Will. Coffin him, inter him, yet after four and twenty Hours, as many
Drops of this divine Elixir give him new Life again; this will recover
whole Fields of slain, and all the Dead shall rise and fight
again—’twas this that made the Roman Lemons numerous, and now makes
_France_ so formidable, and this alone—may be the Occasion of the loss
of _Germany_. [Pours in _Harlequin’s_ Wound, he rises.
Feth. Why this Fellow’s the Devil, _Ned_, that’s for certain.
Blunt. Oh plague, a damn’d Conjurer, this—
Will. Come, buy this Coward’s Comfort, quickly buy; what Fop would be
abus’d, mimick’d and scorn’d, for fear of Wounds can be so easily
cured? Who is’t wou’d bear the Insolence and Pride of domineering great
Men, proud Officers or Magistrates? or who wou’d cringe to Statesmen
out of Fear? What Cully wou’d be cuckolded? What foolish Heir undone by
cheating Gamesters? What Lord wou’d be lampoon’d? What Poet fear the
Malice of his satirical Brother, or Atheist fear to fight for fear of
Death? Come buy my Coward’s Comfort, quickly buy.
Feth. Egad, _Ned_, a very excellent thing this; I’ll lay out ten Reals
upon this Commodity.
[They buy, whilst another Part of the Dance is danc’d.
Will. Behold this little Paper, which contains a Pouder, whose Value
surmounts that of Rocks of Diamonds and Hills of Gold; ’twas this made
_Venus_ a Goddess, and was given her by _Apollo_, from her deriv’d to
_Helen_, and in the Sack of _Troy_ lost, till recover’d by me out of
some Ruins of _Asia._ Come, buy it, Ladies, you that wou’d be fair and
wear eternal Youth; and you in whom the amorous Fire remains, when all
the Charms are fled: You that dress young and gay, and would be thought
so, that patch and paint, to fill up sometimes old Furrows on your
Brows, and set yourselves for Conquest, tho in vain; here’s that will
give you aubern Hair, white Teeth, red Lips, and Dimples on 144 your
Cheeks: Come, buy it all you that are past bewitching, and wou’d have
handsom, young and active Lovers.
Feth. Another good thing, _Ned_.
Car. I’ll lay out a Pistole or two in this, if it have the same Effect
on Men.
Will. Come, all you City Wives, that wou’d advance your Husbands to
Lord Mayors, come, buy of me new Beauty; this will give it tho now
decay’d, as are your Shop Commodities; this will retrieve your
Customers, and vend your false and out of fashion’d Wares: cheat, lye,
protest and cozen as you please, a handsom Wife makes all a lawful
Gain. Come, City Wives, come, buy.
Feth. A most prodigious Fellow!
[They buy, he sits, the other Part is danc’d.
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