ING. That was your bed-fellow,
The other moneth.
MER. The other moneth? the weeke. 10
Thou doſt not know the priueledges, _Ingine_,
Follow that Title; nor how ſwift: To day,
When he has put on his Lords face once, then--
FIT. Sir, for theſe things I ſhall doe well enough,
There is no feare of me. But then, my wife is 15
Such an vntoward thing! ſhee’ll neuer learne
How to comport with it. I am out of all
Conceipt, on her behalfe.
MER. Beſt haue her taught, Sir.
FIT. Where? Are there any Schooles for _Ladies_? Is there
An _Academy_ for women? I doe know, 20
For men, there was: I learn’d in it, my ſelfe,
To make my legges, and doe my poſtures.
ING. Sir.
Doe you remember the conceipt you had--
O’ the Spaniſh gowne, at home?
Ingine _whiſpers_ Merecraft, Merecraft _turnes to_ Fitz-dottrel.
MER. Ha! I doe thanke thee,
With all my heart, deare _Ingine_. Sir, there is 25
A certaine _Lady_, here about the Towne,
An _Engliſh_ widdow, who hath lately trauell’d,
But ſhee’s call’d the _Spaniard_; cauſe ſhe came
Lateſt from thence: and keepes the _Spaniſh_ habit.
Such a rare woman! all our women heere, 30
That are of ſpirit, and faſhion flocke, vnto her,
As to their Preſident; their _Law_; their _Canon_;
More then they euer did, to _Oracle-Foreman_.
Such rare receipts ſhee has, Sir, for the face;
Such _oyles_; such _tinctures_; such _pomatumn’s_; 35
Such _perfumes_; _med’cines_; _quinteſſences_, _&c._
And ſuch a Miſtreſſe of behauiour; [127]
She knowes, from the _Dukes_ daughter, to the Doxey,
What is their due iuſt: and no more!
FIT. O Sir!
You pleaſe me i’ this, more then mine owne greatneſſe, 40
Where is ſhee? Let vs haue her.
MER. By your patience,
We muſt vſe meanes; caſt how to be acquainted--
FIT. Good, S^r, about it.
MER. We muſt think how, firſt.
FIT. O!
I doe not loue to tarry for a thing,
When I haue a mind to’t. You doe not know me. 45
If you doe offer it.
MER. Your wife muſt ſend
Some pretty token to her, with a complement,
And pray to be receiu’d in her good graces,
All the great _Ladies_ do’t.
FIT. She ſhall, ſhe ſhall,
What were it beſt to be?
MER. Some little toy, 50
I would not haue it any great matter, Sir:
A _Diamant_ ring, of _forty_ or _fifty_ pound,
Would doe it handſomely: and be a gift
Fit for your wife to ſend, and her to take.
FIT. I’ll goe, and tell my wife on’t, ſtreight. 55
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