VVIT. Nam’d a gentleman,
That I’ll be anſwerable for, to you, Sir.
Had I nam’d you, it might ha’ beene ſuſpected:
This way, ’tis ſafe.
FIT. Come Gentlemen, your hands, 35
For witnes.
MAN. VVhat is this?
EVE. You ha’ made _Election_
Eueril _applaudes it_.
Of a moſt worthy _Gentleman_!
MAN. VVould one of worth
Had ſpoke it: whence it comes, it is
Rather a ſhame to me, then a praiſe.
EVE. Sir, I will giue you any Satisfaction. 40
MAN. Be ſilent then: “falſhood commends not truth”.
PLV. You do deliuer this, Sir, as your deed.
To th’ vſe of M^r. _Manly_?
FIT. Yes: and Sir--
VVhen did you ſee yong _Wittipol_? I am ready,
For proceſſe now; Sir, this is _Publication_. 45
He ſhall heare from me, he would needes be courting
My wife, Sir.
MAN. Yes: So witneſſeth his Cloake there.
FIT. Nay good Sir,--_Madame_, you did vndertake--
Fitz-dottrel _is ſuſpicious of_ Manly _ſtill_.
VVIT. VVhat?
FIT. That he was not _Wittipols_ friend.
VVIT. I heare S^r. no confeſſion of it.
FIT. O ſhe know’s not; 50
Now I remember, _Madame_! This young _Wittipol_,
VVould ha’ debauch’d my wife, and made me _Cuckold_,
Through a caſement; he did fly her home
To mine owne window: but I think I ſou’t him,
And rauifh’d her away, out of his pownces. 55
I ha’ ſworne to ha’ him by the eares: I feare
The toy, wi’ not do me right.
VVIT. No? that were pitty!
VVhat right doe you aske, Sir? Here he is will do’t you?
Wittipol _diſcouers himſelfe_.
FIT. Ha? _Wittipol_?
VVIT. I Sir, no more _Lady_ now,
Nor _Spaniard_!
MAN. No indeed, ’tis _Wittipol_. 60
FIT. Am I the thing I fear’d?
VVIT. A _Cuckold_? No Sir,
But you were late in poſſibility,
I’ll tell you ſo much.
MAN. But your wife’s too vertuous!
VVIT. VVee’ll ſee her Sir, at home, and leaue you here,
To be made _Duke o’ Shore-ditch_ with a proiect. [157] 65
FIT. Theeues, rauiſhers.
VVIT. Crie but another note, Sir,
I’ll marre the tune, o’ your pipe!
FIT. Gi’ me my deed, then.
_He would haue his_ deed _again_.
VVIT. Neither: that ſhall be kept for your wiues good,
VVho will know, better how to vſe it.
FIT. Ha’
To feaſt you with my land?
VVIT. Sir, be you quiet, 70
Or I ſhall gag you, ere I goe, conſult
Your Maſter of dependances; how to make this
A ſecond buſineſſe, you haue time Sir.
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