VVIT. Then they ſay, ’tis dangerous [147] To all the falne, yet well diſpos’d _Mad-dames_, That are induſtrious, and deſire to earne 40 Their liuing with their ſweate! For any diſtemper Of heat, and motion, may diſplace the colours; And if the paint once runne about their faces, Twenty to one, they will appeare ſo ill-fauour’d, Their ſeruants run away, too, and leaue the pleaſure 45 Imperfect, and the reckoning all vnpay’d. EIT. Pox, theſe are _Poets_ reaſons. TAY. Some old _Lady_ That keepes a _Poet_, has deuis’d theſe ſcandales. EIT. Faith we muſt haue the _Poets_ baniſh’d, _Madame_, As Maſter _Either-ſide_ ſaies. MER. Maſter _Fitz-dottrel_? 50 And his wife: where? _Madame_, the _Duke_ of _Drown’d-land_, That will be ſhortly. VVIT. Is this my _Lord_? MER. The ſame. [604] SD. om. G [605] 1 SN. is om. 1692, 1716, W || For G see 70 above. [606] 5 embrace 1716, f. [607] 6 SN. om. G [608] 16 ’em G [609] 20 Yo’] Y’ 1716, W [610] 22 ’t] it G [611] 38 SN.] [_Aside._ G [612] 39 _Mad-dams_ 1692, 1716 mad-dams W mad-ams G [613] 46 also G [614] 51 wife! _Wit._ Where? _Enter Mr. and Mrs._ FITZDOTTREL, _followed by_ PUG. _Meer._ [_To Wit._] Madam, G ACT. IIIJ. SCENE. IV. FITZ-DOTTREL. Miſtreſſe FITZ-DOTTRELL. PVG. } _to them._ Your ſeruant, _Madame_! VVIT. How now? Friend? offended, That I haue found your haunt here? Wittipol _whiſpers with_ Manly. MAN. No, but wondring At your ſtrange faſhion’d venture, hither. VVIT. It is To ſhew you what they are, you ſo purſue. MAN. I thinke ’twill proue a med’cine againſt marriage; To know their manners. VVIT. Stay, and profit then. 6 MER. The _Lady_, _Madame_, whose _Prince_ has brought her, here, To be inſtructed. _Hee preſents Miſtreſſe_ Fitz-dottrel. VVIT. Pleaſe you ſit with vs, _Lady_. MER. That’s _Lady-Preſident_. FIT. A goodly woman! I cannot ſee the ring, though. MER. Sir, ſhe has it. 10 TAY. But, _Madame_, theſe are very feeble reaſons! WIT. So I vrg’d _Madame_, that the new complexion, Now to come forth, in name o’ your _Ladiſhip’s fucus_, Had no _ingredient_-- TAY. But I durſt eate, I aſſure you. WIT. So do they, in _Spaine_. TAY. Sweet _Madam_ be ſo liberall, 15 To giue vs ſome o’ your _Spaniſh Fucuſes_! VVIT. They are infinit, _Madame_.