[815] 64 Cheaters] _heaters_ 1641
[816] 77 [_Exeunt._ [_A loud explosion, smoke, &c._ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VIJ.
SHAKLES. KEEPERS.
_A great noise is heard in_ New-gate,
_and the Keepers come out affrighted_.
O mee!
KEE. 1. What’s this?
2. A piece of Iustice Hall
Is broken downe.
3. Fough! what a ſteeme of brimſtone
Is here?
4. The priſoner’s dead, came in but now!
SHA. Ha? where?
4. Look here.
KEE. S’lid, I ſhuld know his countenance!
It is _Gill-Cut-purſe_, was hang’d out, this morning! 5
SHA. ’Tis he!
2. The _Diuell_, ſure, has a hand in this!
3. What ſhall wee doe?
SHA. Carry the newes of it
Vnto the _Sherifes_.
1. And to the _Iuſtices_.
4. This ſtrange!
3. And ſauours of the _Diuell_, ſtrongly!
2. I’ ha’ the _ſulphure_ of _Hell-coale_ i’ my noſe. 10
1. Fough.
SHA. Carry him in.
1. Away.
2. How ranke it is!
[817] SD.] _Enter_ SHAKLES, _and the_ Under-keepers, _affrighted_. G
[818] 3 Is here?] part of line 2 W
[819] 9 This is 1716, f.
[820] 11 [_Exeunt with the body._ G
ACT. V. SCENE. VIII.
Sir POVLE. MERE-CRAFT. EVER-ILL.
TRAINES. PITFALL. FITZ-DOTTREL.
{_To them_}
VVITTIPOL. MANLY. Miſtreſſe FITZ-DOTTREL.
INGINE. _To them_} GVILT-HEAD.
SLEDGE. _to them_} SHACKLES.
_The Iuſtice comes out wondring, and the reſt informing him._
This was the notableſt Conſpiracy,
That ere I heard of.
MER. Sir, They had giu’n him potions,
That did enamour him on the counterfeit _Lady_--
EVE. Iuſt to the time o’ deliuery o’ the deed--
MER. And then the witchcraft ’gan’t’ appeare, for ſtreight 5
He fell into his fit.
EVE. Of rage at firſt, Sir,
Which ſince, has ſo increaſed.
TAY. Good S^r. _Poule_, ſee him,
And puniſh the impoſtors.
POV. Therefore I come, _Madame_.
EIT. Let M^r. _Etherſide_ alone, _Madame_.
POV. Do you heare?
Call in the Conſtable, I will haue him by: 10
H’is the Kings _Officer_! and ſome Cittizens, [167]
Of credit! I’ll diſcharge my conſcience clearly.
MER. Yes, Sir, and ſend for his wife.
EVE. And the two _Sorcerers_,
By any meanes!
TAY. I thought one a true _Lady_,
I ſhould be ſworne. So did you, _Eyther-ſide_? 15
EIT. Yes, by that light, would I might ne’r ſtir elſe, _Tailbuſh_.
TAY. And the other a ciuill Gentleman.
EVE. But, _Madame_,
You know what I told your _Ladyſhip_.
TAY. I now ſee it:
I was prouiding of a banquet for ’hem.
After I had done inſtructing o’ the fellow 20
_De-uile_, the Gentlemans man.
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