M^rs. FIT. Sure I haue heard this tongue.
MER. What do you meane, S^r?
Mere-craft _murmures,_
WIT. Would you ha’ me mercenary?
We’ll recompence it anon, in ſomewhat elſe.
_He is ſatisfied, now he ſees it._
FIT. I doe not loue to be gull’d, though in a toy.
VVife, doe you heare? yo’ are come into the Schole, wife,
VVhere you may learne, I doe perceiue it, any thing! 111
How to be fine, or faire, or great, or proud,
Or what you will, indeed, wife; heere ’tis taught.
And I am glad on’t, that you may not ſay,
Another day, when honours come vpon you, 115
You wanted meanes. I ha’ done my parts: beene,
Today at fifty pound charge, firſt, for a ring, [150]
_He vpbraids her, with his Bill of coſts._
To get you entred. Then left my new _Play_,
To wait vpon you, here, to ſee’t confirm’d.
That I may ſay, both to mine owne eyes, and eares, 120
Senſes, you are my witneſſe, ſha’ hath inioy’d
All helps that could be had, for loue, or money--
M^rs. FIT. To make a foole of her.
FIT. Wife, that’s your malice,
The wickedneſſe o’ you nature to interpret
Your husbands kindeſſe thus. But I’ll not leaue; 125
Still to doe good, for your deprau’d affections:
Intend it. Bend this ſtubborne will; be great.
TAY. Good _Madame_, whom do they vſe in meſſages?
WIT. They comonly vſe their ſlaues, _Madame_.
TAI. And do’s your _Ladiſhip_.
Thinke that ſo good, _Madame_?
WIT. no, indeed, _Madame_; I, 130
Therein preferre the faſhion of _England_ farre,
Of your young delicate Page, or diſcreet Vſher.
FIT. And I goe with your _Ladiſhip_, in opinion,
Directly for your Gentleman-vſher.
There’s not a finer _Officer_ goes on ground. 135
WIT. If hee be made and broken to his place, once.
FIT. Nay, ſo I preſuppoſe him.
WIT. And they are fitter
Managers too, Sir, but I would haue ’hem call’d
Our _Eſcudero’s_.
FIT. Good.
WIT. Say, I ſhould ſend
To your _Ladiſhip_, who (I preſume) has gather’d 140
All the deare ſecrets, to know how to make
_Paſtillos_ of the _Dutcheſſe_ of _Braganza_,
_Coquettas_, _Almoiauana’s_, _Mantecada’s_,
_Alcoreas_, _Muſtaccioli_; or ſay it were
The _Peladore_ of _Isabella_, or _balls_ 145
Againſt the itch, or _aqua nanfa_, or _oyle_
Of _Ieſſamine_ for gloues, of the _Marqueſſe Muja_:
Or for the head, and hayre: why, theſe are _offices_.
FIT. Fit for a gentleman, not a ſlaue. They onely
Might aske for your _pineti_, _Spaniſh_-cole, 150
To burne, and ſweeten a roome; but the _Arcana_
Of _Ladies_ Cabinets--
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