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The Rampant alderman, or, News from the exchange a farce.
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Marmion, Shackerley, 1603-1639. Fine companion.
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Wing R212; ESTC R9027
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Indeed noble Sir you mistake me I am not the Person you take me for I am a very honest Fellow Sir and your Worships most humble Servant La Bounce Ah wheedling Rogue but dis shall not serve your turn Remember the Quarter-staff Rogue remember dat and dere is for you and dere and dere Beats him Alderm O Lord I shall be Murdered Pray Sir hold and believe me indeed I am not the Person you take me for La Bounce Not de Person vat a Diable are you den Come along vid me to de Aldermans House me fall soon know de truth of dat Come come along Alderm Oh by no means Sir La Bounce Oh by all means Sir you may be do Rogue that run away and Rob him I must know dat Along along Troop troop Alderm Oh what shall I do this is worse then all If he brings me thither I shall be discovered and disgrac'd for ever La Bounce Oh dam Rogue vat you make face at hah Morblieu dis must a be some Rascal Teef dat have stola something Come along along La Bounce pulls him out Alderm Oh what shall I do my Name will be a By-word to the Brethren and my Reputation like a dead Dog will stink above Ground SCENE III. Enter Rover Wilding Cordelia Julia Beatrice with Booby Cordelia I Told you this lying Villain only put a Trick upon us and on my Conscience has not told us one word of truth in the whole Story Julia. Nay the Rogue has a lying leering fleering Dog-face Sirrah I shall see that Face of yours upon the Gate-house one time or other fronting Sir Thomas Booby I believe forsooth you would rather desire to see my Buttock there if the truth were known Wilding Any Limb would serve Rover. Ay ay any will serve and one of 'em must come there or else the Features of his Face are damn'd Lyers Booby I had rather you were all Hang'd there I deal plainly with ye Enter La Bounce and Alderman La Bounce Vere vere is dis Alderman me have brought a dam Rogue Rascalle dat me believe have Rob him Rover. How 's this the Alderman in Disguise and brought back by Captain La Bounce this was Luck ' ifaith Wilding Your Servant good Mr. Alderman Cordelia Your obedient Vassal sweet Mr. Alderman Julia. Your most Devoted good Alderman Rampant La Bounce Zoon is dis the Alderman himself Vat a rare Plot is dis now Me vul have his Daughter or me vul swear Fellony and Robbery against him Jeime Booby Jeime if you swear your self to the Gallows you shall not have her Discovers himself Rover. What do I see my dear Friend Will Lovewell Booby The same Sir and no more Booby now Mr. Alderman I have a Note of your Hand here which shall be either for Ten Thousand Pounds or your Daughter You know my old Love to her and shall now know I got into your Service for her sake Alderm I am Confounded and know not what to say Take me tear me to pieces do what you will with me Cordelia No no we 'll be more merciful than so You shall only be Expos'd a little and make Reparation for Affronts You are Rich Mr. Alderman Alderm I shall have my Shame sung in Ballads to scurvie Tunes 't will be News all over the Exchange by to Morrow at this time Oh I will shut my self up in my Counting-house and never see the World agen Wilding You will do the less Mischief my Rampant Senator but now to our Business in this World Madam this should be an hour of Mirth and Joy faith surprize me with your Hand now and say you are Mine Cordelia There Sir This may be the Critical Minute for ought you know He kisses it Rover. And what say you to me pretty Mrs. Brisk Julia. Why faith there 's mine too hang 't I hate to stand out when any good Game is going forward Booby Our Hands and Hearts are pair'd already Beatrice I hope so dear Lovewel I 'm sure I have shed many a Tear since my Father forbid thee our House La Bounce Vat a Diabla must I have ne're a Metresse den Morblieu me will fight vid every one of you Take your Metresse away and beget a Generation of Souldiers dat shall scour the World and defie the Devil and Fortune and dat is the Resolution of Captain La Bounce Rover. And so Bounce off good Captain unless you will make one in a Dance the Alderman has Fidles in the House already come strike up Dance here This is at last our Alderman Disgrac'd And we have shown the Letchery barefac'd Wenching in Hair-brain'd Youth 's a shameful evil But to be Old and Rampant that 's the Devil For when Gray Hairs once freeze the Reverend Crown Fancy may mount but all things else go down FINIS
THE RAMPANT ALDERMAN OR NEWS FROM THE EXCHANGE A FARCE LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1685. THE RAMPANT ALDERMAN ACT. I. SCENE I. Enter Rover and Wilding severally Rover. DEar Jack I am glad to see thee with all my heart ' ifaith How long hast thou been in Town Wilding Too long to my sorrow Ned except thy charming Sister Cordelia were kinder the God of Love and I are still at Sword and Dagger about her And I find too late like a Fool as I am in spite of my Blood he will be too hard for me Rover. Oh there 's no Fence against a Flail Jack A pair of Black Eyes thou know'st wound deeper then a Case of Pistols but chear up Man thou hast me on thy side I know thou lov'st her Honourably Wilding Else let me never get the Heaven I sigh for Sir I am a man of Honour and hate a base Action as much as I do Cowardise Rover. I believe thee 'faith And to be serious with thee ' gad I had rather Pimp for thee than any Man in Christendom that 's the truth on 't Wilding Pimp for me Rover. Ay Jack hold a Door neatly Cough and cry Hem if any body come thou understand'st me Wilding Sir I dare not understand ye nor would I hear this from any other Man 't is well you are her Brother Rover. Come prithee be not Angry thou art a brave Fellow and I love thee And by this Hilt thou shalt have a Touch with my Sister in spite of the Musty Alderman or e're a Lowsie Plush Jacket in Christendom I hope thou canst dispence with a touch with her in the Bed of Honour Jack Wilding Ay Boy there indeed a Touch with her would make a Man Immortal But what Alderman is this thou speak'st of Rover. Why Sir a Jack-o-lent with a Jack Chain about him An old drivling fribling fumbling Fobus that makes Love to her And is so damnably Rich and withal so confoundedly Lecherous that he thinks 't is no more but up and ride with her Wilding The Divel choak him with the Furs of his own Gown What 's to be done Friend Rover. That 's as Time shall try See here comes my Sister and my Cousin Julia whom I 'll take aside to give you opportunity Go put up briskly to her d' ye hear Takes Julia aside Enter Cordelia and Julia. Wilding Madam tho the Charms of your Beauty are not to be resisted by any thing compos'd of Flesh and Blood as I am yet a little good Nature too would add another Charm greater than all and give me hopes of Life that am despairing by your Cruelty Cordelia If Women Sir were always to be won with Words the grand Deceivers of our Sex would have a true occasion to condemn our Easiness but I 'm resolv'd to turn the Scale and prove that once there was a Woman gain'd by Merit Wilding Ah let me know in what I 'm deficient and I 'll reform my self but I see plainly you have made another Choice and I am damn'd to all the Hell of Rigour in your Frowns Oh cruel Sex too Fair and too Ingrateful Rover. What a Devil 's the Matter now Why how now Ned what watring thy Plants already ' dsHeart they make Love just like Cats they are always either Howling or Scratching one another Julia. They come the nearer then to the nature of the Business for Love in its best quality is but a kind of Caterwauling the He Cat follows the She into the Parlour then presently the She runs after the He into the Garret where there is such an eternal Mew betwixt 'em just like that Gentleman 's making Love for all the World Wilding Does my Integrity and constant Passion deserve to be thus slighted Cordelia When you have work'd upon my good Opinion a proof of your Integrity you may be better us'd till when let me advise you to leave Angling Sir the Fish will not be Caught I can assure ye Our Sex by Profit often is Betray'd But Worth shall win me or I 'll die a Maid Exit Julia. Fare ye well Sir take care she does not see the Onion you have wrapt up in your Handkerchief for you have Tears at command I see ' And to my knowledg a Man can no more weep without an Onion than he can make Love without Lying they are both absolutely necessary And so sweet Sir your humble Servant Ha ha ha Exit laughing Wilding Ah the Devil fleer ye ' dsheart this Jill-flirt gigling young Quean will jeer me to Death I shall never be able to look her in the face agen Rover. Ah Pox on 't you must you must What a Lover and want Confidence such a one would be a strange Monster indeed But come prithee let 's go and contrive how to Supplant this Old Fusty Alderman for if he intends to Cut up my Sister like a young Virgin Pullet by this Light I 'll cut him like an Old Capon he shall be as bare as the Eunuchs in the Grand Signior's Seraglio I 'll see what the Alderman has in his Purse for once Wilding I think he may spare the Jewels in it for any good his Worship will do with ' em But prithee Jack Is not this he that was always voting Mischief against the King and speaking Treason in the Common Council Rover. The very same the most Notorious Whig in all the Fraternity Wilding There 's some hopes then he may be hang'd in time that the Fraternity may be rid of him Rover. No doubt but Fate has some such Blessing in store for him he keeps company with two Sham Elders which he stiles by the Title of Doctors forsooth the one squeaks Sedition to him in the Coffee-House and the other Cants it in the Conventicle Wilding Ay I hope I shall see 'em Cant it at the Gallows too prithee do I know 'em Jack Rover. Oh without doubt the one is Doctor Oylyfist the sneaking Non-Con of Spittle-Fields and the other of Famous Memory is Wilding Doctor Oats Rover. Ah well guess'd my Noble Heart ' gad thou art right Wilding Why then farewel Mr. Alderman if that Noble Doctor keeps ye Company the Gibbet is like to feel your weight I 'm sure Rover. ' dsHeart here he comes and Company with him 'T is high Change time and the place will fill presently therefore let 's be gone for I would not have him see us Wilding Nor I neither I am not so fond of his Company Exeunt Enter Alderman and Booby Alderman Is thy name Booby Booby Yes and 't please your Worship I 'm a true Booby by Father and Mother Alderm What Country-Booby are ye Booby I 'm a Buckinghamshire Booby and please ye and of a very ancient Family Alderm How so Booby Why my Father was a Miller of Maidenhead and he having a great occasion for a Wife Married one Katharine Crack of Carnarvan so that betwixt the Boobies of Buckingham and the Cracks