 | The Alchemist |  |
605
THE ARGVMENT.
The sicknesse hot, a master quit, for feare,His house in towne: and left one seruant there.
Ease him corrupted, and gaue meanes to know
Acheater, and his punque; who, now brought low,
Leauing their narrow practise, were become
Cos'ners at large: and, onely wanting some
House to set vp, with him they here contract,
Each for a share, and all begin to act.
Much company they draw, and much abuse,
In casting figures, telling fortunes, newes,
Selling of flyes, flat bawdry, with the stone:
Till it, and they, and all in fume are gone.
| The Alchemist | |