_Alon._ [_At the same time with_ LOPEZ'S _last speech, and after_ LOPEZ _is run out_.] Oh, how I hate, abominate, detest, and abhor, these perpetual talkers, disputants, controverters, and duellers of the tongue! But, on the other side, if it be not permitted to prudent men to speak their minds, appositely, and to the purpose, and in few words; if, I say, the prudent must be tongue-tied, then let great nature be destroyed; let the order of all things be turned topsy-turvy; let the goose devour the fox; let the infants preach to their great-grandsires; let the tender lamb pursue the wolf, and the sick prescribe to the physician; let fishes live upon dry land, and the beasts of the earth inhabit in the water; let the fearful hare-- _Enter_ LOPEZ _with a bell, and rings it in his ears_. _Alon._ Help, help, murder, murder, murder! [_Exit_ ALONZO, _running_. _Lop._ There was no way but this to be rid of him. _Enter a Servant._ _Serv._ Sir, there are some women without in masquerade, and, I believe, persons of quality, who are come to play here. _Lop._ Bring them in with all respect. _Enter again the Servant, after him_ JACINTHA, BEATRIX, _and other Ladies and Gentlemen: all masqued_. _Lop._ Cavaliers, and ladies, you are welcome: I wish I had more company to entertain you:--Oh, here comes one sooner than I expected. _Enter_ WILDBLOOD _and_ MASKALL. _Wild._ I have swept your gaming house, i'faith; _Ecce signum_. [_Shows gold._ _Lop._ Well, here's more to be had of these ladies, if it be your fortune. _Wild._ The first stakes I would play for, should be their veils and visor masks. _Jac. to Beat._ Do you think he will not know us? _Beat._ If you keep your design of passing for an African. _Jac._ Well, now I shall make an absolute trial of him; for, being thus _incognita_, I shall discover if he make love to any of you. As for the gallantry of his serenade, we will not be indebted to him, for we will make him another with our guitars. _Beat._ I'll whisper your intention to the servant, who shall deliver it to Don Lopez. [BEAT. _whispers to the Serv._ _Serv. to Lopez._ Sir, the ladies have commanded me to tell you, that they are willing, before they play, to present you with a dance; and to give you an essay of their guitars. _Lop._ They much honour me. A DANCE. _After the dance, the Cavaliers take the Ladies, and court them_. WILDBLOOD _takes_ JACINTHA. _Wild._ While you have been singing, lady, I have been praying: I mean, that your face and wit may not prove equal to your dancing; for, if they be, there's a heart gone astray, to my knowledge. _Jac._ If you pray against me before you have seen me, you'll curse me when you have looked on me. _Wild._ I believe I shall have cause to do so, if your beauty be as killing as I imagine it.