SNUFFE

I salute you both with the spirit of copulation, already informed of your matrimonial purposes, and will testimony to the integrity. Fie, fie, fie, these carnal kisses do stir up the Concupiscences of the flesh. Sir, I want words and protestation to insinuate into your credit; but in plainness and truth, I will qualify her grief with the spirit of consolation. If your Lordship will be pleased to salute me without ceremony, I shall be willing to exchange my service for your favour; but this worshipping kind of entertainment, is a super stitious vanity; in plainness and truth I love it not. That Gentlewoman is most sweetly modest, fair, ho nest, handsome, wise, wellborn, and rich. She's Like your Diamond; a temptation in every men eye, yet not yielding to any light impression her self. All men are mortal. The hour of death is vncer taine. Age makes sickness the more dangerous. And grief is subject to distraction. You know not how soon you may be deprived of the benefit of sense. In my understanding (there before) you shall do well if you be sick to set your state in pre sent order. Make your Will. Our opposition will but trouble him. No. T'is profane. Spirits are invisible. T'is the fiend i'the likeness of Charlemont. I will have no conversation with Satan. Purity be in this House. My duty Madame.—Falls and Tires? I begin to suspect what Falls and Tires you mean. My Lady and Sebastian the Fallen and the Tyre, and I the Shadow. I perceive the purity of my conversation is used but for a property to continued ver the uncleanness of their purposes. The very contemplam cion of the thing, makes the spirit of the flesh begin to wriggle in my blood. And here my desire has met with and object all ready. This Gentlewoman (me thinks) should be swayed with the motion; living in a house where moving example is so common. Temptation has prevailed over me; and I will at tempt to make it overcome her.—Mistress Cataplasma! My Lady (it seems) has some business that requires her stay. The fairness of the evening invites me into the air; will it please you give this Gentlewoman leave to leave her work, and walk a turn or two with me for honest recreation? In the way of holiness; Mistress Cataplasma. Your hand Gentlewomen.— The flesh is humble till the Spirit move it; But when t'is raised it will command above it. Murder, murder, murder. Murder, murder, murder. Here you shali find the murdered body. No my good Lord. We come to apprehend the murderer. The Ghost (great Pluto ) was a fool; unfit to be employed in any serious business for the state of hell. Why? could not he have suffered me to raise the mountain of my sins with one as damnable as all the rest; and then have tumbled me to ruin? But apprehend me even between the purpose and the act? before it was committed? No verily. This is my Lord D'amville. And his di straction (I think) grows out of his grief for the lose of a faithful servant. For surely I take him to be Borachio that is slain. Yes in sincerity my Lord. A Ghost? where my Lord?—I smell a Fox. Tush, tush; their walking spirits are mere imagina rye fables. There's no such thing in rerum naturam. Here is a man slain. And with the Spirit of consideration, I rather think him to be the murderer God into that disguise, then any such fantastic toy. His Lordship is pleased with my plainness and truth of conversation. You shall forgive me that, Sir. Oh! by no means. Prophanemot your lips with the foulness of that sin. I will rather take it. To save your oath, you shall loose your Ring.—Verily my Lord; my praise came short of her worth. She exceeds a Jewel. This is but only for ornament; She both for ornament and use. And the unity of Families is a work of love and cham ritie. If your Lordship please to impose it upon me; I will carry it without any second end, the surest way to satisfy your wish. In plainness and truth. I will only assist your proceedings. Charlemont! thy gratuity and my promises were both but words; and both Like words shall vanish into air.—For thy poor empty hand I must be mute: This gives me feeling of a better suit. Verily that disobedience does not become a Child. It proceedeth from and unsanctified liberty. You will be acces sarie to your own dishonour if you suffer it. And instantly, least fearing your constraint; her con trary affection teach her some devise that may prevent you. Best. Since Charlemont is absence, I have weighed his love with the spirit of consideration; and in sincerity I find it to be frivolous and vain. Withdraw your respect; his affection de serveth it not. Can he deserve your love, who in neglect of your de lightful conversation; and in obstinate contempt of all your prayers and tears; absents himself so far from your sweet fell lowship, and with a purpose so contracted to that absence, that you see he purchases your separation with the hazard of his blood and life; fearing to want pretence to partly your compa nies?—T'is rather hate that does division move; Love still de sire's the presence of his Love.—Verily, he is not of the Family of Love. But Castabella. — Verily, his Tongue is and unsanctified member. Made his Will; and by that Will made you his heir; with this proviso, that as occasion shall hereafter move him; he may revoke or altar it when he pleases. Mischief indeed my Lord. Your Brother's dead. Tush then, a Timpany is the greatest danger can be feared. Their fruitfulness turns but to a certain kind of fleg matique windy disease. No, conceive; thou shalt not. Yet thou shalt profit by my instruction too. My body is not every day drawn dry wench. Thou shalt try that instantly. We have both. This is the back side of the House which the superstitious call Saint Winifrea', Church; and is we rily a convenient unfrequented place.—Where under the close Curtains of the night; This disguise is for security sake wench. There's a talk thou knowest, that the Ghost of old Mon ferrers walks. In this Church he was buried. Now if any stranger fallen upon us before our business be ended; in this disguise I shall be taken for that Ghost; and never be called to examination I warrant thee. Thus we shall escape both prevention and discovery. How do I look in this habit wench? I will try how I can kiss in this beard.—Oh fie, fie, fie. I will put it off; and then kiss; and then put it on. I can do the rest without kissing. Soquette! Soquette! Soquette! Oh art thou there?— He mistakes the body of Borachio for Soquette. Verily thou liest in a fine premiditate readiness for the pur pose. Come kiss me sweet Soquette. —Now purity de fend me from the sin of Sodom.—This is a creature of the ma culine gender.—Verily the Man is blasted.— Yea? cold and stiff?—Murder, murder, murder. Why Soquette? I never God thee there yet. I promised thee I would not; and I was as good as my word. I prithee let it be the right hand; thou leftest me before and I did not Like that. May not Snuff be suffered to go out of himself? I grant you. The place is full of impurity. So much the more need of instruction and reformation. The purpose that carried me thither, was with the Spirit of conversion to pu rifie their uncleanness; and I hope your Lordship will say, the law cannot takehold of me for that. I am no Scholar my Lord. To speak the sincere truth, I am Snuff the Tallow-Chandler. Thus the Snuff is put out. My Lord Belforest taking a delight in the clean ness of my conversation; withdrew me from that unclean life, and put me in a garment fit for his society and my pre sent profession. We should be all wound up into the key of Mirth.