ACT V. SCENE I.
Enter Old Bellamy, Lovely.
Lov.B
Ellamy thou art welcome, and for thy
Nephew I muſt ever thanke thee, he is my beſt
Old Bel.O my good Lord without boaſt be it ſpoken, I
have ever beene right and ſtraight to your honour, and
never did you an ill office in Man, Woman, or Child,
what I have ſaid of ’em they have proved at first, or I have
wrought ’em to at laſt. But what doe I ſpeake on’t, I
[F8v]have
A mad Couple well Match’d.
have ever beene for your Lordſhip, all things I have
ſworne for you, I have fought for you, I have brok’d
for you, I have pimpt for you, but what doe I ſpeake
Lo.You need not
Bellamy: for I know all.
Ol. B.Oh the Gentlemens Wives, and Farmers Daugh-
ters that I have preſented to you in your Summer Pro-
greſſes, and winter Journeys about the Countries. But
Lo.Becauſe thou lov’ſt to champ upon the bit to
pleaſe thy old coltiſh tooth ſtill, thou lov’ſt the memo-
ry of the former ſweets which now thou canſt not
Ol. B.And here i’ the City, I have pledg’d more of
your ſeverall Miſtreſſes, then in my conſcience there
be honeſt Women in’t. But what doe I ſpeake on’t?
Lo.I never had ſo many man.
Ol. B.Or if you had, what doe I ſpeake on’t? and in
my conſcience agen, I have drunke more to your Lord-
ſhips health in my dayes, then any Wine-cellar in the
City at this day, containes of Spaniſh, French, and Rhe-
niſh; but what do I ſpeake of that either?
Lo.True
Bellamy, fall then upon ſome other
Ol. B.Yes, my good Lord, and I pray your Lordſhip
tell mee, dos not my Nephew drinke and wench pretty
handſomely
? I would faine have him take after me, and
Lo.How well hee ſhifts his ſubject, wicked old fel-
Ol. B.Dos he not begin to fall to yet?
Ol. B.Not a bit nor a ſoope? dos hee doe nothing by
example? or has your Lordſhip left it? or dos he carry it
GLo.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Lo.Diſcreetly and Virgin-like.
Ol. B.Pretty commendation for a young Courtier.
Lo.I would for my deſerved love to him have put
him upon a faire young Widow of a great fortune, but
could not make him looke upon her like a ſuitor.
Ol. B.Juſt ſuch a baſhfull puppy was my brother, his
Father; I wonder how my Mother came by him; My Fa-
ther was right, and ſhe was right, and I have beene right,
but what doe I ſpeake on’t?
Lo.True
Bellamy, ſpeake of ſomewhat elſe.
Ol. B.The Boy will nere grow up to me, I thought to
have left him ſomewhat, I muſt diſcard him.
Lo.If you do, he is in me provided for.
Ol. B.What can your Lordſhip love him for?
Lo.Come i’le tell thee, and be comforted. Hee has
ſomething of thee in him. Hee will pimpe moſt conve-
Ol. B.That’s ſomething indeed.
Lo.And for his modeſty which is a rare benefit of na-
ture in him, I dare truſt him with a Miſtriſſe, as I would
Ol. B.Benefit! A defect I feare, yet I may hope in
time ſome Miſtris of your Lordſhips may tempt, and
Lo.No I am confident——Now your news.
Enter Page, whiſper.
Good
Bellamy walke in the Gallery a while.
Ol. B.Some Miſtris is comming to him, but what doe
Goe bid her come in.
Exit. Page.
What brings her ſo unſeaſonably
?
Enter Alicia, Saleware.
Al.Stay you at diſtance yet a while Friend, till I call
[G1v]Sal.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Sal.Faces about
Tom Saleware.
Exit.
Lo.How now! How is it with my love
? Ha! How
comes a trouble on this Face, where my delights are ever
Lo.Say who has injur’d thee? Has thy husband taken
up the uncivill boldneſſe to abuſe thee? or be it any other
man, it ſhall be death, or an undoing to him.
Al.My Lord, I am wrong’d, but would be loth to
ingage your noble perſon in my quarrell, ſome ſervant of
Lo.Of what condition is thy wrong
? tell mee; and
who of my Servants thou wouldſt have to right
Al.I would have
Bellamy, how thinke you? is hee faith-
Lo.How canſt thou queſtion it
? Has hee not ever
Al.Your Lordſhip has well truſted him I know.
LoI doe not know the man, I truſt, or love ſo
Al:But would your Lordſhip part with any Jewell,
or choyce thing you love, and have intended onely for
your own particular uſe, to him, or let him be your own
Lo.Troth I thinke I ſhould; onely thy ſelfe excepted,
but what’s thy wrong I prithee, or wherein ſhould
Bella-
Al.Bellamy has wrong’d mee to thinke me ſo unwor-
thy as to be tempted to his luſt;
Bellamy has wrong’d
your honour in that ambitious attempt.
Al.And
Bellamy muſt right me, and your honour; or
you muſt caſt off him or me.
G 2Lo.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Lo.Give mee at leaſt ſome circumſtance to make this
Al.Muſt not I be believ’d?you ſhall have inſtance then
to make it truth, Friend
Thomas.
Pray verifie unto my Lord the diſcovery you made laſt
night of me, and Mr.
Bellamy.
Enter Saleware.
Sal.’Twas thus my Lord an’t like your Lordſhip, my
wife was forth at evening ant like your Lordſhip, as ſhee
may have often beene ant like your Lordſhip, and may
be as oft agen ant like your Lordſhip.
Sal.Forth ſhee was ant like your Lordſhip, I ſtaid
ſupper, and almoſt bed time for her ant like your Lord-
ſhip; And had even given her over for all night ant
like your Lordſhip, as I may of any night ant like your
Sal.Yes ant like your Lordſhip upon ſome private
notice given to me an’t like your Lordſhip, that ſhe was
at a private lodging ant like your Lordſhip, with a pri-
vate friend ant like your Lordſhip, over I went, and
found her abed ant like your Lordſhip, and Mr.
Bellamy
even ready to go to bed to her ant like your Lordſhip.
Sa.As true as your Lordſhip lives ant like your
Lo.How could you be betrayd ſo?
Al.The Villaine fetch’d mee forth, and lodg’d mee
there as by your appointment, and for your own plea-
ſure; but when ’twas late, and that your Lordſhip came
not, thinking hee had an advantageous opportunity, hee
ſoone diſcovers his love to me, and his treachery
to your Lordſhip; I being in a ſtrait onely
Aſide.
(finding happy meanes to ſend for my husband
[G2v]to
A mad Couple well Match’d.
to prevent him
) made him a falſe promiſe being ſecure
in my husband; and what had follow’d your Lordſhip
Lo.I’le nere truſt man can bluſh and weepe agen.
Sa.Inſooth ant like your Lordſhip I thought all had
been but waggery ant like your Lordſhip, to tempt mee
unto jealouſy, and my wife knowing well enough that
I was by, bade Sweet
Bellamy come to Bed. O Wag!
Lo.What meſſenger brought you the notice Mr.
Sale-
Sa.A waterman my Lord, and like your Lordſhip,
here’s the letter, and like your Lordſhip.
Al.You told me you had loſt it, when
I ask’d fort to
Sa.I thought I had Friend, but
I found it now, and
given it my Lord before
I was aware Friend.
Al.Hell take that Letter.
Sa.Now abotts on’t for mee, if thou beeſt angry
Al.You had better ha ſwallow’d it full of Ratsbane.
Sa.Nere the ſooner for a haſty word
I hope Friend.
Reades.
Lo.Mr.
Saleware, if you will avoyd a new addition
of hornes, come with this bearer over into Montagues
cloſe, where you ſhall finde your Wife with a private
Friend, at a private lodging; Hast thither, and aske
for one
Bellamy.
Anonimus.
What Ridles this? This is
Bellamies owne hand,
I know
it, why ſhould hee ſend to prevent himſelfe? or how
could ſhee write his Character
? This Woman is not
Al.Doe you note my art my Lord, to write as in a
Mans Name, when
I wrought it my ſelf?
Sa.And did not
I tell you Friend, it ſhould ha’ been
Anonima ? Sapientia mea mihi.
G 3Lo.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Lo.Within there call
Bellamy.
Enter Page.
Pa.Hee’s not within my Lord, and has not beene to
Al.His abſence is another circumſtance to a probabi-
But hee was ſeene this morning to goe in at Sir
Anthony
Lo.Goe let my Coach be ready preſently.
Exit. Pa.
He ſhould receive 500l. there for me, I truſt he will not
furniſh himſelfe with it for a flight.
Al.My Lord I gave you an inkling of a familiarity be-
twixt him and the Lady
Thrivewell, he has ſince declar’d
their act of luſt to me, and urg’d it for an inſtance to my
Al.Yes, to his face and hers.
Enter Saveall.
Lo.O Mr.
Saveall! welcome.
Sa.My Lord your ſervant
Bellamy is receaving your
money at Sir
Anthony Thrivewells.
Sav.But my Lord, there is fallen an unhappy accident
betweene Sir
Anthony, his Lady and his Nephew, in which
your ſervant
Bellamy alſo is concern’d; And your Lord-
ſhip is much, and moſt humbly beſought by the Lady to
heare, and examine the difference.
Enter Old Bellamy.
Lo.I was preparing thither. Oh Mr.
Bellamy, you have
not eaveſdropt, have you
?
Old Bel.Will you pardon me my Lord?
Old Bel.I have my Lord, and am overjoyd to heare ſo
[G3v]Lo.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Lo.You may heare more anon, come all along with
Old Bel.I may heare more anon, your Lordſhip tho’
knowes not of what ſo well as I doe know.
Exit.
ACT V. SCENE II.
Enter Thrivewell, Careleſſe, Lady, Phebe,
Cloſet, Wat.
Thr.I Need not caſt thee off, or bid thee goe
Now, and for ever from me, thine own ſhame
Car.You are deceiv’d in that.
Thr.What is thine own take with thee, here ’tis all
Phebe.
Thou ever getſt, or canſt expect from me.
Car.Shee was mine own before your wife became our
coupler, in Engliſh plaine our Bawd.
Thr.Uſe no uncivill Language while you are
Car.For which you have your witneſſes, this falſe
Traytor, that brought you on.
La.By my direction
George.
Wat.No Traytor neither ſince you left to be my
Maſter, wounded and turnd me off.
Car.And this darke Lanthorne here, this old
deceptio
viſus, That juggled the wrong party into my Bed.
Car.Doe you grin
Grim Malkin? But ſweete Ma-
dam, if your fine Springall
Bellamy had lien there in my
ſtead ſhe would ha’ brought the right party; your Ladi-
G 4Thr.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
La.No more o’ that good
George.
Car.Nay, it ſhall out, ſince you have wrought my
ruine, I will be the deſtruction of you all; And there-
fore now heare mee O Knight, and firſt reſolve to make
me rich in my reward, for wonders i’le unfold.
Thr.Canſt thou expect reward from mee for any
thing that can by thee be utterd?
Car.Reward
? why not? why ſhould not you reward
my good Offices as well as puniſh my ill? I muſt and will
rely upon you for all the good that can befall mee; or
if I muſt expect no further from you, i’le give’t you
gratis, And if you be any thing but a Wittall heare
Car.To ſet you out livelyer, then all your paintings: or
dee heare, will you give mee a hundred pound a quarter
La.Not a penny; if you ſeeke my undoing, heaven
Thr.What ( Villaine
) canſt thou ſpeake to her pre-
Car.That which
(if you are no Wittall
) you’l be loath
to hear, but you ſhall have it.
Car.And ſince you hold my attempt at her, ſo hay-
nous, you may be pleas’d to know I was incited to’t
by example of him I nam’d, that ſmooth Fac’d
Thr.Darſt thou accuſe her with him?
Car.You may aske her bolſter there, her Madam Nurſe
Car.I, O you aske her ſir, what ſhee did with him, or
he with her, in their two houres privacy in her chamber,
[G4v]when
A mad Couple well Match’d.
when hee came to take up five hundred pound for his
Lord, There was a ſweet taking up, ſir ſhee confeſſed all
to me, and on purpoſe, I dare be ſworn to embolden mee
in my attempt to her Ladyſhip.
Thr.What did ſhee confeſſe?
Car.That hee made uſe of your Bed with your wife,
what language ſhall I utter’t in? you were beſt ſee it done
Thr.O me moſt miſerable if this be true
!
Car.Well, there’s for them two.
La.Goe
Cloſet till I call you.
Exit Clo.
Car.Now for that Rogue
(becauſe I muſt expect no
further good of you, but this which is mine owne you
ſay) i’le lay him open to you, you remember how once
I ingratiated my ſelfe to you by reſcuing you from a
Robbery and Murder (as you ſuppos’d
) for which you
Thr.Yes, and have wiſh’d a thouſand times ſince, that
I had loſt the thouſand pound I had about me then, and
tane ſome wounds for’t in exchange rather then by
that reſcue to have taken thy Viperous ſelfe into my bo-
Car.This Rogue plotted that buſineſſe, ’twas a mere
trick of his invention. The ſuppoſed Theeves were his
companions, and wrought by him only to ſcare you and
run away when wee came to your ſuccour, onely to in-
deare mee to you. There was no hurt meant, but the
ſlap I gave him over the Pate to colour the buſineſſe, with
little blood, I wiſh now I had cleft his braines.
Thr.Your wiſh tho’ againſt your will is a good re-
ward to him, for I love him the better for his wit in that
plot, and care of his then Maſter.
Car.Doe you ſo ſir? Then ’twas mine own invention,
let him deny’t if he can.
[G5]Wat.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Wat.Indeed the plot was his ſir, I onely found the
Thr.I cannot condemne the conceipt however; and am
ſomething taken with the wit on’t, would all the reſt
Car.And now I have utterd my whole mind ſir, and
you declard I muſt expect no further good of you, come
away
Phib, I have injur’d thee long, i’le make thee
now amends for all;i’le marry thee, and ſell Tobacco with
La.Let him not go ſir, I beſeech you in this deſperate
way, nor till I anſwer to his accuſation.
Thr.Sir you ſhall ſtay, and make your ſelfe good be-
fore authority, or cleare my wife.
Car.You’l have your houſe then known to have beene
Thr.The Courts of Princes and Religious Houſes
Car.Under ſuch Governeſſes.
Thr.You’l anon be ſilent, what’s the matter
? wee are
Enter Cloſet
Ser.Miſtris
Crostill, Madam is come in great haſt to
viſit you, and a Kinſeman of your Ladiſhips with her.
Thr.At ſuch a time? excuſe your ſelfe.
Ser.They are here ſir, enterd againſt all reſiſtance.
Enter Croſtill,Fitzgerrard.
La.Miſtris
Crostill ! you have much honord me ——
Cozen
Fitzgerrard ! welcome.
Fit.I have a private ſute to you Madam.
La.Pray Mr.
Thrivewell entertaine the Lady.
Car.Another ſprunt youth.
Croſ.Sir, I perceave ſome diſcontent here. I hope your
Nephew has not againe diſpleas’d you?
Thr.He is a villaine, ſeekes my utter ruine.
[G5v]Croſ.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Croſ.Pray ſay not ſo, for feare you force mee love
Thr.You are undone for ever if you doe.
Croſ.Doe not ſay ſo, for feare I fly to him,
The thought of him already breakes my ſleeps,
I could not reſt to night for thinking of him,
Which made my early haſt to unload my minde,
Preſuming that your judgement may excuſe
A ſimple Womans weakneſſe, what is ſhee
Thr.I tell you, ſhee’s a Whore with Child by him,
layes claime to him, and I think hee’l marry her.
Croſ.Still you ſpeake better of him, and my love muſt
not ſee him ſo loſt, ſir let me ſpeake with you.
Car.Me Lady?
I am buſy; I am buſy.
Croſ.What mettall am I of?his ſcorne’s a Load-ſtone;
No Courtſhip like his careleſneſſe to mee;
And all diſpraiſe ſpeakes for him,
Sir I will ſpeake with you.
Car.I bluſh for you, what would you ſay now, were
Croſ.Nay onely to your eare.
Car.Stand off a while
Phib.
Goes aſide.
Fit.His Lordſhip Madam ſhall give mee accompt
La.You ſhall doe well to put it to him Coſen—.
Husband, I overheard you, and commend you,
That tho’ you caſt your Nephew from all hopes
Of good from you, you will not yet deſtroy
His fortunes other wayes.
La.For that I finde by your reviling him
You more inflame that croſſe phantaſtick Widow
With eager love to caſt her ſelfe upon him.
Thr.Had I thought ſo, I had ſpoke well of him
[G6]Againſt
A mad Couple well Match’d.
La.No, let me intreat you.
Be that way charitable, and ſpeake worſe;
Car.Tempt me not good Lady,
To your own prejudice, your deſtruction;
I am one you cannot live and lie withall
A fortnight you, alas y’are but a griſſell,
Weake picking meat; Here’s one will hold me tack,
Seaven conſtant ordinaries every night,
Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings,
At freedome every day, hold belly hold,
Croſ.I underſtand you not.
Car.Nor mind me Lady; Twill be better for you.
You had a thin chin’d husband, plaid at Doublets with ye,
And that perhaps, but twiſe or thrice a weeke,
You are incapable of better Game,
Here’s one ſhall hold me
Tick tack night by night,
And neither of us guilty of a Why-not,
Shee’s bred up to my hand, and knowes her play.
Croſ.Can you ſo ſlight me?
Car.Slight
? I honour you.
In caring for you to preſerve your life,
And your eſtate, which I confeſſe my ſelfe
Unworthy of
: beſides I am ingag’d
To doe a poore ſoule right for my iſſues ſake
Croſ.But ſay on compoſition ſhee acquit you.
Car.O but conſcience is conſcience.
Croſ.I’le die or have him preſently.
Can you refuſe me for a proſtitute whore
?
Car.Take heed what you ſay, i’le ſhake your eſtate,
If you dare call her whore ’fore witneſſes.
Croſ.Call all the World to hear me Madam,
[G6v]Sir
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Sir
Anthony, and the reſt, be all my witneſſes;
Give me your hand ſir, here before you all
I plight my faith upon this Gentleman,
He is my Husband, and I am his Wife.
Croſ.I care not ſir, for your ill will: no more
Car.Are you catch’d Widow?
Futre, for Unkles
Croſ.Why anſwer you not me, in troth plight?
Car.I doe, but yet I tell you againe conſcience is con-
The Woman’s not compounded with.
Croſ.I’le give her a brace of hundred pounds.
Phe.The Woman will not take it.
Wat.The Woman ſhall take it, for now know ſir, I
love you not ſo ill as to undoe you. This Woman has
beene mine as much as yours, ſhee has done as much with
mee for Offices, and Service I have done for her, as
ſhee has done with you for Love and Money, let her
Car.I have lately ſuſpected ſo.
Wat.And if her Friends will make her brace of hun-
dreds a leaſh i’le marry, and honeſtifie her.
La.Honeſt
Wat in good earneſt! Gentlewoman
with your hand give him your conſent, and i’le ſupply
you with the od hundred pound, for
Wats love to his
La.Yes, and with your allowance; it ſhall be in lieu
of the hundred I tooke in Commodity of her Kinſwo-
man Miſtris
Saleware, which would never thrive with
mee (as it may properly with them) as ’twas the price
of luſt you know it was, and how untowardly things
have chanc’d amongſt us ſince it was ſo; And now that
[G7]I
A mad Couple well Match’d.
I have declin’d it, you ſhall ſee how ſweetly all will be
La.Goe get you to the Prieſt preſently, and bring him
hither for thy Maſter,
Wat.
Exit Wat.Phe.
Enter Lord Lovely, Old Bellamy, Saveall,
Saleware, Alicia.
Lov.Madam you ſent for mee, though I had former
cauſe to require a conference with you.
La.My cauſe my Lord, is almoſt ended among our
ſelves. Pray let your former therefore be determin’d firſt,
your Lordſhip may be pleas’d to ſit.
Lo.I deſire firſt by good Sir
Anthony’s patience, Madam
a word with you in abſence of all the reſt, except this
Thr.With all reſpect my Lord.
La.No you ſhall ſtay, and all the reſt, ſpeake openly
my Lord, I doe beſeech you.
La.I’le ſpeake it for you then; Good my Lord ſit
judge, This Woman comes to accuſe me of incontinency
with your ſervant
Bellamy, is it not ſo
?
Old Bel.I marry dos ſhee Madam to make her word
good to my Lord that he would have lien with her too;
And ſayes that
Bellamy affirm’d to her that he did, I ma-
ry did he with your Ladiſhip.
La.Ha, ha, ha, I have a Nephew here affirm’d as
Enter Wat whispers.
Car.I am ſorry I ſaid ſo much, ’twas but my ſuſpition
in the dayes of my wickedneſſe,
I am honeſt now, and
can thinke no ſuch matter ſſ O is the parſon
come——
Exit Ca. Cros. Wat.
Thr.I feare I ſhall be wretched.
[G7v]Sav.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Sav.You are wretched in your feare, note your
Wifes confidence ; Can Guilt looke with that
Lov.I underſtand that
Bellamy is in your houſe.
La.Forth comming my good Lord. Good Maſter
Bellamy, fetch your Nephew, you’l finde him in my
Fitz.And in this reſpect you ſhall give me leave
My Lord to call your honour into queſtion.
Lov.Y’are very round with mee Mr.
Fitzgerrard,
Fitz.Where is my Siſter
Amie ?
Fitz.Yes, and in honour y’are to anſwer me,
It is too evident, your courtſhip wonne
Lov.Then I forc’d her not.
Fitz.The blame of that lay therefore on her ſelfe,
That loſſe
I ſeeke not after: but
I aske
Her life and being (if ſhee live or be)
Of you my Lord, ſince it is manifeſt,
Shee left her friends, and Country ſhortly after
Her folly had betrayd her into ſhame,
To be at your diſpoſe, as wee preſume
She is ſince in her two yeares abſence; we
Have ſought all other wayes in vaine; you ſhall
Do therefore well my Lord to render her,
Or give me leave to urge you t’an accompt
Fitz.To hazard of my life
I will my Lord.
Lov.That ſhee is loſt
I am grieved; But for your
ſtout demand i’le anſwer you at Weapons, time and place
[G8]Old
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Enter Old Bellamy, and Bellamy in a Womans
habit, Cloſet.
Old Bel.I’le end your difference Coſen
Fitzgerrard,
here is your Siſter
Amie my Lord, here is your ſervant
Bellamy, whom
I preferr’d to you as my Nephew, to
be a Go-betwixt you and Miſtreſſes, which quality
I
now abhorre, as
I could wiſh your Lordſhip would
leave—— Wenching for this inconſtant Womans ſake
that would be proſtitute unto your ſervant. ’Twas a
flat bargaine, and but a flat one, but for the non-per-
formance her husband may thanke their party of Sex, not
his wifes want of deſire.
Sal.Nere the ſooner for a haſty word
I hope.
Old Bel.What further end ſhee had to ſerve your Lord-
ſhip ſhe may relate her ſelfe.
Bel.Loſt to my ſelfe, and friends being made unfit
In any other Region to appeare,
And more unable to live other where;
Then in the preſence of my loved Lord
(Although not as my ſelfe
) I did aſſume
That Maſculine boldneſſe, ſo to let you know
My Lord, that
I more fully could ſubſiſt
By the meere ſight of you, and ſo containe
My ſelfe, then ſhe your more reſpected Miſtris
Could in the rich and plentifull enjoyments
Of your moſt reall, and eſſentiall favours.
Lov.Sweet let us ſpeake aſide.
Sal.What ayles my Friend? is not all this now but a
Al.I am diſcover’d and undone.
chafes.
Sal.Nere the ſooner for a haſty word
I hope Friend:
Come leave your waggery, is not all this but a plot now
La.Your Plot good Miſtris
Saleware would not
[G8v]Sal.
A mad Couple well Match’d.
Sal.Nor ſhall it hold good Madam,
I cannot be jea-
lous.
Sapientia mea mihi.
La.Yet the young Gentleman (ſuch as you ſee he is)
has lien with mee of old, before I was married; doe not
looke ſo diſmaydly, I will not detect you with my hus-
band for a hundred pound—
Sal.Nor will I be jealous for a thouſand Madam, your
plot’s too weake Facks, but where’s my injur’d Kinſwo-
La.O
Phebe Gin crack! ſhee is by this time righted,
Sa.Sapientia mea mihi, agen then for that, that was
my plot, and it held Madam.
Lov.My deare, deare
Amie, and my
Bellamy,
I doe commend your vow of future chaſtity,
Vowing the ſame my ſelfe, and here before
Your Brother, and theſe friends to help your marriage
I freely give you two hundred pounds a yeare
Sav.Now doe you note the effect of all Sir
An-
Thr.I doe with my much joy.
Lov.And Miſtris
Saleware, for your falſehood
(Which I forgive, becauſe you are a Woman)
I quit familiarity with you, and adviſe you
To love your husband, giving him no cauſe
Ali.Your Lordſhip councells well.
Sal.Hang feares and jealouſies, I would there were no
greater in the Kingdome, then in
Tom Salewares Cox-
combe; But by your favour friend, we will be friends no
more, but loving man and wife henceforward.
Ali.That ſhall be as you pleaſe.
Muſick.
Enter Careleſſe, Croſtill, Wat, Phebe.
La.See new Married couples, pleaſe your Lordſhi
Htop
A mad Couple well Match’d.
to take notice?
Lov. Salutes the Brides.
Car.Unkle and Madam, I am come to call you to my
houſe to Dinner, and your Lordſhip if you pleaſe, and
all the reſt here, I want one, my Rivall
Bellamy, where
is he? wee’l be all friends to day; and at night ſweete
heart,—–at night, at night, at night—–
Wee’l get the Boy that ſhall become a Knight.
Croſ.You promiſe luſtily.
Wat.And
Phebe if thou beeſt not better provided al-
ready, if I get not thee with Squire, let me turne clown.
Car.But where’s this
Bellamy, what new Ladies that?
Old Bel.This new Lady ſir, is that
Bellamy you inquire
Sav.The ſame Gentleman that you accus’d your
Clo.That I confeſſe had line with her.
Car.Ha, is’t ſo ifaith? and
(now I thinke on’t
) introth
I thought ſo; would I have tax’d’ her thinke you, but with
a Woman? pray Mr.
Bellamy let me ſalute your lips, and
good Unkle now wee are Neighbours, and both good
Houſe-keepers, let us not be ſtrangers to one another.
Thr.Well ſir, as I ſhall finde you by your wifes report
I ſhall be ſtill your Unkle.
Car.I ſhall be his heire in ſpight o’ the Devill, and all
Lov.Come Madam, I finde here’s Muſick, let’s
leade the Brides a Dance to ſtirre their appetites to
Car.And now my Lord to grace our Wedding feaſt,
As you in honour are the greateſt Gueſt
You have full power to welcome all the reſt.
FINIS.
[H1v]
E P I L O G U E.
WEll! had you Mirth enough ? much good may’t doe
If not, ’tis more then I did promiſe to you. (you,
’Tis your own fault, for it is you, not wee
Make a Play good or bad; and if this be
Not anſwerable to your expectation
Yee are the free-borne People of this Nation,
And have the power to cenſure Worth and Wit,
But wee must ſuffer for what you commit.
Yet wee’re reſolv’d to beare your gentle Hands,
And if you will tie us in any Bands,
Let us be bound to ſerve you, and that’s thus,
To tell you truth, as long as you ſerve us.
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