_Pet_. _Cackamarda Orangate_, a rare Perfume I’ll assure ye, Sir.
Sir _Sig_. _Cackamarda Orangate_; and ‘twere not for the Name of
_Cackamarda_, and so forth, a Man had as good have a Sir-reverence at his
Nose.
[_Sneezes often, he crys_ bonprovache.
_Pet_. _Bonprovache_--Signior, you do not understand it yet,
_bonprovache_.
Sir _Sig_. Why, Sir, ‘tis impossible to endure this same _Cackamarda_;
why Assafetida is odoriferous to it.
[_Sneezing_.
_Pet_. ‘Tis your right _Dulce Piquante_, believe me:--but come, Signiors,
wipe your Noses, and proceed to your giving Lesson.
Sir _Sig_. As how, Signior?
_Pet_. Why--present me with something--that--Diamond on your Finger, to
shew the manner of giving handsomly.
[_Sir_ Sig. _gives it him_.
--Oh, fie, Signior--between your Finger and Thumb--thus--with your other
Fingers at a distance--with a speech, and a bow.--
Sir _Sig_. _Illustrissimo_ Signior, the manifold Obligations.
_Pet_. Now a fine turn of your hand--thus--Oh, that sets off the Present,
and makes it sparkle in the Eyes of the Receiver.--
[_Sir_ Sig. _turns his hand_.
Sir _Sig_. Which you have heap’d upon me,--
_Pet_. There flourish again.
[_He flourishes_.
Sir _Sig_. Oblige me to beg your acceptance of this small Present, which
will receive a double Lustre from your fair Hand.
[_Gives it him_.
_Pet_. Now kiss your fingers ends, and retire back with a bow.
_Tick_. Most admirably perform’d.
Sir _Sig_. Nay, Sir, I have Docity in me, though I say’t: Come, Governor,
let’s see how you can out-do me in the Art of presenting.
_Tick_. Well, Sir, come; your Snuff-Box will serve instead of my Ring,
will it not?
_Pet_. By no means, Sir, there is such a certain Relation between a
Finger and a Ring, that no Present becomes either the giving or the
receiving Hand half so well.
Sir _Sig_. Why, ‘twill be restor’d again, ‘tis but to practise by.
_Pet_. Ay, Signior, the next thing you are to learn is to receive.
_Tick_. Most worthy Signior, I have so exhausted the _Cornucopia_ of your
Favours, [_Flourishes_.]--and tasted so plenteously of the fulness of
your bounteous Liberality, that to retaliate with this small Gem--is but
to offer a Spark, where I have received a Beam of superabundant Sunshine.
[_Gives it_.
Sir _Sig_. Most rhetorically perform’d, as I hope to breathe;
Tropes and Figures all over.
_Tick_. Oh Lord, Sir _Signal_.
_Pet_. Excellent--Now let’s see if you can refuse as civilly as you gave,
which is by an obstinate denial; stand both together--Illustrious
Signiors, upon my Honour my little Merit has not intitled me to the Glory
of so splendid an Offering; Trophies worthy to be laid only at your
Magnanimous Feet.
Sir _Sig_. Ah, Signior, no, no.
_Pet_. Signior _Tickletext_.
[_He offers, they refuse going backward_.
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