Act. III. Scœn. I.
Enter Matchil, Rachel, between Eraſmus and
Valentine.
Val.Myſtris, be not ſo violent.
Mat.I’ll rather run my Countrey, Gentlemen, then
Ra.You were beſt to kill her then, and then you’ll
have no other courſe to take, unleſſe you ſtay and be-
[K7r]Mat.
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Mat.I’le make thee glad to flie firſt.
Ra.From my houſe and huſband ſhall I? from my
poſſeſſions ſhall I? And leave you all to ſpend in riot
ſhall I? No ſir,
I’le ſtay and ſpend my ſhare if you go
to that, that will I. And make all flie as well as you, and
you go to that, that will I, ha.
Er.Nay, fie be not ſo loud.
Mat.What didſt thou bring thou drudge thou.
Ra.That which you were content to drudge withal,
I am too ſure o’that. The drudge you ſpeak of is no
worſe then your own wife, I am too ſure o’that.
Mat.I know not what to ſay to her.
Ra.Did you not ſay for better, for worſe? And if
’twere worſe then ’tis, ’twere all too good for you. And
Ra.finde ſome good Friend to
finde ſome good Friend to
knowfinde ſome good Friend to.
Val.That I like well,
I’le be her firſt man.
Ra.I truſt you have found the drudge to be a woman
fit to content a man, and if you grant not that, ſome
better man perhaps ſhall be a Judge, betwixt you and
Mat.She threatens hornes, I think.
Ra.Hornes. I think, you ſaid. If ’twere ſo ’twere
too good for you. Cannot your own wife content
Val.She holds up that point ſtoutly.
Mat.O for an expert Chyrurgion now to caſt her
in a deep ſleep, and geld her.
Er.Introth you will be both ſorry, when your
paſſion gives but leaſt way to your underſtandings.
Mr. M
atchil, let me perſwade with you.
Mat.Never unleſſe you bring her on her knees, to
crave forgiveneſſe at my foot.
[K7v]Val.
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Val.If you but yield an inch, he treads upon your
neck,
I will not give an under ſpur-leather for you.
But bear it out bravely, and
I’ll be your ſervant.
Ra.Mrs.
Match-ill indeed, to be ſo match’t.
Mat.So match’t! how match’t? what from the hur-
den ſmock with lockram upper-bodies, and hempen
ſheets, to weare and ſleep in
Holland, and from the
dripping-pan to eat in ſilver, ha. Do you repine at
your Match, ha. Is wealth contemptible to you?
Ra.I was better content in my povertie.
I have
not been my ſelfe, Gentlemen, ſince he marri-
Mas.You may be poor again as ſoon as you pleaſe,
the door is open, depart at your pleaſure; you know
the way to your old Aunt the Apple-woman, at
Hock-
ly-hole. Take your knitting Needles again, and live
Ra.No ſir, I’ll ſtay with you, and make you as poor
before
I have done wi’ ye, as I was before you
had me Gent.
I ſhall not be my ſelf till then.
Mat.The devil you ſhall. Was ever ſuch a crook-
ed condition crept into a thing like woman?
Val.Yet this ſir, is the rare piece of obedience
You boaſted of, and ſaid you would defie
The devil to diſhoneſt her,
I am ſorry
Your judgement led you into ſuch an errour,
Already ſhe’s my Myſtreſſe.
Ra.Yes, and
I’le call him ſervant, Gentlewomen
Mat.If ſhe, ſir, be your Myſtreſſe, Then am
I
Your Maſter-in-law, out of my houſe I charge you.
Er.Doeſt thou conſpire to grieve him?
Val.Troth, ſir, I did but jeſt. You have my pity.
[K8r]Er.
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Er.All are not times for Jeſt, friend
Valentine.
Mat.O my affliction!
[She looks in her Watch.
Er.Have a little patience, ſir,
While I talk calmly with her.
A while unto my thoughts. Go into the houſe.
Ra.Pray ſervant help me here a little. Do ſo
As winde up my Jack, for me, my Watch I would
Val.Her Jack! ſhe’s in the Kitchin ſtill.
A pretty Watch this, Myſtreſſe, what did you pay
Ra.Nothing, my husband ga’t me.
Val.Pity the Spring is broke, but I can get it
Ra.Good ſervant take it with you then to the Jack-
makers,
I would ſay, the Watch-makers. Come
Gentlemen, ſhall we have a craſh at cards?
Er.With all my heart. What is your game?
Ra.I can play a many old games. One and thirty
bone-ace, Tickle me quicklie, and my Ladies hole, and
ſichie. But you ſhall teach me new ones, though
I loſe
money for my learning, Gleek and Primero, Greſco
ſaut, primofiſtula, I know all by hear-ſay. Come let
us have a bout at ſomewhat. I have money e-
Val.And
I’le make ſhift to eaſe you of ſome on’t.
Ex. three.
Mat.Affliction on affliction hourely findes me,
And layes me on the Rack, tearing my heart
Like greedie vultures, O my heart, this heart
That I ſo long ſuppos’d impenetrable
By all the darts of ſorrow, is now transfixt,
Shot through and through with torments, and by
[K8v]This
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This laſt made ſenſible of all the reſt.
My ſons untimely death, my daughter’s loſſe.
My Siſters follies, and my Brothers vices.
My ſervants ſalſhood, and the jeers of ſtrangers
Now wound me all at once; and all through this
Predominant blow, pull’d on me by mine own
Impetuous raſhneſſe Let me here conſider,
While my hearts torture keeps my ſoule awake,
The moving cauſe of all theſe ill effects.
Mine owne unbridled wilde affections.
Scorne of example, and contempt of counſel.
I cannot but obſerve withal, how juſt,
A judgement follows mine own wilful acts,
In the ſame kinde of doing ills for ills.
For my loſt ſonne, I raſhly wrought revenge
Upon an innocent Girle; and with her
Have loſt mine own; and for th’unmanly joy
I took in one wives death, becauſe a Shrew.
(Though otherwiſe vertuous) I am in another
Trebly tormented; not alone with noiſe,
But with a feare of unchaſte purpoſes,
Which if they come to act, my purſe muſt pay for.
I ſee my faults, and feel the puniſhments.
And rather then ſtand out in my defence
T’enjoy ſome peace, I will endure ſome ſorrow
And beare it civilly. Within there.
Enter Servant.
Mat.Go call your Myſtreſſe, pray her to come a-
My reſolution brings me yet ſome eaſe:
Men that are borne to ſerve, mnſt ſeek to pleaſe.
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Enter Rachel.
Ra.Your pleaſure quickly, I have left
My company, my ſervant, and my friend yond,
Sawing againſt one another at Corne the Caſter, till I
Mat.And then all three to In and In, is’t ſo?
Ra.My ſervant, and my friend and I are e’ne all
They are the goodeſt Gentlemen, the beſt com-
Mat.Your ſervant and your friend.
Ra.Yes, and my ſervant playes for me now in my
abſence, as farre as ten pieces go, that I left him.
My plow goes there, though I am here.
Mat.Your plow makes vile baulkes of my money the
Ra.I am not ſo ill a huſwife as you imagine. And
my friend, and my ſervant have promiſ’d to carry me
abroad, to this town, and to that town, and tother
town, and whow, I know not whither. And my ſer-
vant will have me to
Hide-Park, he ſayes, to ſee and to
ſhew all, as well as the brave Gallants.
Mat.This is gallant indeed.
Ra.And my friend will carry me to a whatdeecall, a
new Academy, where I ſhall ſee the rareſt muſick and
dancing, he ſayes, and learn the fineſt Complements.
and other courtly qualities that are to be had for mo-
ney, and ſuch inſtructions for the neweſt faſhions
Mat.She will flie to the devil for faſhions ſake. Pray
ſtay a little, and let me take talk calmely with you.
You
have almoſt broke my heart.
Ra.But not altogether, I hope. I would not win ſo
great a game, without ſome ſport in playing it.
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I know you put on this affected carriage,
But to try maſterie, and the diſeaſe
Being ſo general among all women,
Is in you therefore more excuſable.
Mat.Hear what I will ſay to you.
And finde in that a huſbands good affection.
I love my peace, and would preſerve my honour,
Both which are in your breaſts to ſave or ſpoil.
Ra.And can you think the way to purchaſe peace
Is by a war with me? hah, you are cozen’d.
Do you think your domineering looks, or noiſe,
Or blowes, can fright me into quietneſſe,
Or that you ſhall have honour by abaſing
Mat.You will not underſtand me.
Mat.Though I love peace, and would preſerve my
I’le yield in both to you, and can, (I have been
So us’d to thraldome) But the world, the world
Mat.There I would ſave a reputation.
Ra.He’s loth to bring it out; I’le cloſe w’ye.
You’ll be content ſo, I will ſuffer you
To bear a loud command o’re me in publick,
That
I ſhall carrie it in private.
Is’t not ſo?
Ra.You’ll give me leave to beat you
Mat.Nay, we’ll bar blowes at all times.
Ra.But if I chance to give you a rap or two,
Or now and then a nip, and you ſtrike me
Again, I’le ſtrike you ſome way elſe, as you
Would not be ſtruck. And ſo obſerve my carriage.
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The Gentlemen are coming.
Enter Eraſmus, Valentine.
Val.And not by the eares: that’s wonderful.
Ra.Sir, I perceive my errour, and repent it.
Promiſing you in all my after life,
To be a faithful and obedient wife.
Val.He has fetch’t her about, it ſeems.
Mat.Grammercy
Rachel, binde it with a kiſſe.
[ Kiſſe.
Er.And thus it ſhould be.
Mat.Gentlemen, have ye found us?
Er.With joy to ſee this reconciliation.
Mat.Thus ſhall ye ſee it ever, Gentlemen.
I knew ſhe would yield, or I ſhould make her heart
What were a huſband, if he were not Maſter?
Val.You have wonne the field, it ſeems, yet I may
I have not loſt a Myſtreſſe.
Mat.In a faire way, Gentlemen,
I ſhall
Abridge her of no courtly priviledge.
But no more haytie twaytie tricks, I charge you.
She ſhall not jaunt to this nor that town with you.
(I thank you for your care) nor to
Hide-Park.
Nor to the Academy you tell her of, without my leave.
Val.And do you ſay ſo Myſtreſſe?
I am no ſuch woman as you took me for,
With Mr.
Matchils leave you may be welcome
Home to his houſe in good and ſeemly ſort.
But pray expect no further entertainment
Then he ſhall well allow of.
[L2v]Val.
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Er.This change is admirable.
Mat.Why do you admire it.
Is ſhe not mine? how could you think ſhe durſt
Stand out in her rebellion? although the devil
Who ſoothes all Upſtarts diſpoſitions
Into an over-weening of themſelves.
Poſſeſt her for a time, had not
I power
And vertue do you think to conjure him out?
What have
I ſtudied for, think you, e’re ſince
My laſt wife di’d, but how to rule the next?
Go get you in, there’s ſomething in the houſe
Er.I be ſworn, he frights her.
Ra.Would I had you within to perform covenants.
Mat.What do you grow rebellious again.
Why ſtir you not elſe, ha? prithee Sweetheart
Reſpect my dignity, or ſeem to do it.
Ra.Yes, I will only ſeem to do it.
Val.He makes her tremble.
Ra.Gentlemen, I muſt about my houſe-affaires.
Er. Val.Good Mrs.
Matchil.
Ra.And Mr. M
atchil, at your own good pleaſure.
[ Curt’sie.
Having in private ſomething to impart to you,
I would entreat your preſence.
Ra.Your eare before I go good Mr. M
atchil.[ Curt’ſie, Pinch.
Val.H’ has brought her to her ſervile old obedi-
Ra.That is a private touch, ſir, of the buſineſſe.
Mat.Pox of your Lobſter-claws. There waanip!
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Ra.It will be worth conſideration, ſir.
Mat.Well,
Ile come to you preſently.
Ra.I humbly take my leave.
Ex.
Er.Any ill newes that you change colour ſo?
Mat.No, nothing, nothing but a womaniſh feare.
Val.Well, you are a happy man that have o’recom
Mat.You know not me yet Gentlemen, I know a
word in private would do it.
Val.Yet ſhe deſires to have you again in pri-
Mat.’Tis her abundant love, and pure obedience.
Enter Rachel.
Ra.Since y’are not diſpos’d to cnter, ſir.
One word more Mr.
Matchil, if you pleaſe.
[curt’ſie.
Mat.Oh,–––I underſtand you. Go, I’le follow
Ra.Again I take my leave.
Ex.
Mat.I muſt weare Lantern-hornes upon mine arms,
If ſhe uſe this. Well, Gentlemen, at your own time
Lets ſee yee. My
Rach. ſhall make you welcome,
And for me, you know me, I will ſtill be Maſter.–––
Enter Rachel.
I come,
I come, I come. So, farewel Gentlemen.
Ex.
Er.What doeſt thou think of this?
Val.I’le lay all the tricks
I have againſt his brags.
She maſters him in private, and that all
This ſhew of her obedience is diſſembled.
My hope revives again, we muſt abroad with her.
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But tell me, what new Academy’s that
You told her of
I underſtand not that yet.
Er.Nor have
I ſeen it, but we both will ſhortlie.
’Tis but of two or three dayes ſtanding yet.
Val.Where is it; who are the Profeſſours,
Er.I’le tell thee all I know.
It carries a love-ſound; but I am told
It is but private lodgings kept by
Both men and women, as
I am inform’d, after the
That profeſſe Muſick, Dancing, Faſhion, Comple-
Er.A little perhaps in private.
But gueſſe now in whoſe houſe all this.
Er.Even in your City-Myſtreſſes, that lends you
Er.Yes ſir,
I doubt, your borrowing of the wife
Has broke the huſband, put ’hem off their trade,
And now they ſeek new wayes to live by projects.
Val.And could you keep this from me all this
Till
I am there, each ſtep’s a tedious mile.
Er.But not without me, good
Val. We’ll finde a
Together, and our Mrs.
Matchil with us.
Ex.
Scœn. 2.
Enter Camelion and Hannah.
Cam.Cock,
I proteſt Cock,
I commend thy courſe
Thou haſt taken in brave Lodgers, gallant Gueſts,
Gueſts o’th’ Game Cock; and my houſe is counted
A houſe of quality and recreation, Cock,
[L4r]In
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In civil ſort and gentle faſhion, Cock,
Sbobs Cock, I know thou wouldeſt not have it other-
For all the wealth i’th’ Exchange.
Han.But
Rafe you care not
What people ſay, ſo
I bring you in profit.
Cam.Not I, not I, my little Cockſie Nanſie,
Not I, piſh,
Hony ſoit qui maly penſe.
Han.Some do not ſtick to ſay, I know what’s what,
And that our houſe is no better then it ſhould be.
Cam.Piſh,
Hony ſoit agen, i’th’ very teeth of ’hem,
Let ’hem all ſay what they will. Dainty come thou
Han.But I know what
I know, and that our
Better then it ſhould be, if ſome of them
Had but the keeping of it, that ſpeak ſo ill on’t.
And that the Gentlewomen in our houſe
Are well-condition’d, and as chaſte as courteous.
And if you ſaw,
(as they deſire
I ſhould
See all betwixt their great Reſorts and them
)
You’d be in love with their ſweet way of living.
Then for their dancing, ’tis ſo neat and graceful.
See ’hem anon at practice.
Cam.Not I, Cock, I’le ſee nothing.
I will not leave one ducking pond, for ten dancing
Yet I can dance, and love it: you know that Cock.
And though you are a Gentlewoman borne.
You took me for my legs, not for my armes.
Is not that a good Jeſt, Cock. Sbobs ’twas out before
I was aware. Here comes their father.
Enter Strigood, Caſh, diſguiz’d in bravery.
Cam.It ſeems he has brought in ſome new ſcholar.
[L4v]Stri.
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Stri.Where are my daughters, Landlady.
Han.Cloſe in their chamber, ſir.
Stri.Are none of our Academicks come yet?
Stri.I look for ſome anon.
Pray bid the Girles come down
Cam.Sir, when I was a Batchelour, I practis’d,
Stri.Indeed, good Landlord?
Cam.And maugre wedlock, I have ſomething left
Yet in theſe legs, that can expreſſe at leaſt
Stri.That ſhall not be loſt,
Your new French daunce of three, what call you it?
Cam.I think I could make one in’t.
Stri.This Gentleman’s another, call the Muſick.
I’le try what you can do.
Ex. Cam.
Caſh, Thou art welcom, I am glad
I met thee.
Caſh.But that you had foreknowledge of my habit,
And ſeen it in my out-leaps, as you call ’hem,
I might ha’ paſt. But you in this diſguiſe,
None but the devil himſelf that is your Inmate,
And lodges with you in it, could have known you.
I learn’t it of a Jeſuite.
And ’twas but eaſie: ſhaving of my old
Gray haire and beard off; clapping on this perrule
After the faſhion; having but few wrinkles.
(For which I thank my Batchelourſhip, I paſſe
For a briſk youth. But for my
Hannibal eye here. And
[L5r]Cour-
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Courteous advice I have ta’ne a courſe to live
Vpon my ſtock of wit, ſlight and activity,
With nimble braine, quick hands, and aery heels, as he
Caſh.He conld not think you would have ſtolne his
daughter to ha’ ſet up withal.
What the wretch thinks, ſo he diſcovers nothing,
I dare truſt thee
Caſh, partly on thy Oath
Which
I have ta’ne you know: but more reſpectively
Upon your fourty pieces here, friend
Caſh,
Which
I have alſo ta’ne: but moſt of all
For that
I know you dare not make diſcovery,
For feare of Little-eaſe. That were a priſon
Too fearful for ſuch bravery to ſtoop into.
Caſh.That keeps me ſtill in awe. ’Tis well you
But it is better, he has no ſuſpition
Enter Camelion.
Cam.The Muſick’s ready, ſir.
Stri.Play then,––– the Tresboun.
Daunce.
Stri.’Twas very well done, Landlord,
I proteſt
I love your houſe the better for your quality.
Cam.But if you ſaw me at the ducking pond,
Cam.I mean, my bitch, ſir.
[L5v]Enter
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Enter Hannah.
Here comes your wife. The newes good Landlady?
Han.Newes out of
France, your fame is ſpread a-
Han.Two young
French Gentlemen.
New come aſhore, the daintieſt ſweeteſt
Gentlemen
That e’re I ſaw (now you be jealous
Rafe)
Han.Are coming to lodge here, having heard
It ſeems, that you profeſſe
French qualities.
And inſtantly deſire to be aquainted
With you and your ſweet company.
Stri.Can they ſpeak Engliſh?
Han.One very well: and the tother can ſay
Tree Franſh crown for two Engliſh kiſſe already,
Cam.Piſh,
Hony ſoit qui maly penſe.
Stri.You can ſpeak
French, Landlord.
Cam.So much as you have heard, not one word
I aſſure you but this,
Adieu Monſieur and ſo
Han.Will you not ſee the Gallants
Rafe?
Cam.Not I, I wo’nt be jealous Cock, and ſo
By the Back-door to the ducking pond I go.
Ex.
Stri.Enter then Landlady, where be theſe Girles?
Han.Here they are come.
Ex.
Enter Joyce, Gabriella.
Stri.Stand aſide
Caſh , and be not yet diſcovered.
Now Ladies, how do y’like your way of living?
[L6r]Joy.
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Joy.I do not like it Uncle.
Joy.We eat and lodge well; and we weare good
And keep our credit in the houſe we live in.
But what we ſuffer in our reputation
Abroad, is dangerouſly doubtful.
Gab.Here we are view’d and review’d by all com-
Courted and tempted too, and though w’are ſafe
In our chaſte thoughts, the impious world may ſay,
We are ſet out to common ſale.
Caſh.And ſo you are to th’ utmoſt of his power
Joy.But Uncle, for the time that you intend
To ſtay, I pray admit no new acquaintance,
Nor any more, left I for my eſcape
Venture to leap two ſtories deep.
You know I have diſclos’d you to no eye
That could take knowledge who or whence you are,
And for the forrein ſtrangers, and ſuch Townsfolks
As knew us not; what need we weigh their thoughts.
Their gold is weight; let that be all we look to.
While our deſerving arts and qualities
Require it from ’hem. If they think us wicked,
And hope to get Virginities for ſalary,
And pay for their deluded hopes before-hand.
What is our act bnt Juſtice on their follies,
In taking of their prodigal coine?
You deal not that way for us.
Joy.But Uncle, though you have taught us courtly
[L6v]That
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That ſomewhat trench upon our modeſties.
Pray let it not be thought we’ll ſell our honeſties.
Caſh.And thats the way to do it.
Stri.And in that care be confidently ſeen,
By a deſerving
Gentleman, whom I
Preſent to kiſſe your hands.
Caſh.You need not feare me, Lady; for I can
But tell your father, if you ſlight his ſervant.
Gab.Bleſſe us! what Metamorphoſis is this?
’Tis
Caſh your fathers man.
Joy.Is this the habit of a Merchants Prentice?
Caſh.Is this the lodging of a Merchants daugh-
Joy.Has his great marriage turn’d my fathers houſe
Into a ſumptuous Palaces that he keeps
Such coſtly men. Or doth the bravery
Of his late beauteous Bride require ſuch gorgeous
Attendants? Pray what office may you fill
Caſh.Will you home and ſee?
Stri.Ha, ha, ha. Be not afraid of
Caſh.
I know him, and he knows us. He is our friend
And we’ll be his. As for his bravery
’Tis no new thing with him. I know him of old.
This ſute’s his worſt of foure.
Of the foure famous Prentices o’th’time.
None of the Cream and Cake-boyes, nor of thoſe,
That gall their hands with ſtool-balls, or their Cat-
For white-pots, pudding-pies, ſtew’d prunes, and
To feaſt their Titts at
Iſlington or
Hogſden.
[L7r]But
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But haunts the famous Ordinaries o’th’ time,
Where the beſt chear, beſt game, beſt company are fre-
Lords call him Couſin at the Bowling Green; And the
Would ruſt elſe,
Girle. Keep thou our Councel
Caſh.
And we’ll keep thine, though’t be to the undoing
Of him and all the wretches of his brotherhood,
That love their money, and their baſe deſires,
Better then blood or name.
It good in any ſervant ſo to hazard
Stri.Can you hold your peace?
He’s wiſe, and ſaves by’t all this while: He knows
His friends are bound in full two thouſand pounds,
For’s truth, and his true ſervice, and perhaps,
He is not out above one thouſand yet,
Caſh.Myſtreſſe, I’le do you ſervice, and be true to
I’d not have miſt of this diſcovery.–––
Stri.You ſee ſhe heakens to him. Talk aſide
Caſh.
Caſh.I would not have miſt it.
For all the wealth your father has: and at
Convenient privacy.
I’le give you reaſons,
That ſhall gaine your belief to’t.
Stri.The French
Gallants.
Enter Papillion, Galliard.
I had almoſt forgot them. They are a paire
of delicate young Monſieurs. If they have
But crownes enough, they are the likelieſt
[L7v]Mer-
The New Exchange.
Merchants for my new Mart that
I can chooſe.
She ſaid they can ſpeak
Engliſh, that’s a help.
For devil of
French have I to entertain ’hem
[Salutes.
Gab.See mine own heart, here’s more temptation
Joy.I’le not endure the onſet.
Joy.Yet there are graces in their looks methinks,
Pap.N’ entendes vous, la langue francois Mon-
Stri.I would be glad to heare you ſpeak the lan-
I better underſtand, and that is Engliſh.
In which you are moſt welcome.
Merits our greateſt thanks.
I have bid
Fraunce adieu to come and learn
De Engliſh very well; I ſpeak a lietel,
But de Engliſh Meſtereſſe can teach de beſt.
I ſhall be glad to take my commencements,
Or my firſt Leſſons from theſe Ladies lips.
[Salute.
Stri.A fine forward ſpark?
Ladies, if you will breath into me Engliſh,
I ſhall, if you pleaſe, put Franſh into you.
Une pour l’autre, dat is one for anoder.
Caſh.So they might make a hot bargain on’t.
Joy.Are theſe your Civil Gentlemen, Landlady?
Han.He ſeems a little waggiſh: but the other
Is wondrous civil. He comes bluſhingly.
Pap.You are before me in the Salutation
Of theſe faire Ladies,
Monſieur Galiard:
Gal.Il E’vray Monſieure Papilion, I kiſſe before,
then you moſe kiſſe behind.
[L8r]But
The New Academy,Or
But let me pray my tardineſſe be excus’d.
[Salute.
Joy.You pronounce Engliſh well ſir.
Gab.I like the others as well.
Pap.I have before ſpent many monethes in
Eng-
And my great love unto the Nation,
Eſpecially to the beauties of your Sexe,
Retracts me hither, where my friend was never.
Till now that my perſwaſion wonne his company;
And happily, I ſuppoſe, we are arriv’d:
That, to the ſight and knowledge we have had
Of Muſick, Daunces, Courtſhips, and Behaviour.
Through all parts of our Countrey,
France, with an
Addition of all
Italy affords.
Where (by all beſt opinions) even the choiceſt
Of ſuch court qualities, and active graces,
Have had their Spring, we now, as Fame ſuggeſts,
Shall in this faire Society, diſcerne
More then by all our former obſervation.
Stri.Report, ſir, ſpeaks too loud on our behalfe,
And let me pray ye, that it not beget
Too great an expectation on our weakneſſe,
By your too gentle ſuffrage. What we can,
Gali.O wee dats de beſt. Doe is de ting
De Franſh man loves: If all your both two daugh-
Shew all; all makes but more deſire to do.
Speak I no good
Engliſh, Madamoiſelle?
Joy.I underſtand you not.
Gali.You no underſtand me,
Becauſe you tinck I lie. But if you lie
With me, I make you underſtand me preſently.
Caſh.This hot-rein’d
Monſieur takes ’em for the
[L8v]Strigood
The New Exchange.
Strigood would have’em be. I came in time.
Stri.At afternoon we’ll have an exerciſe
Of courtſhip, Gentlemen. In the
Interim,
If you will have to ſtir the appetite,
A dance before our Ordinary we are for you.
Gali.And we for you
Alloun al Egremant Alloun
Monſieur Papillion pour l’honour de France.
Pap.VVhat are your dances chiefly in requeſt.
Stri.Good Landlady, bid the Muſick be in readineſſe.
And then ſee dinner ſet upon the table.
Ex. Han.
We have Sir for Corants,–––
La Miniard,
La Vemimde,
Le Marqueſſe,
Le Holland,
La Brittaine,
Le Roy,
Le Prince,
Le Montague,
The
Saraband, the
Canaries,
La Reverree.
For Galliards, the Sellibrand, the Dolphine,
The new
Galliard, the
Valette Galliard and
lepees.
Gali.’Tis all very good
Monſieur Papillica Eſſontes
Caſh.And heark you,
Monſieur Strigood, you will
Stri.I feare no
French flaſhes. Beare up
Caſh. If we
cannot daunce ’hem of o’their legs, our wenches can,
I warrant thee. Muſick be ready.
Gallants, what are you pleaſed to daunce?
Phil tells what, &c.
After the Daunces, Enter Hannah.
Han.Gentlemen, your dinner ſtays meat will be cold.
Fran.And we are hot, ’tis better that take cold
But come, one table for us all.
Phil. Stri.Agreed, agreed, agreed.
But to my ſelf reſerve what I will do.
Ex. omnes.
MAct.
