EDGEWORTH

Master Nightingale, come hither, leave your Mars a little. All the purses, and purchase, I give you to day by con ueyance, bring hither to Vrsla's presently. This they whisper, that Ouerdoo hears it not. Here we will meet at night in her odge, and share. Look you choose good places, for your standing i'the Fair, when you sing, Nightingale. And i'your singing, you must use your hawks eye nimbly, and fly the purse to a mark, still, where it's worn, and o'which side; that you may gi'me the sign with your beak, or hang your head that way i'the tune. And shall we have smocks Vrsla, and good whimsies, would? Half I have, Master Dan. Knockhum, is always at your service, Not a whit, these fellows were too fine to carry more ney. Nightingale, stay a little. Indeed I'll hear some of this! 'Slight, he will call company, you shall see, and put us into doings presently. Yes, Sir. Nor you feel. In, to Vrsla, Nightingale, and carry her comfort: see it told. This fellow was sent to us by fortune, for our first faring. This fellow is very charitable, would he had a purse too! but, I must not be too bold, all at a time. Faith, and he'll try ere you be out o'the Fair. Yonder he is buying o'Ginger-bread: set in quickly, be before he partly with too much on his money. Friend, let me have the first, let me have the first, I pray you. Sir, I cry you mercy; I'll not hinder the poor men profit: pray you mistake me not. Are you sure you have lost it, Sir? Thee? that were a jest indeed! Dost thou think the Gentleman is foolish? where hadst thou hands, I pray thee? Away Ass, away. Sir, I suspect and odd fellow, yonder, is stealing away. With me, Sir? what's your pleasure? good Sir. Good Gentlemen, do not undo me; I am a civil young man, and but a beginner, indeed. The little old Governor, Sir? Would you have the box and all, Sir? or only that, that is in't? I'll get you that, and leave him the box, to play with still: (which will be the harder o'the two) because I would gain your worships good opinion of me. I, and it'll be the longer a missing, to draw on the sport. Sir, if ever I break my word, with a Gentleman, may I never read word at my needs. Where shall I find you? Warrant, for what, Sir? What means he? Beshrew him, he startled me: I thought he had known of our plot. Guilt's a terrible thing! have you prepared the Costard monger? I, I know; I should have followed his Protectorship for a feat I am to do upon him: But this offered it self, so i'the way, I could not let it escape: here he comes, whistle, Nightin gale whistles be this sport called Dorring the Dotterels. A delicate great boy! me thinks, he out-scrambles them all. I cannot persuade my self, but he goes to grammer-schole yet; and plays the trewant, to day. Purse? a man might cut out his kidneys, I think; and he never feel them, he is so earnest at the sport. Away, Nightingale: that way. Away, Costermonger, come to us to Vrsla's. Talk of him to have a soul? Heart, if he have any more then a thing given him in stead of salt, only to keep him from stinking, I'll be hanged afore my time, presently, where should it be trow? in his blood; he has not so much to'ard it in his whole body, as will maintain a good Flay; And if he take this course, he will not have so much land left, as to rear a Calf within this twelve month. Was there ever green Plover so pulled! That his little Overseer had been here now, and been but tall enough, to see him steal pears, in exchange, for his beauer-hat, and his cloak thus? I must go find him out, next, for his black box, and his Patent (it seems) he has of his place; which I think the Gentleman would have a reversion of; that spoke to me for it so earnestly. Not yet, Sir, except you would go with me, and see't, it's not worth speaking on. The act is nothing, without a witness. Yonder he is, your man with the box fallen into the fi nest company, and so transported with vapours, they have God in a Northern Clothier, and one Puppy, a Western man, that's come to wrestle before my Lord Mayor, anon, and Captain Whit, and one Val Cutting, that helps Captain Jordan to roar, a circling boy: with whom your Numps, is so taken, that you may strip him of his clothes, if you will. I'll undertake to geld him for you; if you had but a Surgeon, ready, to fear him. And Mistress Justice, there, is the goodest woman! she do's so love them all over, in terms of Justice, and the Style of authority, with her hood up right—that I beseech you come away Gentlemen, and see't. Here, Sir, you are o'the backside o'the Booth already, you may hear the noise. WHit, bid Vall Cutting continue the vapours for a lift, Whit, for a lift. They are at it still, Sir, this they call vapours. You shall see, Sir. Will you take that, Master Wasp, that no body should mind you? No, but me thinks you should not be unminded, though, Sir, will it please you, enter in here, at Vrsla's ; and take partly of a silken gown, a velvet petticoat, or a wrought smock; I am promised such: and I can spare any Gentleman a moiety. Madame, you are very welcome hither. This is a very private house, Madame. The Cutpurse courts Mistress Litt wit. What else Madame ? Oh, by no means. By and by Madame, they stay but for company. That was you, Lady ; but now you are no such poor thing. Sir, it shall not needs, in my mind; he offers him a fairer course, to end it by disputation! hast thou nothing to say for thy self, in defence of thy quality? By my faith, there he has answered you, friend; by plain demonstration. Justice Ouerdoo! Now, mercy upon me. Is not this a finer life, Lady, then to be clogged with a husband?