FIT. I hope I ſhall: but _Ingine_, you doe talke 20
Somewhat too much, o’ my courſes. My Cloake-cuſtomer
Could tell mee ſtrange particulars.
ING. By my meanes? [111]
FIT. How ſhould he haue ’hem elſe?
ING. You do not know, S^r,
What he has: and by what arts! A monei’d man, Sir,
And is as great with your _Almanack-Men_, as you are! 25
FIT. That Gallant?
ING. You make the other wait too long, here:
And hee is extreme punctuall.
FIT. Is he a gallant?
ING. Sir, you ſhall ſee: He’is in his riding ſuit,
As hee comes now from Court. But heere him ſpeake:
Miniſter matter to him, and then tell mee. 30
[254] SD. om. G
[255] 3 _Exit Pug. Re-enter_ ENGINE. G
[256] 4 th’] the G§
[257] 7 H’is] he’s 1716, f. () ret. G
[258] 9 businesse 1641
[259] 12 undertaking 1641
[260] 16 ’hem] ’em G
[261] 21 o’ ret. G
[262] 27 a om. 1692, 1716, W
[263] 28 He’is] He’s 1716 he’s W, G
[264] 30 [_Exeunt._ G
ACT. IJ. SCENE. I.
MEER-CRAFT. FITZ-DOTTREL. INGINE.
TRAINES. PVG.
Sir, money’s a whore, a bawd, a drudge;
Fit to runne out on errands: Let her goe.
_Via pecunia!_ when ſhe’s runne and gone,
And fled and dead; then will I fetch her, againe,
With _Aqua-vitæ_, out of an old Hogs-head! 5
While there are lees of wine, or dregs of beere,
I’le neuer want her! Coyne her out of cobwebs,
Duſt, but I’ll haue her! Raiſe wooll vpon egge-ſhells,
Sir, and make graſe grow out o’ marro-bones.
To make her come. (Commend mee to your Miſtreſſe, 10
_To a waiter._
Say, let the thouſand pound but be had ready,
And it is done) I would but ſee the creature
(Of fleſh, and blood) the man, the _prince_, indeed,
That could imploy ſo many millions
As I would help him to.
FIT. How, talks he? millions? 15
MER. (I’ll giue you an account of this to morrow.)
Yes, I will talke no leſſe, and doe it too;
_To another._
If they were _Myriades_: and without the _Diuell_,
By direct meanes, it ſhall be good in law.
ING. Sir. [112]
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