[702] 8 m’] W, G [703] 28 SN.] [_comes forward._] G [704] 40 faithfull 1641 [705] 41 SN.] _Enter_ MEERCRAFT. (after ‘forfeit.’) _Aside to Wittipol._ (after ‘Sir,’) G [706] 42 leg-strain’d] hyphen om. 1692, f. [707] 43 He’] H’ 1692, 1716 [708] 45 h’ om. 1641 he W, G [709] 46 H’is] He’s 1716, W He is G [710] 49 phrenetic G [711] 52 me!--_Enter_ FITZDOTTREL, EVERILL, _and_ PLUTARCHUS. G || h’is He’s 1716, f. ACT. IV. SCENE. VIJ. WITTIPOL. Miſtreſſe FITZ-DOTTREL. MANLY. MERE-CRAFT. FITZ-DOTTRELL. EVERILL. PLVTARCHVS. FIT. _Madame_, I haue a ſuit to you; and afore-hand, I doe beſpeake you; you muſt not deny me, I will be graunted. WIT. Sir, I muſt know it, though. FIT. No _Lady_; you muſt not know it: yet, you muſt too. For the truſt of it, and the fame indeed, 5 Which elſe were loſt me. I would vfe your name, But in a _Feoffment_: make my whole eſtate Ouer vnto you: a trifle, a thing of nothing, Some eighteene hundred. WIT. Alas! I vnderſtand not Thoſe things Sir. I am a woman, and moſt loath, 10 To embarque my ſelfe-- FIT. You will not ſlight me, _Madame_? WIT. Nor you’ll not quarrell me? FIT. No, ſweet _Madame_, I haue Already a _dependance_; for which cauſe I doe this: let me put you in, deare _Madame_, I may be fairely kill’d. WIT. You haue your friends, Sir, 15 About you here, for choice. EVE. She tells you right, Sir. _Hee hopes to be the man._ FIT. Death, if ſhe doe, what do I care for that? Say, I would haue her tell me wrong. WIT. Why, Sir, [156] If for the truſt, you’ll let me haue the honor To name you one. FIT. Nay, you do me the honor, _Madame_: 20 Who is’t? WIT. This Gentleman: _Shee deſignes_ Manly. FIT. O, no, sweet _Madame_, H’is friend to him, with whom I ha’ the _dependance_. WIT. Who might he bee? FIT. One _Wittipol_: do you know him? WIT. Alas Sir, he, a toy: This Gentleman A friend to him? no more then I am Sir! 25 FIT. But will your _Ladyſhip_ vndertake that, _Madame_? WIT. Yes, and what elſe, for him, you will engage me. FIT. What is his name? VVIT. His name is _Euſtace Manly_. FIT. VVhence do’s he write himſelfe? VVIT. of _Middle-ſex_, _Eſquire_. FIT. Say nothing, _Madame_. _Clerke_, come hether 30 VVrite _Euſtace Manly_, Squire o’ _Middle-ſex_. MER. What ha’ you done, Sir?