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A48039
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The old troop, or, Monsieur Raggou as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal / by John Lacy ...
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Lacy, John, d. 1681.
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Wing L144; ESTC R1185
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twenty shild of a day Take you one shild by both his two heels and put his head between your two leg den take your great a knife and slice off all de buttack so fashion begar dat make a de best Scotts Collop in de varle Lieut. Ah! he makes the best Pottage of a childs head and purtenance but you must boyl it with Bacon woman you must get Bacon Ferret And then it must be very young Lieut. Yes yes Good woman it must be a fine squab child of half a year old a man child dost here Woman O Lord yes Sir Rag. Do you hear get me one she-shild a littel whore-shild and save me all de lamb-stone and sweet-bread and all de pig petty-toe of de shild do you hear you round-head whore Woman I Sir I. O that ever I should live to see such men Exit Lieut. I warrant you it works if there be provision in the Country we shall have it Flea How the whore trembled for fear Cor. We shall have all the women in the Village about our ears hide-bound whores it's a question whether they 'l part with their meat or their children first Lieut. This foolery will be nois'd about the Country and then the odium will never be taken off Cor. Why what can they make on 't all understanding people will know it to be mirth Lieut. I know they will but the envious Priests will make fine talk on 't and make a great advantage on 't too though they know it to be nothing but mirth they 'l preach their Parishioners into a real belief of it on purpose to make us odious They 'l preach against any thing I heard a scandalous Sermon of two hours long against Prince Rupert's Dog Cor. Come 't is no matter what hypocrites preach let us see what the event will be Exeunt Enter Women in a fright alarm'd by their Neighbour Woman Look to your children if ever you mean to see your children alive hide your children they 'l eat your children 1 Neighb Woe is me what 's the matter Neighbour Woman I say hide your children 2 Neighb Ah! good Neighbour what 's the matter Woman Why run away with your children 3 Neighb Why that ever we were born what 's the matter Woman They will eat your children 4 Neighb O these bloudy Cavaliers how eat our children Woman They talk of boyling your children All. O mercy on us Woman And roasting your children All. O bloudy villains Woman And baking your children 1 Neighb O Hellish Cavaliering Devils Woman There 's nothing to be thought of but hiding your children 1 Neighb I would mine were in my belly again Woman That 's not safe they 'l search there in the first place to be sure 2 Neighb I 'l hide mine in the straw Woman And so we shall have one of 'em lay you down a top of it and smother one child whilst he is getting another I say run away with your children 3 Nighb O bloudy wretches I have heard much of their getting children but never of their eating children before 4 Neighb Neighbour their getting of children might be born with but eating 'em was never heard of Woman They have got a Cook from the great Mogull on purpose to kill children and they talk of roasting their haunches and baking the chaldron and broyling the chine Maid And making Pottage of the childs head and purtenance All. O deliver our poor children Woman Do you stand whining and crying Fetch out your Sheep and your Calves your Hens your Pigs and your Geese and your Bacon for there 's no other way to save your children All. I with all our hearts 1 Neighb I 'l bring two fat Sheep 2 Neighb I 'l bring Turkies and Hens 3 Neighb I have a brave fat Calf worth eleven Nobles by my troth I had as lieve part with one of my children Woman O you uncharitable beast go fetch your Calf Run every body and bring your things to my house as fast as you can drive Exeunt Enter Lieutenant Cornet Flea-flint Ferret-farm Burn-dorp and Raggou Lieut. Meat or Children to supper for a wager Gentlemen Cor. Meat for a wager if they have it Lieut. I without doubt for never was women and children so alarm'd in this world Flea When they were got together and told their children would be eaten they set up their throats and made a more horrid noise than a Welch Hubbub or an Irish Dirge Enter Nurse with two Children Ferret How now what think you if we be put to eat Children indeed By this light here 's a woman with two Children Lieut. We shall be cross-bit with these Country whores what shall we do Rag. Begar me vill help you off you sall eat no shildren Nurse By your leaves your good worships I make bold to bring you in some provisions Ferret Provisions where where is thy provisions Nurse Here an 't please you I have brought you a couple of fine fleshy Children Cor. Was ever such a horrid whore what shall we do Nurse Truly Gentlemen they 're as fine squab Children shall I turn 'em up they have the bravest brawny buttocks Lieut. No no. But woman art thou not troubled to part with thy children Nurse Alas they are none of mine Sir they are but Nurse-children Rag. Dere be a dam whore for you Lieut. What a beast is this Whose children are they Nurse A Londoners that owes me for a years nursing I hope they 'l prove excellent meat They 're Twins too Rag. A ha but begar we never eat no Twin-shild de Law forbid dat but hark you have any woman with shild in de Town Nurse Yes half a dozen Rag. Lieutenant it be de best meat in de varle begar a woman with shild is better meat den one hen with egg at Shrove-tide Enter Landlady and women with provision Lieut. How now what news Landlady Woman Here is a great many poor women that have brought in provisions in hope you 'l spare their children 1 Neighb We beseech your worships spare our poor children and you shall want for nothing our Country can afford Lieut. Good woman we are content to spare your children but you must get us some strong drink 2 Neighb I I we 'l get you every thing you want Lieut. Why then go all home and be contented for we promise you if we eat any children it shall be the two Nurse-children All. Ah preserve you all Gentlemen Rag. Take some comfort for if we should eat your shildren you sall no be a loser by dat for look you good woman how many shildren we eat in a Parish so many shild we are bound to get before we leave it dat is very fair Exeunt women Lieut. Why is not this better than fasting Flea Well and what harm is there in all this Cor. None i' th' world Come let 's in and dress our supper Rag. Me will go eat at my own quarteer It be a brave ting to be in Office begar
de Clowns worship me as if me were dere great God Bumpkin Exeunt ACTUS IV. SCENA I. Lieutenant Flea-flint Ferret-farm and Burndorp Flea LIeutenant here 's all our Country crew that we plundred yesterday Ferret But our comfort is they know us not but cry out of a Frenchman with two coat-sleeves stuff'd like two Country bag-puddings Lieut. This cunning rogue has cross-bit you all he has been plundering as he went to make his Quarters and in a Buff-coat too for here is a dozen fellows at my Quarter and they all describe a rogue so like thee that I protest thou wilt suffer for it Nay the rogue call'd himself Flea-flint too Flea Ouns what shall we do Sir Lieut. Upon my word this is no jeasting business Ferret ' Sheart over-reach'd thus Lieut. You must e'en think of over-reaching him again You must first think of stopping the clamor of the Bumpkins that 's your first point of security Flea But Lieutenant how should we do 't Faith you must try your wits and stick to us Lieut. I knew you would venture so far 't would come to my turn to fetch you off at last Rogues Flea Why Sir my man and his both shall swear Raggou borrow'd a Buff-coat of them Lieut. Let him be gone first and then you may swear any thing One of you go tell the Bumpkins I am searching for the Rogue the rest go with me to Raggou Exit Ferret-farm Burn. This is his quarter Lieut. This Knock it seems to be the best house i' th' Town Knocks Maid Who would you speak with Within Lieut. With Monsieur Raggou Maid Sir he gave us a strict charge to let no body speak with him Lieut. But I must and will speak with him Maid Indeed Sir he charg'd us upon pain of his displeasure not to disturb him Lieut. Pain of his displeasure what an impudent rogue 's this Shew us shew us Raggou is discover'd in a Taffata bed with a Back Brest and Head-piece on How now what in Taffata Curtains the impudent rogue makes me laugh You rascal Raggou look in his Head-piece too Rag. Who de devel disturb me you dam whore you know vat me do to you last night Lieut. Why what was that you did to her last night Rag. Begar me lye with her at three motion as de Musquetier shoot of his Gun make ready present and give fire Lieut. O my word that 's good discipline Rag. Begar she sall make ready for you if you will present and give fire Lieut. But how came it that I had not this good Quarter Rag. Because me knew me should make a de Quarter but one night and so begar me make a de best use of my time as all de whole varle do too Lieut. But what a Rogue art thou why dost thou lye in such a bed in thy Arms Rag. For two gran reason Sir First because my French louse sall go great way about before he come to de clean sheet next because a de dam English flea shall not bite a my sweet French body Lieut. Well Maid go down I must speak with him Exit Maid Rag. Vat you have wid me Lieutenant Lieut. Faith out of my love I would save thee from hanging Rag. Hang for vat begar hang me if me deserve so you hang all dat deserve a de hang begar dat is de whole Troop Lieutenant and all Lieut. Here you plunder in one shape and there in another sometimes like Flea-flint in Buff sometimes like your self that here is all the Country come in with such horrid complaints Nay they say you ravish women too Rag. Lieutenant begar me never ravish but one old woman and she give me five shilling for my pain Lieut. Nay here is worse than all that my Captain has intelligence you 're a dangerous man and hold correspondence with the enemy Rag. Me sall be hang Lieutenant if you tink so Lieut. Nay 't is so I have orders to search you Put that in his Pocket aside and pull it out again Rag. Ah begar me have no long life before me be hang. Burn. O Sir are you good at that he was going to convey Letters out on 's pocket Rag. Begar he lye Lieutenant me have no Lettra begar hang a me if me can write an read de Horn-book be de Hebrew to me begar Lieut. Search him search him Search and pulls a Letter out and an Engine Burn. Here 's a Letter Lieutenant and an Engine I think Flea What 's this Lieut. O you need not write and read if you have this I 'l be hang'd if this be not the key of his character he writes to the enemy with Rag. Dat make a de French Pye and make a de Garniture for de Dish dat be all Lieut. Let 's see the case is plain he sent his intelligence in characters of paste This very thing will hang him but let 's read the Letter Rag. Begar me have no Lettra de devel send it in my pocket Lieut. Reads Monsieur Raggou in hope that under this poor disguise of a French Cook you will shew a rich faith Rag. Vat he mean by fait begar me have no fait Lieut. Reads And when you have deliver'd up your Troop to us the Parliament will own you as your self and give you the respects due to your great and honourable family Rag. Devel me have no honourable nor family neider begar Flea The case is plain you are of some great family Rag. Lieutenant me confess me come of de King of France Kitchin of de honourable family of de Turn-spit Begar me tell you true dere be all my family and my honourable too Burn. O Sir 't is a very cunning fellow my Captain sends word he us'd to be conversant with the Round-heads and pray with them Rag. The Devel take a me me never pray in my life me swear altogedra in de King of France Kitchin Lieut. I love you so well that I 'd be loth to hang you Monsieur therefore I 'm content to let you scape but be sure you be not taken Rag. Begar den hang a moy for my Arse vill no go very far Lieut. Well pray be gone and say you found a friend Rag. Gad a bless you Lieutenant ven me come in France zoun me vill so pray for you Flea And yet you say you never pray'd in your life Rag. Begar me tank Gad me never have occasion to pray till just now Adieu adieu a Who send me dat dam Lettra in my pocket Exit Lieut. Well now we must keep the Bumpkins here till he is gone and then give 'em orders to search the Countries for him Burn. And that will whidle them as well as if you had given them their money again Exeunt Enter Governor Captain Holdforth Mr. Tell-troth and Captain Tub-text Hold. In truth drinking is a harmless recreation so we proceed not to drunkenness Tub. Pray how far-forth may we proceed in drink for I would take no more than is