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Scæna Prima.

Enter Crates, Euphanes, Neanthes, Sosicles, Eraton.
Euph.
I have won the Lady to it, and that good
Which is intended to her, your faith onely
And secrecie must make perfect: Thinke not Sir,
I speake as doubting it, for I dare hazard
My soule upon the tryall.

Cra.
You may safely,
But are Agenor, and Leonidas ready
To rush upon him in the Act, and seize him
In the height of his security?

Euph.
At all parts
As you could wish them.

Cra.
Where's the Lady?

Euph.
There
Where you appointed her to stay.

Cra.
'Tis wisely order'd.

Euph.
Last, when you have him sure compell him this way,
For as by accident here ile bring the Queene
To meet you, 'twill strike greater terrour to him,
To be tane unprovided of excuse,
And make more for our purposes.

Exit.
Cra.
Come Neanthes,
Our fames and all are at the stake.

Nea.
'Tis fit
That since relying on your skill we venture
So much upon one game, you play with cunning
Enter Theanor.
Or we shall rise such losers: as—

Sos.
The Prince.

Cra.
The plot is laid Sir, howsoe're I seem'd
A little scrupulous, upon better judgement
I have effected it.

The.
'Tis the last service
Of this foule kinde I will employ you in.

Cra.
We hope so Sir.

The.
And I will so reward it—

Nea.
You are bound to that; in every Family
That do's write lustfull, your fine Bawd gaines more
(For like your Broker, he takes fees on both sides)
Then all the Officers of the house.

Sos.
For us then
To be a great mans Panders, and live poore,
That were a double fault.

Cra.
Come, you lose time Sir,
We will be with you instantly: the deed done,
We have a Mask that you expect not.

The.
Thou art ever carefull: for Joves Mercury
I would not change thee.

Exit.
Era.
There's an honour for you.

Nea.
To be compar'd with the celestiall Pimp,
Joves smock-sworne Squire, Dan Hermes.

Cra,
Ile deserve it,
And Gentlemen be assur'd, though what we do now
Will to the Prince Theanor looke like treason
And base disloyalty, yet the end shall prove,
When he's first taught to know himselfe, then you,
In what he judg'd us false we were must true.

Exeunt.