_1 Bra._ Here, child, take a glass of wine--Your master and I have
changed hats, honey, in a frolic.--Where had you this pretty boy, honest
Mustapha?
_Oriana._ Mustapha!
_Y. Mir._ Out of Picardy--this is the first errand he has made for me,
and if he does it right, I will encourage him.
_Oriana._ The red burgundy, sir?
_Y. Mir._ The red, marked a thousand, and be sure
you make haste.
_Oriana._ I shall, sir. [_Exit._
_1 Bra._ Sir, you were pleased to like my hat, have you any fancy for my
coat?--Lookye, sir, it has served a great many honest gentlemen, very
faithfully.
_Y. Mir._ The insolence of these dogs is beyond their cruelty!
[_Aside._
_Lam._ You're melancholy, sir.
_Y. Mir._ Only concerned, madam, that I should have no servant here but
this little boy--he'll make some confounded blunder, I'll lay my life
on't; I would not be disappointed of my wine, for the universe.
_Lam._ He'll do well enough, sir; but supper's ready; will you please to
eat a bit, sir?
_Y. Mir._ O, madam, I never had a better stomach in my life.
_Lam._ Come, then, we have nothing but a plate of soup.
_Y. Mir._ Ah! the marriage soup I could dispense with now.
[_Aside.--Exit, handing the Lady._
_2 Bra._ Shall we dispatch him?
_3 Bra._ To be sure; I think he knows me.
_1 Bra._ Ay, ay, dead men tell no tales; I han't the confidence to look
a man in the face, after I have done him an injury, therefore we'll
murder him. [_Exeunt._
SCENE III.
OLD MIRABEL'S _House_.
_Enter_ DURETETE.
_Dur._ My friend has forsaken me, I have abandoned my mistress, my time
lies heavy upon my hands, and my money burns in my pocket--But now I
think on't, my myrmidons are upon duty to-night; I'll fairly stroll down
to the guard, and nod away the night with my honest lieutenant, over a
flask of wine, a story, and a pipe of tobacco.
[_Going off_, BISARRE _meets him_.
_Bis._ Who comes there? stand!
_Dur._ Heyday, now she's turned dragoon!
_Bis._ Lookye, sir, I'm told you intend to travel again.--I design to
wait on you as far as Italy.
_Dur._ Then I'll travel into Wales.
_Bis._ Wales! What country's that?
_Dur._ The land of mountains, child; where you're never out of the way,
'cause there's no such thing as a highroad.
_Bis._ Rather, always in a high road, because you travel all upon hills;
but be't as it will, I'll jog along with you.
_Dur._ But we intend to sail to the East Indies.
_Bis._ East, or West, 'tis all one to me; I'm tight and light, and the
fitter for sailing.
_Dur._ But suppose we take through Germany, and drink hard?
[Illustration: INCONSTANT
ORIANA--I CANNOT; FOR I MUST BE UP AND GO TO CHURCH
ACT IV. SCENE III]
_Bis._ Suppose I take through Germany and drink harder than you?
_Dur._ Suppose I go to a bawdy house?
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