_Cour._ No, no, only venture my body a little, that's all; look you, you know the secret, and may imagine my desires, therefore as you would have me assist your inclinations, pray be civil and help me to mine; look you, no demurring upon the matter, no qualms, but show me the way--[_To the_ Maid] or you, hussy, you shall do't; any bawd will serve at present, for I will go. [_Exit_ Maid. _Sylv._ But you shan't go, sir. _Cour._ Shan't go, lady? _Sylv._ No, shan't go, sir; did I not tell you when once you had got your liberty, that you would be rambling again. _Cour._ Why, child, wouldst thou be so uncharitable to tie up a poor jade to an empty rack in thy stable, when he knows where to go elsewhere, and get provender enough? _Sylv._ Any musty provender, I find, will serve your turn, so you have it but cheap, or at another man's charges. _Cour._ No, child, I had rather my ox should graze in a field of my own, than live hide-bound upon the common, or run the hazard of being pounded every day for trespasses. _Sylv._ Truly, all things considered, 'tis a great pity so good a husbandman as you should want a farm to cultivate. _Cour._ Wouldst thou be but kind, and let me have a bargain in a tenement of thine, to try how it would agree with me! _Sylv._ And would you be contented to take a lease for your life? _Cour._ So pretty a lady of the manor, and a moderate rent! _Sylv._ Which you'll be sure to pay very punctually? _Cour._ If thou doubtest my honesty, faith, e'en take a little earnest beforehand. _Sylv._ Not so hasty neither, good tenant. _Imprimis_, you shall oblige yourself to a constant residence, and not, by leaving the house uninhabited, let it run to repairs. _Cour._ Agreed. _Sylv. Item_, for your own sake you shall promise to keep the estate well fenced and inclosed, lest some time or other your neighbour's cattle break in and spoil the crop on the ground, friend. _Cour._ Very just and reasonable, provided I don't find it lie too much to common already. _Sylv. Item_, you shall enter into strict covenant not to take any other farm upon your hands, without my consent and approbation; or, if you do, that then it shall be lawful for me to get me another tenant, how and where I think fit. _Cour._ Faith, that's something hard though, let me tell you but that, landlady. _Sylv._ Upon these terms, we'll draw articles. _Cour._ And when shall we sign them? _Sylv._ Why, this morning, as soon as the ten o'clock office in Covent-garden is open. _Cour._ A bargain; but how will you answer your entertainment of a drunken red-coat in your lodgings at these unseasonable hours?