MER. No, tell him, if he were, I ha’ made his peace!
Mere-craft _whiſpers againſt him_.
Hee’s one, Sir, has no State, and a man knowes not,
How such a trust may tempt him.
FIT. I conceiue you.
EVE. S^r. this ſame deed is done here.
MER. Pretty _Plutarchus_?
Art thou come with it? and has Sir _Paul_ view’d it? 25
PLV. His hand is to the draught.
MER. VVill you step in, S^r.
And read it?
FIT. Yes.
EVE. I pray you a word wi’ you.
Eueril _whiſpers against_ Mere-craft.
Sir _Paul Eitherside_ will’d mee gi’ you caution,
Whom you did make _Feoffee_: for ’tis the truſt
O’ your whole State: and though my Cousin heere 30
Be a worthy Gentleman, yet his valour has
At the tall board bin queſtion’d: and we hold
Any man ſo impeach’d, of doubtfull honesty!
I will not iuſtiſie this; but giue it you
To make your profit of it: if you vtter it, 35
I can forſweare it!
FIT. I beleeue you, and thanke you, Sir.
[688] SD. V] III. 1641 ACT. ...] SCENE II. _Another Room in the same.
Enter_ MEERCRAFT _and_ FITZDOTTREL. G
[689] 5 taken G
[690] 9 service 1641, W, G Service 1692, 1716
[691] 18 on. _Enter_ PITFALL. G
[692] 20 Mr. 1692, 1716 mr. W
[693] 21 [_Exit Pitfall._ SN. om. G
[694] 23 _Enter_ EVERILL _and_ PLUTARCHUS. G
[695] 25 _Poul_ 1692, 1716 Poul W
[696] 27 SN.] [_Aside to Fitz._ G
[697] 28 give 1641, G _Paul_] as in 4.5.25
[698] 36 [_Exeunt._ G
ACT. IIIJ. SCENE. VI.
VVITTIPOL. Mistresse FITZ-DOTTREL.
MANLY. MERE-CRAFT.
Be not afraid, ſweet _Lady_: yo’ are truſted [154]
To loue, not violence here; I am no rauiſher,
But one, whom you, by your faire truſt againe,
May of a ſeruant make a moſt true friend.
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