Lady-Errant, The. A Tragi-Comedy - Act 2. Scene 2

ACT . II. S CEN . II.

To them Ganyctor, Lerinus, Iringus . Cos .

The Courtiers Madam; work for us! remember.
Pray stand aside as soon as we begin. Gan .
Save you Machessa . Mach .
I've a Name besides,
By which I mean Posterity shall know me;
The word is grown: 'tis Monster-quelling-Woman -
Obliging-Man-delivering-Machessa. Irin .
Sweet Monster-quelling-Woman-ob -and so forth-
Wee've brought a business to you. Cos .
Valiant Captain,
What is th' Affront that's most in fashion now? Irin .
Why doe you ask me Lady? Pan .
'Cause y'are wont
To receive most, and so can tell the newest;
Which now perhaps you come to have redrest. Rho .
What is the strength o'th' Subject think you Sir? Ler .
Why what know I? Cos .
Who should Sir, if not you
That have so oft been beaten by all sorts.
And all degrees of men? Pan .
Which Lady now
Sends you most Favours? Rho .
Which most Mellons? Cos .
Which
Most Gums, and Spikenard Boxes? Rho .
Who presents you
With the best Figs? Pan .
The plumpest Bulbi? Gan .
You.
And you, and you; you will not worry me? Cos .
By your Periwig, Captain, but we will. Pan .
By your
False Teeth we will. Rho .
And your glasse-Eye we will. Ler .
For Jove 's sake, Madam. Irin .
S'heart I'm not breath-proof. Cos .
Alas, we han't begun yet. Gan .
Let's beseech you. Pan .
We will not be beseech'd. Cos .
Think upon Rest,
As a past pleasure of your youth — — Pan .
You shall not
Be idle quietly in the Presence Chamber. Rho .
You shan't tell lies in quiet to the Waiters. Cos .
Nor, when you've done, share in their meat in quiet. Pan .
Wee'l meet you at the Bath — — Cos .
You shall not wash
Without disturbance. Pan .
At the Theater too — — Rho .
You shall not misconceive good Comedies
Without vexation — — Cos .
And at Flora 's Park — — Pan .
You shall not cheat at little Horse-races
Without discovery. Rho .
In th' Temple then — — Cos .
You shall not kneel in quiet at the Altars — — Rho .
Wee'l hearken, and observe — — Pan .
You shall not have
So much free time, as to appoint a meeting
With her kneels next y — — Rho .
If that y'are bid to Supper — — Cos .
Wee 'l stay you, though y'have got a warrant to
Ride post to eat. Ler .
Good Madam, be content. Pan .
And if y are set — — Irin .
Hell, and Furies — — Cos .
You
Shall rise, and prove perfidious to the hot
Cramm'd Fowl upon your trencher. Gan .
Wee'l subscribe — —
Are you content? Rho .
And when y'are weary of
All this — — Cos .
Wee'l doe all this again. Pan .
Wee'l keep you,
As they doe Hawkes — — Cos .
Watching untill you leave
Your wildness, and prove inward. Gan .
Hear y' Madam — — Ler .
We will subscribe. Cos .
Come quickly then, lest that
We take a toy, and will not let you. Mach .
Stay.
The Gods have destin'd this should be the first
Of my Adventures — go — y are free. Irin .
Our thanks
Will be too small a Recompence. Mach .
The Deed
Will pay it self; Vertue's not Mercenary:
Or, if it be, mine is not. So; I do
Begin to come in Action now. To do
And suffer, doth engross whole Nature, and
I will engross both them; I'l set all free,
But only Glory; her I'l Captive lead,
Making her Trumpet only sound my Name,
That is, the Sexe's. I am all their Fame.
How goes your Bus'ness on? Pan .
Vertue and Fortune
Joyn in it both. Cos .
Eumela is come over,
Hath undertook the Machin, and hath promis'd
To bring it to that pass, that neither Queen,
Nor Princess shall gainsay't. Florina , and
Malthora both have given in their Reasons,
Which I have answer'd, and convinc'd. Mach .
If that
It come to any danger, let me know it.
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