_Doct_. Sirrah, must I stand waiting your Leisure, while you are roguing
here? I will reward ye. [_Beats him_.
_Scar_. Ay, and I shall deserve it richly, Sir, when you know all.
_Doct_. I guess all, Sirrah, and I heard all, and you shall be rewarded
for all. Where have you hid the Fiddles, you Rogue?
_Scar_. Fiddles, Sir!
_Doct_. Ay, Fiddles, Knave.
_Scar_. Fiddles, Sir!--Where?
_Doct_. Here, here I heard ‘em, thou false Steward of thy Master’s
Treasure.
_Scar_. Fiddles, Sir! Sure ‘twas Wind got into your Head, and whistled
in your Ears, riding so late, Sir.
_Doct_. Ay, thou false Varlet, there’s another debt I owe thee, for
bringing me so damnable a Lye: my Brother’s well--I met his Valet but a
League from Town, and found thy Roguery out. [_Beats him. He cries_.
_Scar_. Is this the Reward I have for being so diligent since you went?
_Doct_. In what, thou Villain? in what?
[_The Curtain is drawn up, and discovers the Hangings where
all of them stand_.
_Scar_. Why, look you, Sir, I have, to surprize you with Pleasure,
against you came home, been putting up this Piece of Tapestry, the best
in Italy, for the Rareness of the Figures, Sir.
_Doct_. Ha! hum--It is indeed a Stately Piece of Work; how came I by ‘em?
_Scar_. ‘Twas sent your Reverence from the _Virtuoso_, or some of the
Cabalists.
_Doct_. I must confess, the Workmanship is excellent;--but still I do
insist I heard the Musick.
_Scar_. ‘Twas then the tuning of the Spheres, some Serenade, Sir, from
the Inhabitants of the Moon.
_Doct_. Hum, from the Moon,--and that may be.
_Scar_. Lord, d’ye think I wou’d deceive your Reverence?
_Doct_. From the Moon, a Serenade,--I see no signs on’t here, indeed it
must be so--I’ll think on’t more at leisure. [_Aside_.
--Prithee what Story’s this? [_Looks on the Hangings_.
_Scar_. Why, Sir,--’Tis--
_Doct_. Hold up the Candles higher, and nearer.
[Peter _and_ Scaramouch _hold Candles near. He takes a Perspective,
and looks through it; and coming nearer_ Harlequin, _who is placed
on a Tree in the Hangings, hits him on the Head with his Trunchion.
He starts and looks about_. Harlequin _sits still.
_Scar_. Sir--
_Doct_. What was that struck me?
_Scar_. Struck you, Sir! Imagination.
_Doct_. Can my Imagination feel, Sirrah?
_Scar_. Oh, the most tenderly of any part about one, Sir!
_Doct_. Hum--that may be.
_Scar_. Are you a great Philosopher, and know not that, Sir?
_Doct_. This Fellow has a glimpse of Profundity. [_Aside. Looks again_.
--I like the Figures well.
_Scar_. You will, when you see ‘em by Day-light, Sir.
[Har. _hits him again. The_ Doctor _sees him_.
_Doct_. Ha,--Is that Imagination too?--Betray’d, betray’d, undone! run
for my Pistols, call up my Servants, _Peter_, a Plot upon my Daughter
and my Niece!
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