_Maſter_ of the _Dependances_! A place Of my proiection too, Sir, and hath met Much oppoſition; but the State, now, ſee’s That great neceſſity of it, as after all 65 Their writing, and their ſpeaking, againſt _Duells_, They haue erected it. His booke is drawne-- For, ſince, there will be differences, daily, ’Twixt Gentlemen; and that the roaring manner Is growne offenſiue; that thoſe few, we call 70 The ciuill men o’ the ſword, abhorre the vapours; They ſhall refer now, hither, for their _proceſſe_; And ſuch as treſſpaſe ’gainſt the rule of _Court_, Are to be fin’d-- FIT. In troth, a pretty place! MER. A kinde of arbitrary _Court_ ’twill be, Sir. 75 FIT. I ſhall haue matter for it, I beleeue, Ere it be long: I had a diſtaſt. MER. But now, Sir, My learned councell, they muſt haue a feeling, They’ll part, Sir, with no bookes, without the hand-gout Be oyld, and I muſt furniſh. If’t be money, 80 To me ſtreight. I am Mine, _Mint_ and _Exchequer_. To ſupply all. What is’t? a hundred pound? EVE. No, th’ _Harpey_, now, ſtands on a hundred pieces. MER. Why, he muſt haue ’hem, if he will. To morrow, Sir, Will equally ſerue your occaſion’s,---- 85 And therefore, let me obtaine, that you will yeeld To timing a poore Gentlemans diſtreſſes, In termes of hazard.-- FIT. By no meanes! MER. I muſt Get him this money, and will.-- FIT. Sir, I proteſt, I’d rather ſtand engag’d for it my ſelfe: 90 Then you ſhould leaue mee. MER. O good S^r. do you thinke So courſely of our manners, that we would, For any need of ours, be preſt to take it: Though you be pleas’d to offer it. FIT. Why, by heauen, I meane it! MER. I can neuer beleeue leſſe. 95 But wee, Sir, muſt preſerue our dignity, As you doe publiſh yours. By your faire leaue, Sir. _Hee offers to be gone._ FIT. As I am a Gentleman, if you doe offer To leaue mee now, or if you doe refuſe mee, 99 I will not thinke you loue mee. MER. Sir, I honour you. And with iuſt reaſon, for theſe noble notes, Of the nobility, you pretend too! But, Sir-- I would know, why? a motiue (he a ſtranger) You ſhould doe this? (EVE. You’ll mar all with your fineneſſe) FIT. Why, that’s all one, if ’twere, Sir, but my fancy. 105 But I haue a _Buſineſſe_, that perhaps I’d haue Brought to his _office_. MER. O, Sir! I haue done, then; If hee can be made profitable, to you. [134]