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Lepidus, Cæcilius, & Facetia
Cæcilius:
takes Facetia by ye hande
Yea marry sonne I cannot blame you to be
In love wt h such A temper as this is. what A
Qualified hand's here? The downe of infante
Swanns is not soe softe. Facetia looke what A
Change you haue wrought in me, I was blinde;
but now am as quicke sighted as Lynceus dee see;
I can lett loose my holt and finde thee out againe—
She steps behind him
—If I woulde. But I feare should
I looke on thee once againe, thou wouldst destroy
Thy new made miracle, by puttinge out those
lights, thy beauty but now gave me
I dare not stande wt h in ye lighteninge of thy eyes.

Facetia:
You can reade then what thi Table doth afforde.

Cæcili:
I am most propheticall att palmestry; why there
Lyes all my pride dee see: true though I see not
prsent objects, well I forsee ye future
And thats ye better sight dee see

Lepidus:
youle be oreseene in yt dee see: I wonder what
Fortune his blindeness will reade her,? how ye
Old dotarde cheates his owne soule?
And seemes to peere into her hande as if he
would perswade her yt he saw: Ha ha ha
And she turnes ye back to him o tis A
Notorious wagg..—

Cæcilius.
Indeed I have seldome seene Such prosperouse lines

Facet:
Very likely

Cæcili:
Pray come to ye light what A table's here. what
A longe space yr line of life doth runne, and att ye
End some little sparkes to you vndiscoverable but to or
Arte apparant: then know this that when yr life shall
end you shall increase ye number of those starrs and
bee A constellation.

Facet:

Why not Facetia as well as Vrsula?
But suppose s
r (as yet I know not to ye contrary) I should dye A virgin[e] y
e ancient proverbe woulde spoyle y
e Augurye for then I must lead apes in hell

Cæcilius.

No no, nothinge less. I finde thou shalt marry one
shal be guided by thee, dee see: and shall se by thy eyes
And thou by him shalt be the mother of many children.
Dee see.

Lepidus.
Of many puppyes dee see. if you ye father, dee see.

Facet:
I should lead Apes on earth then.

Lepid:
Wellcome good sr Cæcilius this early visite speakes
You an Eques att leaste

Cæcilius:

Auratus too; if you weigh my estate. but when shall
we to y
e prosecution of or designes I longe for ye new Title to be caled y
r sonne in law.

Lepidus:

What an old Sim-Panter will he make of me, to

have such A so[[illeg.]]nne in law? twe[a]re time I had all
my daughters suitors imperfections all over. Deafe
Dumbe Blinde, Lame; all were scarce sufficient
to express y
e father of such A sonne.