EVE. Come gi’ mee.
MER. Soft, Sir.
EVE. Mary, and faire too, then. I’ll no delaying, Sir. 200
MER. But, you will heare?
EVE. Yes, when I haue my diuident.
MER. Theres forty pieces for you.
EVE. What is this for? [136]
MER. Your halfe. You know, that _Guilt-head_ muſt ha’ twenty.
EVE. And what’s your ring there? ſhall I ha’ none o’ that?
MER. O, thats to be giuen to a _Lady_! 205
EVE. Is’t ſo?
MER. By that good light, it is.
EV. Come, gi’ me
Ten pieces more, then.
MER. Why?
EV. For _Guilt-head_? Sir,
Do’you thinke, I’ll ’low him any ſuch ſhare:
MER. You muſt.
EVE. Muſt I? Doe you your muſts, Sir, I’ll doe mine,
You wi’ not part with the whole, Sir? Will you? Goe too. 210
Gi’ me ten pieces!
MER. By what law, doe you this?
EVE. E’n Lyon-law, Sir, I muſt roare elſe.
MER. Good!
EVE. Yo’ haue heard, how th’ _Aſſe_ made his diuiſions, wiſely?
MER. And, I am he: I thanke you.
EV. Much good do you, S^r.
MER. I ſhall be rid o’ this tyranny, one day?
EVE. Not,
While you doe eate; and lie, about the towne, here; 216
And coozen i’ your bullions; and I ſtand
Your name of credit, and compound your buſineſſe;
Adiourne your beatings euery terme; and make
New parties for your proiects. I haue, now, 220
A pretty taſque, of it, to hold you in
Wi’ your_ Lady Tayle-buſh_: but the toy will be,
How we ſhall both come off?
MER. Leaue you your doubting.
And doe your portion, what’s aſſign’d you: I
Neuer fail’d yet.
EVE. With reference to your aydes? 225
You’ll ſtill be vnthankfull. Where ſhall I meete you, anon?
You ha’ ſome feate to doe alone, now, I ſee;
You wiſh me gone, well, I will finde you out,
And bring you after to the audit.
MER. S’light!
There’s _Ingines_ ſhare too, I had forgot! This raigne 230
Is too-too-vnſuportable! I muſt
Quit my ſelfe of this vaſſalage! _Ingine!_ welcome.
[457] SD. om. G
[458] 1 [_takes Meer. aside._ G
[459] 7 I’m 1716, W I am G
[460] 16 think. [_They walk aside._ G
[461] 17 I’m 1716 I am W
[462] 21 SN. om. G
[463] 23 gartering W, G
[464] 32 Storer 1716 storer W, G
[465] 33 Sulters 1641
[466] 38 Bayliffs 1716 bailiffs W, G
[467] 39,43 SN. om. G
[468] 44 you’re 1716, W
[469] 52 _Enter_ FITZDOTTREL. || SN. om. G
[470] 53 part. [_They go up to Fitz._] G
[471] 57, 61 SN. om. G
[472] 68 since 1641, f.
[473] 90 I had G
[474] 97 SN. _Hee_ om. G
[475] 103 () ret. G
[476] 104 _Ever._ [_Aside to Meer._]
[477] 106 ’d] would G
[478] 114 the W
[479] 123 ’s] is G
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