_Tick_. Why, has she, has she, Sirrah--hah--here, here, prithee take
money, here, and make no words on’t--go, go your way, go--But to
entertain Sir _Signal_ with other matter, pray send his Masters to him;
if thou canst help him to Masters, and me to Mistresses, thou shalt be
the good Genius of us both: but see where he comes--
_Enter Sir_ Signal.
Sir _Sig_. Hah! _Signior Illustrissimo Barberacho_, let me hug thee, my
little _Miphistophiloucho_--de ye see here, how fine your Brokering Jew
has made me, Signior _Rabbi Manaseth--Ben--Nebiton_, and so forth; hah--
view me round--
[_Turns round_.
_Tick_. I profess ‘tis as fit as if it had been made for you.
Sir _Sig_. Made for me--Why, Sir, he swore to me by the old Law, that
’.was never worn but once, and that but by one High-German Prince--I have
forgot his name--for the Devil can never remember a fart these dam’d
_Hogan-Mogan_ Titles.
_Tick_. No matter, Sir.
Sir _Sig_. Ay, but I shou’d be loth to be in any man’s Clothes, were he
never so high a German Prince--except I knew his name though.
_Tick_. Sir, I hold his name unnecessary to be remembred, so long as
’.was a princely Penniworth.--_Barberacho_, get you gone, and send the
Masters.
[_Ex_. Petro.
Sir _Sig_. Why, how now, Governour? how now, Signior _Tickletext_!
prithee how camest thou so transmogrified, ha? why, thou look’st like any
new-fledg’d _Cupid_.
_Tick_. Do I? away, you flatter; do I?
Sir _Sig_. As I hope to breathe, your Face shines through your pouder’d
Hairs, like you know what on a Barn-door in a frosty morning.
_Tick_. What a filthy comparison there for a man of my Coat?
Sir _Sig_. What, angry--_Corpo di me_, I meant no harm,--Come, shall’s to
a _Bonaroba_, where thou shalt part with thy Pusilage, and that of thy
Beard together?
_Tick_. How mean you, Sir, a Curtezan, and a Romish Curtezan?
Sir _Sig_. Now my Tutor’s up, ha, ha, ha--and ever is when one names a
Whore; be pacify’d, Man, be pacify’d, I know thou hat’st ‘em worse than
Beads or Holy-water.
_Tick_. Away, you are such another Knight--but leave this naughty
discourse, and prepare for your Fencing and Civility-Masters, who are
coming.
Sir _Sig_. Ay, when, Governour, when? Oh, how I long for my
Civility-Master, that I may learn to out-complement all the dull
Knights and Squires in _Kent_, with a _Servitore Hulichimo--No
Signiora Bellissima, base le Mane de vos Signiora scusa mia
Illustrissimo, caspeto de Bacco_, and so I’ll run on, hah, Governour,
hah! won’t this be pure?
_Tick_. Notably ingenious, I profess.
Sir _Sig_. Well, I’ll send my _Staffiera_ for him _incontinente_.--he,
_Jack_--a--_Cazo_, what a damned _English_ name is _Jack_? let me see--I
will call him _Giovanni_--which is as much as to say _John_!--he
_Giovanni_.
_Enter_ Jack.
_Tick_. Sir, by your favour, his _English_ Protestant Name is _John
Pepper_, and I’ll call him by ne’er a Popish Name in Christendom.
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