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Scæna prima,./
Enter Vndermyne, & Sly, (halfe druncke)Vnder:
And are the Prison gates, at all tymes, gapeinge?
Had you, soe early entrance??
Sly.
Yes, and was
Directed, to a private roome, beneath
The Chappell where they pray, I then conceiu'd
It might be, as St. ffaithes Church, vnder Paules,
Thought to haue tane him, at some deepe devotion,
And soe I did, for wt h both knees o'the ground,
wt h hands vpp lifted, Countenance erected,
I found him—Drinkeinge healthes to yor. confusion,
ffor thats their Seller Sr.,
Vnder:
A Prison's like, a Globe Astronomicall,
Where are, both fixt, & wanderinge, Creatures,
Within the Compasse, of one Circumference,
The seaven deadly sinnes, in stead of planetts,
Are alwaies moveinge, still prdominant,
Tis strange, such heapes of oathes, & drunckenesse
Perpetuall, wt h the rest bucksome synnes,
That swell there in their iollytie (vnrestrain'd)
Should not disioynct the massie iron frames,
And all flye off in shivers—well proceed.
Sly.
That health to your Confusion,
Vnder:
You concluded?
Sly.
I was inforc'd, and yett I had my choyce,
Or downe my belly, or my bosome Sr.,
Has made, & keepes such seremonious forme,
In drinckeinge druncke,
Vnder:
That thou art turn'd his Pupill?
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Sr., he doth nothinge but singe, & drincke, & drinck & singe,
And singe & drinck, that you would thinke him Lunatick,
Vnder:
I would hee were,
Sly.
(There leads an vnknowne reach)
Vnder:
His ffather, bastarded I doe belieue
By some of Nestor s. Tribe, may Grandsire bee
To those that haue the weightiest heape of yeares,
Has more diseases then an outworne Stallian,
The Appoplex, Strangulian, Tisicke, Catarr,
Gowte, Palsey, ague, Pox, (noe more least I
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And crabbed Harbingers, of greedie Death,
Stood strayninge coursie, wc h should bayle ye. soule
ffrom that soe noysome com̄on Goale o'the fleshe,
This Brainsicke is his Heire legitimate,
Or I'ad not trusted him, were hee distracted
Those goodly ffarmes, those large Possessions,
Which this Bedridden knight, cannott wt h hould,
Aboue one yeare at most, in him were begg'd,
«Idi»otts & Lunaticks are in the Kings free guiste;
[OMITTED] all your owne, proceed, at best as hee is
[OMITTED] avowche, hee's halfe one, halfe t'other,
[OMITTED]hou art not druncke?
«T»roth Sr. I thinke
[OMITTED] The Devill, if hee kept him Companie,
Might quench the flames, he alwaies has about him,
If hee forbeare Tobaccoe, and I wonder
It setts not him on fire, Hee's as hott
With sacke, as seethinge Aqua vitæ;
Vnder:
Dutch Dogge;
Hast thou discou'ed, in thy pollitique Cupp
Ought, that advantage brings?
Sly.
Hee saies Sr.—
Vnder:
What?
Or that hee cannott, or hee will not paye,?
It's lost, if power be absent, but if will
There leads another course; what Skipiack's this,?
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