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Whilest the Song's singinge
Enter Vnder: & Mount:
Vnder:
Oh, heavens, Billingsgate affordes softe whispers,
Compar'd with this, diversitie of Noyse,

Brain:
Those agen;

Brain:
Ells pleasure would as tedious bee,

Shack:
As those good things, wee lastinge see,

Brain:
Consider on't, and rest you merry Sr s.,

Clutch.
Oh Sr excuse mee,

exit in hast, his Keepers follow and ffewtricks
Vnder:
Once againe w'are quitt, nowe to the busines,
Thou knowest my Orphant Modestina's porcōn,
wt h whome, & wherewt h all, I was intrusted,
By her dead Parents, rais'd mee in the world,
The vse on't, has inrich'd mee since, ther's one
Would att once ravishe, this large Dower, & her,
ffrom mee, that would not ∥te with them, as yett,
But most vnwillingly—Sr Wittworth is the man,

Mount:
—Sr Wittworth is the man of men, free from
The fleetinge staine of prodigalitie,
A Patterne—

Vnder:
Oh forbeare, fierce loue, & hate,
Haue a sore Combate, in my fantasie,
I loue his worth, witt, fortunes, government,
ffor theis, I hate him too, through Iealousie,
[OMITTED] Doubtinge my peereles Orphant Modestina,
[OMITTED] To whome hee's all devoted, (Sans my Plotts)
[OMITTED] Should to those braue Assaultants yeild, & hee
[OMITTED] Rifle, as his, what yett, is myne estate;

Mount:
You may pretend dislikes,

Vnder:
What is it possible, I can pretend?
Hee's nobly borne, well bread, of comely prsence,
Of fairer Carriage, yett a sweeter nature,
Of ample fortunes, which are husbanded,
With as much staidnes, and frugalitie,
As though experience were his slaue, not Tutor,
Awayteinge with gray haires, on his greene Youth,
And did not his loue passions, when they meete
The dayly rubbs I cast, force vpp his sences
In to the Confines of Distraction,
Hee were, the mirrour of our age, for temper,

Mount:
You speake him full.,

Vnder.
Nature, I pay her thanks, hath leant my fortunes,
And aymes vnlimited, for her advantage,
A daughter, my deservinge, and sole Heire,
The beautifull, and sprightly Miniona,
ffitt to yeild Lords, vnto this Milkesopp age,
With the ould Shumetoomes fraught, vigor, & spiritt,
Ambition, soe becomeinge, hath plac'd her,
On a Designe, of higher courtly Tytles
Ells gladly I, if soe his ffancie Ledd him,
Would sacrifice, to Wittworth's, high deservings,
My daughter, and for dower, my large estate,
But Mountaine 't will not bee.,

Mount:
Hee lookes not there, with a iuditious eye,

Vnder:
The pollitique, and learned, doctor Makewell,
The graue Phisitian, my next Neighbour heere,
Who's neere ally'd to this Sr Wittworth, hee
Pox of his dilligence, didd first preferre,
His Kinsman as a Suitor, and pursues it,
With strict assistance,

Mount:
What? The reverend man.,
Whoe lodges him, & doates vppon his person,?
Whoe powers him full, into such spungie eares,
As covett, to sucke those, lowde Eccoes vpp [?]
Vntill they surfeite,? and [thence] thence, rest astonish'd
With wonderous amazement, & soe wrought,
Ioyne in th'idolatry to his rare partes?

Vnder:
The same—But Ile prevent, I intend to take,
The ould, sure, Cittie-waye, Ile breake,

Mount:
Breake Sr?

Vnder:
I Mountaine breake, and thou shalt seize on all,
By a Iudgement without clause, wc h Ile acknowledg,
Then lett them mingle, Ile compound att ease
With Wittworth, whoe loues meerely her, & weigh's not,
Noe nor the porcōn needs, T'is not vnknowne
Vnto thy secresie, what massie sum̄es
I lately haue ingros'd, All shall abate,
And thus, Ile make a fortune, for my Girle,
Shall raise her vpp, as high, as are her thoughts,
ffor Mountayne nowe, men neu' weigh the gettinge,
But the gould they gett,

Mount.
Ere you proceed Sr.,
Wee'le gleane the Cittie Chamber, Cull the Cashe
Which secretly is hoorded vpp in Bancke,
ffrom all the money Masters, & their ffriends,
And they, wt h eager forwardnes shall bring't,
A glorious offeringe, vnto the shrine
Of yor occations, and there prostrate it,
Vnto yor wish'd acceptance, wherewt hall,
Togeather with the Coyne you haue readie purst,
Buy you some stately Mannor, lett mee bee
Ioynct Purchaser vppon the deed, (The wc h
Shall not be knowne) possesse, inioye, dislike,
The ayre or scittuation, sell againe,
And in the next Conveyance, leaue mee out,
Soe when your money's tould, The Purchaser
(By virtue of my right wc h laye conceal'd)
Ile cast out headlonge, and will iustly share,
To you the profitt—Or Sr. thus—

Vnder:
Nay pawse.
Tyme will not theis ≼mitt, wee must to day,
I doubt mee on to Accōn, Yett I 'applaud,
Thy witt, thou do'st pronounce mee fortunate,
ffor whilest wee trade, wee'le compt, all, lawfull prize,
Wee gett by ≼iur'd trecherie, or smooth lyes,

Mount:
That man, whoe has, the readiest way, to cheate,—
Winns all the glorye, wealth, esteeme, growes greate,

Exeunt, arme in arme imbraceinge.