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Enter Mountayne & the three Creditors; loaden with Money, Sly & the Ladies Servant, in BlacksVnder
Welcome, welcome, welcome, Oh Mountaine quite vndone,
Mount:
Why what's the matter Sr.
Vnder:
Oh my good ffriend,
Heer's your sum̄e all intire, exchaing'd to gold,
ffor easie Carriage—, but if you thinke, fitt,
Ile manage it, as formerly 'twas meant,
And bee an honest Steward,
Ser:
Sr, I knowe not,
My Ladies mynde,
Vnder:
Then take it, take it, take it,
Ser:
Tis not good
To trust the Curre wc h. once hath drawne sweete blood;
(exit)
Sly:
Downe on your knees fellowe, thanke god,
And lett this bee a warninge t'ye,
Vnder:
Six hundred Pound's, the compleate sum̄e amongst you?
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I Sr,
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Ther's eight, goe, ffeast, & pray,
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May gentlemen reioyce,
And eu'y Tradesman in the Cittie, breake
Almost, with laughinge, att our happie fortune,
All 3. Cred.
Amen, amen, amen,
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Mount:
Sr you deale liberally, wilt hould out?
Vnder:
Oh Mountaine vndone, vndone, vndone,
Nay I am turn'd honest too,
Mount:
Nay then y'are vndone indeed,
Vnder:
I haue Confest all Mountaine,
Mount:
Howe shall then
My reputacōn, bee sau'd harmeles, Sr?
Which meerely for the Knaveryes sake, made one,
You for the profitt, which is tollerable?
Sr. excuse mee,
Vnder:
Ile make a sett speech—Gent',
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This worthie ffriend of myne is honest,
Mount:
Noe
Excuse mee Sr,
Vnder:
I will I tell thee,
Mount:
Y'are madd I thinke,
Your Iewells are my lawfull prize,!
Vnder:
Wilt thou be false?
Mount:
Not for a world, y'are dam'd, for beinge ≼iur'd,
Did not you sweare, and I, as deepe as hell?
To cheate couragiously? and nere recant?
Much lesse appeach, Sr, I doe make a Conscience,
Of my deepe vowes, though you thinke sleightly on't;
Vnder:
Gentlemen, gent', you that are oldest, or dye first [if you goe to] [when yee «co»me in] hell,
([for wee'le all thither,]) Pray tell the ould Deuills, that if they haue any
younge Deuills, that they would haue trayn'd, in the Methodicall way of
theire blacke arte, lett them send [hither,] [em to this Mountaine of perdition] And they shalbe [most] learnedly brought vpp;
Mount:
Pray gent', whoe has thus grieu'd my friend?
1 Com:
The marriage of his daughter thus distracts him,
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Alas I pittie but I cannott blame him,
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Alas I blame him, but thou wilt not pittie,
2 Com:
Has beene in theis fitts twice Sr., since you went,
Mount:
Howe Ist Sr,? howe doe ye feele yor. selfe?
Vnder:
ffall backe,
ffull Threescore Thowsand pounds, in Iewells gent',
This man detaynes, & saies Religion moues him,
Mount
Pray giue him way—Is this Sr any of them?
Sly:
If I may see't I happily may tell,
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My good wife in my Bachelaritie,
Did giue it mee, & ever since I wore it,
hee shewes a Ringe on his finger & deliuers it Sly.
Sly:
This quickens my Conceite, I shall fit you prsently,
(exit in haste,)
1. Com:
What wittnes is there of this large appeach?
[OMITTED]Mount:
Whoe stood there by att the delivery?
[OMITTED]nder:
Nought but thy Conscience, thy large Conscience Villaine,
[OMITTED] A Thowsand wittnesses,
[OMITTED]ount:
To what end then,
[OMITTED] Did I, whoe had possession of all this,
[OMITTED] And as much more, to cleare a burthened conscience,
[OMITTED] Surrender it, tis as I had Clipt, one haire,
[OMITTED] ffrom off my head, to ease my bodies waight,
[OMITTED]And to what end theis cheates,? the Ringe thrice bought
«[OMITTED]d» sould againe this day, on severall Marts,?
«[OMITTED]t» of the goblett hatch'd, for massie gould?
[OMITTED]shovell-board peeces, vrg'd as theft?
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Tenn in the hundred lighter! 'twas well burnish'd,
Then that—
1. Com̄:
fforbeare,
Mount:
Theis are meere ffictions Sr?
Vnder:
This is the man that crush'd the hopefull youth,
That Infamy nowe boasts of, for those ills
Hee did soe gloriously; him didst thou force
By th'Cheate of his first fortunes, to fly out,
And pillage on the Roade, for livelyhood,
Then didst thou seize him, and exasperate,
The good ould man, who Leant all (by thee wrought)
His forces, to the ruine of his life,
1. Com̄:
This wee haue heard indeed,
2. Com̄:
But hee lives still,?
Vnder:
[All humble thankes vnto our gratious Queene]
[That ask'd his pardon & our Kings that gaue it]
[[OMITTED]ee] liues [dos], but hee's turnd Poett, iudge you then
«H»owe rich hee 'as left him,?—hee shall write thy deeds,
And gett thee personated, to the life,
[OMITTED] Sly returns, [OMITTED]es A booke on ye [OMITTED],
I hope 'twill take, Soe on the loftie Gibbett
Of Infamy, thou shalt stand fixt, for men
To gaze and to reioyce att,
Mount:
Well, ha'ye done?
What's all this to the Iewells I am taxt wt h?
1. Com:
Heer's that acquits,
2. Com̄:
Take but your oath, w'aue done,
Mount:
I doe avowe, by all thats heere conteyn'd;
I haue noe Coyne, nor Iewells, of this mans,
But what is, or accompted, or restor'd;
Vnder:
And Villaine, I by this protest, thou lyest,
3. Com:
Sr, it was rashly done vppon my life
Y[OMITTED] wronge a trustie friend,
Mo[OMITTED]t:
S[OMITTED] alas,
Ther's noe man free from scandall, in theis tymes,
2. Com:
W'are more to seeke then ever,
S[OMITTED]y:
Will you please,
That I shall reconsile this?
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Gladly,
Sly:
Then,
I must haue power from you to reexamine,
2 Com̄:
Doe soe,
1. Com̄:
Sitt downe,—
Sly:
My ffriend you are madd,
There is noe talkeinge t'ye, Come sober Sr,
You knowe well, what an oath imports, And yett
You rashly may sweare too, pervse
Theis sacred lynes, & haveinge read a little,
You wilbe apt to speake, the precise truth,
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Sly
Cease your amazement Gent', this ringe,
Which cunningly I wrought from of his finger,
I carried as a Toaken to his wife,
And thereby, haveinge gott the Cabonett,
(The forme on't, fashoninge a newe conceite)
With our ould Bybles Cover, I enricht it,
To make yee mirth, & if it takes, I'me gladd.,
Vnd[OMITTED]r:
Oh my Iewells, my Iewells, my Iewells,
Oh «m»y Iewell, my Iewell, my Iewell,
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«Th»y very myrth was goodnes, Ile reward thee,
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