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Enter Vndermyne at one doare, & att t'hother Mountayne, hastily, in a swett.—
Mount.
Nowe worthey Patron, of my choice endeavours,
See howe my bodie chafes, and weepes, all ore,
Dispightfull teares of swett, forc'd to strange toyle,
Awayteinge your occacōns, I haue trudg'd
Through eu'y Creeke, & turninge, worne my feete
Into a founder, like a Carryers Iade,
That travells all his age, all's fitted Sr.—puh, puh, &c'

Vnder
Oh Mountaine,
Although I'ue view'd the leape, & knowe it easie,
Haue tane my runne, wt h nimble confidence,
Vnto the Brincke, I fainte,.

Mount
And why Sr., what
Disheartnes you?

Vnder
Mountaine, if I proceed,
This age will hold me as a Prodegie,
And many vnborne to seu'all famylies,
When I alas am not, (as th'are not yett)
Shall suffer for't; mee though they neu' sawe
Their miseryes, soe lively must present,
That they will curse mee feelingly, and then
(As the poore Boyes haue their Correction, mixt
With repeticōn, of their faults) my soule
Shall feele a deadly lashe,

Mount:
Meere superstition,
Thus many a rich mans issue youle impoverishe,
Tis graunted, marke ye. benifitt you doe bestowe
In liewe of this, might they inioye those fortunes,
They lasily like Droanes would live vppon them,
Man is borne naked Sr, the very Embleme,
Of an hard Labourer, and Heaven comaunds,
Wee eate, but the iust hyre, of our owne swett,
You'le thus make many good, & ≼fect Christians,
Whose soules were ells in hazard,

Vnder:
Oh but Mountaine
Howe can I hope my Daughter (when shee's rais'd,
By theis foule meanes) should fairely sitt her fortune,
Whilst venemous, & iust reproaches light
All thicke, vppon her,

Mount
Her couragious spiritt,
Will beare all backe, wc h entringe, whence it came
Ore fild wt h spight, shall splitt their envious hearts,
When once shee's grafte into a noble flocke,
You little thinke, the priviledge shee has,
Hee that but snarles, [Sr] is lasht Sr., to the Kennell,
Tis thought some greate one Sr, doe vileder things
Their tytles shield all, once a Parliament
And bee thy will., that you may be protected,