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A66885
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The Woman turn'd bully a comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre.
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1675
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a Stranger in Town and therefore submit to your better experience B. Good aside Now this damn'd Frank where is she Enter Frank. Fran. Sir Thomas Whimsey your most humble Servant B. Good Honest Rogue how dost thou come along with me I 'll tell thee the best Jest. Exeunt B. Goodfeild and Frank. Lov. Looking after them Now may I never live to see Darby-shire and the well-meaning Country-Gentlemen again if this be not a pitiful trick The first man that ever made Love to me in London serve me thus offer me the Wine-tavern and then run away without taking his leave too Now out upon him I have been often deceived in my life but never in so few words before Sir Thomas Whimsey quoth a well my comfort is I know no such Whimseys in the Country There if a young man offers Kindness to a young maid he will go thorough-stich with it which does the poor Soul good at heart And Oh me it strikes two a clock Madam I come I come Madam I come I come Exit running SCENE III. Enter Docket and Spruce Dock WHere 's Dashwel Spr. At the Office Sir Dock 'T is well Go bid my Niece come hither Spr. Yes Sir Exit Dock This Niece of mine is much offended at her confinement but it 's no matter she 's young and handsome and I am old and wary If she be known broad she 'll quickly get a Husband and that will be no small Nusance to my Estate For though her Father devised her and 6000 l. to my tuition with proviso that if she marries without my consent then to forfeit the said sum Yet if she happens to be well marri'd and without disparagement what the Chancery may decree in this Case I know not Enter Lucia Spruce Dock Niece I have considered of your grievances which you moved at Dinner but I perceive you are young and do not weigh things with discretion Should I suffer ye to go abroad or let people come to ye some vain idle fellow with a white Perriwig and a long Sword would marry ye Niece d' you mind me would marry ye and then you 're undone Look ye Niece Abundans cautela non nocet pray observe that Luc. In the mean time Sir the continual imprisonment of my Chamber is insufferable I 'm sure it is very prejudicial to my health and I 'm troubled with such a Head-ach flesh and bloud is not able to endure it Dock Nay good Lucy never talk of that but consider the Maxime A private damage is to be suffered rather than a publick inconveniencie Your distemper concerns only your self Niece But should I see you marri'd to one of those Fops I told you of but now it would break my heart Spr. aside Yes no doubt to part with her Portion Dock Yet because you shall not say I 'm made of Marble and have no consideration of your Infirmities look ye Niece you and your Maid shall have a turn in the Temple-Garden this Evening and there taste the sweet air of the Thames What wou'dst thou have more poor thing Luc. Besides Sir by reason of this strict life you impose upon me I have forgot all the Education my Friends had heretofore given me Dock You would say you have lost your Dancing I understand ye 'T is no matter a modest woman should not Dance well You have not lost your Singing I 'm sure yo' are often practising yet it were better if you cou'd onely sing Psalms Luc. What to do Sir you seldom let me go to Church Dock It is not necessary You have good Books at home read them There 's The whole duty of man think of that Niece think of that Luc. So I do Sir as much as possible I can but Dock 'T is enough I understand what you wou'd say but you wou'd have some of these naughty Plays Niece I must tell ye they are not good for ye and let that suffice Yet ye shall have variety Niece Look ye I 'll buy ye the Seven Champions and I think Dashwel has Clark's lives of Famous men I 'll borrow that of him and you shall read that too And for Education you shall have enough Lucy I scorn it should be said that any of my Bloud should want Education Dashwel shall teach ye French he understands Littleton perfectly well And if you please I 'll have a Master come and teach ye to cast Account and write Short-hand Spr. Sir here 's Madam Goodfeild newly light out of her Coach and coming up stairs Dock Away Niece here 's a Client of Quality coming and I wou'd not have you seen in this dress for the world Exit Lucia Enter Goodfeild and Loveal Good Is that your Master Spr. Yes Madam Good Mr. Docket I am come now only to tell you I cannot stay I must only acquaint you with my business and be gone again Dock First Madam let me bid you welcome Salutes her Now Madam if you please to sit by me here in this Chair I am for you Spruce reach me Pen Ink and Paper to take instructions Good You must know then good Mr. Docket that I come to you with Commendations from my Lady Simple of Darbyshire Dock Yes Madam I know her very well her Husband old Sir Simon late deceas'd was the very first Client I ever had Good God bless her good Ladyship say I for she 's my good Neighbour but let that pass I love few words Mr. Docket and those to the purpose Dock My own humour directly Good You must know then Mr. Docket that I have a one and only Daughter in the Country her name is Elizabeth Goodfeild you may set her down if you please a wild Wench she is and therefore 't is high time to marry her but you need not set that down Now Sir my good Lady Simple has but one Son who since his Fathers death is Sir Alexander Simple pray set him down and my Lady Simple and I considering that 't is better to wed over the Mixon than over the Moor as they say in our parts but you need not set that down Therefore Mr. Docket we two Mothers like loving Neighbours have concluded to marry together Dock You mean your Children but I understand ye Very good Good My Lady Simple Sir is very badly handled with the Gout that 's the plain truth on 't and therefore she can't travel And for Sir Alexander he being the only Sprig of the Family of the Simples remaining we were not willing to venture him to such a naughty Town he might not only have been spoil'd himself but done my Daughter no good too For you know Mr. Docket Husband and Wife are but one flesh Dock 'T is very true Madam there 's a scurvy Disease here in Town which many a man gets besides the Simples Good To conclude Sir I am intrusted of all hands to come to you as my Lady Simples Lawyer to take care with you that my Daughter be well feofft in something For the
Good In the mean time what a Devil is this Docket and this formal Coxcomb his man that comes with such a damn'd Message Tru. 'T is worth your enquiry indeed for they are two as notable Creatures as e're were shew'd at Bartholomew-Fair The man you 've seen already and should you see him a year together you would see neither more nor less in him yet people of his Tribe say he 's a good Clerk as they phrase it He 's one that manages his Masters Practice so assiduously that he can do nothing else But a pox on him what do I spend so many words of such an Owl Good Then for the Master Tru. Aye the Master There 's a rare plece of flesh for ye never was Master and Man so proportion'd to one another You have heard part of the man's Character already and If the man such dulness have you know the old Rime in the Arcadia To be brief for I hate to discourse of such unpleasant subjects He is a pure downright Attorney with as little mixture of Gentleman or Scholar as possible can be imagined to one who lives in London the Staple of refin'd converse To this I must add he is Old and Rich. Good I' the name of Wonder how came you acquainted with such things as these Is this the refin'd Converse you talk of Tru. Oh Ned thereby hangs a tale You must know then in an evil hour I owe him 6000 l. which my Father heretofore borrow'd partly to marry a Daughter and partly on other occasions For this Debt he mortgaged five hundred a year which Mortgage has been now forfeited about four year and he in the Devils name has enter'd Since my Father's death Ned I have been very sensible of this loss it being betwixt you and I the best half of my Estate In fine I have been several times with him to take in this Mortgage and get him to release the Estate I have offer'd him to that end to pay down 3000 l. with the Interest due and a Judgment from my self and two substantial Citizens for the other three Good And so he replies that you offer him to his loss and that he has eleven Points of the Law against ye does he not Tru. Much to that purpose but in his Gibberish he tells me Nul tort nul disseisin I must not complain of wrong he has but what the Law gives him and Executio Iuris non habet Injuriam And this is all I could ever get from him till yesterday and then we were in somewhat more complaisant terms He sends for me now I am confident about this business Good Well is this all you can tell me of him Tru. No. Good Proceed Tru. He has a pretty Niece that I must bring you acquainted with Good Me Gad Iack you have made such a fine Character of him I have no ambition to know any of the Breed Tru. You mistake me Ned Goodfeild she is no ways a kin to the dis-ingenuity of her Uncle Believe me Friend she is both Young Pretty of a good Humour and besides a Fortune Good And with all these good Qualities why do not you strike her up and by that means pay off your Mortgage Tru. Not so fast The Affair is less feazable to me than any man for several reasons that I know Her Father dying left this his onely Daughter and 6000 l. to the management of his Wives Brother this Docket who he appointed her Guardian with this Proviso in his Will that if she married without her said Guardian 's consent then to forfeit the said sum intended for her Portion and that her Uncle might dispose of it as he thought fit Her Uncle a covetous Jew has swallow'd all this Estate already in imagination intending never to marry her with his consent To that end confines her while with him in London constantly to her Chamber never suffering her to see the open air unless once or twice a fortnight in the Temple or Lincolns-Inn-Gardens and that too with himself or some such trusty Governour Good These are Impediments I confess Iack especially to a Debter Tru. This is not all The damn'd dull course of life her Uncle has imposed upon her has rendred both her discourse and behaviour very reserved or to say true a little heavy which suits not at all with my fancie for I must have my Mistriss Ned full of Air and Gayety to the utmost extent Good Faith then I 've a Sister will fit thee to a hair Tru. Where is she Ned Good Ah Pox she 's in Darby-shire Tru. That 's a great way off But how d' you know she 's not come up with your Mother Good Oh it can never enter into my thoughts She 'll sooner send her to the Nunnery at Ghent than bring her hither She believes this Town spoils all young men that come to it but for women she 's confident the very air of London meets 'em and debauches 'em at Highate Hang me if I can comprehend what a Devil brings my Mother her self up it must be some extraordinary occasion She has not made such a Voyage to my knowledge this twenty years Tru. Well we shall know all when I have been at Dockets In the mean time Ned thou shalt dine with me I 'll acquaint thee with the humour of the Eating-houses Boy give me my Sword and follow me Exeunt SCENE II. The Street Enter Betty Goodfeild and Franck her Maid both in mans Apparel B. Good NOw Franck that we are arrived at London and have luckily taken Lodgings neer my Mother our first care must be to conceal our Disguize to that end be sure you never speak to me otherwise than by the name of Sir ' ware tripping Fran. Leave that to me Sir I was the first that thought of this Adventure and if I can't manage it may I never live to be marri'd and that 's no small Curse I 'll be so far from betraying the secret in publick that even in private when we are alone you shall pass with me for what you seem B. Good My next endeavours must be how to sute my own behaviour to what I intend a Town-Gallant In this Franck you must instruct me for you have known the Town before you came to my service Fran. True First then have you seen any of our new Plays B. Good Yes I have read 'em all as they came out in Print Fran. Good that will be a great help For look ye Sir just as some raw Poets borrow their Scenes from the Fop-company they frequent in the same manner many raw Gallants square their behaviour to their Fop-scenes What else makes these sort of Phrases so common Dear heart You understand me Let me die And all that B. Good For my own part I don't know whether people in London talk thus or no but if you 'd have me discourse out of Plays let me alone Fran. Besides this you must be sure to be very confident or if you