FIT. Beauty is the _Saint_,
You’ll ſacrifice your ſelfe, into the ſhirt too? 70
WIT. So I may ſtill cloth, and keepe warme your wiſdome?
FIT. You lade me S^r!
WIT. I know what you wil beare, S^r.
FIT. Well, to the point. ’Tis only, Sir, you ſay,
To ſpeake vnto my wife?
WIT. Only, to ſpeake to her.
FIT. And in my preſence?
WIT. In your very preſence. 75
FIT. And in my hearing?
WIT. In your hearing: ſo,
You interrupt vs not.
FIT. For the ſhort ſpace
You doe demand, the fourth part of an houre,
I thinke I ſhall, with ſome conuenient ſtudy,
And this good helpe to boot, bring my ſelfe to’t. 80
_Hee ſhrugs himſelfe vp in the cloake._
WIT. I aske no more.
FIT. Pleaſe you, walk to’ard my houſe,
Speake what you liſt; that time is yours: My right
I haue departed with. But, not beyond,
A minute, or a ſecond, looke for. Length,
And drawing out, ma’aduance much, to theſe matches. 85
And I except all kiſſing. Kiſſes are
Silent petitions ſtill with willing _Louers_.
WIT. _Louers?_ How falls that o’ your phantſie?
FIT. Sir.
I doe know ſomewhat. I forbid all lip-worke.
WIT. I am not eager at forbidden dainties. 90
Who couets vnfit things, denies him ſelfe.
FIT. You ſay well, Sir, ’Twas prettily ſaid, that ſame,
He do’s, indeed. I’ll haue no touches, therefore,
Nor takings by the armes, nor tender circles
Caſt ’bout the waſt, but all be done at diſtance. 95
Loue is brought vp with thoſe ſoft _migniard_ handlings;
His pulſe lies in his palme: and I defend
All melting ioynts, and fingers, (that’s my bargaine)
I doe defend ’hem, any thing like action.
But talke, Sir, what you will. Vſe all the _Tropes_ 100
And _Schemes_, that Prince _Quintilian_ can afford you:
And much good do your _Rhetoriques_ heart. You are welcome, Sir.
_Ingine_, God b’w’you.
WIT. Sir, I muſt condition
To haue this Gentleman by, a witneſſe.
FIT. Well,
I am content, ſo he be ſilent.
MAN. Yes, S r. 105
FIT. Come _Diuell_, I’ll make you roome, ſtreight.
But I’ll ſhew you
Firſt, to your Miſtreſſe, who’s no common one,
You muſt conceiue, that brings this game to ſee her. [104]
I hope thou’ſt brought me good lucke.
PVG. I ſhall do’t. Sir.
[177] SD. ACT. ...] _Enter, behind_, ENGINE, _with a cloke on his
arm_, WITTIPOL, _and_ MANLY. G
[178] 5 [_Engine goes to Fitzdottrel and takes him aside._ G
[179] 19 _Broker_ 1692, 1716 broker W
[180] 20 on 1641, f.
[181] 28 Marry 1692, f.
[182] 32 whether 1716
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