of the _Giants_! [586] SD. om. G [587] 1 thou 1692, f. [588] 22 not loue] love not 1716, f. [589] 26 O’] O, 1641 [590] 27 on’t] of it G [591] 28 Madam! [_Aside to Manly._] G || He is G [592] 29 SN. _with him the_ 1692, 1716, W SN. om. G [593] 37 tell it G [594] 39 is it G || SN. om. G [595] 40 an] in 1641 [596] 42 disease W [597] 44 adulterate G [598] 53 chewing 1716, f. [599] 55 SN.] taint--_Enter_ TRAINS, _and whispers him_. G [600] 58 in. [_Exit Meercraft._] G [601] 61 SN.] _She_ om. G || o’ ret. G [602] 68 Prythee 1692 Prithee 1716 prithee W, G [603] 70 SN.] _Re-enter_ MEERCRAFT, _introducing_ WITTIPOL _dressed as a Spanish Lady_. G