,,the ,,alchemist   ,by ,ben ,jonson    
,,introduction  ,the greatest of        
,english dramatists except ,shakespeare1
 the first literary dictator and        
poet-laureate1 a writer of verse1 prose1
 satire1 and criticism who most potently
 of all the men of his time affected the
 subsequent course of ,english letters3 
such was ,ben ,jonson1 and as such his  
strong personality assumes an interest  
to us almost unparalleled1 at least in  
his age4  ,ben ,jonson came of the stock
 that was centuries after to give to the
 world ,thomas ,carlyle2 for ,jonson's  
grandfather was of ,annandale1 over the 
,solway1 whence he migrated to ,england4
 ,jonson's father lost his estate under 
,queen ,mary1 having been cast into     
prison and forfeited4  ,he entered the  
church1 but died a month before his     
illustrious son was born1 leaving his   
widow and child in poverty4  ,jonson's  
birthplace was ,westminster1 and the    
time of his birth early in #aegc4  ,he  
was thus nearly ten years ,shakespeare's

 junior1 and less well off1 if a trifle 
better born4 ,but ,jonson did not profit
 even by this slight advantage4  ,his   
mother married beneath her1 a wright or 
bricklayer1 and ,jonson was for a time  
apprenticed to the trade4  ,as a youth  
he attracted the attention of the famous
 antiquary1 ,william ,camden1 then usher
 at ,westminster ,school1 and there the 
poet laid the solid foundations of his  
classical learning4  ,jonson always held
 ,camden in veneration1 acknowledging   
that to him he owed1  ,all that ,i am in
 arts1 all that ,i know2  and dedicating
 his first dramatic success1 ,every ,man
 in ,his ,humour1 to him4  ,it is       
doubtful whether ,jonson ever went to   
either university1 though ,fuller says  
that he was statutably admitted into    
,st4 ,john's ,college1 ,cambridge4  ,he 
tells us that he took no degree1 but was
 later ,master of ,arts in both the     
universities1 by their favour1 not his  
study4  ,when a mere youth ,jonson      
enlisted as a soldier1 trailing his pike

 in ,flanders in the protracted wars of 
,william the ,silent against the        
,spanish4  ,jonson was a large and      
raw-boned lad2 he became by his own     
account in time exceedingly bulky4  ,in 
chat with his friend ,william ,drummond 
of ,hawthornden1 ,jonson told how in his
 service in the ,low ,countries he had1 
in the face of both the camps1 killed an
 enemy1 and taken opima spolia from him2
 and how since his coming to ,england1  
being appealed to the fields1 he had    
killed his adversary which had hurt him 
in the arm and whose sword was ten      
inches longer than his4  ,jonson's reach
 may have made up for the lack of his   
sword2 certainly his prowess lost       
nothing in the telling4  ,obviously     
,jonson was brave1 combative1 and not   
averse to talking of himself and his    
doings4  ,in #aeib1 ,jonson returned    
from abroad penniless4  ,soon after he  
married1 almost as early and quite as   
imprudently as ,shakespeare4 ,he told   
,drummond curtly that his wife was a    

shrew1 yet honest2 for some years he    
lived apart from her in the household of
 ,lord ,albany4  ,yet two touching      
epitaphs among ,jonson's ,epigrams1 ,on 
my first daughter1 and ,on my first son1
 attest the warmth of the poet's family 
affections4  ,the daughter died in      
infancy1 the son of the plague2 another 
son grew up to manhood little credit to 
his father whom he survived4  ,we know  
nothing beyond this of ,jonson's        
domestic life4  ,how soon ,jonson       
drifted into what we now call grandly   
the theatrical profession we do not     
know4  ,in #aeic1 ,marlowe made his     
tragic exit from life1 and ,greene1     
,shakespeare's other rival on the       
popular stage1 had preceded ,marlowe in 
an equally miserable death the year     
before4  ,shakespeare already had the   
running to himself4 ,jonson appears     
first in the employment of ,philip      
,henslowe1 the exploiter of several     
troupes of players1 manager1 and        
father-in-law of the famous actor1      

,edward ,alleyn4  ,from entries in      
,henslowe's ,diary1 a species of        
theatrical account book which has been  
handed down to us1 we know that ,jonson 
was connected with the ,admiral's men2  
for he borrowed #d pounds of ,henslowe1 
,july #bh1 #aeig1 paying back #cs4 #i;d4
 on the same day on account of his share
 7in what is not altogether clear72     
while later1 on ,december #c1 of the    
same year1 ,henslowe advanced #bjs4 to  
him upon a book which he showed the plot
 unto the company which he promised to  
deliver unto the company at ,christmas  
next4  ,in the next ,august ,jonson was 
in collaboration with ,chettle and      
,porter in a play called ,hot ,anger    
,soon ,cold4  ,all this points to an    
association with ,henslowe of some      
duration1 as no mere tyro would be thus 
paid in advance upon mere promise4      
,from allusions in ,dekker's play1      
,satiromastix1 it appears that ,jonson1 
like ,shakespeare1 began life as an     
actor1 and that he ambled in a leather  

pitch by a play-wagon taking at one time
 the part of ,hieronimo in ,kyd's famous
 play1 ,the ,spanish ,tragedy4  ,by the 
beginning of #aeih1 ,jonson1 though     
still in needy circumstances1 had begun 
to receive recognition4  ,francis       
,meres--well known for his ,comparative 
,discourse of our ,english ,poets with  
the ,greek1 ,latin1 and ,italian ,poets1
 printed in #aeih1 and for his mention  
therein of a dozen plays of ,shakespeare
 by title--accords to ,ben ,jonson a    
place as one of our best in tragedy1 a  
matter of some surprise1 as no known    
tragedy of ,jonson from so early a date 
has come down to us4  ,that ,jonson was 
at work on tragedy1 however1 is proved  
by the entries in ,henslowe of at least 
three tragedies1 now lost1 in which he  
had a hand4  ,these are ,page of        
,plymouth1 ,king ,robert ,,ii4 of       
,scotland1 and ,richard ,crookback4     
,but all of these came later1 on his    
return to ,henslowe1 and range from     
,august #aeii to ,june #afjb4           

,returning to the autumn of #aeih1 an   
event now happened to sever for a time  
,jonson's relations with ,henslowe4  ,in
 a letter to ,alleyn1 dated ,september  
#bf of that year1 ,henslowe writes3 ,i  
have lost one of my company that hurteth
 me greatly2 that is ,gabriel ,spencer1 
for he is slain in ,hogsden fields by   
the hands of ,benjamin ,jonson1         
bricklayer4  ,the last word is perhaps  
,henslowe's thrust at ,jonson in his    
displeasure rather than a designation of
 his actual continuance at his trade up 
to this time4  ,it is fair to ,jonson to
 remark however1 that his adversary     
appears to have been a notorious        
fire-eater who had shortly before killed
 one ,feeke in a similar squabble4      
,duelling was a frequent occurrence of  
the time among gentlemen and the        
nobility2 it was an impudent breach of  
the peace on the part of a player4      
,this duel is the one which ,jonson     
described years after to ,drummond1 and 
for it ,jonson was duly arraigned at    

,old ,bailey1 tried1 and convicted4  ,he
 was sent to prison and such goods and  
chattels as he had were forfeited4  ,it 
is a thought to give one pause that1 but
 for the ancient law permitting         
convicted felons to plead1 as it was    
called1 the benefit of clergy1 ,jonson  
might have been hanged for this deed4   
,the circumstance that the poet could   
read and write saved him2 and he        
received only a brand of the letter ,t1 
for ,tyburn1 on his left thumb4  ,while 
in jail ,jonson became a ,roman         
,catholic2 but he returned to the faith 
of the ,church of ,england a dozen years
 later4  ,on his release1 in disgrace   
with ,henslowe and his former           
associates1 ,jonson offered his services
 as a playwright to ,henslowe's rivals1 
the ,lord ,chamberlain's company1 in    
which ,shakespeare was a prominent      
shareholder4  ,a tradition of long      
standing1 though not susceptible of     
proof in a court of law1 narrates that  
,jonson had submitted the manuscript of 

,every ,man in ,his ,humour to the      
,chamberlain's men and had received from
 the company a refusal2 that            
,shakespeare called him back1 read the  
play himself1 and at once accepted it4  
,whether this story is true or not1     
certain it is that ,every ,man in ,his  
,humour was accepted by ,shakespeare's  
company and acted for the first time in 
#aeih1 with ,shakespeare taking a part4 
,the evidence of this is contained in   
the list of actors prefixed to the      
comedy in the folio of ,jonson's works1 
#afaf4  ,but it is a mistake to infer1  
because ,shakespeare's name stands first
 in the list of actors and the elder    
,kno'well first in the dramatis         
personae1 that ,shakespeare took that   
particular part4  ,the order of a list  
of ,elizabethan players was generally   
that of their importance or priority as 
shareholders in the company and seldom  
if ever corresponded to the list of     
characters4  ,every ,man in ,his ,humour
 was an immediate success1 and with it  

,jonson's reputation as one of the      
leading dramatists of his time was      
established once and for all4  ,this    
could have been by no means ,jonson's   
earliest comedy1 and we have just       
learned that he was already reputed one 
of our best in tragedy4  ,indeed1 one of
 ,jonson's extant comedies1 ,the ,case  
is ,altered1 but one never claimed by   
him or published as his1 must certainly 
have preceded ,every ,man in ,his       
,humour on the stage4  ,the former play 
may be described as a comedy modelled on
 the ,latin plays of ,plautus4  7,it    
combines1 in fact1 situations derived   
from the ,captivi and the ,aulularia of 
that dramatist74  ,but the pretty story 
of the beggar-maiden1 ,rachel1 and her  
suitors1 ,jonson found1 not among the   
classics1 but in the ideals of romantic 
love which ,shakespeare had already     
popularised on the stage4  ,jonson never
 again produced so fresh and lovable a  
feminine personage as ,rachel1 although 
in other respects ,the ,case is ,altered

 is not a conspicuous play1 and1 save   
for the satirising of ,antony ,munday in
 the person of ,antonio ,balladino and  
,gabriel ,harvey as well1 is perhaps the
 least characteristic of the comedies of
 ,jonson4  ,every ,man in ,his ,humour1 
probably first acted late in the summer 
of #aeih and at the ,curtain1 is        
commonly regarded as an epoch-making    
play2 and this view is not unjustified4 
,as to plot1 it tells little more than  
how an intercepted letter enabled a     
father to follow his supposedly studious
 son to ,london1 and there observe his  
life with the gallants of the time4     
,the real quality of this comedy is in  
its personages and in the theory upon   
which they are conceived4  ,ben ,jonson 
had theories about poetry and the drama1
 and he was neither chary in talking of 
them nor in experimenting with them in  
his plays4  ,this makes ,jonson1 like   
,dryden in his time1 and ,wordsworth    
much later1 an author to reckon with2   
particularly when we remember that many 

of ,jonson's notions came for a time    
definitely to prevail and to modify the 
whole trend of ,english poetry4  ,first 
of all ,jonson was a classicist1 that   
is1 he believed in restraint and        
precedent in art in opposition to the   
prevalent ungoverned and irresponsible  
,renaissance spirit4  ,jonson believed  
that there was a professional way of    
doing things which might be reached by a
 study of the best examples1 and he     
found these examples for the most part  
among the ancients4  ,to confine our    
attention to the drama1 ,jonson objected
 to the amateurishness and haphazard    
nature of many contemporary plays1 and  
set himself to do something different2  
and the first and most striking thing   
that he evolved was his conception and  
practice of the comedy of humours4  ,as 
,jonson has been much misrepresented in 
this matter1 let us quote his own words 
as to humour4  ,a humour1 according to  
,jonson1 was a bias of disposition1 a   
warp1 so to speak1 in character by which

     ,some one peculiar quality         
,doth so possess a man1 that it doth    
draw     ,all his affects1 his spirits1 
and his powers1     ,in their           
confluctions1 all to run one way4  ,but 
continuing1 ,jonson is careful to add3  
,but that a rook by wearing a pied      
feather1     ,the cable hat-band1 or the
 three-piled ruff1     ,a yard of       
shoe-tie1 or the ,switzers knot     ,on 
his ,french garters1 should affect a    
humour6     ,o1 it is more than most    
ridiculous4  ,jonson's comedy of        
humours1 in a word1 conceived of stage  
personages on the basis of a ruling     
trait or passion 7a notable             
simplification of actual life be it     
observed in passing72 and1 placing these
 typified traits in juxtaposition in    
their conflict and contrast1 struck the 
spark of comedy4 ,downright1 as his name
 indicates1 is a plain squire2          
,bobadill's humour is that of the       
braggart who is incidentally1 and with  
delightfully comic effect1 a coward2    

,brainworm's humour is the finding out  
of things to the end of fooling         
everybody3 of course he is fooled in the
 end himself4 ,but it was not ,jonson's 
theories alone that made the success of 
,every ,man in ,his ,humour4  ,the play 
is admirably written and each character 
is vividly conceived1 and with a firm   
touch based on observation of the men of
 the ,london of the day4  ,jonson was   
neither in this1 his first great comedy 
7nor in any other play that he wrote71 a
 supine classicist1 urging that ,english
 drama return to a slavish adherence to 
classical conditions4  ,he says as to   
the laws of the old comedy 7meaning by  
laws1 such matters as the unities of    
time and place and the use of chorus73  
,i see not then1 but we should enjoy the
 same licence1 or free power to         
illustrate and heighten our invention as
 they the ancients did2 and not be tied 
to those strict and regular forms which 
the niceness of a few1 who are nothing  
but form1 would thrust upon us4  ,every 

,man in ,his ,humour is written in      
prose1 a novel practice which ,jonson   
had of his predecessor in comedy1 ,john 
,lyly4  ,even the word humour seems to  
have been employed in the ,jonsonian    
sense by ,chapman before ,jonson's use  
of it4  ,indeed1 the comedy of humours  
itself is only a heightened variety of  
the comedy of manners which represents  
life1 viewed at a satirical angle1 and  
is the oldest and most persistent       
species of comedy in the language4      
,none the less1 ,jonson's comedy merited
 its immediate success and marked out a 
definite course in which comedy long    
continued to run4  ,to mention only     
,shakespeare's ,falstaff and his rout1  
,bardolph1 ,pistol1 ,dame ,quickly1 and 
the rest1 whether in ,henry ,,iv4 or in 
,the ,merry ,wives of ,windsor1 all are 
conceived in the spirit of humours4  ,so
 are the captains1 ,welsh1 ,scotch1 and 
,irish of ,henry ,v41 and ,malvolio     
especially later2 though ,shakespeare   
never employed the method of humours for

 an important personage4  ,it was not   
,jonson's fault that many of his        
successors did precisely the thing that 
he had reprobated1 that is1 degrade the 
humour into an oddity of speech1 an     
eccentricity of manner1 of dress1 or cut
 of beard4  ,there was an anonymous play
 called ,every ,woman in ,her ,humour4  
,chapman wrote ,a ,humourous ,day's     
,mirth1 ,day1 ,humour ,out of ,breath1  
,fletcher later1 ,the ,humourous        
,lieutenant1 and ,jonson1 besides ,every
 ,man ,out of ,his ,humour1 returned to 
the title in closing the cycle of his   
comedies in ,the ,magnetic ,lady or     
,humours ,reconciled4  ,with the        
performance of ,every ,man ,out of ,his 
,humour in #aeii1 by ,shakespeare's     
company once more at the ,globe1 we turn
 a new page in ,jonson's career4        
,despite his many real virtues1 if there
 is one feature more than any other that
 distinguishes ,jonson1 it is his       
arrogance2 and to this may be added his 
self-righteousness1 especially under    

criticism or satire4  ,every ,man ,out  
of ,his ,humour is the first of three   
comical satires which ,jonson           
contributed to what ,dekker called the  
poetomachia or war of the theatres as   
recent critics have named it4  ,this    
play as a fabric of plot is a very      
slight affair2 but as a satirical       
picture of the manners of the time1     
proceeding by means of vivid caricature1
 couched in witty and brilliant dialogue
 and sustained by that righteous        
indignation which must lie at the heart 
of all true satire--as a realisation1 in
 short1 of the classical ideal of       
comedy--there had been nothing like     
,jonson's comedy since the days of      
,aristophanes4  ,every ,man in ,his     
,humour1 like the two plays that follow 
it1 contains two kinds of attack1 the   
critical or generally satiric1 levelled 
at abuses and corruptions in the        
abstract2 and the personal1 in which    
specific application is made of all this
 in the lampooning of poets and others1 

,jonson's contemporaries4  ,the method  
of personal attack by actual caricature 
of a person on the stage is almost as   
old as the drama4 ,aristophanes so      
lampooned ,euripides in ,the ,acharnians
 and ,socrates in ,the ,clouds1 to      
mention no other examples2 and in       
,english drama this kind of thing is    
alluded to again and again4 ,what       
,jonson really did1 was to raise the    
dramatic lampoon to an art1 and make out
 of a casual burlesque and bit of       
mimicry a dramatic satire of literary   
pretensions and permanency4  ,with the  
arrogant attitude mentioned above and   
his uncommon eloquence in scorn1        
vituperation1 and invective1 it is no   
wonder that ,jonson soon involved       
himself in literary and even personal   
quarrels with his fellow-authors4  ,the 
circumstances of the origin of this     
'poetomachia' are far from clear1 and   
those who have written on the topic1    
except of late1 have not helped to make 
them clearer4  ,the origin of the war   

has been referred to satirical          
references1 apparently to ,jonson1      
contained in ,the ,scourge of ,villainy1
 a satire in regular form after the     
manner of the ancients by ,john         
,marston1 a fellow playwright1          
subsequent friend and collaborator of   
,jonson's4  ,on the other hand1 epigrams
 of ,jonson have been discovered 7#di1  
#fh1 and #ajj7 variously charging       
playwright 7reasonably identified with  
,marston7 with scurrility1 cowardice1   
and plagiarism2 though the dates of the 
epigrams cannot be ascertained with     
certainty4  ,jonson's own statement of  
the matter to ,drummond runs3 ,he had   
many quarrels with ,marston1 beat him1  
and took his pistol from him1 wrote his 
',poetaster' on him2 the beginnings of  
them were that ,marston represented him 
on the stage499       99 ,the best      
account of this whole subject is to be  
found in the edition of ,poetaster and  
,satiromastrix by      ,j4 ,h4 ,penniman
 in ,belles ,lettres ,series shortly to 

appear4      ,see also his earlier work1
 ,the ,war of the ,theatres1 #ahib1     
and the excellent contributions to the  
subject by ,h4 ,c4 ,hart      in ,notes 
and ,queries1 and in his edition of     
,jonson1 #aijf4  ,here at least we are  
on certain ground2 and the principals of
 the quarrel are known4  ,histriomastix1
 a play revised by ,marston in #aeih1   
has been regarded as the one in which   
,jonson was thus represented on the     
stage2 although the personage in        
question1 ,chrisogonus1 a poet1         
satirist1 and translator1 poor but      
proud1 and contemptuous of the common   
herd1 seems rather a complimentary      
portrait of ,jonson than a caricature4  
,as to the personages actually ridiculed
 in ,every ,man ,out of ,his ,humour1   
,carlo ,buffone was formerly thought    
certainly to be ,marston1 as he was     
described as a public1 scurrilous1 and  
profane jester1 and elsewhere as the    
grand scourge or second untruss that is1
 satirist1 of the time4 7,joseph ,hall  

being by his own boast the first1 and   
,marston's work being entitled ,the     
,scourge of ,villainy74  ,apparently we 
must now prefer for ,carlo a notorious  
character named ,charles ,chester1 of   
whom gossipy and inaccurate ,aubrey     
relates that he was a bold impertinent  
fellow444a perpetual talker and made a  
noise like a drum in a room4  ,so one   
time at a tavern ,sir ,walter ,raleigh  
beats him and seals up his mouth 7that  
is his upper and nether beard7 with hard
 wax4  ,from him ,ben ,jonson takes his 
,carlo ,buffone 'i4e4'1 jester in ,every
 ,man in ,his ,humour 'sic'4  ,is it    
conceivable that after all ,jonson was  
ridiculing ,marston1 and that the point 
of the satire consisted in an           
intentional confusion of the grand      
scourge or second untruss with the      
scurrilous and profane ,chester8  ,we   
have digressed into detail in this      
particular case to exemplify the        
difficulties of criticism in its        
attempts to identify the allusions in   

these forgotten quarrels4  ,we are on   
sounder ground of fact in recording     
other manifestations of ,jonson's       
enmity4  ,in ,the ,case is ,altered     
there is clear ridicule in the character
 ,antonio ,balladino of ,anthony        
,munday1 pageant-poet of the city1      
translator of romances and playwright as
 well4  ,in ,every ,man in ,his ,humour 
there is certainly a caricature of      
,samuel ,daniel1 accepted poet of the   
court1 sonneteer1 and companion of men  
of fashion4  ,these men held recognised 
positions to which ,jonson felt his     
talents better entitled him2 they were  
hence to him his natural enemies4  ,it  
seems almost certain that he pursued    
both in the personages of his satire    
through ,every ,man ,out of ,his        
,humour1 and ,cynthia's ,revels1 ,daniel
 under the characters ,fastidious ,brisk
 and ,hedon1 ,munday as ,puntarvolo and 
,amorphus2 but in these last we venture 
on quagmire once more4  ,jonson's       
literary rivalry of ,daniel is traceable

 again and again1 in the entertainments 
that welcomed ,king ,james on his way to
 ,london1 in the masques at court1 and  
in the pastoral drama4 ,as to ,jonson's 
personal ambitions with respect to these
 two men1 it is notable that he became1 
not pageant-poet1 but chronologer to the
 ,city of ,london2 and that1 on the     
accession of the new king1 he came soon 
to triumph over ,daniel as the accepted 
entertainer of royalty4  ,cynthia's     
,revels1 the second comical satire1 was 
acted in #afjj1 and1 as a play1 is even 
more lengthy1 elaborate1 and impossible 
than ,every ,man ,out of ,his ,humour4  
,here personal satire seems to have     
absorbed everything1 and while much of  
the caricature is admirable1 especially 
in the detail of witty and trenchantly  
satirical dialogue1 the central idea of 
a fountain of self-love is not very well
 carried out1 and the persons revert at 
times to abstractions1 the action to    
allegory4  ,it adds to our wonder that  
this difficult drama should have been   

acted by the ,children of ,queen        
,elizabeth's ,chapel1 among them        
,nathaniel ,field with whom ,jonson read
 ,horace and ,martial1 and whom he      
taught later how to make plays4         
,another of these precocious little     
actors was ,salathiel ,pavy1 who died   
before he was thirteen1 already famed   
for taking the parts of old men4  ,him  
,jonson immortalised in one of the      
sweetest of his epitaphs4  ,an          
interesting sidelight is this on the    
character of this redoubtable and rugged
 satirist1 that he should thus have     
befriended and tenderly remembered these
 little theatrical waifs1 some of whom  
7as we know7 had been literally         
kidnapped to be pressed into the service
 of the theatre and whipped to the      
conning of their difficult parts4  ,to  
the caricature of ,daniel and ,munday in
 ,cynthia's ,revels must be added       
,anaides 7impudence71 here assuredly    
,marston1 and ,asotus 7the prodigal71   
interpreted as ,lodge or1 more          

perilously1 ,raleigh4  ,crites1 like    
,asper-,macilente in ,every ,man ,out of
 ,his ,humour1 is ,jonson's             
self-complaisant portrait of himself1   
the just1 wholly admirable1 and         
judicious scholar1 holding his head high
 above the pack of the yelping curs of  
envy and detraction1 but careless of    
their puny attacks on his perfections   
with only too mindful a neglect4  ,the  
third and last of the comical satires is
 ,poetaster1 acted1 once more1 by the   
,children of the ,chapel in #afja1 and  
,jonson's only avowed contribution to   
the fray4  ,according to the author's   
own account1 this play was written in   
fifteen weeks on a report that his      
enemies had entrusted to ,dekker the    
preparation of ,satiromastix1 the       
,untrussing of the ,humorous ,poet1 a   
dramatic attack upon himself4  ,in this 
attempt to forestall his enemies ,jonson
 succeeded1 and ,poetaster was an       
immediate and deserved success4  ,while 
hardly more closely knit in structure   

than its earlier companion pieces1      
,poetaster is planned to lead up to the 
ludicrous final scene in which1 after a 
device borrowed from the ,lexiphanes of 
,lucian1 the offending poetaster1       
,marston-,crispinus1 is made to throw up
 the difficult words with which he had  
overburdened his stomach as well as     
overlarded his vocabulary4  ,in the end 
,crispinus with his fellow1             
,dekker-,demetrius1 is bound over to    
keep the peace and never thenceforward  
malign1 traduce1 or detract the person  
or writings of ,quintus ,horatius       
,flaccus ,jonson or any other eminent   
man transcending you in merit4  ,one of 
the most diverting personages in        
,jonson's comedy is ,captain ,tucca4    
,his peculiarity has been well described
 by ,ward as a buoyant blackguardism    
which recovers itself instantaneously   
from the most complete exposure1 and a  
picturesqueness of speech like that of a
 walking dictionary of slang4  ,it was  
this character1 ,captain ,tucca1 that   

,dekker hit upon in his reply1          
,satiromastix1 and he amplified him1    
turning his abusive vocabulary back upon
 ,jonson and adding an immodesty to his 
dialogue that did not enter into        
,jonson's conception4  ,it has been     
held1 altogether plausibly1 that when   
,dekker was engaged professionally1 so  
to speak1 to write a dramatic reply to  
,jonson1 he was at work on a species of 
chronicle history1 dealing with the     
story of ,walter ,terill in the reign of
 ,william ,rufus4  ,this he hurriedly   
adapted to include the satirical        
characters suggested by ,poetaster1 and 
fashioned to convey the satire of his   
reply4  ,the absurdity of placing       
,horace in the court of a ,norman king  
is the result4 ,but ,dekker's play is   
not without its palpable hits at the    
arrogance1 the literary pride1 and      
self-righteousness of ,jonson-,horace1  
whose ningle or pal1 the absurd ,asinius
 ,bubo1 has recently been shown to      
figure forth1 in all likelihood1        

,jonson's friend1 the poet ,drayton4    
,slight and hastily adapted as is       
,satiromastix1 especially in a          
comparison with the better wrought and  
more significant satire of ,poetaster1  
the town awarded the palm to ,dekker1   
not to ,jonson2 and ,jonson gave over in
 consequence his practice of comical    
satire4  ,though ,jonson was cited to   
appear before the ,lord ,chief ,justice 
to answer certain charges to the effect 
that he had attacked lawyers and        
soldiers in ,poetaster1 nothing came of 
this complaint4  ,it may be suspected   
that much of this furious clatter and   
give-and-take was pure playing to the   
gallery4  ,the town was agog with the   
strife1 and on no less an authority than
 ,shakespeare 7,hamlet1 ii4 #b71 we     
learn that the children's company       
7acting the plays of ,jonson7 did so    
berattle the common stages444that many1 
wearing rapiers1 are afraid of          
goose-quills1 and dare scarce come      
thither4  ,several other plays have been

 thought to bear a greater or less part 
in the war of the theatres4  ,among them
 the most important is a college play1  
entitled ,the ,return from ,parnassus1  
dating #afja-jb4  ,in it a much-quoted  
passage makes ,burbage1 as a character1 
declare3 ,why here's our fellow         
,shakespeare puts them all down2 aye and
 ,ben ,jonson1 too4  ,o that ,ben       
,jonson is a pestilent fellow2 he       
brought up ,horace1 giving the poets a  
pill1 but our fellow ,shakespeare hath  
given him a purge that made him bewray  
his credit4  ,was ,shakespeare then     
concerned in this war of the stages8    
,and what could have been the nature of 
this purge8 ,among several suggestions1 
,troilus and ,cressida has been thought 
by some to be the play in which         
,shakespeare thus put down his friend1  
,jonson4  ,a wiser interpretation finds 
the purge in ,satiromastix1 which1      
though not written by ,shakespeare1 was 
staged by his company1 and therefore    
with his approval and under his         

direction as one of the leaders of that 
company4  ,the last years of the reign  
of ,elizabeth thus saw ,jonson          
recognised as a dramatist second only to
 ,shakespeare1 and not second even to   
him as a dramatic satirist4  ,but       
,jonson now turned his talents to new   
fields4  ,plays on subjects derived from
 classical story and myth had held the  
stage from the beginning of the drama1  
so that ,shakespeare was making no new  
departure when he wrote his ,julius     
,caesar about #afjj4  ,therefore when   
,jonson staged ,sejanus1 three years    
later and with ,shakespeare's company   
once more1 he was only following in the 
elder dramatist's footsteps4  ,but      
,jonson's idea of a play on classical   
history1 on the one hand1 and           
,shakespeare's and the elder popular    
dramatists1 on the other1 were very     
different4 ,heywood some years before   
had put five straggling plays on the    
stage in quick succession1 all derived  
from stories in ,ovid and dramatised    

with little taste or discrimination4    
,shakespeare had a finer conception of  
form1 but even he was contented to take 
all his ancient history from ,north's   
translation of ,plutarch and dramatise  
his subject without further inquiry4    
,jonson was a scholar and a classical   
antiquarian4  ,he reprobated this       
slipshod amateurishness1 and wrote his  
,sejanus like a scholar1 reading        
,tacitus1 ,suetonius1 and other         
authorities1 to be certain of his facts1
 his setting1 and his atmosphere1 and   
somewhat pedantically noting his        
authorities in the margin when he came  
to print4  ,sejanus is a tragedy of     
genuine dramatic power in which is told 
with discriminating taste the story of  
the haughty favourite of ,tiberius with 
his tragical overthrow4  ,our drama     
presents no truer nor more painstaking  
representation of ancient ,roman life   
than may be found in ,jonson's ,sejanus 
and ,catiline his ,conspiracy1 which    
followed in #afaa4  ,a passage in the   

address of the former play to the       
reader1 in which ,jonson refers to a    
collaboration in an earlier version1 has
 led to the surmise that ,shakespeare   
may have been that worthier pen4 ,there 
is no evidence to determine the matter4 
,in #afje1 we find ,jonson in active    
collaboration with ,chapman and ,marston
 in the admirable comedy of ,london life
 entitled ,eastward ,hoe4  ,in the      
previous year1 ,marston had dedicated   
his ,malcontent1 in terms of fervid     
admiration1 to ,jonson2 so that the     
wounds of the war of the theatres must  
have been long since healed4 ,between   
,jonson and ,chapman there was the      
kinship of similar scholarly ideals4    
,the two continued friends throughout   
life4 ,eastward ,hoe achieved the       
extraordinary popularity represented in 
a demand for three issues in one year4  
,but this was not due entirely to the   
merits of the play4  ,in its earliest   
version a passage which an irritable    
courtier conceived to be derogatory to  

his nation1 the ,scots1 sent both       
,chapman and ,jonson to jail2 but the   
matter was soon patched up1 for by this 
time ,jonson had influence at court4    
,with the accession of ,king ,james1    
,jonson began his long and successful   
career as a writer of masques4  ,he     
wrote more masques than all his         
competitors together1 and they are of an
 extraordinary variety and poetic       
excellence4  ,jonson did not invent the 
masque2 for such premeditated devices to
 set and frame1 so to speak1 a court    
ball had been known and practised in    
varying degrees of elaboration long     
before his time4  ,but ,jonson gave     
dramatic value to the masque1 especially
 in his invention of the antimasque1 a  
comedy or farcical element of relief1   
entrusted to professional players or    
dancers4  ,he enhanced1 as well1 the    
beauty and dignity of those portions of 
the masque in which noble lords and     
ladies took their parts to create1 by   
their gorgeous costumes and artistic    

grouping and evolutions1 a sumptuous    
show4  ,on the mechanical and scenic    
side ,jonson had an inventive and       
ingenious partner in ,inigo ,jones1 the 
royal architect1 who more than any one  
man raised the standard of stage        
representation in the ,england of his   
day4  ,jonson continued active in the   
service of the court in the writing of  
masques and other entertainments far    
into the reign of ,king ,charles2 but1  
towards the end1 a quarrel with ,jones  
embittered his life1 and the two testy  
old men appear to have become not only a
 constant irritation to each other1 but 
intolerable bores at court4 ,in         
,hymenaei1 ,the ,masque of ,queens1     
,love ,freed from ,ignorance1 ,lovers   
made ,men1 ,pleasure ,reconciled to     
,virtue1 and many more will be found    
,jonson's aptitude1 his taste1 his      
poetry and inventiveness in these       
by-forms of the drama2 while in ,the    
,masque of ,christmas1 and ,the ,gipsies
 ,metamorphosed especially1 is          

discoverable that power of broad comedy 
which1 at court as well as in the city1 
was not the least element of ,jonson's  
contemporary popularity4  ,but ,jonson  
had by no means given up the popular    
stage when he turned to the amusement of
 ,king ,james4  ,in #afje ,volpone was  
produced1 ,the ,silent ,woman in #afji1 
,the ,alchemist in the following year4  
,these comedies1 with ,bartholomew      
,fair1 #afad1 represent ,jonson at his  
height1 and for constructive cleverness1
 character successfully conceived in the
 manner of caricature1 wit and          
brilliancy of dialogue1 they stand alone
 in ,english drama4 ,volpone1 or the    
,fox1 is1 in a sense1 a transition play 
from the dramatic satires of the war of 
the theatres to the purer comedy        
represented in the plays named above4   
,its subject is a struggle of wit       
applied to chicanery2 for among its     
dramatis personae1 from the villainous  
,fox himself1 his rascally servant      
,mosca1 ,voltore 7the vulture71         

,corbaccio and ,corvino 7the big and the
 little raven71 to ,sir ,politic        
,would-be and the rest1 there is        
scarcely a virtuous character in the    
play4  ,question has been raised as to  
whether a story so forbidding can be    
considered a comedy1 for1 although the  
plot ends in the discomfiture and       
imprisonment of the most vicious1 it    
involves no mortal catastrophe4  ,but   
,jonson was on sound historical ground1 
for ,volpone is conceived far more      
logically on the lines of the ancients' 
theory of comedy than was ever the      
romantic drama of ,shakespeare1 however 
repulsive we may find a philosophy of   
life that facilely divides the world    
into the rogues and their dupes1 and1   
identifying brains with roguery and     
innocence with folly1 admires the former
 while inconsistently punishing them4   
,the ,silent ,woman is a gigantic farce 
of the most ingenious construction4     
,the whole comedy hinges on a huge joke1
 played by a heartless nephew on his    

misanthropic uncle1 who is induced to   
take to himself a wife1 young1 fair1 and
 warranted silent1 but who1 in the end1 
turns out neither silent nor a woman at 
all4  ,in ,the ,alchemist1 again1 we    
have the utmost cleverness in           
construction1 the whole fabric building 
climax on climax1 witty1 ingenious1 and 
so plausibly presented that we forget   
its departures from the possibilities of
 life4  ,in ,the ,alchemist ,jonson     
represented1 none the less to the life1 
certain sharpers of the metropolis1     
revelling in their shrewdness and       
rascality and in the variety of the     
stupidity and wickedness of their       
victims4  ,we may object to the fact    
that the only person in the play        
possessed of a scruple of honesty is    
discomfited1 and that the greatest      
scoundrel of all is approved in the end 
and rewarded4  ,the comedy is so        
admirably written and contrived1 the    
personages stand out with such lifelike 
distinctness in their several kinds1 and

 the whole is animated with such verve  
and resourcefulness that ,the ,alchemist
 is a new marvel every time it is read4 
,lastly of this group comes the         
tremendous comedy1 ,bartholomew ,fair1  
less clear cut1 less definite1 and less 
structurally worthy of praise than its  
three predecessors1 but full of the     
keenest and cleverest of satire and     
inventive to a degree beyond any        
,english comedy save some other of      
,jonson's own4  ,it is in ,bartholomew  
,fair that we are presented to the      
immortal caricature of the ,puritan1    
,zeal-in-the-,land ,busy1 and the       
,littlewits that group about him1 and it
 is in this extraordinary comedy that   
the humour of ,jonson1 always open to   
this danger1 loosens into the           
,rabelaisian mode that so delighted     
,king ,james in ,the ,gipsies           
,metamorphosed4  ,another comedy of less
 merit is ,the ,devil is an ,ass1 acted 
in #afaf4  ,it was the failure of this  
play that caused ,jonson to give over   

writing for the public stage for a      
period of nearly ten years4  ,volpone   
was laid as to scene in ,venice4        
,whether because of the success of      
,eastward ,hoe or for other reasons1 the
 other three comedies declare in the    
words of the prologue to ,the           
,alchemist3       ,our scene is ,london1
 'cause we would make known      ,no    
country's mirth is better than our own4 
,indeed ,jonson went further when he    
came to revise his plays for collected  
publication in his folio of #afaf1 he   
transferred the scene of ,every ,man in 
,his ,humour from ,florence to ,london  
also1 converting ,signior ,lorenzo di   
,pazzi to ,old ,kno'well1 ,prospero to  
,master ,welborn1 and ,hesperida to     
,dame ,kitely dwelling i' the ,old      
,jewry4  ,in his comedies of ,london    
life1 despite his trend towards         
caricature1 ,jonson has shown himself a 
genuine realist1 drawing from the life  
about him with an experience and insight
 rare in any generation4  ,a happy      

comparison has been suggested between   
,ben ,jonson and ,charles ,dickens4     
,both were men of the people1 lowly born
 and hardly bred4  ,each knew the       
,london of his time as few men knew it2 
and each represented it intimately and  
in elaborate detail4  ,both men were at 
heart moralists1 seeking the truth by   
the exaggerated methods of humour and   
caricature2 perverse1 even wrong-headed 
at times1 but possessed of a true pathos
 and largeness of heart1 and when all   
has been said--though the ,elizabethan  
ran to satire1 the ,victorian to        
sentimentality--leaving the world better
 for the art that they practised in it4 
,in #afaf1 the year of the death of     
,shakespeare1 ,jonson collected his     
plays1 his poetry1 and his masques for  
publication in a collective edition4    
,this was an unusual thing at the time  
and had been attempted by no dramatist  
before ,jonson4  ,this volume published1
 in a carefully revised text1 all the   
plays thus far mentioned1 excepting ,the

 ,case is ,altered1 which ,jonson did   
not acknowledge1 ,bartholomew ,fair1 and
 ,the ,devil is an ,ass1 which was      
written too late4  ,it included likewise
 a book of some hundred and thirty odd  
,epigrams1 in which form of brief and   
pungent writing ,jonson was an          
acknowledged master2 ,the ,forest1 a    
smaller collection of lyric and         
occasional verse and some ten ,masques  
and ,entertainments4  ,in this same year
 ,jonson was made poet laureate with a  
pension of one hundred marks a year4    
,this1 with his fees and returns from   
several noblemen1 and the small earnings
 of his plays must have formed the bulk 
of his income4  ,the poet appears to    
have done certain literary hack-work for
 others1 as1 for example1 parts of the  
,punic ,wars contributed to ,raleigh's  
,history of the ,world4  ,we know from a
 story1 little to the credit of either1 
that ,jonson accompanied ,raleigh's son 
abroad in the capacity of a tutor4 ,in  
#afah ,jonson was granted the reversion 

of the office of ,master of the ,revels1
 a post for which he was peculiarly     
fitted2 but he did not live to enjoy its
 perquisites4  ,jonson was honoured with
 degrees by both universities1 though   
when and under what circumstances is not
 known4  ,it has been said that he      
narrowly escaped the honour of          
knighthood1 which the satirists of the  
day averred ,king ,james was wont to    
lavish with an indiscriminate hand4     
,worse men were made knights in his day 
than worthy ,ben ,jonson4  ,from #afaf  
to the close of the reign of ,king      
,james1 ,jonson produced nothing for the
 stage4  ,but he prosecuted what he     
calls his wonted studies with such      
assiduity that he became in reality1 as 
by report1 one of the most learned men  
of his time4  ,jonson's theory of       
authorship involved a wide acquaintance 
with books and an ability1 as he put it1
 to convert the substance or riches of  
another poet to his own use4            
,accordingly ,jonson read not only the  

,greek and ,latin classics down to the  
lesser writers1 but he acquainted       
himself especially with the ,latin      
writings of his learned contemporaries1 
their prose as well as their poetry1    
their antiquities and curious lore as   
well as their more solid learning4      
,though a poor man1 ,jonson was an      
indefatigable collector of books4 ,he   
told ,drummond that the ,earl of        
,pembroke sent him #bj pounds every     
first day of the new year to buy new    
books4  ,unhappily1 in #afbc1 his       
library was destroyed by fire1 an       
accident serio-comically described in   
his witty poem1 ,an ,execration upon    
,vulcan4  ,yet even now a book turns up 
from time to time in which is inscribed1
 in fair large ,italian lettering1 the  
name1 ,ben ,jonson4  ,with respect to   
,jonson's use of his material1 ,dryden  
said memorably of him3 ,he was not only 
a professed imitator of ,horace1 but a  
learned plagiary of all the others2 you 
track him everywhere in their           

snow4444,but he has done his robberies  
so openly that one sees he fears not to 
be taxed by any law4  ,he invades       
authors like a monarch1 and what would  
be theft in other poets is only victory 
in him4  ,and yet it is but fair to say 
that ,jonson prided himself1 and justly1
 on his originality4  ,in ,catiline1 he 
not only uses ,sallust's account of the 
conspiracy1 but he models some of the   
speeches of ,cicero on the ,roman       
orator's actual words4  ,in ,poetaster1 
he lifts a whole satire out of ,horace  
and dramatises it effectively for his   
purposes4  ,the sophist ,libanius       
suggests the situation of ,the ,silent  
,woman2 a ,latin comedy of ,giordano    
,bruno1 ,il ,candelaio1 the relation of 
the dupes and the sharpers in ,the      
,alchemist1 the ,mostellaria of         
,plautus1 its admirable opening scene4  
,but ,jonson commonly bettered his      
sources1 and putting the stamp of his   
sovereignty on whatever bullion he      
borrowed made it thenceforward to all   

time current and his own4  ,the lyric   
and especially the occasional poetry of 
,jonson has a peculiar merit4  ,his     
theory demanded design and the          
perfection of literary finish4 ,he was  
furthest from the rhapsodist and the    
careless singer of an idle day2 and he  
believed that ,apollo could only be     
worthily served in singing robes and    
laurel crowned4  ,and yet many of       
,jonson's lyrics will live as long as   
the language4  ,who does not know ,queen
 and huntress1 chaste and fair4  ,drink 
to me only with thine eyes1 or ,still to
 be neat1 still to be dressed8          
,beautiful in form1 deft and graceful in
 expression1 with not a word too much or
 one that bears not its part in the     
total effect1 there is yet about the    
lyrics of ,jonson a certain stiffness   
and formality1 a suspicion that they    
were not quite spontaneous and unbidden1
 but that they were carved1 so to speak1
 with disproportionate labour by a      
potent man of letters whose habitual    

thought is on greater things4  ,it is   
for these reasons that ,jonson is even  
better in the epigram and in occasional 
verse where rhetorical finish and       
pointed wit less interfere with the     
spontaneity and emotion which we usually
 associate with lyrical poetry4  ,there 
are no such epitaphs as ,ben ,jonson's1 
witness the charming ones on his own    
children1 on ,salathiel ,pavy1 the      
child-actor1 and many more2 and this    
even though the rigid law of mine and   
thine must now restore to ,william      
,browne of ,tavistock the famous lines  
beginning3 ,underneath this sable       
hearse4  ,jonson is unsurpassed1 too1 in
 the difficult poetry of compliment1    
seldom falling into fulsome praise and  
disproportionate similitude1 yet showing
 again and again a generous appreciation
 of worth in others1 a discriminating   
taste and a generous personal regard4   
,there was no man in ,england of his    
rank so well known and universally      
beloved as ,ben ,jonson4  ,the list of  

his friends1 of those to whom he had    
written verses1 and those who had       
written verses to him1 includes the name
 of every man of prominence in the      
,england of ,king ,james4 ,and the tone 
of many of these productions discloses  
an affectionate familiarity that speaks 
for the amiable personality and sound   
worth of the laureate4  ,in #afai1      
growing unwieldy through inactivity1    
,jonson hit upon the heroic remedy of a 
journey afoot to ,scotland4 ,on his way 
thither and back he was hospitably      
received at the houses of many friends  
and by those to whom his friends had    
recommended him4  ,when he arrived in   
,edinburgh1 the burgesses met to grant  
him the freedom of the city1 and        
,drummond1 foremost of ,scottish poets1 
was proud to entertain him for weeks as 
his guest at ,hawthornden4  ,some of the
 noblest of ,jonson's poems were        
inspired by friendship4  ,such is the   
fine ,ode to the memory of ,sir ,lucius 
,cary and ,sir ,henry ,moryson1 and that

 admirable piece of critical insight and
 filial affection1 prefixed to the first
 ,shakespeare folio1 ,to the memory of  
my beloved master1 ,william             
,shakespeare1 and what he hath left us1 
to mention only these4  ,nor can the    
earlier ,epode1 beginning ,not to know  
vice at all1 be matched in stately      
gravity and gnomic wisdom in its own    
wise and stately age4  ,but if ,jonson  
had deserted the stage after the        
publication of his folio and up to the  
end of the reign of ,king ,james1 he was
 far from inactive2 for year after year 
his inexhaustible inventiveness         
continued to contribute to the masquing 
and entertainment at court4 ,in ,the    
,golden ,age ,restored1 ,pallas turns   
the ,iron ,age with its attendant evils 
into statues which sink out of sight2 in
 ,pleasure ,reconciled to ,virtue1      
,atlas figures represented as an old    
man1 his shoulders covered with snow1   
and ,comus1 the god of cheer or the     
belly1 is one of the characters1 a      

circumstance which an imaginative boy of
 ten1 named ,john ,milton1 was not to   
forget4 ,pan's ,anniversary1 late in the
 reign of ,james1 proclaimed that       
,jonson had not yet forgotten how to    
write exquisite lyrics1 and ,the        
,gipsies ,metamorphosed displayed the   
old drollery and broad humorous stroke  
still unimpaired and unmatchable4       
,these1 too1 and the earlier years of   
,charles were the days of the ,apollo   
,room of the ,devil ,tavern where       
,jonson presided1 the absolute monarch  
of ,english literary ,bohemia4  ,we hear
 of a room blazoned about with ,jonson's
 own judicious ,leges ,convivales in    
letters of gold1 of a company made up of
 the choicest spirits of the time1      
devotedly attached to their veteran     
dictator1 his reminiscences1 opinions1  
affections1 and enmities4  ,and we hear1
 too1 of valorous potations2 but in the 
words of ,herrick addressed to his      
master1 ,jonson1 at the ,devil ,tavern1 
as at the ,dog1 the ,triple ,tun1 and at

 the ,mermaid1       ,we such clusters  
had      ,as made us nobly wild1 not    
mad1      ,and yet each verse of thine  
,outdid the meat1 outdid the frolic     
wine4  ,but the patronage of the court  
failed in the days of ,king ,charles1   
though ,jonson was not without royal    
favours2 and the old poet returned to   
the stage1 producing1 between #afbe and 
#afcc1 ,the ,staple of ,news1 ,the ,new 
,inn1 ,the ,magnetic ,lady1 and ,the    
,tale of a ,tub1 the last doubtless     
revised from a much earlier comedy4     
,none of these plays met with any marked
 success1 although the scathing         
generalisation of ,dryden that          
designated them ,jonson's dotages is    
unfair to their genuine merits4  ,thus  
the idea of an office for the gathering1
 proper dressing1 and promulgation of   
news 7wild flight of the fancy in its   
time7 was an excellent subject for      
satire on the existing absurdities among
 newsmongers2 although as much can      
hardly be said for ,the ,magnetic ,lady1

 who1 in her bounty1 draws to her       
personages of differing humours to      
reconcile them in the end according to  
the alternative title1 or ,humours      
,reconciled4  ,these last plays of the  
old dramatist revert to caricature and  
the hard lines of allegory2 the moralist
 is more than ever present1 the satire  
degenerates into personal lampoon1      
especially of his sometime friend1      
,inigo ,jones1 who appears unworthily to
 have used his influence at court       
against the broken-down old poet4  ,and 
now disease claimed ,jonson1 and he was 
bedridden for months4  ,he had succeeded
 ,middleton in #afbh as ,chronologer to 
the ,city of ,london1 but lost the post 
for not fulfilling its duties4  ,king   
,charles befriended him1 and even       
commissioned him to write still for the 
entertainment of the court2 and he was  
not without the sustaining hand of noble
 patrons and devoted friends among the  
younger poets who were proud to be      
sealed of the tribe of ,ben4  ,jonson   

died1 ,august #f1 #afcg1 and a second   
folio of his works1 which he had been   
some time gathering1 was printed in     
#afdj1 bearing in its various parts     
dates ranging from #afcj to #afdb4  ,it 
included all the plays mentioned in the 
foregoing paragraphs1 excepting ,the    
,case is ,altered2 the masques1 some    
fifteen1 that date between #afag and    
#afcj2 another collection of lyrics and 
occasional poetry called ,underwoods1   
including some further entertainments2 a
 translation of ,horace's ,art of       
,poetry 7also published in a vicesimo   
quarto in #afdj71 and certain fragments 
and ingatherings which the poet would   
hardly have included himself4  ,these   
last comprise the fragment 7less than   
seventy lines7 of a tragedy called      
,mortimer his ,fall1 and three acts of a
 pastoral drama of much beauty and      
poetic spirit1 ,the ,sad ,shepherd4     
,there is also the exceedingly          
interesting ,english ,grammar made by   
,ben ,jonson for the benefit of all     

strangers out of his observation of the 
,english language now spoken and in use1
 in ,latin and ,english2 and ,timber1 or
 ,discoveries made upon men and matter  
as they have flowed out of his daily    
reading1 or had their reflux to his     
peculiar notion of the times4  ,the     
,discoveries1 as it is usually called1  
is a commonplace book such as many      
literary men have kept1 in which their  
reading was chronicled1 passages that   
took their fancy translated or          
transcribed1 and their passing opinions 
noted4  ,many passages of ,jonson's     
,discoveries are literal translations   
from the authors he chanced to be       
reading1 with the reference1 noted or   
not1 as the accident of the moment      
prescribed4  ,at times he follows the   
line of ,macchiavelli's argument as to  
the nature and conduct of princes2 at   
others he clarifies his own conception  
of poetry and poets by recourse to      
,aristotle4  ,he finds a choice         
paragraph on eloquence in ,seneca the   

elder and applies it to his own         
recollection of ,bacon's power as an    
orator2 and another on facile and ready 
genius1 and translates it1 adapting it  
to his recollection of his              
fellow-playwright1 ,shakespeare4  ,to   
call such passages--which ,jonson never 
intended for publication--plagiarism1 is
 to obscure the significance of words4  
,to disparage his memory by citing them 
is a preposterous use of scholarship4   
,jonson's prose1 both in his dramas1 in 
the descriptive comments of his masques1
 and in the ,discoveries1 is            
characterised by clarity and vigorous   
directness1 nor is it wanting in a fine 
sense of form or in the subtler graces  
of diction4  ,when ,jonson died there   
was a project for a handsome monument to
 his memory4 ,but the ,civil ,war was at
 hand1 and the project failed4  ,a      
memorial1 not insufficient1 was carved  
on the stone covering his grave in one  
of the aisles of ,westminster ,abbey3   
,o rare ,ben ,jonson4  ,,felix ,e4      

,,schelling4  ,,the ,,college1          
,,philadelphia1 ,u4,s4,a4    ,the       
following is a complete list of his     
published works3--     ,,dramas3        
,every ,man in his ,humour1 #dto1 #afja2
    ,the ,case is ,altered1 #dto1 #afji2
    ,every ,man out of his ,humour1     
#dto1 #afjj2    ,cynthia's ,revels1     
#dto1 #afja2    ,poetaster1 #dto1 #afjb2
    ,sejanus1 #dto1 #afje2    ,eastward 
,ho 7with ,chapman and ,marston71 #dto1 
#afje2    ,volpone1 #dto1 #afjg2        
,epicoene1 or the ,silent ,woman1 #dto1 
#afji 7871 fol41 #afaf2    ,the         
,alchemist1 #dto1 #afab2    ,catiline1  
his ,conspiracy1 #dto1 #afaa2           
,bartholomew ,fayre1 #dto1 #afad 7871   
fol41 #afca2    ,the ,divell is an      
,asse1 fol41 #afca2    ,the ,staple of  
,newes1 fol41 #afca2    ,the ,new ,sun1 
#hvo1 #afca1 fol41 #afib2    ,the       
,magnetic ,lady1 or ,humours ,reconcild1
 fol41 #afdj2    ,a ,tale of a ,tub1    
fol41 #afdj2    ,the ,sad ,shepherd1 or 
a ,tale of ,robin ,hood1 fol41 #afda2   

,mortimer his ,fall 7fragment71 fol41   
#afdj4     ,to ,jonson have also been   
attributed additions to ,kyd's          
,jeronymo1    and collaboration in ,the 
,widow with ,fletcher and ,middleton1   
and    in the ,bloody ,brother with     
,fletcher4     ,,poems3    ,epigrams1   
,the ,forrest1 ,underwoods1 published in
 fols41 #afaf1 #afdj2    ,selections3   
,execration against ,vulcan1 and        
,epigrams1 #afdj2    ,g4 ,hor4 ,flaccus 
his art of ,poetry1 ,englished by ,ben  
,jonson1 #afdj2    ,leges ,convivialis1 
fol41 #afib4    ,other minor poems first
 appeared in ,gifford's edition of      
,works4     ,,prose3    ,timber1 or     
,discoveries made upon ,men and ,matter1
 fol41 #afda2    ,the ,english ,grammar1
 made by ,ben ,jonson for the benefit of
    ,strangers1 fol41 #afdj4            
,masques and ,entertainments were       
published in the early folios4          
,,works3    ,fol41 #afaf1 volume4 #b1   
#afdj 7#afca-da72    fol41 #afib1       
#agaf-ai1 #agbi2    edited by ,p4       

,whalley1 #g volumes41 #agef2    by     
,gifford 7with ,memoir71 #i volumes41   
#ahaf1 #ahdf2    re-edited by ,f4       
,cunningham1 #c volumes41 #ahga2    in  
#i volumes41 #ahge2    by ,barry        
,cornwall 7with ,memoir71 #ahch2    by  
,b4 ,nicholson 7,mermaid ,series71 with 
,introduction by    ,c4 ,h4 ,herford1   
#ahic1 etc42    ,nine ,plays1 #aijd2    
ed4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hart 7,standard ,library71 
#aijf1 etc2    ,plays and ,poems1 with  
,introduction by ,h4 ,morley 7,universal
    ,library71 #ahhe2    ,plays 7#g7 and
 ,poems 7,newnes71 #aije2    ,poems1    
with ,memoir by ,h4 ,bennett 7,carlton  
,classics71 #aijg2    ,masques and      
,entertainments1 ed4 by ,h4 ,morley1    
#ahij4     ,,selections3    ,j4 ,a4     
,symonds1 with ,biographical and        
,critical ,essay1    7,canterbury       
,poets71 #ahhf2    ,grosart1 ,brave     
,translunary ,things1 #ahie2    ,arber1 
,jonson ,anthology1 #aija2              
,underwoods1 ,cambridge ,university     
,press1 #aije2    ,lyrics 7,jonson1     

,beaumont and ,fletcher71 the ,chap     
,books1    ,no4 #d1 #aijf2    ,songs    
7from ,plays1 ,masques1 etc471 with     
earliest known    setting1 ,eragny      
,press1 #aijf4     ,,life3    ,see      
,memoirs affixed to ,works2    ,j4 ,a4  
,symonds 7,english ,worthies71 #ahhf2   
,notes of ,ben ,jonson ,conversations   
with ,drummond of ,hawthornden2         
,shakespeare ,society1 #ahdb2    ed4    
with ,introduction and ,notes by ,p4    
,sidney1 #aijf2    ,swinburne1 ,a ,study
 of ,ben ,jonson1 #ahhi4    999999      
,,the ,,alchemist   ,,to ,,the ,,lady   
,,most ,,deserving ,,her ,,name ,,and   
,,blood3  ,,lady ,,mary ,,wroth4        
,madam1  ,in the age of sacrifices1 the 
truth of religion was not in the        
greatness and fat of the offerings1 but 
in the devotion and zeal of the         
sacrificers3 else what could a handle of
 gums have done in the sight of a       
hecatomb8 or how might ,i appear at this
 altar1 except with those affections    
that no less love the light and witness1

 than they have the conscience of your  
virtue8 ,if what ,i offer bear an       
acceptable odour1 and hold the first    
strength1 it is your value of it1 which 
remembers where1 when1 and to whom it   
was kindled4 ,otherwise1 as the times   
are1 there comes rarely forth that thing
 so full of authority or example1 but by
 assiduity and custom grows less1 and   
loses4 ,this1 yet1 safe in your judgment
 7which is a ,sidney's7 is forbidden to 
speak more1 lest it talk or look like   
one of the ambitious faces of the time1 
who1 the more they paint1 are the less  
themselves4  ,your ladyship's true      
honourer1  ,,ben ,,jonson4     ,,to     
,,the ,,reader4  ,if thou beest more1   
thou art an understander1 and then ,i   
trust thee4 ,if thou art one that takest
 up1 and but a pretender1 beware of what
 hands thou receivest thy commodity2 for
 thou wert never more fair in the way to
 be cozened1 than in this age1 in       
poetry1 especially in plays3 wherein1   
now the concupiscence of dances and of  

antics so reigneth1 as to run away from 
nature1 and be afraid of her1 is the    
only point of art that tickles the      
spectators4 ,but how out of purpose1 and
 place1 do ,i name art8 ,when the       
professors are grown so obstinate       
contemners of it1 and presumers on their
 own naturals1 as they are deriders of  
all diligence that way1 and1 by simple  
mocking at the terms1 when they         
understand not the things1 think to get 
off wittily with their ignorance4 ,nay1 
they are esteemed the more learned1 and 
sufficient for this1 by the many1       
through their excellent vice of         
judgment4 ,for they commend writers1 as 
they do fencers or wrestlers2 who if    
they come in robustuously1 and put for  
it with a great deal of violence1 are   
received for the braver fellows3 when   
many times their own rudeness is the    
cause of their disgrace1 and a little   
touch of their adversary gives all that 
boisterous force the foil4 ,i deny not1 
but that these men1 who always seek to  

do more than enough1 may some time      
happen on some thing that is good1 and  
great2 but very seldom2 and when it     
comes it doth not recompense the rest of
 their ill4 ,it sticks out1 perhaps1 and
 is more eminent1 because all is sordid 
and vile about it3 as lights are more   
discerned in a thick darkness1 than a   
faint shadow4 ,i speak not this1 out of 
a hope to do good to any man against his
 will2 for ,i know1 if it were put to   
the question of theirs and mine1 the    
worse would find more suffrages3 because
 the most favour common errors4 ,but ,i 
give thee this warning1 that there is a 
great difference between those1 that1 to
 gain the opinion of copy1 utter all    
they can1 however unfitly2 and those    
that use election and a mean4 ,for it is
 only the disease of the unskilful1 to  
think rude things greater than polished2
 or scattered more numerous than        
composed4     ,,dramatis ,,personae4    
,,subtle1 the ,alchemist4  ,,face1 the  
,housekeeper4  ,,dol ,,common1 their    

,colleague4  ,,dapper1 a ,lawyer's      
,clerk4  ,,drugger1 a ,tobacco ,man4    
,,lovewit1 ,master of the ,house4  ,,sir
 ,,epicure ,,mammon1 a ,knight4         
,,pertinax ,,surly1 a ,gamester4        
,,tribulation ,,wholesome1 a ,pastor of 
,amsterdam4  ,,ananias1 a ,deacon there4
  ,,kastril1 the angry ,boy4  ,,dame    
,,pliant1 his ,sister1 a ,widow4        
,neighbours4  ,officers1 ,attendants1   
etc4   ,,scene1--,,london4              
,,argument4       ,t he sickness hot1 a 
master quit1 for fear1     ,h is house  
in town1 and left one servant there2    
,e ase him corrupted1 and gave means to 
know      ,a ,cheater1 and his punk2 who
 now brought low1     ,l eaving their   
narrow practice1 were become     ,c     
ozeners at large2 and only wanting some 
,h ouse to set up1 with him they here   
contract1     ,e ach for a share1 and   
all begin to act4     ,m uch company    
they draw1 and much abuse1     ,i n     
casting figures1 telling fortunes1 news1
     ,s elling of flies1 flat bawdry    

with the stone1     ,t ill it1 and they1
 and all in fume are gone4              
,,prologue4    ,fortune1 that favours   
fools1 these two short hours1   ,we wish
 away1 both for your sakes and ours1    
,judging spectators2 and desire1 in     
place1   ,to the author justice1 to     
ourselves but grace4   ,our scene is    
,london1 'cause we would make known1    
,no country's mirth is better than our  
own3   ,no clime breeds better matter   
for your whore1   ,bawd1 squire1        
impostor1 many persons more1   ,whose   
manners1 now call'd humours1 feed the   
stage2   ,and which have still been     
subject for the rage   ,or spleen of    
comic writers4 ,though this pen   ,did  
never aim to grieve1 but better men2    
,howe'er the age he lives in doth endure
   ,the vices that she breeds1 above    
their cure4   ,but when the wholesome   
remedies are sweet1   ,and in their     
working gain and profit meet1   ,he     
hopes to find no spirit so much         
diseased1   ,but will with such fair    

correctives be pleased3   ,for here he  
doth not fear who can apply4   ,if there
 be any that will sit so nigh   ,unto   
the stream1 to look what it doth run1   
,they shall find things1 they'd think or
 wish were done2   ,they are so natural 
follies1 but so shewn1   ,as even the   
doers may see1 and yet not own4         
,,act #a4 ,,scene #a4a4    ,a ,,room    
,,in ,,lovewit',s ,,house4    ,,enter   
,,face1 ,,in ,a ,,captain',s ,,uniform1 
,,with ,,his ,,sword ,,drawn1 ,,and     
,,subtle ,,with ,a ,,vial1              
,,quarrelling1 ,,and ,,followed ,,by    
,,dol ,,common4    ,,face4 ,believe 't1 
,i will4    ,,sub4 ,thy worst4 ,i fart  
at thee4    ,,dol4 ,have you your wits8 
why1 gentlemen6 for love--    ,,face4   
,sirrah1 ,i'll strip you--    ,,sub4    
,what to do8 lick figs   ,out at my--   
,,face4 ,rogue1 rogue6--out of all your 
sleights4    ,,dol4 ,nay1 look ye1      
sovereign1 general1 are you madmen8     
,,sub4 ,o1 let the wild sheep loose4    
,i'll gum your silks   ,with good strong

 water1 an you come4    ,,dol4 ,will you
 have   ,the neighbours hear you8 will  
you betray all8   ,hark6 ,i hear        
somebody4    ,,face4 ,sirrah--    ,,sub4
 ,i shall mar   ,all that the tailor has
 made1 if you approach4    ,,face4 ,you 
most notorious whelp1 you insolent      
slave1   ,dare you do this8    ,,sub4   
,yes1 faith2 yes1 faith4    ,,face4     
,why1 who   ,am ,i1 my mungrel8 who am  
,i8    ,,sub4 ,i'll tell you41   ,since 
you know not yourself4    ,,face4 ,speak
 lower1 rogue4    ,,sub4 ,yes1 you were 
once 7time's not long past7 the good1   
,honest1 plain1                         
livery-three-pound-thrum1 that kept     
,your master's worship's house here in  
the ,friars1   ,for the vacations--     
,,face4 ,will you be so loud8    ,,sub4 
,since1 by my means1 translated         
suburb-captain4    ,,face4 ,by your     
means1 doctor dog6    ,,sub4 ,within    
man's memory1   ,all this ,i speak of4  
,,face4 ,why1 ,i pray you1 have ,i      
,been countenanced by you1 or you by me8

   ,do but collect1 sir1 where ,i met   
you first4    ,,sub4 ,i do not hear     
well4    ,,face4 ,not of this1 ,i think 
it4   ,but ,i shall put you in mind1    
sir2--at ,pie-corner1   ,taking your    
meal of steam in1 from cooks' stalls1   
,where1 like the father of hunger1 you  
did walk   ,piteously costive1 with your
 pinch'd-horn-nose1   ,and your         
complexion of the ,roman wash1   ,stuck 
full of black and melancholic worms1    
,like powder corns shot at the          
artillery-yard4    ,,sub4 ,i wish you   
could advance your voice a little4      
,,face4 ,when you went pinn'd up in the 
several rags   ,you had raked and pick'd
 from dunghills1 before day2   ,your    
feet in mouldy slippers1 for your kibes2
   ,a felt of rug1 and a thin threaden  
cloke1   ,that scarce would cover your  
no buttocks--    ,,sub4 ,so1 sir6       
,,face4 ,when all your alchemy1 and your
 algebra1   ,your minerals1 vegetals1   
and animals1   ,your conjuring1         
cozening1 and your dozen of trades1     

,could not relieve your corps with so   
much linen   ,would make you tinder1 but
 to see a fire2   ,i gave you           
countenance1 credit for your coals1     
,your stills1 your glasses1 your        
materials2   ,built you a furnace1 drew 
you customers1   ,advanced all your     
black arts2 lent you1 beside1   ,a house
 to practise in--    ,,sub4 ,your       
master's house6    ,,face4 ,where you   
have studied the more thriving skill    
,of bawdry since4    ,,sub4 ,yes1 in    
your master's house4   ,you and the rats
 here kept possession4   ,make it not   
strange4 ,i know you were one could keep
   ,the buttery-hatch still lock'd1 and 
save the chippings1   ,sell the dole    
beer to aqua-vitae men1   ,the which1   
together with your ,christmas vails     
,at post-and-pair1 your letting out of  
counters1   ,made you a pretty stock1   
some twenty marks1   ,and gave you      
credit to converse with cobwebs1        
,here1 since your mistress' death hath  
broke up house4    ,,face4 ,you might   

talk softlier1 rascal4    ,,sub4 ,no1   
you scarab1   ,i'll thunder you in      
pieces3 ,i will teach you   ,how to     
beware to tempt a ,fury again1   ,that  
carries tempest in his hand and voice4  
,,face4 ,the place has made you valiant4
    ,,sub4 ,no1 your clothes4--   ,thou 
vermin1 have ,i ta'en thee out of dung1 
,so poor1 so wretched1 when no living   
thing   ,would keep thee company1 but a 
spider1 or worse8   ,rais'd thee from   
brooms1 and dust1 and watering-pots1    
,sublimed thee1 and exalted thee1 and   
fix'd thee   ,in the third region1      
call'd our state of grace8   ,wrought   
thee to spirit1 to quintessence1 with   
pains   ,would twice have won me the    
philosopher's work8   ,put thee in words
 and fashion1 made thee fit   ,for more 
than ordinary fellowships8   ,giv'n thee
 thy oaths1 thy quarrelling dimensions1 
,thy rules to cheat at horse-race1      
cock-pit1 cards1   ,dice1 or whatever   
gallant tincture else8   ,made thee a   
second in mine own great art8   ,and    

have ,i this for thanks6 ,do you rebel1 
,do you fly out in the projection8      
,would you be gone now8    ,,dol4       
,gentlemen1 what mean you8   ,will you  
mar all8    ,,sub4 ,slave1 thou hadst   
had no name--    ,,dol4 ,will you undo  
yourselves with civil war8    ,,sub4    
,never been known1 past equi clibanum1  
,the heat of horse-dung1 under ground1  
in cellars1   ,or an ale-house darker   
than deaf ,john's2 been lost   ,to all  
mankind1 but laundresses and tapsters1  
,had not ,i been4    ,,dol4 ,do you know
 who hears you1 sovereign8    ,,face4   
,sirrah--    ,,dol4 ,nay1 general1 ,i   
thought you were civil4    ,,face4 ,i   
shall turn desperate1 if you grow thus  
loud4    ,,sub4 ,and hang thyself1 ,i   
care not4    ,,face4 ,hang thee1        
collier1   ,and all thy pots1 and pans1 
in picture1 ,i will1   ,since thou hast 
moved me--    ,,dol4 ,o1 this will      
o'erthrow all4    ,,face4 ,write thee up
 bawd in ,paul's1 have all thy tricks   
,of cozening with a hollow cole1 dust1  

scrapings1   ,searching for things lost1
 with a sieve and sheers1   ,erecting   
figures in your rows of houses1   ,and  
taking in of shadows with a glass1      
,told in red letters2 and a face cut for
 thee1   ,worse than ,gamaliel          
,ratsey's4    ,,dol4 ,are you sound8    
,have you your senses1 masters8         
,,face4 ,i will have   ,a book1 but     
barely reckoning thy impostures1        
,shall prove a true philosopher's stone 
to printers4    ,,sub4 ,away1 you       
trencher-rascal6    ,,face4 ,out1 you   
dog-leech6   ,the vomit of all prisons--
    ,,dol4 ,will you be   ,your own     
destructions1 gentlemen8    ,,face4     
,still spew'd out   ,for lying too heavy
 on the basket4    ,,sub4 ,cheater6     
,,face4 ,bawd6    ,,sub4 ,cow-herd6     
,,face4 ,conjurer6    ,,sub4 ,cut-purse6
    ,,face4 ,witch6    ,,dol4 ,o me6    
,we are ruin'd1 lost6 have you no more  
regard   ,to your reputations8 where's  
your judgment8 'slight1   ,have yet some
 care of me1 of your republic--         

,,face4 ,away1 this brach6 ,i'll bring  
thee1 rogue1 within   ,the statute of   
sorcery1 tricesimo tertio   ,of ,harry  
the ,eighth3 ay1 and perhaps thy neck   
,within a noose1 for laundring gold and 
barbing it4    ,,dol ,,snatches         
,,face',s ,,sword4 ,you'll bring your   
head within   a cockscomb1 will you8    
,and you1 sir1 with your menstrue--     
,,dashes ,,subtle',s ,,vial ,,out ,,of  
,,his ,,hand4   ,gather it up4--        
',sdeath1 you abominable pair of        
stinkards1   ,leave off your barking1   
and grow one again1   ,or1 by the light 
that shines1 ,i'll cut your throats4    
,i'll not be made a prey unto the       
marshal1   ,for ne'er a snarling        
dog-bolt of you both4   ,have you       
together cozen'd all this while1   ,and 
all the world1 and shall it now be said1
   ,you've made most courteous shift to 
cozen yourselves8   ,,to ,,face4   ,you 
will accuse him6 you will bring him in  
,within the statute6 ,who shall take    
your word8   ,a whoreson1 upstart1      

apocryphal captain1   ,whom not a       
,puritan in ,blackfriars will trust     
,so much as for a feather3   ,,to       
,,subtle4   and you1 too1   ,will give  
the cause1 forsooth6 you will insult1   
,and claim a primacy in the divisions6  
,you must be chief6 as if you only had  
,the powder to project with1 and the    
work   ,were not begun out of equality8 
,the venture tripartite8 all things in  
common8   ,without priority8 ',sdeath6  
you perpetual curs1   ,fall to your     
couples again1 and cozen kindly1   ,and 
heartily1 and lovingly1 as you should1  
,and lose not the beginning of a term1  
,or1 by this hand1 ,i shall grow        
factious too1   ,and take my part1 and  
quit you4    ,,face4 ',tis his fault2   
,he ever murmurs1 and objects his pains1
   ,and says1 the weight of all lies    
upon him4    ,,sub4 ,why1 so it does4   
,,dol4 ,how does it8 do not we          
,sustain our parts8    ,,sub4 ,yes1 but 
they are not equal4    ,,dol4 ,why1 if  
your part exceed to-day1 ,i hope   ,ours

 may1 to-morrow match it4    ,,sub4 ,ay1
 they ,,may4    ,,dol4 ,may1 murmuring  
mastiff6 ay1 and do4 ,death on me6      
,help me to throttle him4    ,,seizes   
,,sub4 ,,by ,,the ,,throat4    ,,sub4   
,dorothy6 mistress ,dorothy6   ',ods    
precious1 ,i'll do any thing4 ,what do  
you mean8    ,,dol4 ,because o' your    
fermentation and cibation8    ,,sub4    
,not ,i1 by heaven--    ,,dol4 ,your    
,sol and ,luna   ,,to ,,face4   --help  
me4    ,,sub4 ,would ,i were hang'd     
then8 ,i'll conform myself4    ,,dol4   
,will you1 sir8 do so then1 and quickly3
 swear4    ,,sub4 ,what should ,i swear8
    ,,dol4 ,to leave your faction1 sir1 
,and labour kindly in the common work4  
,,sub4 ,let me not breathe if ,i meant  
aught beside4   ,i only used those      
speeches as a spur   ,to him4    ,,dol4 
,i hope we need no spurs1 sir4 ,do we8  
,,face4 ',slid1 prove to-day1 who shall 
shark best4    ,,sub4 ,agreed4    ,,dol4
 ,yes1 and work close and friendly4     
,,sub4 ',slight1 the knot   ,shall grow 

the stronger for this breach1 with me4  
,,they ,,shake ,,hands4    ,,dol4 ,why1 
so1 my good baboons6 ,shall we go make  
,a sort of sober1 scurvy1 precise       
neighbours1   ,that scarce have smiled  
twice since the king came in1   ,a feast
 of laughter at our follies8 ,rascals1  
,would run themselves from breath1 to   
see me ride1   ,or you t' have but a    
hole to thrust your heads in1   ,for    
which you should pay ear-rent8 ,no1     
agree4   ,and may don ,provost ride a   
feasting long1   ,in his old velvet     
jerkin and stain'd scarfs1   ,my noble  
sovereign1 and worthy general1   ,ere we
 contribute a new crewel garter   ,to   
his most worsted worship4    ,,sub4     
,royal ,dol6   ,spoken like ,claridiana1
 and thyself4    ,,face4 ,for which at  
supper1 thou shalt sit in triumph1      
,and not be styled ,dol ,common1 but    
,dol ,proper1   ,dol ,singular3 the     
longest cut at night1   ,shall draw thee
 for his ,doll ,particular4    ,,bell   
,,rings ,,without4    ,,sub4 ,who's     

that8 one rings4 ,to the window1 ,dol3  
,,exit ,,dol4   --pray heaven1   ,the   
master do not trouble us this quarter4  
,,face4 ,o1 fear not him4 ,while there  
dies one a week   ,o' the plague1 he's  
safe1 from thinking toward ,london4     
,beside1 he's busy at his hop-yards now2
   ,i had a letter from him4 ,if he do1 
,he'll send such word1 for airing of the
 house1   ,as you shall have sufficient 
time to quit it3   ,though we break up a
 fortnight1 'tis no matter4             
,,re-,,enter ,,dol4    ,,sub4 ,who is   
it1 ,dol8    ,,dol4 ,a fine young       
quodling4    ,,face4 ,o1   ,my lawyer's 
clerk1 ,i lighted on last night1   ,in  
,holborn1 at the ,dagger4 ,he would have
   7,i told you of him7 a familiar1     
,to rifle with at horses1 and win cups4 
,,dol4 ,o1 let him in4    ,,sub4 ,stay4 
,who shall do't8    ,,face4 ,get you    
,your robes on3 ,i will meet him as     
going out4    ,,dol4 ,and what shall ,i 
do8    ,,face4 ,not be seen2 away6      
,,exit ,,dol4   ,seem you very reserv'd4

    ,,sub4 ,enough4    ,,exit4    ,,face
 ,,aloud ,,and ,,retiring4 ,god be wi'  
you1 sir1   ,i pray you let him know    
that ,i was here3   ,his name is        
,dapper4 ,i would gladly have staid1    
but--    ,,dap ,,within4 ,captain1 ,i am
 here4    ,,face4 ,who's that8--,he's   
come1 ,i think1 doctor4    ,,enter      
,,dapper4    ,good faith1 sir1 ,i was   
going away4    ,,dap4 ,in truth   ,i am 
very sorry1 captain4    ,,face4 ,but ,i 
thought   ,sure ,i should meet you4     
,,dap4 ,ay1 ,i am very glad4   ,i had a 
scurvy writ or two to make1   ,and ,i   
had lent my watch last night to one     
,that dines to-day at the sheriff's1 and
 so was robb'd   ,of my past-time4      
,,re-,,enter ,,subtle ,,in ,,his        
,,velvet ,,cap ,,and ,,gown4   ,is this 
the cunning-man8    ,,face4 ,this is his
 worship4    ,,dap4 ,is he a doctor8    
,,face4 ,yes4    ,,dap4 ,and have you   
broke with him1 captain8    ,,face4 ,ay4
    ,,dap4 ,and how8    ,,face4 ,faith1 
he does make the matter1 sir1 so dainty 

,i know not what to say4    ,,dap4 ,not 
so1 good captain4    ,,face4 ,would ,i  
were fairly rid of it1 believe me4      
,,dap4 ,nay1 now you grieve me1 sir4    
,why should you wish so8   ,i dare      
assure you1 ,i'll not be ungrateful4    
,,face4 ,i cannot think you will1 sir4  
,but the law   ,is such a thing--and    
then he says1 ,read's matter   ,falling 
so lately4    ,,dap4 ,read6 he was an   
ass1   ,and dealt1 sir1 with a fool4    
,,face4 ,it was a clerk1 sir4    ,,dap4 
,a clerk6    ,,face4 ,nay1 hear me1 sir4
 ,you know the law   ,better1 ,i think--
    ,,dap4 ,i should1 sir1 and the      
danger3   ,you know1 ,i shewed the      
statute to you4    ,,face4 ,you did so4 
,,dap4 ,and will ,i tell then6 ,by this 
hand of flesh1   ,would it might never  
write good court-hand more1   ,if ,i    
discover4 ,what do you think of me1     
,that ,i am a chiaus8    ,,face4 ,what's
 that8    ,,dap4 ,the ,turk was here4   
,as one would say1 do you think ,i am a 
,turk8    ,,face4 ,i'll tell the doctor 

so4    ,,dap4 ,do1 good sweet captain4  
,,face4 ,come1 noble doctor1 pray thee  
let's prevail2   ,this is the gentleman1
 and he is no chiaus4    ,,sub4         
,captain1 ,i have return'd you all my   
answer4   ,i would do much1 sir1 for    
your love--,but this   ,i neither may1  
nor can4    ,,face4 ,tut1 do not say so4
   ,you deal now with a noble fellow1   
doctor1   ,one that will thank you      
richly2 and he is no chiaus3   ,let     
that1 sir1 move you4    ,,sub4 ,pray    
you1 forbear--    ,,face4 ,he has       
,four angels here4    ,,sub4 ,you do me 
wrong1 good sir4    ,,face4 ,doctor1    
wherein8 to tempt you with these        
spirits8    ,,sub4 ,to tempt my art and 
love1 sir1 to my peril4   ,fore heaven1 
,i scarce can think you are my friend1  
,that so would draw me to apparent      
danger4    ,,face4 ,i draw you6 a horse 
draw you1 and a halter1   ,you1 and your
 flies together--    ,,dap4 ,nay1 good  
captain4    ,,face4 ,that know no       
difference of men4    ,,sub4 ,good      

words1 sir4    ,,face4 ,good deeds1 sir1
 doctor dogs-meat4 ',slight1 ,i bring   
you   ,no cheating ,clim o' the ,cloughs
 or ,claribels1   ,that look as big as  
five-and-fifty1 and flush2   ,and spit  
out secrets like hot custard--    ,,dap4
 ,captain6    ,,face4 ,nor any          
melancholic under-scribe1   ,shall tell 
the vicar2 but a special gentle1   ,that
 is the heir to forty marks a year1     
,consorts with the small poets of the   
time1   ,is the sole hope of his old    
grandmother2   ,that knows the law1 and 
writes you six fair hands1   ,is a fine 
clerk1 and has his cyphering perfect4   
,will take his oath o' the ,greek       
,testament1   ,if need be1 in his       
pocket2 and can court   ,his mistress   
out of ,ovid4    ,,dap4 ,nay1 dear      
captain--    ,,face4 ,did you not tell  
me so8    ,,dap4 ,yes2 but ,i'd have you
   ,use master doctor with some more    
respect4    ,,face4 ,hang him1 proud    
stag1 with his broad velvet head6--     
,but for your sake1 ,i'd choak1 ere ,i  

would change   ,an article of breath    
with such a puckfist3   ,come1 let's be 
gone4    ,,going4    ,,sub4 ,pray you   
let me speak with you4    ,,dap4 ,his   
worship calls you1 captain4    ,,face4  
,i am sorry   ,i e'er embark'd myself in
 such a business4    ,,dap4 ,nay1 good  
sir2 he did call you4    ,,face4 ,will  
he take then8    ,,sub4 ,first1 hear    
me--    ,,face4 ,not a syllable1 'less  
you take4    ,,sub4 ,pray you1 sir--    
,,face4 ,upon no terms but an assumpsit4
    ,,sub4 ,your humour must be law4    
,,he ,,takes ,,the ,,four ,,angels4     
,,face4 ,why now1 sir1 talk4   ,now ,i  
dare hear you with mine honour4 ,speak4 
,so may this gentleman too4    ,,sub4   
,why1 sir--   ,,offering ,,to ,,whisper 
,,face4    ,,face4 ,no whispering4      
,,sub4 ,fore heaven1 you do not         
apprehend the loss   ,you do yourself in
 this4    ,,face4 ,wherein8 for what8   
,,sub4 ,marry1 to be so importunate for 
one1   ,that1 when he has it1 will undo 
you all3   ,he'll win up all the money  

in the town4    ,,face4 ,how6    ,,sub4 
,yes1 and blow up gamester after        
gamester1   ,as they do crackers in a   
puppet-play4   ,if ,i do give him a     
familiar1   ,give you him all you play  
for2 never set him3   ,for he will have 
it4    ,,face4 ,you are mistaken1       
doctor4   ,why he does ask one but for  
cups and horses1   ,a rifling fly2 none 
of your great familiars4    ,,dap4 ,yes1
 captain1 ,i would have it for all      
games4    ,,sub4 ,i told you so4        
,,face ,,taking ,,dap4 ,,aside4         
',slight1 that is a new business6   ,i  
understood you1 a tame bird1 to fly     
,twice in a term1 or so1 on ,friday     
nights1   ,when you had left the office1
 for a nag   ,of forty or fifty         
shillings4    ,,dap4 ,ay1 'tis true1    
sir2   ,but ,i do think now ,i shall    
leave the law1   ,and therefore--       
,,face4 ,why1 this changes quite the    
case4   ,do you think that ,i dare move 
him8    ,,dap4 ,if you please1 sir2     
,all's one to him1 ,i see4    ,,face4   

,what6 for that money8   ,i cannot with 
my conscience2 nor should you   ,make   
the request1 methinks4    ,,dap4 ,no1   
sir1 ,i mean   ,to add consideration4   
,,face4 ,why then1 sir1   ,i'll try4--  
,,goes ,,to ,,subtle4   ,say that it    
were for all games1 doctor4    ,,sub4 ,i
 say then1 not a mouth shall eat for him
   ,at any ordinary1 but on the score1  
,that is a gaming mouth1 conceive me4   
,,face4 ,indeed6    ,,sub4 ,he'll draw  
you all the treasure of the realm1   ,if
 it be set him4    ,,face4 ,speak you   
this from art8    ,,sub4 ,ay1 sir1 and  
reason too1 the ground of art4   ,he is 
of the only best complexion1   ,the     
queen of ,fairy loves4    ,,face4 ,what6
 is he8    ,,sub4 ,peace4   ,he'll      
overhear you4 ,sir1 should she but see  
him--    ,,face4 ,what8    ,,sub4 ,do   
not you tell him4    ,,face4 ,will he   
win at cards too8    ,,sub4 ,the spirits
 of dead ,holland1 living ,isaac1       
,you'd swear1 were in him2 such a       
vigorous luck   ,as cannot be resisted4 

',slight1 he'll put   ,six of your      
gallants to a cloke1 indeed4    ,,face4 
,a strange success1 that some man shall 
be born to4    ,,sub4 ,he hears you1    
man--    ,,dap4 ,sir1 ,i'll not be      
ingrateful4    ,,face4 ,faith1 ,i have  
confidence in his good nature3   ,you   
hear1 he says he will not be ingrateful4
    ,,sub4 ,why1 as you please2 my      
venture follows yours4    ,,face4       
,troth1 do it1 doctor2 think him trusty1
 and make him4   ,he may make us both   
happy in an hour2   ,win some five      
thousand pound1 and send us two on't4   
,,dap4 ,believe it1 and ,i will1 sir4   
,,face4 ,and you shall1 sir4   ,,takes  
,,him ,,aside4   ,you have heard all8   
,,dap4 ,no1 what was't8 ,nothing1 ,i1   
sir4    ,,face4 ,nothing6    ,,dap4 ,a  
little1 sir4    ,,face4 ,well1 a rare   
star   ,reign'd at your birth4    ,,dap4
 ,at mine1 sir6 ,no4    ,,face4 ,the    
doctor   ,swears that you are--         
,,sub4 ,nay1 captain1 you'll tell all   
now4    ,,face4 ,allied to the queen of 

,fairy4    ,,dap4 ,who6 that ,i am8     
,believe it1 no such matter--    ,,face4
 ,yes1 and that   ,you were born with a 
cawl on your head4    ,,dap4 ,who says  
so8    ,,face4 ,come1   ,you know it    
well enough1 though you dissemble it4   
,,dap4 ,i'fac1 ,i do not2 you are       
mistaken4    ,,face4 ,how6   ,swear by  
your fac1 and in a thing so known       
,unto the doctor8 ,how shall we1 sir1   
trust you   ,in the other matter8 can we
 ever think1   ,when you have won five  
or six thousand pound1   ,you'll send us
 shares in't1 by this rate8    ,,dap4   
,by ,jove1 sir1   ,i'll win ten thousand
 pound1 and send you half4   ,i'fac's no
 oath4    ,,sub4 ,no1 no1 he did but    
jest4    ,,face4 ,go to4 ,go thank the  
doctor3 he's your friend1   ,to take it 
so4    ,,dap4 ,i thank his worship4     
,,face4 ,so6   ,another angel4    ,,dap4
 ,must ,i8    ,,face4 ,must you6        
'slight1   ,what else is thanks8 will   
you be trivial8--,doctor1   ,,dapper    
,,gives ,,him ,,the ,,money4   ,when    

must he come for his familiar8    ,,dap4
 ,shall ,i not have it with me8         
,,sub4 ,o1 good sir6   ,there must a    
world of ceremonies pass2   ,you must be
 bath'd and fumigated first3   ,besides 
the queen of ,fairy does not rise       
,till it be noon4    ,,face4 ,not1 if   
she danced1 to-night4    ,,sub4 ,and she
 must bless it4    ,,face4 ,did you     
never see   ,her royal grace yet8       
,,dap4 ,whom8    ,,face4 ,your aunt of  
,fairy8    ,,sub4 ,not since she kist   
him in the cradle1 captain2   ,i can    
resolve you that4    ,,face4 ,well1 see 
her grace1   ,whate'er it cost you1 for 
a thing that ,i know4   ,it will be     
somewhat hard to compass2 but           
,however1 see her4 ,you are made1       
believe it1   ,if you can see her4 ,her 
grace is a lone woman1   ,and very rich2
 and if she take a fancy1   ,she will do
 strange things4 ,see her1 at any hand4 
',slid1 she may hap to leave you all she
 has3   ,it is the doctor's fear4       
,,dap4 ,how will't be done1 then8       

,,face4 ,let me alone1 take you no      
thought4 ,do you   ,but say to me1      
captain1 ,i'll see her grace4    ,,dap4 
,captain1 ,i'll see her grace4          
,,face4 ,enough4    ,,knocking ,,within4
    ,,sub4 ,who's there8   ,anon4       
,,aside ,,to ,,face4   --,conduct him   
forth by the back way4--   ,sir1 against
 one o'clock prepare yourself2   ,till  
when you must be fasting2 only take     
,three drops of vinegar in at your nose1
   ,two at your mouth1 and one at either
 ear2   ,then bathe your fingers' ends  
and wash your eyes1   ,to sharpen your  
five senses1 and cry hum   ,thrice1 and 
then buz as often2 and then come4       
,,exit4    ,,face4 ,can you remember    
this8    ,,dap4 ,i warrant you4         
,,face4 ,well then1 away4 ,it is but    
your bestowing   ,some twenty nobles    
'mong her grace's servants1   ,and put  
on a clean shirt3 you do not know       
,what grace her grace may do you in     
clean linen4    ,,exeunt ,,face ,,and   
,,dapper4    ,,sub ,,within4 ,come in6  

,good wives1 ,i pray you forbear me now2
   ,troth ,i can do you no good till    
afternoon--   ,,re-,,enters1 ,,followed 
,,by ,,drugger4   ,what is your name1   
say you8 ,abel ,drugger8    ,,drug4     
,yes1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,a seller of       
tobacco8    ,,drug4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,sub4
 ,umph6   ,free of the grocers8         
,,drug4 ,ay1 an't please you4    ,,sub4 
,well--   ,your business1 ,abel8        
,,drug4 ,this1 an't please your worship2
   ,i am a young beginner1 and am       
building   ,of a new shop1 an't like    
your worship1 just   ,at corner of a    
street3--,here is the plot on't--   ,and
 ,i would know by art1 sir1 of your     
worship1   ,which way ,i should make my 
door1 by necromancy1   ,and where my    
shelves2 and which should be for boxes1 
,and which for pots4 ,i would be glad to
 thrive1 sir3   ,and ,i was wish'd to   
your worship by a gentleman1   ,one     
captain ,face1 that says you know men's 
planets1   ,and their good angels1 and  
their bad4    ,,sub4 ,i do1   ,if ,i do 

see them--    ,,re-,,enter ,,face4      
,,face4 ,what6 my honest ,abel8         
,though art well met here4    ,,drug4   
,troth1 sir1 ,i was speaking1   ,just as
 your worship came here1 of your        
worship3   ,i pray you speak for me to  
master doctor4    ,,face4 ,he shall do  
any thing4--,doctor1 do you hear8       
,this is my friend1 ,abel1 an honest    
fellow2   ,he lets me have good tobacco1
 and he does not   ,sophisticate it with
 sack-lees or oil1   ,nor washes it in  
muscadel and grains1   ,nor buries it in
 gravel1 under ground1   ,wrapp'd up in 
greasy leather1 or piss'd clouts3   ,but
 keeps it in fine lily pots1 that1      
open'd1   ,smell like conserve of roses1
 or ,french beans4   ,he has his maple  
block1 his silver tongs1   ,winchester  
pipes1 and fire of ,juniper3   ,a neat1 
spruce1 honest fellow1 and no goldsmith4
    ,,sub4 ,he is a fortunate fellow1   
that ,i am sure on4    ,,face4 ,already1
 sir1 have you found it8 ,lo thee1      
,abel6    ,,sub4 ,and in right way      

toward riches--    ,,face4 ,sir6        
,,sub4 ,this summer   ,he will be of the
 clothing of his company1   ,and next   
spring call'd to the scarlet2 spend what
 he can4    ,,face4 ,what1 and so little
 beard8    ,,sub4 ,sir1 you must think1 
,he may have a receipt to make hair     
come3   ,but he'll be wise1 preserve his
 youth1 and fine for't2   ,his fortune  
looks for him another way4    ,,face4   
',slid1 doctor1 how canst thou know this
 so soon8   ,i am amused at that6       
,,sub4 ,by a rule1 captain1   ,in       
metoposcopy1 which ,i do work by2   ,a  
certain star in the forehead1 which you 
see not4   ,your chestnut or your       
olive-colour'd face   ,does never fail3 
and your long ear doth promise4   ,i    
knew't by certain spots1 too1 in his    
teeth1   ,and on the nail of his        
mercurial finger4    ,,face4 ,which     
finger's that8    ,,sub4 ,his little    
finger4 ,look4   ,you were born upon a  
,wednesday8    ,,drug4 ,yes1 indeed1    
sir4    ,,sub4 ,the thumb1 in           

chiromancy1 we give ,venus2   ,the      
fore-finger1 to ,jove2 the midst1 to    
,saturn2   ,the ring1 to ,sol2 the      
least1 to ,mercury1   ,who was the lord1
 sir1 of his horoscope1   ,his house of 
life being ,libra2 which fore-shew'd1   
,he should be a merchant1 and should    
trade with balance4    ,,face4 ,why1    
this is strange6 ,is it not1 honest     
,nab8    ,,sub4 ,there is a ship now1   
coming from ,ormus1   ,that shall yield 
him such a commodity   ,of drugs        
,,pointing ,,to ,,the ,,plan4   --,this 
is the west1 and this the south8        
,,drug4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,and those 
are your two sides8    ,,drug4 ,ay1 sir4
    ,,sub4 ,make me your door1 then1    
south2 your broad side1 west3   ,and on 
the east side of your shop1 aloft1      
,write ,mathlai1 ,tarmiel1 and          
,baraborat2   ,upon the north part1     
,rael1 ,velel1 ,thiel4   ,they are the  
names of those mercurial spirits1       
,that do fright flies from boxes4       
,,drug4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,and       

,beneath your threshold1 bury me a      
load-stone   ,to draw in gallants that  
wear spurs3 the rest1   ,they'll seem to
 follow4    ,,face4 ,that's a secret1   
,nab6    ,,sub4 ,and1 on your stall1 a  
puppet1 with a vice   ,and a court-fucus
 to call city-dames3   ,you shall deal  
much with minerals4    ,,drug4 ,sir1 ,i 
have4   ,at home1 already--    ,,sub4   
,ay1 ,i know you have arsenic1          
,vitriol1 sal-tartar1 argaile1 alkali1  
,cinoper3 ,i know all4--,this fellow1   
captain1   ,will come1 in time1 to be a 
great distiller1   ,and give a say--,i  
will not say directly1   ,but very      
fair--at the philosopher's stone4       
,,face4 ,why1 how now1 ,abel6 is this   
true8    ,,drug ,,aside ,,to ,,face4    
,good captain1   ,what must ,i give8    
,,face4 ,nay1 ,i'll not counsel thee4   
,thou hear'st what wealth 7he says1     
spend what thou canst17   ,thou'rt like 
to come to4    ,,drug4 ,i would gi' him 
a crown4    ,,face4 ,a crown6 and toward
 such a fortune8 heart1   ,thou shalt   

rather gi' him thy shop4 ,no gold about 
thee8    ,,drug4 ,yes1 ,i have a        
portague1 ,i have kept this half-year4  
,,face4 ,out on thee1 ,nab6 ',slight1   
there was such an offer--   ,shalt      
keep't no longer1 ,i'll give't him for  
thee4 ,doctor1   ,nab prays your worship
 to drink this1 and swears   ,he will   
appear more grateful1 as your skill     
,does raise him in the world4    ,,drug4
 ,i would entreat   ,another favour of  
his worship4    ,,face4 ,what is't1     
,nab8    ,,drug4 ,but to look over1 sir1
 my almanack1   ,and cross out my       
ill-days1 that ,i may neither           
,bargain1 nor trust upon them4          
,,face4 ,that he shall1 ,nab3   ,leave  
it1 it shall be done1 'gainst afternoon4
    ,,sub4 ,and a direction for his     
shelves4    ,,face4 ,now1 ,nab1   ,art  
thou well pleased1 ,nab8    ,,drug4     
',thank1 sir1 both your worships4       
,,face4 ,away4   ,,exit ,,drugger4      
,why1 now1 you smoaky persecutor of     
nature6   ,now do you see1 that         

something's to be done1   ,beside your  
beech-coal1 and your corsive waters1    
,your crosslets1 crucibles1 and         
cucurbites8   ,you must have stuff      
brought home to you1 to work on3   ,and 
yet you think1 ,i am at no expense   ,in
 searching out these veins1 then        
following them1   ,then trying them out4
 ',fore ,god1 my intelligence   ,costs  
me more money1 than my share oft comes  
to1   ,in these rare works4    ,,sub4   
,you are pleasant1 sir4   ,,re-,,enter  
,,dol4   --,how now6   ,what says my    
dainty ,dolkin8    ,,dol4 ,yonder       
fish-wife   ,will not away4 ,and there's
 your giantess1   ,the bawd of ,lambeth4
    ,,sub4 ,heart1 ,i cannot speak with 
them4    ,,dol4 ,not afore night1 ,i    
have told them in a voice1   ,thorough  
the trunk1 like one of your familiars4  
,but ,i have spied sir ,epicure         
,mammon--    ,,sub4 ,where8    ,,dol4   
,coming along1 at far end of the lane1  
,slow of his feet1 but earnest of his   
tongue   ,to one that's with him4       

,,sub4 ,face1 go you and shift4   ,,exit
 ,,face4   ,dol1 you must presently make
 ready1 too4    ,,dol4 ,why1 what's the 
matter8    ,,sub4 ,o1 ,i did look for   
him   ,with the sun's rising3 'marvel he
 could sleep1   ,this is the day ,i am  
to perfect for him   ,the magisterium1  
our great work1 the stone2   ,and yield 
it1 made1 into his hands3 of which   ,he
 has1 this month1 talked as he were     
possess'd4   ,and now he's dealing      
pieces on't away4--   ,methinks ,i see  
him entering ordinaries1   ,dispensing  
for the pox1 and plaguy houses1         
,reaching his dose1 walking ,moorfields 
for lepers1   ,and offering citizens'   
wives pomander-bracelets1   ,as his     
preservative1 made of the elixir2       
,searching the spittal1 to make old     
bawds young2   ,and the highways1 for   
beggars1 to make rich4   ,i see no end  
of his labours4 ,he will make   ,nature 
asham'd of her long sleep3 when art1    
,who's but a step-dame1 shall do more   
than she1   ,in her best love to        

mankind1 ever could3   ,if his dream    
lasts1 he'll turn the age to gold4      
,,exeunt4     ,,act #b4 ,,scene #b4a4   
,,an ,,outer ,,room ,,in ,,lovewit',s   
,,house4    ,,enter ,,sir ,,epicure     
,,mammon ,,and ,,surly4    ,,mam4 ,come 
on1 sir4 ,now1 you set your foot on     
shore   ,in ,novo ,orbe2 here's the rich
 ,peru3   ,and there within1 sir1 are   
the golden mines1   ,great ,solomon's   
,ophir6 he was sailing to't1   ,three   
years1 but we have reached it in ten    
months4   ,this is the day1 wherein1 to 
all my friends1   ,i will pronounce the 
happy word1 ,,be ,,rich2   ,,this ,,day 
,,you ,,shall ,,be ,,spectatissimi4     
,you shall no more deal with the hollow 
dye1   ,or the frail card4 ,no more be  
at charge of keeping   ,the livery-punk 
for the young heir1 that must   ,seal1  
at all hours1 in his shirt3 no more1    
,if he deny1 have him beaten to't1 as he
 is   ,that brings him the commodity4   
,no more   ,shall thirst of satin1 or   
the covetous hunger   ,of velvet        

entrails for a rude-spun cloke1   ,to be
 display'd at madam ,augusta's1 make    
,the sons of ,sword and ,hazard fall    
before   ,the golden calf1 and on their 
knees1 whole nights   ,commit idolatry  
with wine and trumpets3   ,or go a      
feasting after drum and ensign4   ,no   
more of this4 ,you shall start up young 
viceroys1   ,and have your punks1 and   
punketees1 my ,surly4   ,and unto thee  
,i speak it first1 ,,be ,,rich4   ,where
 is my ,subtle1 there8 ,within1 ho6     
,,face ,,within4 ,sir1 he'll come to you
 by and by4    ,,mam4 ,that is his      
fire-drake1   ,his ,lungs1 his          
,zephyrus1 he that puffs his coals1     
,till he firk nature up1 in her own     
centre4   ,you are not faithful1 sir4   
,this night1 ,i'll change   ,all that is
 metal1 in my house1 to gold3   ,and1   
early in the morning1 will ,i send   ,to
 all the plumbers and the pewterers1    
,and by their tin and lead up2 and to   
,lothbury   ,for all the copper4        
,,sur4 ,what1 and turn that too8        

,,mam4 ,yes1 and ,i'll purchase         
,devonshire and ,cornwall1   ,and make  
them perfect ,indies6 you admire now8   
,,sur4 ,no1 faith4    ,,mam4 ,but when  
you see th' effects of the ,great       
,medicine1   ,of which one part         
projected on a hundred   ,of ,mercury1  
or ,venus1 or the moon1   ,shall turn it
 to as many of the sun2   ,nay1 to a    
thousand1 so ad infinitum3   ,you will  
believe me4    ,,sur4 ,yes1 when ,i     
see't1 ,i will4   ,but if my eyes do    
cozen me so1 and ,i   ,giving them no   
occasion1 sure ,i'll have   ,a whore1   
shall piss them out next day4    ,,mam4 
,ha6 why8   ,do you think ,i fable with 
you8 ,i assure you1   ,he that has once 
the flower of the sun1   ,the perfect   
ruby1 which we call elixir1   ,not only 
can do that1 but1 by its virtue1   ,can 
confer honour1 love1 respect1 long life2
   ,give safety1 valour1 yea1 and       
victory1   ,to whom he will4 ,in eight  
and twenty days1   ,i'll make an old man
 of fourscore1 a child4    ,,sur4 ,no   

doubt2 he's that already4    ,,mam4     
,nay1 ,i mean1   ,restore his years1    
renew him1 like an eagle1   ,to the     
fifth age2 make him get sons and        
daughters1   ,young giants2 as our      
philosophers have done1   ,the ancient  
patriarchs1 afore the flood1   ,but     
taking1 once a week1 on a knife's point1
   ,the quantity of a grain of mustard  
of it2   ,become stout ,marses1 and     
beget young ,cupids4    ,,sur4 ,the     
decay'd vestals of ,pict-hatch would    
thank you1   ,that keep the fire alive1 
there4    ,,mam4 ',tis the secret   ,of 
nature naturis'd 'gainst all infections1
   ,cures all diseases coming of all    
causes2   ,a month's grief in a day1 a  
year's in twelve2   ,and1 of what age   
soever1 in a month3   ,past all the     
doses of your drugging doctors4   ,i'll 
undertake1 withal1 to fright the plague 
,out of the kingdom in three months4    
,,sur4 ,and ,i'll   ,be bound1 the      
players shall sing your praises1 then1  
,without their poets4    ,,mam4 ,sir1   

,i'll do't4 ,mean time1   ,i'll give    
away so much unto my man1   ,shall serve
 the whole city1 with preservative      
,weekly2 each house his dose1 and at the
 rate--    ,,sur4 ,as he that built the 
,water-work1 does with water8    ,,mam4 
,you are incredulous4    ,,sur4 ,faith  
,i have a humour1   ,i would not        
willingly be gull'd4 ,your stone        
,cannot transmute me4    ,,mam4         
,pertinax1 my ,surly1   ,will you       
believe antiquity8 records8   ,i'll shew
 you a book where ,moses and his sister1
   ,and ,solomon have written of the    
art2   ,ay1 and a treatise penn'd by    
,adam--    ,,sur4 ,how6    ,,mam4 ,of   
the philosopher's stone1 and in ,high   
,dutch4    ,,sur4 ,did ,adam write1 sir1
 in ,high ,dutch8    ,,mam4 ,he did2    
,which proves it was the primitive      
tongue4    ,,sur4 ,what paper8    ,,mam4
 ,on cedar board4    ,,sur4 ,o that1    
indeed1 they say1   ,will last 'gainst  
worms4    ,,mam4 ',tis like your ,irish 
wood1   ',gainst cob-webs4 ,i have a    

piece of ,jason's fleece1 too1   ,which 
was no other than a book of alchemy1    
,writ in large sheep-skin1 a good fat   
ram-vellum4   ,such was ,pythagoras'    
thigh1 ,pandora's tub1   ,and1 all that 
fable of ,medea's charms1   ,the manner 
of our work2 the bulls1 our furnace1    
,still breathing fire2 our argent-vive1 
the dragon3   ,the dragon's teeth1      
mercury sublimate1   ,that keeps the    
whiteness1 hardness1 and the biting2    
,and they are gathered into ,jason's    
helm1   ,the alembic1 and then sow'd in 
,mars his field1   ,and thence sublimed 
so often1 till they're fixed4   ,both   
this1 the ,hesperian garden1 ,cadmus'   
story1   ,jove's shower1 the boon of    
,midas1 ,argus' eyes1   ,boccace his    
,demogorgon1 thousands more1   ,all     
abstract riddles of our stone4   ,,enter
 ,,face1 ,,as ,a ,,servant4   --,how    
now6   ,do we succeed8 ,is our day come8
 and holds it8    ,,face4 ,the evening  
will set red upon you1 sir2   ,you have 
colour for it1 crimson3 the red ferment 

,has done his office2 three hours hence 
prepare you   ,to see projection4       
,,mam4 ,pertinax1 my ,surly4   ,again ,i
 say to thee1 aloud1 ,be rich4   ,this  
day1 thou shalt have ingots2 and        
to-morrow1   ,give lords th'            
affront4--,is it1 my ,zephyrus1 right8  
,blushes the bolt's-head8    ,,face4    
,like a wench with child1 sir1   ,that  
were but now discover'd to her master4  
,,mam4 ,excellent witty ,lungs6--my only
 care   ,where to get stuff enough now1 
to project on2   ,this town will not    
half serve me4    ,,face4 ,no1 sir6 buy 
,the covering off o' churches4    ,,mam4
 ,that's true4    ,,face4 ,yes4   ,let  
them stand bare1 as do their auditory2  
,or cap them1 new1 with shingles4       
,,mam4 ,no1 good thatch3   ,thatch will 
lie light upon the rafters1 ,lungs4--   
,lungs1 ,i will manumit thee from the   
furnace2   ,i will restore thee thy     
complexion1 ,puffe1   ,lost in the      
embers2 and repair this brain1   ,hurt  
with the fume o' the metals4    ,,face4 

,i have blown1 sir1   ,hard for your    
worship2 thrown by many a coal1   ,when 
'twas not beech2 weigh'd those ,i put   
in1 just1   ,to keep your heat still    
even2 these blear'd eyes   ,have wak'd  
to read your several colours1 sir1   ,of
 the pale citron1 the green lion1 the   
crow1   ,the peacock's tail1 the plumed 
swan4    ,,mam4 ,and1 lastly1   ,thou   
hast descry'd the flower1 the sanguis   
agni8    ,,face4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,mam4   
,where's master8    ,,face4 ,at his     
prayers1 sir1 he2   ,good man1 he's     
doing his devotions   ,for the success4 
,,mam4 ,lungs1 ,i will set a period     
,to all thy labours2 thou shalt be the  
master   ,of my seraglio4    ,,face4    
,good1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,but do you hear8 
,i'll geld you1 ,lungs4    ,,face4 ,yes1
 sir4    ,,mam4 ,for ,i do mean   ,to   
have a list of wives and concubines1    
,equal with ,solomon1 who had the stone 
,alike with me2 and ,i will make me a   
back   ,with the elixir1 that shall be  
as tough   ,as ,hercules1 to encounter  

fifty a night4--   ,thou'rt sure thou   
saw'st it blood8    ,,face4 ,both blood 
and spirit1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,i will have 
all my beds blown up1 not stuft2   ,down
 is too hard3 and then1 mine oval room  
,fill'd with such pictures as ,tiberius 
took   ,from ,elephantis1 and dull      
,aretine   ,but coldly imitated4 ,then1 
my glasses   ,cut in more subtle angles1
 to disperse   ,and multiply the        
figures1 as ,i walk   ,naked between my 
succubae4 ,my mists   ,i'll have of     
perfume1 vapour'd 'bout the room1   ,to 
lose ourselves in2 and my baths1 like   
pits   ,to fall into2 from whence we    
will come forth1   ,and roll us dry in  
gossamer and roses4--   ,is it arrived  
at ruby8--,where ,i spy   ,a wealthy    
citizen1 or a rich lawyer1   ,have a    
sublimed pure wife1 unto that fellow    
,i'll send a thousand pound to be my    
cuckold4    ,,face4 ,and ,i shall carry 
it8    ,,mam4 ,no4 ,i'll have no bawds1 
,but fathers and mothers3 they will do  
it best1   ,best of all others4 ,and my 

flatterers   ,shall be the pure and     
gravest of divines1   ,that ,i can get  
for money4 ,my mere fools1   ,eloquent  
burgesses1 and then my poets   ,the same
 that writ so subtly of the fart1       
,whom ,i will entertain still for that  
subject4   ,the few that would give out 
themselves to be   ,court and           
town-stallions1 and1 each-where1 bely   
,ladies who are known most innocent for 
them2   ,those will ,i beg1 to make me  
eunuchs of3   ,and they shall fan me    
with ten estrich tails   ,a-piece1 made 
in a plume to gather wind4   ,we will be
 brave1 ,puffe1 now we have the         
med'cine4   ,my meat shall all come in1 
in ,indian shells1   ,dishes of agat set
 in gold1 and studded   ,with emeralds1 
sapphires1 hyacinths1 and rubies4   ,the
 tongues of carps1 dormice1 and camels' 
heels1   ,boil'd in the spirit of sol1  
and dissolv'd pearl1   ,apicius' diet1  
'gainst the epilepsy3   ,and ,i will eat
 these broths with spoons of amber1     
,headed with diamond and carbuncle4     

,my foot-boy shall eat pheasants1       
calver'd salmons1   ,knots1 godwits1    
lampreys3 ,i myself will have   ,the    
beards of barbels served1 instead of    
sallads2   ,oil'd mushrooms2 and the    
swelling unctuous paps   ,of a fat      
pregnant sow1 newly cut off1   ,drest   
with an exquisite1 and poignant sauce2  
,for which1 ,i'll say unto my cook1     
,there's gold1   ,go forth1 and be a    
knight4    ,,face4 ,sir1 ,i'll go look  
,a little1 how it heightens4    ,,exit4 
,,mam4 ,do4--,my shirts   ,i'll have of 
taffeta-sarsnet1 soft and light   ,as   
cobwebs2 and for all my other raiment1  
,it shall be such as might provoke the  
,persian1   ,were he to teach the world 
riot anew4   ,my gloves of fishes' and  
birds' skins1 perfumed   ,with gums of  
paradise1 and eastern air--    ,,sur4   
,and do you think to have the stone with
 this8    ,,mam4 ,no1 ,i do think t'    
have all this with the stone4    ,,sur4 
,why1 ,i have heard he must be homo     
frugi1   ,a pious1 holy1 and religious  

man1   ,one free from mortal sin1 a very
 virgin4    ,,mam4 ,that makes it1 sir2 
he is so3 but ,i buy it2   ,my venture  
brings it me4 ,he1 honest wretch1   ,a  
notable1 superstitious1 good soul1      
,has worn his knees bare1 and his       
slippers bald1   ,with prayer and       
fasting for it3 and1 sir1 let him   ,do 
it alone1 for me1 still4 ,here he comes4
   ,not a profane word afore him3 'tis  
poison4--   ,,enter ,,subtle4   ,good   
morrow1 father4    ,,sub4 ,gentle son1  
good morrow1   ,and to your friend      
there4 ,what is he1 is with you8        
,,mam4 ,an heretic1 that ,i did bring   
along1   ,in hope1 sir1 to convert him4 
,,sub4 ,son1 ,i doubt   ,you are        
covetous1 that thus you meet your time  
,in the just point3 prevent your day at 
morning4   ,this argues something1      
worthy of a fear   ,of importune and    
carnal appetite4   ,take heed you do not
 cause the blessing leave you1   ,with  
your ungovern'd haste4 ,i should be     
sorry   ,to see my labours1 now even at 

perfection1   ,got by long watching and 
large patience1   ,not prosper where my 
love and zeal hath placed them4   ,which
 7heaven ,i call to witness1 with your  
self1   ,to whom ,i have pour'd my      
thoughts7 in all my ends1   ,have look'd
 no way1 but unto public good1   ,to    
pious uses1 and dear charity   ,now     
grown a prodigy with men4 ,wherein   ,if
 you1 my son1 should now prevaricate1   
,and1 to your own particular lusts      
employ   ,so great and catholic a bliss1
 be sure   ,a curse will follow1 yea1   
and overtake   ,your subtle and most    
secret ways4    ,,mam4 ,i know1 sir2    
,you shall not need to fear me2 ,i but  
come1   ,to have you confute this       
gentleman4    ,,sur4 ,who is1   ,indeed1
 sir1 somewhat costive of belief        
,toward your stone2 would not be gull'd4
    ,,sub4 ,well1 son1   ,all that ,i   
can convince him in1 is this1   ,the    
,,work ,,is ,,done1 bright sol is in his
 robe4   ,we have a medicine of the     
triple soul1   ,the glorified spirit4   

,thanks be to heaven1   ,and make us    
worthy of it6--,ulen ,spiegel6    ,,face
 ,,within4 ,anon1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,look  
well to the register4   ,and let your   
heat still lessen by degrees1   ,to the 
aludels4    ,,face ,,within4 ,yes1 sir4 
,,sub4 ,did you look   ,on the          
bolt's-head yet8    ,,face ,,within4    
,which8 on ,d1 sir8    ,,sub4 ,ay2      
,what's the complexion8    ,,face       
,,within4 ,whitish4    ,,sub4 ,infuse   
vinegar1   ,to draw his volatile        
substance and his tincture3   ,and let  
the water in glass ,e be filter'd1      
,and put into the gripe's egg4 ,lute him
 well2   ,and leave him closed in       
balneo4    ,,face ,,within4 ,i will1    
sir4    ,,sur4 ,what a brave language   
here is6 next to canting4    ,,sub4 ,i  
have another work1 you never saw1 son1  
,that three days since past the         
philosopher's wheel1   ,in the lent heat
 of ,athanor2 and's become   ,sulphur of
 ,nature4    ,,mam4 ,but 'tis for me8   
,,sub4 ,what need you8   ,you have      

enough in that is perfect4    ,,mam4 ,o 
but--    ,,sub4 ,why1 this is covetise6 
,,mam4 ,no1 ,i assure you1   ,i shall   
employ it all in pious uses1   ,founding
 of colleges and grammar schools1       
,marrying young virgins1 building       
hospitals1   ,and now and then a church4
    ,,re-,,enter ,,face4    ,,sub4 ,how 
now6    ,,face4 ,sir1 please you1       
,shall ,i not change the filter8        
,,sub4 ,marry1 yes2   ,and bring me the 
complexion of glass ,b4    ,,exit       
,,face4    ,,mam4 ,have you another8    
,,sub4 ,yes1 son2 were ,i assured--     
,your piety were firm1 we would not want
   ,the means to glorify it3 but ,i hope
 the best4--   ,i mean to tinct ,c in   
sand-heat to-morrow1   ,and give him    
imbibition4    ,,mam4 ,of white oil8    
,,sub4 ,no1 sir1 of red4 ,f is come over
 the helm too1   ,i thank my ,maker1 in 
,s4 ,mary's bath1   ,and shews lac      
virginis4 ,blessed be heaven6   ,i sent 
you of his faeces there calcined3   ,out
 of that calx1 ,i have won the salt of  

mercury4    ,,mam4 ,by pouring on your  
rectified water8    ,,sub4 ,yes1 and    
reverberating in ,athanor4              
,,re-,,enter ,,face4   ,how now6 what   
colour says it8    ,,face4 ,the ground  
black1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,that's your      
crow's head8    ,,sur4 ,your            
cock's-comb's1 is it not8    ,,sub4 ,no1
 'tis not perfect4 ,would it were the   
crow6   ,that work wants something4     
,,sur ,,aside4 ,o1 ,i looked for this4  
,the hay's a pitching4    ,,sub4 ,are   
you sure you loosed them   ,in their own
 menstrue8    ,,face4 ,yes1 sir1 and    
then married them1   ,and put them in a 
bolt's-head nipp'd to digestion1        
,according as you bade me1 when ,i set  
,the liquor of ,mars to circulation     
,in the same heat4    ,,sub4 ,the       
process then was right4    ,,face4 ,yes1
 by the token1 sir1 the retort brake1   
,and what was saved was put into the    
pellican1   ,and sign'd with ,hermes'   
seal4    ,,sub4 ,i think 'twas so4   ,we
 should have a new amalgama4    ,,sur   

,,aside4 ,o1 this ferret   ,is rank as  
any pole-cat4    ,,sub4 ,but ,i care    
not3   ,let him e'en die2 we have enough
 beside1   ,in embrion4 ,h has his white
 shirt on8    ,,face4 ,yes1 sir1   ,he's
 ripe for inceration1 he stands warm1   
,in his ash-fire4 ,i would not you      
should let   ,any die now1 if ,i might  
counsel1 sir1   ,for luck's sake to the 
rest3 it is not good4    ,,mam4 ,he says
 right4    ,,sur ,,aside4 ,ay1 are you  
bolted8    ,,face4 ,nay1 ,i know't1 sir1
   ,i have seen the ill fortune4 ,what  
is some three ounces   ,of fresh        
materials8    ,,mam4 ,is't no more8     
,,face4 ,no more1 sir4   ,of gold1      
t'amalgame with some six of mercury4    
,,mam4 ,away1 here's money4 ,what will  
serve8    ,,face4 ,ask him1 sir4        
,,mam4 ,how much8    ,,sub4 ,give him   
nine pound3--you may give him ten4      
,,sur4 ,yes1 twenty1 and be cozen'd1 do4
    ,,mam4 ,there 'tis4   ,,gives ,,face
 ,,the ,,money4    ,,sub4 ,this needs   
not2 but that you will have it so1   ,to

 see conclusions of all3 for two   ,of  
our inferior works are at fixation1   ,a
 third is in ascension4 ,go your ways4  
,have you set the oil of luna in kemia8 
,,face4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,and the   
philosopher's vinegar8    ,,face4 ,ay4  
,,exit4    ,,sur4 ,we shall have a      
sallad6    ,,mam4 ,when do you make     
projection8    ,,sub4 ,son1 be not      
hasty1 ,i exalt our med'cine1   ,by     
hanging him in balneo vaporoso1   ,and  
giving him solution2 then congeal him2  
,and then dissolve him2 then again      
congeal him2   ,for look1 how oft ,i    
iterate the work1   ,so many times ,i   
add unto his virtue4   ,as1 if at first 
one ounce convert a hundred1   ,after   
his second loose1 he'll turn a thousand2
   ,his third solution1 ten2 his fourth1
 a hundred3   ,after his fifth1 a       
thousand thousand ounces   ,of any      
imperfect metal1 into pure   ,silver or 
gold1 in all examinations1   ,as good as
 any of the natural mine4   ,get you    
your stuff here against afternoon1      

,your brass1 your pewter1 and your      
andirons4    ,,mam4 ,not those of iron8 
,,sub4 ,yes1 you may bring them too3    
,we'll change all metals4    ,,sur4 ,i  
believe you in that4    ,,mam4 ,then ,i 
may send my spits8    ,,sub4 ,yes1 and  
your racks4    ,,sur4 ,and              
dripping-pans1 and pot-hangers1 and     
hooks8   ,shall he not8    ,,sub4 ,if he
 please4    ,,sur4--,to be an ass4      
,,sub4 ,how1 sir6    ,,mam4 ,this       
gentleman you must bear withal3   ,i    
told you he had no faith4    ,,sur4 ,and
 little hope1 sir2   ,but much less     
charity1 should ,i gull myself4         
,,sub4 ,why1 what have you observ'd1    
sir1 in our art1   ,seems so impossible8
    ,,sur4 ,but your whole work1 no     
more4   ,that you should hatch gold in a
 furnace1 sir1   ,as they do eggs in    
,egypt6    ,,sub4 ,sir1 do you          
,believe that eggs are hatch'd so8      
,,sur4 ,if ,i should8    ,,sub4 ,why1 ,i
 think that the greater miracle4   ,no  
egg but differs from a chicken more     

,than metals in themselves4    ,,sur4   
,that cannot be4   ,the egg's ordain'd  
by nature to that end1   ,and is a      
chicken in potentia4    ,,sub4 ,the same
 we say of lead and other metals1       
,which would be gold1 if they had time4 
,,mam4 ,and that   ,our art doth        
further4    ,,sub4 ,ay1 for 'twere      
absurb   ,to think that nature in the   
earth bred gold   ,perfect in the       
instant3 something went before4   ,there
 must be remote matter4    ,,sur4 ,ay1  
what is that8    ,,sub4 ,marry1 we say--
    ,,mam4 ,ay1 now it heats3 stand1    
father1   ,pound him to dust4    ,,sub4 
,it is1 of the one part1   ,a humid     
exhalation1 which we call   ,material   
liquida1 or the unctuous water2   ,on   
the other part1 a certain crass and     
vicious   ,portion of earth2 both which1
 concorporate1   ,do make the elementary
 matter of gold2   ,which is not yet    
propria materia1   ,but common to all   
metals and all stones2   ,for1 where it 
is forsaken of that moisture1   ,and    

hath more driness1 it becomes a stone3  
,where it retains more of the humid     
fatness1   ,it turns to sulphur1 or to  
quicksilver1   ,who are the parents of  
all other metals4   ,nor can this remote
 matter suddenly   ,progress so from    
extreme unto extreme1   ,as to grow     
gold1 and leap o'er all the means4      
,nature doth first beget the imperfect1 
then   ,proceeds she to the perfect4 ,of
 that airy   ,and oily water1 mercury is
 engender'd2   ,sulphur of the fat and  
earthy part2 the one1   ,which is the   
last1 supplying the place of male1      
,the other of the female1 in all metals4
   ,some do believe hermaphrodeity1     
,that both do act and suffer4 ,but these
 two   ,make the rest ductile1          
malleable1 extensive4   ,and even in    
gold they are2 for we do find   ,seeds  
of them1 by our fire1 and gold in them2 
,and can produce the species of each    
metal   ,more perfect thence1 than      
nature doth in earth4   ,beside1 who    
doth not see in daily practice   ,art   

can beget bees1 hornets1 beetles1 wasps1
   ,out of the carcases and dung of     
creatures2   ,yea1 scorpions of an herb1
 being rightly placed8   ,and these are 
living creatures1 far more perfect      
,and excellent than metals4    ,,mam4   
,well said1 father6   ,nay1 if he take  
you in hand1 sir1 with an argument1     
,he'll bray you in a mortar4    ,,sur4  
,pray you1 sir1 stay4   ,rather than    
,i'll be brayed1 sir1 ,i'll believe     
,that ,alchemy is a pretty kind of game1
   ,somewhat like tricks o' the cards1  
to cheat a man   ,with charming4        
,,sub4 ,sir8    ,,sur4 ,what else are   
all your terms1   ,whereon no one of    
your writers 'grees with other8   ,of   
your elixir1 your lac virginis1   ,your 
stone1 your med'cine1 and your          
chrysosperm1   ,your sal1 your sulphur1 
and your mercury1   ,your oil of height1
 your tree of life1 your blood1   ,your 
marchesite1 your tutie1 your magnesia1  
,your toad1 your crow1 your dragon1 and 
your panther2   ,your sun1 your moon1   

your firmament1 your adrop1   ,your     
lato1 azoch1 zernich1 chibrit1          
heautarit1   ,and then your red man1 and
 your white woman1   ,with all your     
broths1 your menstrues1 and materials1  
,of piss and egg-shells1 women's terms1 
man's blood1   ,hair o' the head1 burnt 
clouts1 chalk1 merds1 and clay1         
,powder of bones1 scalings of iron1     
glass1   ,and worlds of other strange   
ingredients1   ,would burst a man to    
name8    ,,sub4 ,and all these named1   
,intending but one thing2 which art our 
writers   ,used to obscure their art4   
,,mam4 ,sir1 so ,i told him--   ,because
 the simple idiot should not learn it1  
,and make it vulgar4    ,,sub4 ,was not 
all the knowledge   ,of the ,aegyptians 
writ in mystic symbols8   ,speak not the
 scriptures oft in parables8   ,are not 
the choicest fables of the poets1       
,that were the fountains and first      
springs of wisdom1   ,wrapp'd in        
perplexed allegories8    ,,mam4 ,i urg'd
 that1   ,and clear'd to him1 that      

,sisyphus was damn'd   ,to roll the     
ceaseless stone1 only because   ,he     
would have made ,ours common4    ,,dol  
,,appears ,,at ,,the ,,door4--   ,who is
 this8    ,,sub4 ',sprecious6--,what do 
you mean8 go in1 good lady1   ,let me   
entreat you4   ,,dol ,,retires4         
--,where's this varlet8    ,,re-,,enter 
,,face4    ,,face4 ,sir4    ,,sub4 ,you 
very knave6 do you use me thus8         
,,face4 ,wherein1 sir8    ,,sub4 ,go in 
and see1 you traitor4 ,go6    ,,exit    
,,face4    ,,mam4 ,who is it1 sir8      
,,sub4 ,nothing1 sir2 nothing4    ,,mam4
 ,what's the matter1 good sir8   ,i have
 not seen you thus distemper'd3 who     
is't8    ,,sub4 ,all arts have still    
had1 sir1 their adversaries2   ,but ours
 the most ignorant4--   ,,re-,,enter    
,,face4   ,what now8    ,,face4 ',twas  
not my fault1 sir2 she would speak with 
you4    ,,sub4 ,would she1 sir6 ,follow 
me4    ,,exit4    ,,mam ,,stopping      
,,him4 ,stay1 ,lungs4    ,,face4 ,i dare
 not1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,stay1 man2 what is

 she8    ,,face4 ,a lord's sister1 sir4 
,,mam4 ,how6 pray thee1 stay4    ,,face4
 ,she's mad1 sir1 and sent hither--     
,he'll be mad too4--    ,,mam4 ,i       
warrant thee4--   ,why sent hither8     
,,face4 ,sir1 to be cured4    ,,sub     
,,within4 ,why1 rascal6    ,,face4 ,lo  
you6--,here1 sir6    ,,exit4    ,,mam4  
',fore ,god1 a ,bradamante1 a brave     
piece4    ,,sur4 ,heart1 this is a      
bawdy-house6 ,i will be burnt else4     
,,mam4 ,o1 by this light1 no3 do not    
wrong him4 ,he's   ,too scrupulous that 
way3 it is his vice4   ,no1 he's a rare 
physician1 do him right1   ,an excellent
 ,paracelsian1 and has done   ,strange  
cures with mineral physic4 ,he deals all
   ,with spirits1 he2 he will not hear a
 word   ,of ,galen2 or his tedious      
recipes4--   ,,re-,,enter ,,face4   ,how
 now1 ,lungs6    ,,face4 ,softly1 sir2  
speak softly4 ,i meant   ,to have told  
your worship all4 ,this must not hear4  
,,mam4 ,no1 he will not be gull'd2 let  
him alone4    ,,face4 ,you are very     

right1 sir1 she is a most rare scholar1 
,and is gone mad with studying          
,broughton's works4   ,if you but name a
 word touching the ,hebrew1   ,she falls
 into her fit1 and will discourse   ,so 
learnedly of genealogies1   ,as you     
would run mad too1 to hear her1 sir4    
,,mam4 ,how might one do t' have        
conference with her1 ,lungs8    ,,face4 
,o divers have run mad upon the         
conference3   ,i do not know1 sir4 ,i am
 sent in haste1   ,to fetch a vial4     
,,sur4 ,be not gull'd1 sir ,mammon4     
,,mam4 ,wherein8 pray ye1 be patient4   
,,sur4 ,yes1 as you are1   ,and trust   
confederate knaves and bawds and whores4
    ,,mam4 ,you are too foul1 believe   
it4--,come here1 ,ulen1   ,one word4    
,,face4 ,i dare not1 in good faith4     
,,going4    ,,mam4 ,stay1 knave4        
,,face4 ,he is extreme angry that you   
saw her1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,drink that4    
,,gives ,,him ,,money4   ,what is she   
when she's out of her fit8    ,,face4   
,o1 the most affablest creature1 sir6 so

 merry6   ,so pleasant6 she'll mount you
 up1 like quicksilver1   ,over the helm2
 and circulate like oil1   ,a very      
vegetal3 discourse of state1   ,of      
mathematics1 bawdry1 any thing--        
,,mam4 ,is she no way accessible8 no    
means1   ,no trick to give a man a taste
 of her--wit--   ,or so8    ,,sub       
,,within4 ,ulen6    ,,face4 ,i'll come  
to you again1 sir4    ,,exit4    ,,mam4 
,surly1 ,i did not think one of your    
breeding   ,would traduce personages of 
worth4    ,,sur4 ,sir ,epicure1   ,your 
friend to use2 yet still loth to be     
gull'd3   ,i do not like your           
philosophical bawds4   ,their stone is  
letchery enough to pay for1   ,without  
this bait4    ,,mam4 ',heart1 you abuse 
yourself4   ,i know the lady1 and her   
friends1 and means1   ,the original of  
this disaster4 ,her brother   ,has told 
me all4    ,,sur4 ,and yet you never saw
 her   ,till now6    ,,mam4 ,o yes1 but 
,i forgot4 ,i have1 believe it1   ,one  
of the treacherousest memories1 ,i do   

think1   ,of all mankind4    ,,sur4     
,what call you her brother8    ,,mam4   
,my lord--   ,he will not have his name 
known1 now ,i think on't4    ,,sur4 ,a  
very treacherous memory6    ,,mam4 ,on  
my faith--    ,,sur4 ,tut1 if you have  
it not about you1 pass it1   ,till we   
meet next4    ,,mam4 ,nay1 by this hand1
 'tis true4   ,he's one ,i honour1 and  
my noble friend2   ,and ,i respect his  
house4    ,,sur4 ,heart6 can it be1     
,that a grave sir1 a rich1 that has no  
need1   ,a wise sir1 too1 at other      
times1 should thus1   ,with his own     
oaths1 and arguments1 make hard means   
,to gull himself8 ,an this be your      
elixir1   ,your lapis mineralis1 and    
your lunary1   ,give me your honest     
trick yet at primero1   ,or gleek2 and  
take your lutum sapientis1   ,your      
menstruum simplex6 ,i'll have gold      
before you1   ,and with less danger of  
the quicksilver1   ,or the hot sulphur4 
,,re-,,enter ,,face4    ,,face4 ,here's 
one from ,captain ,face1 sir1   ,,to    

,,surly4   ,desires you meet him in the 
,temple-church1   ,some half-hour hence1
 and upon earnest business4   ,sir1     
,,whispers ,,mammon4   if you please to 
quit us1 now2 and come   ,again within  
two hours1 you shall have   ,my master  
busy examining o' the works2   ,and ,i  
will steal you in1 unto the party1      
,that you may see her converse4--,sir1  
shall ,i say1   ,you'll meet the        
captain's worship8    ,,sur4 ,sir1 ,i   
will4--   ,,walks ,,aside4   ,but1 by   
attorney1 and to a second purpose4      
,now1 ,i am sure it is a bawdy-house2   
,i'll swear it1 were the marshal here to
 thank me3   ,the naming this commander 
doth confirm it4   ,don ,face6 why1 he's
 the most authentic dealer   ,in these  
commodities1 the superintendant   ,to   
all the quainter traffickers in town6   
,he is the visitor1 and does appoint1   
,who lies with whom1 and at what hour2  
what price2   ,which gown1 and in what  
smock2 what fall2 what tire4   ,him will
 ,i prove1 by a third person1 to find   

,the subtleties of this dark labyrinth3 
,which if ,i do discover1 dear sir      
,mammon1   ,you'll give your poor friend
 leave1 though no philosopher1   ,to    
laugh3 for you that are1 'tis thought1  
shall weep4    ,,face4 ,sir1 he does    
pray1 you'll not forget4    ,,sur4 ,i   
will not1 sir4   ,sir ,epicure1 ,i shall
 leave you4    ,,exit4    ,,mam4 ,i     
follow you1 straight4    ,,face4 ,but do
 so1 good sir1 to avoid suspicion4      
,this gentleman has a parlous head4     
,,mam4 ,but wilt thou ,ulen1   ,be      
constant to thy promise8    ,,face4 ,as 
my life1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,and wilt thou  
insinuate what ,i am1 and praise me1    
,and say1 ,i am a noble fellow8         
,,face4 ,o1 what else1 sir8   ,and that 
you'll make her royal with the stone1   
,an empress2 and yourself1 ,king of     
,bantam4    ,,mam4 ,wilt thou do this8  
,,face4 ,will ,i1 sir6    ,,mam4 ,lungs1
 my ,lungs6   ,i love thee4    ,,face4  
,send your stuff1 sir1 that my master   
,may busy himself about projection4     

,,mam4 ,thou hast witch'd me1 rogue3    
take1 go4   ,,gives ,,him ,,money4      
,,face4 ,your jack1 and all1 sir4       
,,mam4 ,thou art a villain--,i will send
 my jack1   ,and the weights too4       
,slave1 ,i could bite thine ear4        
,away1 thou dost not care for me4       
,,face4 ,not ,i1 sir6    ,,mam4 ,come1  
,i was born to make thee1 my good       
weasel1   ,set thee on a bench1 and have
 thee twirl a chain   ,with the best    
lord's vermin of 'em all4    ,,face4    
,away1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,a count1 nay1 a  
count palatine--    ,,face4 ,good1 sir1 
go4    ,,mam4 ,shall not advance thee   
better3 no1 nor faster4    ,,exit4      
,,re-,,enter ,,subtle ,,and ,,dol4      
,,sub4 ,has he bit8 has he bit8         
,,face4 ,and swallowed1 too1 my ,subtle4
   ,i have given him line1 and now he   
plays1 i'faith4    ,,sub4 ,and shall we 
twitch him8    ,,face4 ,thorough both   
the gills4   ,a wench is a rare bait1   
with which a man   ,no sooner's taken1  
but he straight firks mad4    ,,sub4    

,dol1 my ,lord ,what'ts'hums sister1 you
 must now   ,bear yourself statelich4   
,,dol4 ,o let me alone4   ,i'll not     
forget my race1 ,i warrant you4   ,i'll 
keep my distance1 laugh and talk aloud2 
,have all the tricks of a proud scurvy  
lady1   ,and be as rude as her woman4   
,,face4 ,well said1 sanguine6    ,,sub4 
,but will he send his andirons8         
,,face4 ,his jack too1   ,and's iron    
shoeing-horn2 ,i have spoke to him4     
,well1   ,i must not lose my wary       
gamester yonder4    ,,sub4 ,o monsieur  
,caution1 that ,,will ,,not ,,be        
,,gull',d8    ,,face4 ,ay1   ,if ,i can 
strike a fine hook into him1 now6   ,the
 ,temple-church1 there ,i have cast mine
 angle4   ,well1 pray for me4 ,i'll     
about it4   ,,knocking ,,without4       
,,sub4 ,what1 more gudgeons6   ,dol1    
scout1 scout6   ,,dol ,,goes ,,to ,,the 
,,window4   ,stay1 ,face1 you must go to
 the door1   ',pray ,god it be my       
anabaptist--,who is't1 ,dol8    ,,dol4  
,i know him not3 he looks like a        

gold-endman4    ,,sub4 ,ods so6 'tis he1
 he said he would send what call you    
him8   ,the sanctified elder1 that      
should deal   ,for ,mammon's jack and   
andirons4 ,let him in4   ,stay1 help me 
off1 first1 with my gown4   ,,exit      
,,face ,,with ,,the ,,gown4   ,away1    
,madam1 to your withdrawing chamber4    
,,exit ,,dol4   ,now1   ,in a new tune1 
new gesture1 but old language4--   ,this
 fellow is sent from one negociates with
 me   ,about the stone too1 for the holy
 brethren   ,of ,amsterdam1 the exiled  
saints1 that hope   ,to raise their     
discipline by it4 ,i must use him   ,in 
some strange fashion1 now1 to make him  
admire me4--   ,,enter ,,ananias4       
,,aloud4   ,where is my drudge8         
,,re-,,enter ,,face4    ,,face4 ,sir6   
,,sub4 ,take away the recipient1   ,and 
rectify your menstrue from the phlegma4 
,then pour it on the ,sol1 in the       
cucurbite1   ,and let them macerate     
together4    ,,face4 ,yes1 sir4   ,and  
save the ground8    ,,sub4 ,no3 terra   

damnata   ,must not have entrance in the
 work4--,who are you8    ,,ana4 ,a      
faithful brother1 if it please you4     
,,sub4 ,what's that8   ,a ,lullianist8 a
 ,ripley8 ,filius artis8   ,can you     
sublime and dulcify8 calcine8   ,know   
you the sapor pontic8 sapor stiptic8    
,or what is homogene1 or heterogene8    
,,ana4 ,i understand no heathen         
language1 truly4    ,,sub4 ,heathen6 you
 ,knipper-doling8 is ,ars sacra1   ,or  
chrysopoeia1 or spagyrica1   ,or the    
pamphysic1 or panarchic knowledge1   ,a 
heathen language8    ,,ana4 ,heathen    
,greek1 ,i take it4    ,,sub4 ,how6     
heathen ,greek8    ,,ana4 ,all's heathen
 but the ,hebrew4    ,,sub4 ,sirrah1 my 
varlet1 stand you forth and speak to    
him1   ,like a philosopher3 answer in   
the language4   ,name the vexations1 and
 the martyrisations   ,of metals in the 
work4    ,,face4 ,sir1 putrefaction1    
,solution1 ablution1 sublimation1       
,cohobation1 calcination1 ceration1 and 
,fixation4    ,,sub4 ,this is heathen   

,greek to you1 now6--   ,and when comes 
vivification8    ,,face4 ,after         
mortification4    ,,sub4 ,what's        
cohobation8    ,,face4 ',tis the pouring
 on   ,your aqua regis1 and then drawing
 him off1   ,to the trine circle of the 
seven spheres4    ,,sub4 ,what's the    
proper passion of metals8    ,,face4    
,malleation4    ,,sub4 ,what's your     
ultimum supplicium auri8    ,,face4     
,antimonium4    ,,sub4 ,this is heathen 
,greek to you6--,and what's your        
mercury8    ,,face4 ,a very fugitive1 he
 will be gone1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,how know 
you him8    ,,face4 ,by his viscosity1  
,his oleosity1 and his suscitability4   
,,sub4 ,how do you sublime him8         
,,face4 ,with the calce of egg-shells1  
,white marble1 talc4    ,,sub4 ,your    
magisterium now1   ,what's that8        
,,face4 ,shifting1 sir1 your elements1  
,dry into cold1 cold into moist1 moist  
into hot1   ,hot into dry4    ,,sub4    
,this is heathen ,greek to you still6   
,your lapis philosophicus8    ,,face4   

',tis a stone1   ,and not a stone2 a    
spirit1 a soul1 and a body3   ,which if 
you do dissolve1 it is dissolved2   ,if 
you coagulate1 it is coagulated2   ,if  
you make it to fly1 it flieth4    ,,sub4
 ,enough4   ,,exit ,,face4   ,this is   
heathen ,greek to you6 ,what are you1   
sir8    ,,ana4 ,please you1 a servant of
 the exiled brethren1   ,that deal with 
widows' and with orphans' goods1   ,and 
make a just account unto the saints3    
,a deacon4    ,,sub4 ,o1 you are sent   
from master ,wholesome1   ,your teacher8
    ,,ana4 ,from ,tribulation           
,wholesome1   ,our very zealous pastor4 
,,sub4 ,good6 ,i have   ,some orphans'  
goods to come here4    ,,ana4 ,of what  
kind1 sir8    ,,sub4 ,pewter and brass1 
andirons and kitchen-ware1   ,metals1   
that we must use our medicine on3       
,wherein the brethren may have a        
pennyworth   ,for ready money4    ,,ana4
 ,were the orphans' parents   ,sincere  
professors8    ,,sub4 ,why do you ask8  
,,ana4 ,because   ,we then are to deal  

justly1 and give1 in truth1   ,their    
utmost value4    ,,sub4 ',slid1 you'd   
cozen else1   ,and if their parents were
 not of the faithful6--   ,i will not   
trust you1 now ,i think on it1   ',till 
,i have talked with your pastor4 ,have  
you brought money   ,to buy more coals8 
,,ana4 ,no1 surely4    ,,sub4 ,no6 how  
so8    ,,ana4 ,the brethren bid me say  
unto you1 sir1   ,surely1 they will not 
venture any more1   ,till they may see  
projection4    ,,sub4 ,how6    ,,ana4   
,you have had1   ,for the instruments1  
as bricks1 and lome1 and glasses1       
,already thirty pound2 and for          
materials1   ,they say1 some ninety     
more3 and they have heard since1   ,that
 one at ,heidelberg1 made it of an egg1 
,and a small paper of pin-dust4         
,,sub4 ,what's your name8    ,,ana4 ,my 
name is ,ananias4    ,,sub4 ,out1 the   
varlet   ,that cozen'd the apostles6    
,hence1 away6   ,flee1 mischief6 had    
your holy consistory   ,no name to send 
me1 of another sound1   ,than wicked    

,ananias8 send your elders   ,hither to 
make atonement for you quickly1   ,and  
give me satisfaction2 or out goes   ,the
 fire2 and down th' alembics1 and the   
furnace1   ,piger ,henricus1 or what    
not4 ,thou wretch6   ,both sericon and  
bufo shall be lost1   ,tell them4 ,all  
hope of rooting out the bishops1   ,or  
the antichristian hierarchy1 shall      
perish1   ,if they stay threescore      
minutes3 the aqueity1   ,terreity1 and  
sulphureity   ,shall run together again1
 and all be annull'd1   ,thou wicked    
,ananias6   ,,exit ,,ananias4   ,this   
will fetch 'em1   ,and make them haste  
towards their gulling more4   ,a man    
must deal like a rough nurse1 and fright
   ,those that are froward1 to an       
appetite4    ,,re-,,enter ,,face1 ,,in  
,,his ,,uniform1 ,,followed ,,by        
,,drugger4    ,,face4 ,he is busy with  
his spirits1 but we'll upon him4        
,,sub4 ,how now6 what mates1 what       
,baiards have we here8    ,,face4 ,i    
told you1 he would be furious4--,sir1   

here's ,nab1   ,has brought you another 
piece of gold to look on3   --,we must  
appease him4 ,give it me1--and prays    
you1   ,you would devise--what is it1   
,nab8    ,,drug4 ,a sign1 sir4          
,,face4 ,ay1 a good lucky one1 a        
thriving sign1 doctor4    ,,sub4 ,i was 
devising now4    ,,face4 ',slight1 do   
not say so1   ,he will repent he gave   
you any more--   ,what say you to his   
constellation1 doctor1   ,the ,balance8 
,,sub4 ,no1 that way is stale1 and      
common4   ,a townsman born in ,taurus1  
gives the bull1   ,or the bull's-head3  
in ,aries1 the ram1   ,a poor device6   
,no1 ,i will have his name   ,form'd in 
some mystic character2 whose radii1     
,striking the senses of the passers by1 
,shall1 by a virtual influence1 breed   
affections1   ,that may result upon the 
party owns it3   ,as thus--    ,,face4  
,nab6    ,,sub4 ,he shall have a bell1  
that's ,abel2   ,and by it standing one 
whose name is ,dee1   ,in a rug gown1   
there's ,d1 and ,rug1 that's drug3      

,and right anenst him a dog snarling er2
   ,there's ,drugger1 ,abel ,drugger4   
,that's his sign4   ,and here's now     
mystery and hieroglyphic6    ,,face4    
,abel1 thou art made4    ,,drug4 ,sir1  
,i do thank his worship4    ,,face4 ,six
 o' thy legs more will not do it1 ,nab4 
,he has brought you a pipe of tobacco1  
doctor4    ,,drug4 ,yes1 sir2   ,i have 
another thing ,i would impart--         
,,face4 ,out with it1 ,nab4    ,,drug4  
,sir1 there is lodged1 hard by me1   ,a 
rich young widow--    ,,face4 ,good6 a  
bona roba8    ,,drug4 ,but nineteen1 at 
the most4    ,,face4 ,very good1 ,abel4 
,,drug4 ,marry1 she's not in fashion    
yet2 she wears   ,a hood1 but it stands 
a cop4    ,,face4 ,no matter1 ,abel4    
,,drug4 ,and ,i do now and then give her
 a fucus--    ,,face4 ,what6 dost thou  
deal1 ,nab8    ,,sub4 ,i did tell you1  
captain4    ,,drug4 ,and physic too1    
sometime1 sir2 for which she trusts me  
,with all her mind4 ,she's come up here 
of purpose   ,to learn the fashion4     

,,face4 ,good 7his match too67--,on1    
,nab4    ,,drug4 ,and she does strangely
 long to know her fortune4    ,,face4   
,ods lid1 ,nab1 send her to the doctor1 
hither4    ,,drug4 ,yes1 ,i have spoke  
to her of his worship already2   ,but   
she's afraid it will be blown abroad1   
,and hurt her marriage4    ,,face4 ,hurt
 it6 'tis the way   ,to heal it1 if     
'twere hurt2 to make it more   ,follow'd
 and sought3 ,nab1 thou shalt tell her  
this4   ,she'll be more known1 more     
talk'd of2 and your widows   ,are ne'er 
of any price till they be famous2       
,their honour is their multitude of     
suitors4   ,send her1 it may be thy good
 fortune4 ,what6   ,thou dost not know4 
,,drug4 ,no1 sir1 she'll never marry    
,under a knight3 her brother has made a 
vow4    ,,face4 ,what6 and dost thou    
despair1 my little ,nab1   ,knowing what
 the doctor has set down for thee1      
,and seeing so many of the city dubb'd8 
,one glass o' thy water1 with a madam ,i
 know1   ,will have it done1 ,nab3      

what's her brother1 a knight8    ,,drug4
 ,no1 sir1 a gentleman newly warm in his
 land1 sir1   ,scarce cold in his one   
and twenty1 that does govern   ,his     
sister here2 and is a man himself   ,of 
some three thousand a year1 and is come 
up   ,to learn to quarrel1 and to live  
by his wits1   ,and will go down again1 
and die in the country4    ,,face4 ,how6
 to quarrel8    ,,drug4 ,yes1 sir1 to   
carry quarrels1   ,as gallants do2 to   
manage them by line4    ,,face4 ',slid1 
,nab1 the doctor is the only man   ,in  
,christendom for him4 ,he has made a    
table1   ,with mathematical             
demonstrations1   ,touching the art of  
quarrels3 he will give him   ,an        
instrument to quarrel by4 ,go1 bring    
them both1   ,him and his sister4 ,and1 
for thee1 with her   ,the doctor happ'ly
 may persuade4 ,go to3   ',shalt give   
his worship a new damask suit   ,upon   
the premises4    ,,sub4 ,o1 good        
captain6    ,,face4 ,he shall2   ,he is 
the honestest fellow1 doctor4--,stay    

not1   ,no offers2 bring the damask1 and
 the parties4    ,,drug4 ,i'll try my   
power1 sir4    ,,face4 ,and thy will    
too1 ,nab4    ,,sub4 ',tis good tobacco1
 this6 ,what is't an ounce8    ,,face4  
,he'll send you a pound1 doctor4        
,,sub4 ,o no4    ,,face4 ,he will do't4 
,it is the goodest soul6--,abel1 about  
it4   ,thou shalt know more anon4 ,away1
 be gone4   ,,exit ,,abel4   ,a         
miserable rogue1 and lives with cheese1 
,and has the worms4 ,that was the cause1
 indeed1   ,why he came now3 he dealt   
with me in private1   ,to get a med'cine
 for them4    ,,sub4 ,and shall1 sir4   
,this works4    ,,face4 ,a wife1 a wife 
for one on us1 my dear ,subtle6   ,we'll
 e'en draw lots1 and he that fails1     
shall have   ,the more in goods1 the    
other has in tail4    ,,sub4 ,rather the
 less3 for she may be so light   ,she   
may want grains4    ,,face4 ,ay1 or be  
such a burden1   ,a man would scarce    
endure her for the whole4    ,,sub4     
,faith1 best let's see her first1 and   

then determine4    ,,face4 ,content3 but
 ,dol must have no breath on't4         
,,sub4 ,mum4   ,away you1 to your ,surly
 yonder1 catch him4    ,,face4 ',pray   
,god ,i have not staid too long4        
,,sub4 ,i fear it4    ,,exeunt4         
,,act #c4 ,,scene #c4a4    ,,the ,,lane 
,,before ,,lovewit',s ,,house4          
,,enter ,,tribulation ,,wholesome ,,and 
,,ananias4    ,,tri4 ,these             
chastisements are common to the saints1 
,and such rebukes1 we of the separation 
,must bear with willing shoulders1 as   
the trials   ,sent forth to tempt our   
frailties4    ,,ana4 ,in pure zeal1   ,i
 do not like the man2 he is a heathen1  
,and speaks the language of ,canaan1    
truly4    ,,tri4 ,i think him a profane 
person indeed4    ,,ana4 ,he bears      
,the visible mark of the beast in his   
forehead4   ,and for his stone1 it is a 
work of darkness1   ,and with philosophy
 blinds the eyes of man4    ,,tri4 ,good
 brother1 we must bend unto all means1  
,that may give furtherance to the holy  

cause4    ,,ana4 ,which his cannot3 the 
sanctified cause   ,should have a       
sanctified course4    ,,tri4 ,not always
 necessary3   ,the children of perdition
 are oft-times   ,made instruments even 
of the greatest works3   ,beside1 we    
should give somewhat to man's nature1   
,the place he lives in1 still about the 
fire1   ,and fume of metals1 that       
intoxicate   ,the brain of man1 and make
 him prone to passion4   ,where have you
 greater atheists than your cooks8   ,or
 more profane1 or choleric1 than your   
glass-men8   ,more antichristian than   
your bell-founders8   ,what makes the   
devil so devilish1 ,i would ask you1    
,sathan1 our common enemy1 but his being
   ,perpetually about the fire1 and     
boiling   ,brimstone and arsenic8 ,we   
must give1 ,i say1   ,unto the motives1 
and the stirrers up   ,of humours in the
 blood4 ,it may be so1   ,when as the   
work is done1 the stone is made1   ,this
 heat of his may turn into a zeal1      
,and stand up for the beauteous         

discipline1   ,against the menstruous   
cloth and rag of ,rome4   ,we must await
 his calling1 and the coming   ,of the  
good spirit4 ,you did fault1 t' upbraid 
him   ,with the brethren's blessing of  
,heidelberg1 weighing   ,what need we   
have to hasten on the work1   ,for the  
restoring of the silenced saints1       
,which ne'er will be1 but by the        
philosopher's stone4   ,and so a learned
 elder1 one of ,scotland1   ,assured me2
 aurum potabile being   ,the only       
med'cine1 for the civil magistrate1     
,t' incline him to a feeling of the     
cause2   ,and must be daily used in the 
disease4    ,,ana4 ,i have not edified  
more1 truly1 by man2   ,not since the   
beautiful light first shone on me3      
,and ,i am sad my zeal hath so offended4
    ,,tri4 ,let us call on him then4    
,,ana4 ,the motion's good1   ,and of the
 spirit2 ,i will knock first4           
,,knocks4   ,peace be within6    ,,the  
,,door ,,is ,,opened1 ,,and ,,they      
,,enter4     ,,scene #c4b4    ,a ,,room 

,,in ,,lovewit',s ,,house4    ,,enter   
,,subtle1 ,,followed ,,by ,,tribulation 
,,and ,,ananias4    ,,sub4 ,o1 are you  
come8 'twas time4 ,your threescore      
minutes   ,were at last thread1 you see3
 and down had gone   ,furnus acediae1   
turris circulatorius3   ,lembec1        
bolt's-head1 retort and pelican   ,had  
all been cinders4--,wicked ,ananias6    
,art thou return'd8 nay then1 it goes   
down yet4    ,,tri4 ,sir1 be appeased2  
he is come to humble   ,himself in      
spirit1 and to ask your patience1   ,if 
too much zeal hath carried him aside    
,from the due path4    ,,sub4 ,why1 this
 doth qualify6    ,,tri4 ,the brethren  
had no purpose1 verily1   ,to give you  
the least grievance2 but are ready   ,to
 lend their willing hands to any project
   ,the spirit and you direct4    ,,sub4
 ,this qualifies more6    ,,tri4 ,and   
for the orphans' goods1 let them be     
valued1   ,or what is needful else to   
the holy work1   ,it shall be numbered2 
here1 by me1 the saints1   ,throw down  

their purse before you4    ,,sub4 ,this 
qualifies most6   ,why1 thus it should  
be1 now you understand4   ,have ,i      
discours'd so unto you of our stone1    
,and of the good that it shall bring    
your cause8   ,shew'd you 7beside the   
main of hiring forces   ,abroad1 drawing
 the ,hollanders1 your friends1   ,from 
the ,indies1 to serve you1 with all     
their fleet7   ,that even the med'cinal 
use shall make you a faction1   ,and    
party in the realm8 ,as1 put the case1  
,that some great man in state1 he have  
the gout1   ,why1 you but send three    
drops of your elixir1   ,you help him   
straight3 there you have made a friend4 
,another has the palsy or the dropsy1   
,he takes of your incombustible stuff1  
,he's young again3 there you have made a
 friend1   ,a lady that is past the feat
 of body1   ,though not of mind1 and    
hath her face decay'd   ,beyond all cure
 of paintings1 you restore1   ,with the 
oil of talc3 there you have made a      
friend2   ,and all her friends4 ,a lord 

that is a leper1   ,a knight that has   
the bone-ache1 or a squire   ,that hath 
both these1 you make them smooth and    
sound1   ,with a bare fricace of your   
med'cine3 still   ,you increase your    
friends4    ,,tri4 ,ay1 it is very      
pregnant4    ,,sub4 ,and then the       
turning of this lawyer's pewter   ,to   
plate at ,christmas4--    ,,ana4        
,christ-tide1 ,i pray you4    ,,sub4    
,yet1 ,ananias6    ,,ana4 ,i have done4 
,,sub4 ,or changing   ,his parcel gilt  
to massy gold4 ,you cannot   ,but raise 
you friends4 ,withal1 to be of power    
,to pay an army in the field1 to buy    
,the king of ,france out of his realms1 
or ,spain   ,out of his ,indies4 ,what  
can you not do   ,against lords         
spiritual or temporal1   ,that shall    
oppone you8    ,,tri4 ,verily1 'tis     
true4   ,we may be temporal lords       
ourselves1 ,i take it4    ,,sub4 ,you   
may be any thing1 and leave off to make 
,long-winded exercises2 or suck up      
,your ha6 and hum6 in a tune4 ,i not    

deny1   ,but such as are not graced in a
 state1   ,may1 for their ends1 be      
adverse in religion1   ,and get a tune  
to call the flock together3   ,for1 to  
say sooth1 a tune does much with women1 
,and other phlegmatic people2 it is your
 bell4    ,,ana4 ,bells are profane2 a  
tune may be religious4    ,,sub4 ,no    
warning with you6 then farewell my      
patience4   ',slight1 it shall down3 ,i 
will not be thus tortured4    ,,tri4 ,i 
pray you1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,all shall     
perish4 ,i have spoken it4    ,,tri4    
,let me find grace1 sir1 in your eyes2  
the man   ,he stands corrected3 neither 
did his zeal1   ,but as your self1 allow
 a tune somewhere4   ,which now1 being  
tow'rd the stone1 we shall not need4    
,,sub4 ,no1 nor your holy vizard1 to win
 widows   ,to give you legacies2 or make
 zealous wives   ,to rob their husbands 
for the common cause3   ,nor take the   
start of bonds broke but one day1   ,and
 say1 they were forfeited by providence4
   ,nor shall you need o'er night to eat

 huge meals1   ,to celebrate your next  
day's fast the better2   ,the whilst the
 brethren and the sisters humbled1      
,abate the stiffness of the flesh4 ,nor 
cast   ,before your hungry hearers      
scrupulous bones2   ,as whether a       
,christian may hawk or hunt1   ,or      
whether matrons of the holy assembly    
,may lay their hair out1 or wear        
doublets1   ,or have that idol starch   
about their linen4    ,,ana4 ,it is     
indeed an idol4    ,,tri4 ,mind him not1
 sir4   ,i do command thee1 spirit of   
zeal1 but trouble1   ,to peace within   
him6 ,pray you1 sir1 go on4    ,,sub4   
,nor shall you need to libel 'gainst the
 prelates1   ,and shorten so your ears  
against the hearing   ,of the next      
wire-drawn grace4 ,nor of necessity     
,rail against plays1 to please the      
alderman   ,whose daily custard you     
devour2 nor lie   ,with zealous rage    
till you are hoarse4 ,not one   ,of     
these so singular arts4 ,nor call       
yourselves   ,by names of ,tribulation1 

,persecution1   ,restraint1             
,long-patience1 and such-like1 affected 
,by the whole family or wood of you1    
,only for glory1 and to catch the ear   
,of the disciple4    ,,tri4 ,truly1 sir1
 they are   ,ways that the godly        
brethren have invented1   ,for          
propagation of the glorious cause1   ,as
 very notable means1 and whereby also   
,themselves grow soon1 and profitably1  
famous4    ,,sub4 ,o1 but the stone1    
all's idle to it6 nothing6   ,the art of
 angels' nature's miracle1   ,the divine
 secret that doth fly in clouds   ,from 
east to west3 and whose tradition   ,is 
not from men1 but spirits4    ,,ana4 ,i 
hate traditions2   ,i do not trust      
them--    ,,tri4 ,peace6    ,,ana4 ,they
 are popish all4   ,i will not peace3 ,i
 will not--    ,,tri4 ,ananias6         
,,ana4 ,please the profane1 to grieve   
the godly2 ,i may not4    ,,sub4 ,well1 
,ananias1 thou shalt overcome4    ,,tri4
 ,it is an ignorant zeal that haunts    
him1 sir2   ,but truly1 else1 a very    

faithful brother1   ,a botcher1 and a   
man1 by revelation1   ,that hath a      
competent knowledge of the truth4       
,,sub4 ,has he a competent sum there in 
the bag   ,to buy the goods within8 ,i  
am made guardian1   ,and must1 for      
charity1 and conscience sake1   ,now see
 the most be made for my poor orphan2   
,though ,i desire the brethren too good 
gainers3   ,there they are within4 ,when
 you have view'd and bought 'em1   ,and 
ta'en the inventory of what they are1   
,they are ready for projection2 there's 
no more   ,to do3 cast on the med'cine1 
so much silver   ,as there is tin there1
 so much gold as brass1   ,i'll give't  
you in by weight4    ,,tri4 ,but how    
long time1   ,sir1 must the saints      
expect yet8    ,,sub4 ,let me see1      
,how's the moon now8 ,eight1 nine1 ten  
days hence1   ,he will be silver potate2
 then three days   ,before he citronise3
 ,some fifteen days1   ,the magisterium 
will be perfected4    ,,ana4 ,about the 
second day of the third week1   ,in the 

ninth month8    ,,sub4 ,yes1 my good    
,ananias4    ,,tri4 ,what will the      
orphan's goods arise to1 think you8     
,,sub4 ,some hundred marks1 as much as  
fill'd three cars1   ,unladed now3      
you'll make six millions of them4--     
,but ,i must have more coals laid in4   
,,tri4 ,how8    ,,sub4 ,another load1   
,and then we have finish'd4 ,we must now
 increase   ,our fire to ignis ardens2  
we are past   ,fimus equinus1 balnei1   
cineris1   ,and all those lenter heats4 
,if the holy purse   ,should with this  
draught fall low1 and that the saints   
,do need a present sum1 ,i have a trick 
,to melt the pewter1 you shall buy now1 
instantly1   ,and with a tincture make  
you as good ,dutch dollars   ,as any are
 in ,holland4    ,,tri4 ,can you so8    
,,sub4 ,ay1 and shall 'bide the third   
examination4    ,,ana4 ,it will be      
joyful tidings to the brethren4         
,,sub4 ,but you must carry it secret4   
,,tri4 ,ay2 but stay1   ,this act of    
coining1 is it lawful8    ,,ana4        

,lawful6   ,we know no magistrate2 or1  
if we did1   ,this is foreign coin4     
,,sub4 ,it is no coining1 sir4   ,it is 
but casting4    ,,tri4 ,ha6 you         
distinguish well3   ,casting of money   
may be lawful4    ,,ana4 ',tis1 sir4    
,,tri4 ,truly1 ,i take it so4    ,,sub4 
,there is no scruple1   ,sir1 to be made
 of it2 believe ,ananias3   ,this case  
of conscience he is studied in4         
,,tri4 ,i'll make a question of it to   
the brethren4    ,,ana4 ,the brethren   
shall approve it lawful1 doubt not4     
,where shall it be done8    ,,knocking  
,,without4    ,,sub4 ,for that we'll    
talk anon4   ,there's some to speak with
 me4 ,go in1 ,i pray you1   ,and view   
the parcels4 ,that's the inventory4     
,i'll come to you straight4   ,,exeunt  
,,trib4 ,,and ,,ana4   ,who is          
it8--,face6 appear4   ,,enter ,,face    
,,in ,,his ,,uniform4   ,how now6 good  
prize8    ,,face4 ,good pox6 yond'      
costive cheater   ,never came on4       
,,sub4 ,how then8    ,,face4 ,i have    

walk'd the round   ,till now1 and no    
such thing4    ,,sub4 ,and have you quit
 him8    ,,face4 ,quit him6 an hell     
would quit him too1 he were happy4      
',slight6 would you have me stalk like a
 mill-jade1   ,all day1 for one that    
will not yield us grains8   ,i know him 
of old4    ,,sub4 ,o1 but to have gull'd
 him1   ,had been a mastery4    ,,face4 
,let him go1 black boy6   ,and turn     
thee1 that some fresh news may possess  
thee4   ,a noble count1 a don of ,spain1
 my dear   ,delicious compeer1 and my   
party-bawd1   ,who is come hither       
private for his conscience1   ,and      
brought munition with him1 six great    
slops1   ,bigger than three ,dutch hoys1
 beside round trunks1   ,furnished with 
pistolets1 and pieces of eight1   ,will 
straight be here1 my rogue1 to have thy 
bath1   7,that is the colour17 and to   
make his battery   ,upon our ,dol1 our  
castle1 our cinque-port1   ,our ,dover  
pier1 our what thou wilt4 ,where is she8
   ,she must prepare perfumes1 delicate 

linen1   ,the bath in chief1 a banquet1 
and her wit1   ,for she must milk his   
epididimis4   ,where is the doxy8       
,,sub4 ,i'll send her to thee3   ,and   
but despatch my brace of little ,john   
,leydens1   ,and come again my self4    
,,face4 ,are they within then8    ,,sub4
 ,numbering the sum4    ,,face4 ,how    
much8    ,,sub4 ,a hundred marks1 boy4  
,,exit4    ,,face4 ,why1 this is a lucky
 day4 ,ten pounds of ,mammon6   ,three  
of my clerk6 ,a portague of my grocer6  
,this of the brethren6 beside           
reversions1   ,and states to come in the
 widow1 and my count6   ,my share to-day
 will not be bought for forty--         
,,enter ,,dol4    ,,dol4 ,what8         
,,face4 ,pounds1 dainty ,dorothy6 art   
thou so near8    ,,dol4 ,yes2 say1 lord 
general1 how fares our camp8    ,,face4 
,as with the few that had entrench'd    
themselves   ,safe1 by their discipline1
 against a world1 ,dol1   ,and laugh'd  
within those trenches1 and grew fat     
,with thinking on the booties1 ,dol1    

brought in   ,daily by their small      
parties4 ,this dear hour1   ,a doughty  
don is taken with my ,dol2   ,and thou  
mayst make his ransom what thou wilt1   
,my ,dousabel2 he shall be brought here 
fetter'd   ,with thy fair looks1 before 
he sees thee2 and thrown   ,in a        
down-bed1 as dark as any dungeon2       
,where thou shalt keep him waking with  
thy drum2   ,thy drum1 my ,dol1 thy     
drum2 till he be tame   ,as the poor    
black-birds were in the great frost1    
,or bees are with a bason2 and so hive  
him   ,in the swan-skin coverlid1 and   
cambric sheets1   ,till he work honey   
and wax1 my little ,god's-gift4         
,,dol4 ,what is he1 general8    ,,face4 
,an adalantado1   ,a grandee1 girl4 ,was
 not my ,dapper here yet8    ,,dol4 ,no4
    ,,face4 ,nor my ,drugger8    ,,dol4 
,neither4    ,,face4 ,a pox on 'em1     
,they are so long a furnishing6 such    
stinkards   ,would not be seen upon     
these festival days4--   ,,re-,,enter   
,,subtle4   ,how now6 have you done8    

,,sub4 ,done4 ,they are gone3 the sum   
,is here in bank1 my ,face4 ,i would we 
knew   ,another chapman now would buy   
'em outright4    ,,face4 ',slid1 ,nab   
shall do't against he have the widow1   
,to furnish household4    ,,sub4        
,excellent1 well thought on3   ,pray    
,god he come6    ,,face4 ,i pray he keep
 away   ,till our new business be       
o'erpast4    ,,sub4 ,but1 ,face1   ,how 
cam'st thou by this secret don8         
,,face4 ,a spirit   ,brought me th'     
intelligence in a paper here1   ,as ,i  
was conjuring yonder in my circle   ,for
 ,surly2 ,i have my flies abroad4 ,your 
bath   ,is famous1 ,subtle1 by my means4
 ,sweet ,dol1   ,you must go tune your  
virginal1 no losing   ,o' the least     
time3 and1 do you hear8 good action4    
,firk1 like a flounder2 kiss1 like a    
scallop1 close2   ,and tickle him with  
thy mother tongue4 ,his great           
,verdugoship has not a jot of language2 
,so much the easier to be cozen'd1 my   
,dolly4   ,he will come here in a hired 

coach1 obscure1   ,and our own coachman1
 whom ,i have sent as guide1   ,no      
creature else4   ,,knocking ,,without4  
,who's that8    ,,exit ,,dol4    ,,sub4 
,it is not he8    ,,face4 ,o no1 not yet
 this hour4    ,,re-,,enter ,,dol4      
,,sub4 ,who is't8    ,,dol4 ,dapper1    
,your clerk4    ,,face4 ,god's will     
then1 queen of ,fairy1   ,on with your  
tire2   ,,exit ,,dol4   and1 doctor1    
with your robes4   ,let's dispatch him  
for ,god's sake4    ,,sub4 ',twill be   
long4    ,,face4 ,i warrant you1 take   
but the cues ,i give you1   ,it shall be
 brief enough4   ,,goes ,,to ,,the      
,,window4   ',slight1 here are more6    
,abel1 and ,i think the angry boy1 the  
heir1   ,that fain would quarrel4       
,,sub4 ,and the widow8    ,,face4 ,no1  
,not that ,i see4 ,away6   ,,exit ,,sub4
   ,,enter ,,dapper4   ,o sir1 you are  
welcome4   ,the doctor is within a      
moving for you2   ,i have had the most  
ado to win him to it6--   ,he swears    
you'll be the darling of the dice3   ,he

 never heard her highness dote till now4
   ,your aunt has given you the most    
gracious words   ,that can be thought   
on4    ,,dap4 ,shall ,i see her grace8  
,,face4 ,see her1 and kiss her too4--   
,,enter ,,abel1 ,,followed ,,by         
,,kastril4   ,what1 honest ,nab6   ,hast
 brought the damask8    ,,nab4 ,no1 sir2
 here's tobacco4    ,,face4 ',tis well  
done1 ,nab2 thou'lt bring the damask    
too8    ,,drug4 ,yes3 here's the        
gentleman1 captain1 master ,kastril1    
,i have brought to see the doctor4      
,,face4 ,where's the widow8    ,,drug4  
,sir1 as he likes1 his sister1 he says1 
shall come4    ,,face4 ,o1 is it so8    
good time4 ,is your name ,kastril1 sir8 
,,kas4 ,ay1 and the best of the         
,kastrils1 ,i'd be sorry else1   ,by    
fifteen hundred a year4 ,where is the   
doctor8   ,my mad tobacco-boy1 here1    
tells me of one   ,that can do things3  
has he any skill8    ,,face4 ,wherein1  
sir8    ,,kas4 ,to carry a business1    
manage a quarrel fairly1   ,upon fit    

terms4    ,,face4 ,it seems1 sir1 you   
are but young   ,about the town1 that   
can make that a question4    ,,kas4     
,sir1 not so young1 but ,i have heard   
some speech   ,of the angry boys1 and   
seen them take tobacco2   ,and in his   
shop2 and ,i can take it too4   ,and ,i 
would fain be one of 'em1 and go down   
,and practise in the country4    ,,face4
 ,sir1 for the duello1   ,the doctor1 ,i
 assure you1 shall inform you1   ,to the
 least shadow of a hair2 and shew you   
,an instrument he has of his own making1
   ,wherewith no sooner shall you make  
report   ,of any quarrel1 but he will   
take the height on't   ,most instantly1 
and tell in what degree   ,of safety it 
lies in1 or mortality4   ,and how it may
 be borne1 whether in a right line1     
,or a half circle2 or may else be cast  
,into an angle blunt1 if not acute3     
,and this he will demonstrate4 ,and     
then1 rules   ,to give and take the lie 
by4    ,,kas4 ,how6 to take it8         
,,face4 ,yes1 in oblique he'll shew you1

 or in circle2   ,but never in diameter4
 ,the whole town   ,study his theorems1 
and dispute them ordinarily   ,at the   
eating academies4    ,,kas4 ,but does he
 teach   ,living by the wits too8       
,,face4 ,anything whatever4   ,you      
cannot think that subtlety1 but he reads
 it4   ,he made me a captain4 ,i was a  
stark pimp1   ,just of your standing1   
'fore ,i met with him2   ,it is not two 
months since4 ,i'll tell you his method3
   ,first1 he will enter you at some    
ordinary4    ,,kas4 ,no1 ,i'll not come 
there3 you shall pardon me4    ,,face4  
,for why1 sir8    ,,kas4 ,there's gaming
 there1 and tricks4    ,,face4 ,why1    
would you be   ,a gallant1 and not game8
    ,,kas4 ,ay1 'twill spend a man4     
,,face4 ,spend you6 it will repair you  
when you are spent3   ,how do they live 
by their wits there1 that have vented   
,six times your fortunes8    ,,kas4     
,what1 three thousand a-year6    ,,face4
 ,ay1 forty thousand4    ,,kas4 ,are    
there such8    ,,face4 ,ay1 sir1   ,and 

gallants yet4 ,here's a young gentleman 
,is born to nothing1--   ,,points ,,to  
,,dapper4   forty marks a year1   ,which
 ,i count nothing3--he is to be         
initiated1   ,and have a fly of the     
doctor4 ,he will win you1   ,by         
unresistible luck1 within this          
fortnight1   ,enough to buy a barony4   
,they will set him   ,upmost1 at the    
groom porter's1 all the ,christmas3     
,and for the whole year through1 at     
every place1   ,where there is play1    
present him with the chair2   ,the best 
attendance1 the best drink2 sometimes   
,two glasses of ,canary1 and pay        
nothing2   ,the purest linen1 and the   
sharpest knife1   ,the partridge next   
his trencher3 and somewhere   ,the      
dainty bed1 in private1 with the dainty4
   ,you shall have your ordinaries bid  
for him1   ,as play-houses for a poet2  
and the master   ,pray him aloud to name
 what dish he affects1   ,which must be 
butter'd shrimps3 and those that drink  
,to no mouth else1 will drink to his1 as

 being   ,the goodly president mouth of 
all the board4    ,,kas4 ,do you not    
gull one8    ,,face4 ',ods my life6 do  
you think it8   ,you shall have a cast  
commander1 7can but get   ,in credit    
with a glover1 or a spurrier1   ,for    
some two pair of either's ware          
aforehand17   ,will1 by most swift      
posts1 dealing but with him1   ,arrive  
at competent means to keep himself1     
,his punk and naked boy1 in excellent   
fashion1   ,and be admired for't4       
,,kas4 ,will the doctor teach this8     
,,face4 ,he will do more1 sir3 when your
 land is gone1   ,as men of spirit hate 
to keep earth long1   ,in a vacation1   
when small money is stirring1   ,and    
ordinaries suspended till the term1     
,he'll shew a perspective1 where on one 
side   ,you shall behold the faces and  
the persons   ,of all sufficient young  
heirs in town1   ,whose bonds are       
current for commodity2   ,on th' other  
side1 the merchants' forms1 and others1 
,that without help of any second broker1

   ,who would expect a share1 will trust
 such parcels3   ,in the third square1  
the very street and sign   ,where the   
commodity dwells1 and does but wait     
,to be deliver'd1 be it pepper1 soap1   
,hops1 or tobacco1 oatmeal1 woad1 or    
cheeses4   ,all which you may so handle1
 to enjoy   ,to your own use1 and never 
stand obliged4    ,,kas4 ,i'faith6 is he
 such a fellow8    ,,face4 ,why1 ,nab   
here knows him4   ,and then for making  
matches for rich widows1   ,young       
gentlewomen1 heirs1 the fortunat'st man6
   ,he's sent to1 far and near1 all over
 ,england1   ,to have his counsel1 and  
to know their fortunes4    ,,kas4 ,god's
 will1 my suster shall see him4         
,,face4 ,i'll tell you1 sir1   ,what he 
did tell me of ,nab4 ,it's a strange    
thing3--   ,by the way1 you must eat no 
cheese1 ,nab1 it breeds melancholy1     
,and that same melancholy breeds worms2 
but pass it3--   ,he told me1 honest    
,nab here was ne'er at tavern   ,but    
once in's life6    ,,drug4 ,truth1 and  

no more ,i was not4    ,,face4 ,and then
 he was so sick--    ,,drug4 ,could he  
tell you that too8    ,,face4 ,how      
should ,i know it8    ,,drug4 ,in troth 
we had been a shooting1   ,and had a    
piece of fat ram-mutton to supper1      
,that lay so heavy o' my stomach--      
,,face4 ,and he has no head   ,to bear  
any wine2 for what with the noise of the
 fidlers1   ,and care of his shop1 for  
he dares keep no servants--    ,,drug4  
,my head did so ach--    ,,face4 ,and he
 was fain to be brought home1   ,the    
doctor told me3 and then a good old     
woman--    ,,drug4 ,yes1 faith1 she     
dwells in ,sea-coal-lane1--did cure me1 
,with sodden ale1 and pellitory of the  
wall2   ,cost me but two-pence4 ,i had  
another sickness   ,was worse than that4
    ,,face4 ,ay1 that was with the grief
   ,thou took'st for being cess'd at    
eighteen-pence1   ,for the water-work4  
,,drug4 ,in truth1 and it was like   ,t'
 have cost me almost my life4    ,,face4
 ,thy hair went off8    ,,drug4 ,yes1   

sir2 'twas done for spight4    ,,face4  
,nay1 so says the doctor4    ,,kas4     
,pray thee1 tobacco-boy1 go fetch my    
suster2   ,i'll see this learned boy    
before ,i go2   ,and so shall she4      
,,face4 ,sir1 he is busy now3   ,but if 
you have a sister to fetch hither1      
,perhaps your own pains may command her 
sooner2   ,and he by that time will be  
free4    ,,kas4 ,i go4    ,,exit4       
,,face4 ,drugger1 she's thine3 the      
damask6--   ,,exit ,,abel4   ,subtle and
 ,i   ,must wrestle for her4   ,,aside4 
--,come on1 master ,dapper1   ,you see  
how ,i turn clients here away1   ,to    
give your cause dispatch2 have you      
perform'd   ,the ceremonies were        
enjoin'd you8    ,,dap4 ,yes1 of the    
vinegar1   ,and the clean shirt4        
,,face4 ',tis well3 that shirt may do   
you   ,more worship than you think4     
,your aunt's a-fire1   ,but that she    
will not shew it1 t' have a sight of    
you4   ,have you provided for her       
grace's servants8    ,,dap4 ,yes1 here  

are six score ,edward shillings4        
,,face4 ,good6    ,,dap4 ,and an old    
,harry's sovereign4    ,,face4 ,very    
good6    ,,dap4 ,and three ,james       
shillings1 and an ,elizabeth groat1     
,just twenty nobles4    ,,face4 ,o1 you 
are too just4   ,i would you had had the
 other noble in ,maries4    ,,dap4 ,i   
have some ,philip and ,maries4          
,,face4 ,ay1 those same   ,are best of  
all3 where are they8 ,hark1 the doctor4 
,,enter ,,subtle1 ,,disguised ,,like ,a 
,,priest ,,of ,,fairy1   ,,with ,a      
,,stripe ,,of ,,cloth4    ,,sub ,,in ,a 
,,feigned ,,voice4 ,is yet her grace's  
cousin come8    ,,face4 ,he is come4    
,,sub4 ,and is he fasting8    ,,face4   
,yes4    ,,sub4 ,and hath cried hum8    
,,face4 ,thrice1 you must answer4       
,,dap4 ,thrice4    ,,sub4 ,and as oft   
buz8    ,,face4 ,if you have1 say4      
,,dap4 ,i have4    ,,sub4 ,then1 to her 
cuz1   ,hoping that he hath vinegar'd   
his senses1   ,as he was bid1 the ,fairy
 queen dispenses1   ,by me1 this robe1  

the petticoat of fortune2   ,which that 
he straight put on1 she doth importune4 
,and though to fortune near be her      
petticoat1   ,yet nearer is her smock1  
the queen doth note3   ,and therefore1  
ev'n of that a piece she hath sent      
,which1 being a child1 to wrap him in   
was rent2   ,and prays him for a scarf  
he now will wear it1   ,with as much    
love as then her grace did tear it1     
,about his eyes1   ,,they ,,blind ,,him 
,,with ,,the ,,rag1   to shew he is     
fortunate4   ,and1 trusting unto her to 
make his state1   ,he'll throw away all 
worldly pelf about him2   ,which that he
 will perform1 she doth not doubt him4  
,,face4 ,she need not doubt him1 sir4   
,alas1 he has nothing1   ,but what he   
will part withal as willingly1   ,upon  
her grace's word--throw away your       
purse--   ,as she would ask             
it2--handkerchiefs and all--   ,,he     
,,throws ,,away1 ,,as ,,they ,,bid      
,,him4   ,she cannot bid that thing1 but
 he'll obey4--   ,if you have a ring    

about you1 cast it off1   ,or a silver  
seal at your wrist2 her grace will send 
,her fairies here to search you1        
therefore deal   ,directly with her     
highness3 if they find   ,that you      
conceal a mite1 you are undone4         
,,dap4 ,truly1 there's all4    ,,face4  
,all what8    ,,dap4 ,my money2 truly4  
,,face4 ,keep nothing that is transitory
 about you4   ,,aside ,,to ,,subtle4    
,bid ,dol play music4--   ,,dol ,,plays 
,,on ,,the ,,cittern ,,within4   ,look1 
the elves are come4   ,to pinch you1 if 
you tell not truth4 ,advise you4        
,,they ,,pinch ,,him4    ,,dap4 ,o6 ,i  
have a paper with a spur-ryal in't4     
,,face4 ,ti1 ti4   ,they knew't1 they   
say4    ,,sub4 ,ti1 ti1 ti1 ti4 ,he has 
more yet4    ,,face4 ,ti1 ti-ti-ti4     
,,aside ,,to ,,sub4   ,in the other     
pocket4    ,,sub4 ,titi1 titi1 titi1    
titi1 titi4   ,they must pinch him or he
 will never confess1 they say4    ,,they
 ,,pinch ,,him ,,again4    ,,dap4 ,o1   
,o6    ,,face4 ,nay1 pray you1 hold3 he 

is her grace's nephew1   ,ti1 ti1 ti8   
,what care you8 good faith1 you shall   
care4--   ,deal plainly1 sir1 and shame 
the fairies4 ,shew   ,you are innocent4 
,,dap4 ,by this good light1 ,i have     
nothing4    ,,sub4 ,ti1 ti1 ti1 ti1 to1 
ta4 ,he does equivocate she says3   ,ti1
 ti do ti1 ti ti do1 ti da2   and swears
 by the ,,light when he is blinded4     
,,dap4 ,by this good ,,dark1 ,i have    
nothing but a half-crown   ,of gold     
about my wrist1 that my love gave me2   
,and a leaden heart ,i wore since she   
forsook me4    ,,face4 ,i thought 'twas 
something4 ,and would you incur   ,your 
aunt's displeasure for these trifles8   
,come1   ,i had rather you had thrown   
away twenty half-crowns4   ,,takes ,,it 
,,off4   ,you may wear your leaden heart
 still4--   ,,enter ,,dol ,,hastily4    
,how now6    ,,sub4 ,what news1 ,dol8   
,,dol4 ,yonder's your knight1 sir       
,mammon4    ,,face4 ',ods lid1 we never 
thought of him till now6   ,where is he8
    ,,dol4 ,here hard by3 he is at the  

door4    ,,sub4 ,and you are not ready  
now6 ,dol1 get his suit4   ,,exit ,,dol4
   ,he must not be sent back4    ,,face4
 ,o1 by no means4   ,what shall we do   
with this same puffin here1   ,now he's 
on the spit8    ,,sub4 ,why1 lay him    
back awhile1   ,with some device4       
,,re-,,enter ,,dol1 ,,with ,,face',s    
,,clothes4   --,ti1 ti1 ti1 ti1 ti1 ti1 
,would her grace speak with me8   ,i    
come4--,help1 ,dol6    ,,knocking       
,,without4    ,,face ,,speaks ,,through 
,,the ,,keyhole4 ,who's there8 sir      
,epicure1   ,my master's in the way4    
,please you to walk   ,three or four    
turns1 but till his back be turned1     
,and ,i am for you4--,quickly1 ,dol6    
,,sub4 ,her grace   ,commends her kindly
 to you1 master ,dapper4    ,,dap4 ,i   
long to see her grace4    ,,sub4 ,she   
now is set   ,at dinner in her bed1 and 
she has sent you   ,from her own private
 trencher1 a dead mouse1   ,and a piece 
of gingerbread1 to be merry withal1     
,and stay your stomach1 lest you faint  

with fasting3   ,yet if you could hold  
out till she saw you1 she says1   ,it   
would be better for you4    ,,face4     
,sir1 he shall   ,hold out1 an 'twere   
this two hours1 for her highness2   ,i  
can assure you that4 ,we will not lose  
,all we have done4--    ,,sub4 ,he must 
not see1 nor speak   ,to any body1 till 
then4    ,,face4 ,for that we'll put1   
sir1   ,a stay in's mouth4    ,,sub4 ,of
 what8    ,,face4 ,of gingerbread4      
,make you it fit4 ,he that hath pleas'd 
her grace   ,thus far1 shall not now    
crincle for a little4--   ,gape1 sir1   
and let him fit you4    ,,they ,,thrust 
,a ,,gag ,,of ,,gingerbread ,,in ,,his  
,,mouth4    ,,sub4 ,where shall we now  
,bestow him8    ,,dol4 ,in the privy4   
,,sub4 ,come along1 sir1   ,i now must  
shew you ,fortune's privy lodgings4     
,,face4 ,are they perfumed1 and his bath
 ready8    ,,sub4 ,all3   ,only the     
fumigation's somewhat strong4    ,,face 
,,speaking ,,through ,,the ,,keyhole4   
,sir ,epicure1 ,i am yours1 sir1 by and 

by4    ,,exeunt ,,with ,,dapper4        
,,act #d4 ,,scene #d4a4    ,a ,,room    
,,in ,,lovewit',s ,,house4    ,,enter   
,,face ,,and ,,mammon4    ,,face4 ,o    
sir1 you're come in the only finest     
time4--    ,,mam4 ,where's master8      
,,face4 ,now preparing for projection1  
sir4   ,your stuff will be all changed  
shortly4    ,,mam4 ,into gold8          
,,face4 ,to gold and silver1 sir4       
,,mam4 ,silver ,i care not for4         
,,face4 ,yes1 sir1 a little to give     
beggars4    ,,mam4 ,where's the lady8   
,,face4 ,at hand here4 ,i have told her 
such brave things of you1   ,touching   
your bounty1 and your noble spirit--    
,,mam4 ,hast thou8    ,,face4 ,as she is
 almost in her fit to see you4   ,but1  
good sir1 no divinity in your           
conference1   ,for fear of putting her  
in rage4--    ,,mam4 ,i warrant thee4   
,,face4 ,six men sir will not hold her  
down3 and then1   ,if the old man should
 hear or see you--    ,,mam4 ,fear not4 
,,face4 ,the very house1 sir1 would run 

mad4 ,you know it1   ,how scrupulous he 
is1 and violent1   ',gainst the least   
act of sin4 ,physic1 or mathematics1    
,poetry1 state1 or bawdry1 as ,i told   
you1   ,she will endure1 and never      
startle2 but   ,no word of controversy4 
,,mam4 ,i am school'd1 good ,ulen4      
,,face4 ,and you must praise her house1 
remember that1   ,and her nobility4     
,,mam4 ,let me alone3   ,no herald1 no1 
nor antiquary1 ,lungs1   ,shall do it   
better4 ,go4    ,,face ,,aside4 ,why1   
this is yet   ,a kind of modern         
happiness1 to have   ,dol ,common for a 
great lady4    ,,exit4    ,,mam4 ,now1  
,epicure1   ,heighten thyself1 talk to  
her all in gold2   ,rain her as many    
showers as ,jove did drops   ,unto his  
,danae2 shew the god a miser1           
,compared with ,mammon4 ,what6 the stone
 will do't4    ,she shall feel gold1    
taste gold1 hear gold1 sleep gold2      
,nay1 we will concumbere gold3 ,i will  
be puissant1   ,and mighty in my talk to
 her4--   ,,re-,,enter ,,face1 ,,with   

,,dol ,,richly ,,dressed4   ,here she   
comes4    ,,face4 ,to him1 ,dol1 suckle 
him4--,this is the noble knight1   ,i   
told your ladyship--    ,,mam4 ,madam1  
with your pardon1   ,i kiss your        
vesture4    ,,dol4 ,sir1 ,i were uncivil
   ,if ,i would suffer that2 my lip to  
you1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,i hope my lord your
 brother be in health1 lady4    ,,dol4  
,my lord1 my brother is1 though ,i no   
lady1 sir4    ,,face ,,aside4 ,well     
said1 my ,guinea bird4    ,,mam4 ,right 
noble madam--    ,,face ,,aside4 ,o1 we 
shall have most fierce idolatry4        
,,mam4 ',tis your prerogative4    ,,dol4
 ,rather your courtesy4    ,,mam4 ,were 
there nought else to enlarge your       
virtues to me1   ,these answers speak   
your breeding and your blood4    ,,dol4 
,blood we boast none1 sir1 a poor       
baron's daughter4    ,,mam4 ,poor6 and  
gat you8 profane not4 ,had your father  
,slept all the happy remnant of his life
   ,after that act1 lien but there      
still1 and panted1   ,he had done enough

 to make himself1 his issue1   ,and his 
posterity noble4    ,,dol4 ,sir1        
although   ,we may be said to want the  
gilt and trappings1   ,the dress of     
honour1 yet we strive to keep   ,the    
seeds and the materials4    ,,mam4 ,i do
 see   ,the old ingredient1 virtue1 was 
not lost1   ,nor the drug money used to 
make your compound4   ,there is a       
strange nobility in your eye1   ,this   
lip1 that chin6 methinks you do resemble
   ,one of the ,austriac princes4       
,,face4 ,very like6   ,,aside4   ,her   
father was an ,irish costermonger4      
,,mam4 ,the house of ,valois just had   
such a nose1   ,and such a forehead yet 
the ,medici   ,of ,florence boast4      
,,dol4 ,troth1 and ,i have been liken'd 
,to all these princes4    ,,face        
,,aside4 ,i'll be sworn1 ,i heard it4   
,,mam4 ,i know not how6 it is not any   
one1   ,but e'en the very choice of all 
their features4    ,,face ,,aside4 ,i'll
 in1 and laugh4    ,,exit4    ,,mam4 ,a 
certain touch1 or air1   ,that sparkles 

a divinity1 beyond   ,an earthly beauty6
    ,,dol4 ,o1 you play the courtier4   
,,mam4 ,good lady1 give me leave--      
,,dol4 ,in faith1 ,i may not1   ,to mock
 me1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,to burn in this    
sweet flame2   ,the phoenix never knew a
 nobler death4    ,,dol4 ,nay1 now you  
court the courtier1 and destroy   ,what 
you would build4 ,this art1 sir1 in your
 words1   ,calls your whole faith in    
question4    ,,mam4 ,by my soul--       
,,dol4 ,nay1 oaths are made of the same 
air1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,nature   ,never    
bestow'd upon mortality   ,a more       
unblamed1 a more harmonious feature2    
,she play'd the step-dame in all faces  
else3   ,sweet ,madam1 let me be        
particular--    ,,dol4 ,particular1 sir6
 ,i pray you know your distance4        
,,mam4 ,in no ill sense1 sweet lady2 but
 to ask   ,how your fair graces pass the
 hours8 ,i see   ,you are lodged here1  
in the house of a rare man1   ,an       
excellent artist2 but what's that to    
you8    ,,dol4 ,yes1 sir2 ,i study here 

the mathematics1   ,and distillation4   
,,mam4 ,o1 ,i cry your pardon4   ,he's a
 divine instructor6 can extract   ,the  
souls of all things by his art2 call all
   ,the virtues1 and the miracles of the
 sun1   ,into a temperate furnace2 teach
 dull nature   ,what her own forces are4
 ,a man1 the emperor   ,has courted     
above ,kelly2 sent his medals   ,and    
chains1 to invite him4    ,,dol4 ,ay1   
and for his physic1 sir--    ,,mam4     
,above the art of ,aesculapius1   ,that 
drew the envy of the thunderer6   ,i    
know all this1 and more4    ,,dol4      
,troth1 ,i am taken1 sir1   ,whole with 
these studies1 that contemplate nature4 
,,mam4 ,it is a noble humour2 but this  
form   ,was not intended to so dark a   
use4   ,had you been crooked1 foul1 of  
some coarse mould   ,a cloister had done
 well2 but such a feature   ,that might 
stand up the glory of a kingdom1   ,to  
live recluse6 is a mere soloecism1      
,though in a nunnery4 ,it must not be4  
,i muse1 my lord your brother will      

permit it3   ,you should spend half my  
land first1 were ,i he4   ,does not this
 diamond better on my finger1   ,than in
 the quarry8    ,,dol4 ,yes4    ,,mam4  
,why1 you are like it4   ,you were      
created1 lady1 for the light4   ,here1  
you shall wear it2 take it1 the first   
pledge   ,of what ,i speak1 to bind you 
to believe me4    ,,dol4 ,in chains of  
adamant8    ,,mam4 ,yes1 the strongest  
bands4   ,and take a secret too--here1  
by your side1   ,doth stand this hour1  
the happiest man in ,europe4    ,,dol4  
,you are contended1 sir6    ,,mam4 ,nay1
 in true being1   ,the envy of princes  
and the fear of states4    ,,dol4 ,say  
you so1 sir ,epicure8    ,,mam4 ,yes1   
and thou shalt prove it1   ,daughter of 
honour4 ,i have cast mine eye   ,upon   
thy form1 and ,i will rear this beauty  
,above all styles4    ,,dol4 ,you mean  
no treason1 sir8    ,,mam4 ,no1 ,i will 
take away that jealousy4   ,i am the    
lord of the philosopher's stone1   ,and 
thou the lady4    ,,dol4 ,how1 sir6 have

 you that8    ,,mam4 ,i am the master of
 the mystery4   ,this day the good old  
wretch here o' the house   ,has made it 
for us3 now he's at projection4   ,think
 therefore thy first wish now1 let me   
hear it2   ,and it shall rain into thy  
lap1 no shower1   ,but floods of gold1  
whole cataracts1 a deluge1   ,to get a  
nation on thee4    ,,dol4 ,you are      
pleased1 sir1   ,to work on the ambition
 of our sex4    ,,mam4 ,i am pleased the
 glory of her sex should know1   ,this  
nook1 here1 of the ,friars is no climate
   ,for her to live obscurely in1 to    
learn   ,physic and surgery1 for the    
constable's wife   ,of some odd hundred 
in ,essex2 but come forth1   ,and taste 
the air of palaces2 eat1 drink   ,the   
toils of empirics1 and their boasted    
practice2   ,tincture of pearl1 and     
coral1 gold1 and amber2   ,be seen at   
feasts and triumphs2 have it ask'd1     
,what miracle she is2 set all the eyes  
,of court a-fire1 like a burning glass1 
,and work them into cinders1 when the   

jewels   ,of twenty states adorn thee1  
and the light   ,strikes out the stars6 
that when thy name is mention'd1        
,queens may look pale2 and we but       
shewing our love1   ,nero's ,poppaea may
 be lost in story6   ,thus will we have 
it4    ,,dol4 ,i could well consent1    
sir4   ,but1 in a monarchy1 how will    
this be8   ,the prince will soon take   
notice1 and both seize   ,you and your  
stone1 it being a wealth unfit   ,for   
any private subject4    ,,mam4 ,if he   
knew it4    ,,dol4 ,yourself do boast   
it1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,to thee1 my life4   
,,dol4 ,o1 but beware1 sir6 ,you may    
come to end   ,the remnants of your days
 in a loth'd prison1   ,by speaking of  
it4    ,,mam4 ',tis no idle fear4       
,we'll therefore go withal1 my girl1 and
 live   ,in a free state1 where we will 
eat our mullets1   ,soused in           
high-country wines1 sup pheasants' eggs1
   ,and have our cockles boil'd in      
silver shells2   ,our shrimps to swim   
again1 as when they liv'd1   ,in a rare 

butter made of dolphins' milk1   ,whose 
cream does look like opals2 and with    
these   ,delicate meats set ourselves   
high for pleasure1   ,and take us down  
again1 and then renew   ,our youth and  
strength with drinking the elixir1      
,and so enjoy a perpetuity   ,of life   
and lust6 ,and thou shalt have thy      
wardrobe   ,richer than nature's1 still 
to change thy self1   ,and vary oftener1
 for thy pride1 than she1   ,or art1 her
 wise and almost-equal servant4         
,,re-,,enter ,,face4    ,,face4 ,sir1   
you are too loud4 ,i hear you every word
   ,into the laboratory4 ,some fitter   
place2   ,the garden1 or great chamber  
above4 ,how like you her8    ,,mam4     
,excellent6 ,lungs4 ,there's for thee4  
,,gives ,,him ,,money4    ,,face4 ,but  
do you hear8   ,good sir1 beware1 no    
mention of the rabbins4    ,,mam4 ,we   
think not on 'em4    ,,exeunt ,,mam4    
,,and ,,dol4    ,,face4 ,o1 it is well1 
sir4--,subtle6   ,,enter ,,subtle4      
,dost thou not laugh8    ,,sub4 ,yes2   

are they gone8    ,,face4 ,all's clear4 
,,sub4 ,the widow is come4    ,,face4   
,and your quarrelling disciple8         
,,sub4 ,ay4    ,,face4 ,i must to my    
captainship again then4    ,,sub4 ,stay1
 bring them in first4    ,,face4 ,so ,i 
meant4 ,what is she8   ,a bonnibel8     
,,sub4 ,i know not4    ,,face4 ,we'll   
draw lots3   ,you'll stand to that8     
,,sub4 ,what else8    ,,face4 ,o1 for a 
suit1   ,to fall now like a curtain1    
flap6    ,,sub4 ,to the door1 man4      
,,face4 ,you'll have the first kiss1    
'cause ,i am not ready4    ,,exit4      
,,sub4 ,yes1 and perhaps hit you through
 both the nostrils4    ,,face ,,within4 
,who would you speak with8    ,,kas     
,,within4 ,where's the captain8         
,,face ,,within4 ,gone1 sir1   ,about   
some business4    ,,kas ,,within4 ,gone6
    ,,face ,,within4 ,he'll return      
straight4   ,but master doctor1 his     
lieutenant1 is here4    ,,enter         
,,kastril1 ,,followed ,,by ,,dame       
,,pliant4    ,,sub4 ,come near1 my      

worshipful boy1 my terrae fili1   ,that 
is1 my boy of land2 make thy approaches3
   ,welcome2 ,i know thy lusts1 and thy 
desires1   ,and ,i will serve and       
satisfy them4 ,begin1   ,charge me from 
thence1 or thence1 or in this line2     
,here is my centre3 ground thy quarrel4 
,,kas4 ,you lie4    ,,sub4 ,how1 child  
of wrath and anger6 the loud lie8   ,for
 what1 my sudden boy8    ,,kas4 ,nay1   
that look you to1   ,i am afore-hand4   
,,sub4 ,o1 this is no true grammar1     
,and as ill logic6 ,you must render     
causes1 child1   ,your first and second 
intentions1 know your canons   ,and your
 divisions1 moods1 degrees1 and         
differences1   ,your predicaments1      
substance1 and accident1   ,series1     
extern and intern1 with their causes1   
,efficient1 material1 formal1 final1    
,and have your elements perfect4        
,,kas ,,aside4 ,what is this8   ,the    
angry tongue he talks in8    ,,sub4     
,that false precept1   ,of being        
afore-hand1 has deceived a number1      

,and made them enter quarrels1          
often-times1   ,before they were aware2 
and afterward1   ,against their wills4  
,,kas4 ,how must ,i do then1 sir8       
,,sub4 ,i cry this lady mercy3 she      
should first   ,have been saluted4      
,,kisses ,,her4   ,i do call you lady1  
,because you are to be one1 ere't be    
long1   ,my soft and buxom widow4       
,,kas4 ,is she1 i'faith8    ,,sub4 ,yes1
 or my art is an egregious liar4        
,,kas4 ,how know you8    ,,sub4 ,by     
inspection on her forehead1   ,and      
subtlety of her lip1 which must be      
tasted   ,often to make a judgment4     
,,kisses ,,her ,,again4   ',slight1 she 
melts   ,like a myrobolane3--here is yet
 a line1   ,in rivo frontis1 tells me he
 is no knight4    ,,dame ,p4 ,what is he
 then1 sir8    ,,sub4 ,let me see your  
hand4   ,o1 your linea fortunae makes it
 plain2   ,and stella here in monte     
,veneris4   ,but1 most of all1 junctura 
annularis4   ,he is a soldier1 or a man 
of art1 lady1   ,but shall have some    

great honour shortly4    ,,dame ,p4     
,brother1   ,he's a rare man1 believe   
me6    ,,re-,,enter ,,face1 ,,in ,,his  
,,uniform4    ,,kas4 ,hold your peace4  
,here comes the t'other rare            
man4--',save you1 captain4    ,,face4   
,good master ,kastril6 ,is this your    
sister8    ,,kas4 ,ay1 sir4   ,please   
you to kuss her1 and be proud to know   
her4    ,,face4 ,i shall be proud to    
know you1 lady4    ,,kisses ,,her4      
,,dame ,p4 ,brother1   ,he calls me lady
 too4    ,,kas4 ,ay1 peace3 ,i heard it4
    ,,takes ,,her ,,aside4    ,,face4   
,the count is come4    ,,sub4 ,where is 
he8    ,,face4 ,at the door4    ,,sub4  
,why1 you must entertain him4    ,,face4
 ,what will you do   ,with these the    
while8    ,,sub4 ,why1 have them up1 and
 shew them   ,some fustian book1 or the 
dark glass4    ,,face4 ',fore ,god1     
,she is a delicate dab-chick6 ,i must   
have her4    ,,exit4    ,,sub4 ,must    
you6 ay1 if your fortune will1 you      
must4--   ,come1 sir1 the captain will  

come to us presently3   ,i'll have you  
to my chamber of demonstrations1        
,where ,i will shew you both the grammar
 and logic1   ,and rhetoric of          
quarrelling2 my whole method   ,drawn   
out in tables2 and my instrument1       
,that hath the several scales upon't1   
shall make you   ,able to quarrel at a  
straw's-breadth by moon-light4   ,and1  
lady1 ,i'll have you look in a glass1   
,some half an hour1 but to clear your   
eye-sight1   ,against you see your      
fortune2 which is greater1   ,than ,i   
may judge upon the sudden1 trust me4    
,,exit1 ,,followed ,,by ,,kast4 ,,and   
,,dame ,p4    ,,re-,,enter ,,face4      
,,face4 ,where are you1 doctor8    ,,sub
 ,,within4 ,i'll come to you presently4 
,,face4 ,i will have this same widow1   
now ,i have seen her1   ,on any         
composition4    ,,re-,,enter ,,subtle4  
,,sub4 ,what do you say8    ,,face4     
,have you disposed of them8    ,,sub4 ,i
 have sent them up4    ,,face4 ,subtle1 
in troth1 ,i needs must have this widow4

    ,,sub4 ,is that the matter8         
,,face4 ,nay1 but hear me4    ,,sub4 ,go
 to4   ,if you rebel once1 ,dol shall   
know it all3   ,therefore be quiet1 and 
obey your chance4    ,,face4 ,nay1 thou 
art so violent now--,do but conceive1   
,thou art old1 and canst not serve--    
,,sub4 ,who cannot8 ,i8   ',slight1 ,i  
will serve her with thee1 for a--       
,,face4 ,nay1   ,but understand3 ,i'll  
give you composition4    ,,sub4 ,i will 
not treat with thee2 what6 sell my      
fortune8   ',tis better than my         
birth-right4 ,do not murmur3   ,win her1
 and carry her4 ,if you grumble1 ,dol   
,knows it directly4    ,,face4 ,well1   
sir1 ,i am silent4   ,will you go help  
to fetch in ,don in state8    ,,exit4   
,,sub4 ,i follow you1 sir4 ,we must keep
 ,face in awe1   ,or he will over-look  
us like a tyrant4   ,,re-,,enter ,,face1
 ,,introducing ,,surly ,,disguised ,,as 
,a ,,spaniard4   ,brain of a tailor6 who
 comes here8 ,don ,john6    ,,sur4      
,senores1 beso las manos a vuestras     

mercedes4    ,,sub4 ,would you had      
stoop'd a little1 and kist our anos6    
,,face4 ,peace1 ,subtle4    ,,sub4 ,stab
 me2 ,i shall never hold1 man4   ,he    
looks in that deep ruff like a head in a
 platter1   ,serv'd in by a short cloke 
upon two trestles4    ,,face4 ,or1 what 
do you say to a collar of brawn1 cut    
down   ,beneath the souse1 and wriggled 
with a knife8    ,,sub4 ',slud1 he does 
look too fat to be a ,spaniard4         
,,face4 ,perhaps some ,fleming or some  
,hollander got him   ,in d',alva's time2
 count ,egmont's bastard4    ,,sub4     
,don1   ,your scurvy1 yellow1 ,madrid   
face is welcome4    ,,sur4 ,gratia4     
,,sub4 ,he speaks out of a              
fortification4   ,pray ,god he have no  
squibs in those deep sets4    ,,sur4    
,por dios1 senores1 muy linda casa6     
,,sub4 ,what says he8    ,,face4        
,praises the house1 ,i think2   ,i know 
no more but's action4    ,,sub4 ,yes1   
the casa1   ,my precious ,diego1 will   
prove fair enough   ,to cozen you in4   

,do you mark8 you shall   ,be cozen'd1  
,diego4    ,,face4 ,cozen'd1 do you see1
   ,my worthy ,donzel1 cozen'd4         
,,sur4 ,entiendo4    ,,sub4 ,do you     
intend it8 so do we1 dear ,don4   ,have 
you brought pistolets1 or portagues1    
,my solemn ,don8--,dost thou feel any8  
,,face ,,feels ,,his ,,pockets4 ,full4  
,,sub4 ,you shall be emptied1 ,don1     
pumped and drawn   ,dry1 as they say4   
,,face4 ,milked1 in troth1 sweet ,don4  
,,sub4 ,see all the monsters2 the great 
lion of all1 ,don4    ,,sur4 ,con       
licencia1 se puede ver a esta senora8   
,,sub4 ,what talks he now8    ,,face4   
,of the sennora4    ,,sub4 ,o1 ,don1    
,this is the lioness1 which you shall   
see   ,also1 my ,don4    ,,face4 ',slid1
 ,subtle1 how shall we do8    ,,sub4    
,for what8    ,,face4 ,why ,dol's       
employ'd1 you know4    ,,sub4 ,that's   
true4   ',fore heaven1 ,i know not3 he  
must stay1 that's all4    ,,face4 ,stay6
 that he must not by no means4    ,,sub4
 ,no6 why8    ,,face4 ,unless you'll mar

 all4 ',slight1 he will suspect it3     
,and then he will not pay1 not half so  
well4   ,this is a travelled            
punk-master1 and does know   ,all the   
delays2 a notable hot rascal1   ,and    
looks already rampant4    ,,sub4        
',sdeath1 and ,mammon   ,must not be    
troubled4    ,,face4 ,mammon6 in no     
case4    ,,sub4 ,what shall we do then8 
,,face4 ,think3 you must be sudden4     
,,sur4 ,entiendo que la senora es tan   
hermosa1 que codicio tan   verla1 como  
la bien aventuranza de mi vida4         
,,face4 ,mi vida6 ',slid1 ,subtle1 he   
puts me in mind of the widow4   ,what   
dost thou say to draw her to it1 ha6    
,and tell her 'tis her fortune8 all our 
venture   ,now lies upon't4 ,it is but  
one man more1   ,which of us chance to  
have her3 and beside1   ,there is no    
maidenhead to be fear'd or lost4   ,what
 dost thou think on't1 ,subtle8         
,,sub4 ,who8 ,i8 why--    ,,face4 ,the  
credit of our house too is engaged4     
,,sub4 ,you made me an offer for my     

share erewhile4   ,what wilt thou give  
me1 i'faith8    ,,face4 ,o1 by that     
light   ,i'll not buy now3 ,you know    
your doom to me4   ,e'en take your lot1 
obey your chance1 sir2 win her1   ,and  
wear her out1 for me4    ,,sub4         
',slight1 ,i'll not work her then4      
,,face4 ,it is the common cause2        
therefore bethink you4   ,dol else must 
know it1 as you said4    ,,sub4 ,i care 
not4    ,,sur4 ,senores1 porque se tarda
 tanto8    ,,sub4 ,faith1 ,i am not fit1
 ,i am old4    ,,face4 ,that's now no   
reason1 sir4    ,,sur4 ,puede ser de    
hazer burla de mi amor8    ,,face4 ,you 
hear the ,don too8 by this air1 ,i call1
   ,and loose the hinges3 ,dol6         
,,sub4 ,a plague of hell--    ,,face4   
,will you then do8    ,,sub4 ,you are a 
terrible rogue6   ,i'll think of this3  
will you1 sir1 call the widow8          
,,face4 ,yes1 and ,i'll take her too    
with all her faults1   ,now ,i do think 
on't better4    ,,sub4 ,with all my     
heart1 sir2   ,am ,i discharged o' the  

lot8    ,,face4 ,as you please4         
,,sub4 ,hands4    ,,they ,,take ,,hands4
    ,,face4 ,remember now1 that upon any
 change1   ,you never claim her4        
,,sub4 ,much good joy1 and health to    
you1 sir1   ,marry a whore6 fate1 let me
 wed a witch first4    ,,sur4 ,por estas
 honradas barbas--    ,,sub4 ,he swears 
by his beard4   ,dispatch1 and call the 
brother too4    ,,exit ,,face4    ,,sur4
 ,tengo duda1 senores1 que no me hagan  
alguna traycion4    ,,sub4 ,how1 issue  
on8 yes1 praesto1 sennor4 ,please you   
,enthratha the chambrata1 worthy don3   
,where if you please the fates1 in your 
bathada1   ,you shall be soked1 and     
stroked1 and tubb'd and rubb'd1   ,and  
scrubb'd1 and fubb'd1 dear don1 before  
you go4   ,you shall in faith1 my scurvy
 baboon don1   ,be curried1 claw'd1 and 
flaw'd1 and taw'd1 indeed4   ,i will the
 heartlier go about it now1   ,and make 
the widow a punk so much the sooner1    
,to be revenged on this impetuous ,face3
   ,the quickly doing of it is the      

grace4    ,,exeunt ,,sub4 ,,and ,,surly4
     ,,scene #d4b4    ,,another ,,room  
,,in ,,the ,,same4    ,,enter ,,face1   
,,kastril1 ,,and ,,dame ,,pliant4       
,,face4 ,come1 lady3 ,i knew the ,doctor
 would not leave1   ,till he had found  
the very nick of her fortune4    ,,kas4 
,to be a countess1 say you1 a ,spanish  
countess1 sir8    ,,dame ,p4 ,why1 is   
that better than an ,english countess8  
,,face4 ,better6 ',slight1 make you that
 a question1 lady8    ,,kas4 ,nay1 she  
is a fool1 captain1 you must pardon her4
    ,,face4 ,ask from your courtier1 to 
your inns-of-court-man1   ,to your mere 
milliner2 they will tell you all1       
,your ,spanish gennet is the best horse2
 your ,spanish   ,stoup is the best     
garb2 your ,spanish beard   ,is the best
 cut2 your ,spanish ruffs are the best  
,wear2 your ,spanish pavin the best     
dance2   ,your ,spanish titillation in a
 glove   ,the best perfume3 and for your
 ,spanish pike1   ,and ,spanish blade1  
let your poor captain speak--   ,here   

comes the doctor4    ,,enter ,,subtle1  
,,with ,a ,,paper4    ,,sub4 ,my most   
honour'd lady1   ,for so ,i am now to   
style you1 having found   ,by this my   
scheme1 you are to undergo   ,an        
honourable fortune1 very shortly4       
,what will you say now1 if some--       
,,face4 ,i have told her all1 sir1      
,and her right worshipful brother here1 
that she shall be   ,a countess2 do not 
delay them1 sir2 a ,spanish countess4   
,,sub4 ,still1 my scarce-worshipful     
captain1 you can keep   ,no secret6     
,well1 since he has told you1 madam1    
,do you forgive him1 and ,i do4         
,,kas4 ,she shall do that1 sir2   ,i'll 
look to it1 'tis my charge4    ,,sub4   
,well then3 nought rests   ,but that she
 fit her love now to her fortune4       
,,dame ,p4 ,truly ,i shall never brook a
 ,spaniard4    ,,sub4 ,no6    ,,dame ,p4
 ,never since eighty-eight could ,i     
abide them1   ,and that was some three  
year afore ,i was born1 in truth4       
,,sub4 ,come1 you must love him1 or be  

miserable1   ,choose which you will4    
,,face4 ,by this good rush1 persuade    
her1   ,she will cry strawberries else  
within this twelvemonth4    ,,sub4 ,nay1
 shads and mackerel1 which is worse4    
,,face4 ,indeed1 sir6    ,,kas4 ,od's   
lid1 you shall love him1 or ,i'll kick  
you4    ,,dame ,p4 ,why1   ,i'll do as  
you will have me1 brother4    ,,kas4    
,do1   ,or by this hand ,i'll maul you4 
,,face4 ,nay1 good sir1   ,be not so    
fierce4    ,,sub4 ,no1 my enraged child2
   ,she will be ruled4 ,what1 when she  
comes to taste   ,the pleasures of a    
countess6 to be courted--    ,,face4    
,and kiss'd1 and ruffled6    ,,sub4 ,ay1
 behind the hangings4    ,,face4 ,and   
then come forth in pomp6    ,,sub4 ,and 
know her state6    ,,face4 ,of keeping  
all the idolaters of the chamber        
,barer to her1 than at their prayers6   
,,sub4 ,is serv'd   ,upon the knee6     
,,face4 ,and has her pages1 ushers1     
,footmen1 and coaches--    ,,sub4 ,her  
six mares--    ,,face4 ,nay1 eight6     

,,sub4 ,to hurry her through ,london1 to
 the ,exchange1   ,bethlem1 the         
china-houses--    ,,face4 ,yes1 and have
   ,the citizens gape at her1 and praise
 her tires1   ,and my lord's goose-turd 
bands1 that ride with her6    ,,kas4    
,most brave6 ,by this hand1 you are not 
my suster1   ,if you refuse4    ,,dame  
,p4 ,i will not refuse1 brother4        
,,enter ,,surly4    ,,sur4 ,que es esto1
 senores1 que no venga8   ,esta tardanza
 me mata6    ,,face4 ,it is the count   
come3   ,the doctor knew he would be    
here1 by his art4    ,,sub4 ,en gallanta
 madama1 ,don6 gallantissima6    ,,sur4 
,por todos los dioses1 la mas acabada   
hermosura1 que he visto   en mi vida6   
,,face4 ,is't not a gallant language    
that they speak8    ,,kas4 ,an admirable
 language6 ,is't not ,french8    ,,face4
 ,no1 ,spanish1 sir4    ,,kas4 ,it goes 
like law-,french1   ,and that1 they say1
 is the courtliest language4    ,,face4 
,list1 sir4    ,,sur4 ,el sol ha perdido
 su lumbre1 con el esplandor que trae   

esta dama6 ,valgame dios6    ,,face4 ,he
 admires your sister4    ,,kas4 ,must   
not she make curt'sy8    ,,sub4 ,ods    
will1 she must go to him1 man1 and kiss 
him6   ,it is the ,spanish fashion1 for 
the women   ,to make first court4       
,,face4 ',tis true he tells you1 sir3   
,his art knows all4    ,,sur4 ,porque no
 se acude8    ,,kas4 ,he speaks to her1 
,i think4    ,,face4 ,that he does1 sir4
    ,,sur4 ,por el amor de dios1 que es 
esto que se tarda8    ,,kas4 ,nay1 see3 
she will not understand him6 gull1      
,noddy4    ,,dame ,p4 ,what say you1    
brother8    ,,kas4 ,ass1 my suster4     
,go kuss him1 as the cunning man would  
have you2   ,i'll thrust a pin in your  
buttocks else4    ,,face4 ,o no1 sir4   
,,sur4 ,senora mia1 mi persona esta muy 
indigna de allegar   a tanta hermosura4 
,,face4 ,does he not use her bravely8   
,,kas4 ,bravely1 i'faith6    ,,face4    
,nay1 he will use her better4    ,,kas4 
,do you think so8    ,,sur4 ,senora1 si 
sera servida1 entremonos4    ,,exit     

,,with ,,dame ,,pliant4    ,,kas4 ,where
 does he carry her8    ,,face4 ,into the
 garden1 sir2   ,take you no thought3 ,i
 must interpret for her4    ,,sub4 ,give
 ,dol the word4   ,,aside ,,to ,,face1  
,,who ,,goes ,,out4   --,come1 my fierce
 child1 advance1   ,we'll to our        
quarrelling lesson again4    ,,kas4     
,agreed4   ,i love a ,spanish boy with  
all my heart4    ,,sub4 ,nay1 and by    
this means1 sir1 you shall be brother   
,to a great count4    ,,kas4 ,ay1 ,i    
knew that at first1   ,this match will  
advance the house of the ,kastrils4     
,,sub4 ',pray ,god your sister prove but
 pliant6    ,,kas4 ,why1   ,her name is 
so1 by her other husband4    ,,sub4     
,how6    ,,kas4 ,the widow ,pliant4     
,knew you not that8    ,,sub4 ,no1      
faith1 sir2   ,yet1 by erection of her  
figure1 ,i guest it4   ,come1 let's go  
practise4    ,,kas4 ,yes1 but do you    
think1 doctor1   ,i e'er shall quarrel  
well8    ,,sub4 ,i warrant you4         
,,exeunt4     ,,scene #d4c4    ,,another

 ,,room ,,in ,,the ,,same4    ,,enter   
,,dol ,,in ,,her ,,fit ,,of ,,raving1   
,,followed ,,by ,,mammon4    ,,dol4 ,for
 after ,alexander's death--    ,,mam4   
,good lady--    ,,dol4 ,that ,perdiccas 
and ,antigonus1 were slain1   ,the two  
that stood1 ,seleuc'1 and ,ptolomee--   
,,mam4 ,madam--    ,,dol4 ,made up the  
two legs1 and the fourth beast1   ,that 
was ,gog-north1 and ,egypt-south3 which 
after   ,was call'd ,gog-iron-leg and   
,south-iron-leg--    ,,mam4 ,lady--     
,,dol4 ,and then ,gog-horned4 ,so was   
,egypt1 too3   ,then ,egypt-clay-leg1   
and ,gog-clay-leg--    ,,mam4 ,sweet    
madam--    ,,dol4 ,and last ,gog-dust1  
and ,egypt-dust1 which fall   ,in the   
last link of the fourth chain4 ,and     
these   ,be stars in story1 which none  
see1 or look at--    ,,mam4 ,what shall 
,i do8    ,,dol4 ,for1 as he says1      
except   ,we call the rabbins1 and the  
heathen ,greeks--    ,,mam4 ,dear lady--
    ,,dol4 ,to come from ,salem1 and    
from ,athens1   ,and teach the people of

 ,great ,britain--    ,,enter ,,face1   
,,hastily1 ,,in ,,his ,,servant',s      
,,dress4    ,,face4 ,what's the matter1 
sir8    ,,dol4 ,to speak the tongue of  
,eber1 and ,javan--    ,,mam4 ,o1       
,she's in her fit4    ,,dol4 ,we shall  
know nothing--    ,,face4 ,death1 sir1  
,we are undone6    ,,dol4 ,where then a 
learned linguist   ,shall see the       
ancient used communion   ,of vowels and 
consonants--    ,,face4 ,my master will 
hear6    ,,dol4 ,a wisdom1 which        
,pythagoras held most high--    ,,mam4  
,sweet honourable lady6    ,,dol4 ,to   
comprise   ,all sounds of voices1 in few
 marks of letters--    ,,face4 ,nay1 you
 must never hope to lay her now4        
,,they ,,all ,,speak ,,together4        
,,dol4 ,and so we may arrive by ,talmud 
skill1   ,and profane ,greek1 to raise  
the building up   ,of ,helen's house    
against the ,ismaelite1   ,king of      
,thogarma1 and his habergions           
,brimstony1 blue1 and fiery2 and the    
force   ,of king ,abaddon1 and the beast

 of ,cittim3   ,which rabbi ,david      
,kimchi1 ,onkelos1   ,and ,aben ,ezra do
 interpret ,rome4    ,,face4 ,how did   
you put her into't8    ,,mam4 ,alas1 ,i 
talk'd   ,of a fifth monarchy ,i would  
erect1   ,with the philosopher's stone1 
by chance1 and she   ,falls on the other
 four straight4    ,,face4 ,out of      
,broughton6   ,i told you so4 ',slid1   
stop her mouth4    ,,mam4 ,is't best8   
,,face4 ,she'll never leave else4 ,if   
the old man hear her1   ,we are but     
faeces1 ashes4    ,,sub ,,within4       
,what's to do there8    ,,face4 ,o1 we  
are lost6 ,now she hears him1 she is    
quiet4    ,,enter ,,subtle1 ,,they ,,run
 ,,different ,,ways4    ,,mam4 ,where   
shall ,i hide me6    ,,sub4 ,how6 what  
sight is here8   ,close deeds of        
darkness1 and that shun the light6      
,bring him again4 ,who is he8 ,what1 my 
son6   ,o1 ,i have lived too long4      
,,mam4 ,nay1 good1 dear father1   ,there
 was no unchaste purpose4    ,,sub4     
,not8 and flee me   ,when ,i come in8   

,,mam4 ,that was my error4    ,,sub4    
,error8   ,guilt1 guilt1 my son3 give it
 the right name4 ,no marvel1   ,if ,i   
found check in our great work within1   
,when such affairs as these were        
managing6    ,,mam4 ,why1 have you so8  
,,sub4 ,it has stood still this half    
hour3   ,and all the rest of our less   
works gone back4   ,where is the        
instrument of wickedness1   ,my lewd    
false drudge8    ,,mam4 ,nay1 good sir1 
blame not him2   ,believe me1 'twas     
against his will or knowledge3   ,i saw 
her by chance4    ,,sub4 ,will you      
commit more sin1   ,to excuse a varlet8 
,,mam4 ,by my hope1 'tis true1 sir4     
,,sub4 ,nay1 then ,i wonder less1 if    
you1 for whom   ,the blessing was       
prepared1 would so tempt heaven1   ,and 
lose your fortunes4    ,,mam4 ,why1 sir8
    ,,sub4 ,this will retard   ,the work
 a month at least4    ,,mam4 ,why1 if it
 do1   ,what remedy8 ,but think it not1 
good father3   ,our purposes were       
honest4    ,,sub4 ,as they were1   ,so  

the reward will prove4   ,a ,,loud      
,,explosion ,,within4   --,how now6 ah  
me6   ,god1 and all saints be good to   
us4--   ,,re-,,enter ,,face4   ,what's  
that8    ,,face4 ,o1 sir1 we are        
defeated6 all the works   ,are flown in 
fumo1 every glass is burst2   ,furnace1 
and all rent down1 as if a bolt   ,of   
thunder had been driven through the     
house4   ,retorts1 receivers1 pelicans1 
bolt-heads1   ,all struck in shivers6   
,,subtle ,,falls ,,down ,,as ,,in ,a    
,,swoon4   ,help1 good sir6 alas1       
,coldness and death invades him4 ,nay1  
sir ,mammon1   ,do the fair offices of a
 man6 you stand1   ,as you were readier 
to depart than he4   ,,knocking         
,,within4   ,who's there8 my lord her   
brother is come4    ,,mam4 ,ha1 ,lungs6 
,,face4 ,his coach is at the door4      
,avoid his sight1   ,for he's as furious
 as his sister's mad4    ,,mam4 ,alas6  
,,face4 ,my brain is quite undone with  
the fume1 sir1   ,i ne'er must hope to  
be mine own man again4    ,,mam4 ,is all

 lost1 ,lungs8 will nothing be preserv'd
   ,of all our cost8    ,,face4 ,faith1 
very little1 sir2   ,a peck of coals or 
so1 which is cold comfort1 sir4         
,,mam4 ,o1 my voluptuous mind6 ,i am    
justly punish'd4    ,,face4 ,and so am  
,i1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,cast from all my    
hopes--    ,,face4 ,nay1 certainties1   
sir4    ,,mam4 ,by mine own base        
affections4    ,,sub ,,seeming ,,to     
,,come ,,to ,,himself4   ,o1 the curst  
fruits of vice and lust6    ,,mam4 ,good
 father1   ,it was my sin4 ,forgive it4 
,,sub4 ,hangs my roof   ,over us still1 
and will not fall1 ,o justice1   ,upon  
us1 for this wicked man6    ,,face4     
,nay1 look1 sir1   ,you grieve him now  
with staying in his sight3   ,good sir1 
the nobleman will come too1 and take    
you1   ,and that may breed a tragedy4   
,,mam4 ,i'll go4    ,,face4 ,ay1 and    
repent at home1 sir4 ,it may be1   ,for 
some good penance you may have it yet2  
,a hundred pound to the box at          
,bethlem--    ,,mam4 ,yes4    ,,face4   

,for the restoring such as--have their  
wits4    ,,mam4 ,i'll do't4    ,,face4  
,i'll send one to you to receive it4    
,,mam4 ,do4   ,is no projection left8   
,,face4 ,all flown1 or stinks1 sir4     
,,mam4 ,will nought be sav'd that's good
 for med'cine1   think'st thou8         
,,face4 ,i cannot tell1 sir4 ,there will
 be perhaps1   ,something about the     
scraping of the shards1   ,will cure the
 itch1--though not your itch of mind1   
sir4   ,,aside4   ,it shall be saved for
 you1 and sent home4 ,good sir1   ,this 
way1 for fear the lord should meet you4 
,,exit ,,mammon4    ,,sub ,,raising     
,,his ,,head4 ,face6    ,,face4 ,ay4    
,,sub4 ,is he gone8    ,,face4 ,yes1 and
 as heavily   ,as all the gold he hoped 
for were in's blood4   ,let us be light 
though4    ,,sub ,,leaping ,,up4 ,ay1 as
 balls1 and bound   ,and hit our heads  
against the roof for joy3   ,there's so 
much of our care now cast away4         
,,face4 ,now to our don4    ,,sub4 ,yes1
 your young widow by this time   ,is    

made a countess1 ,face2 she has been in 
travail   ,of a young heir for you4     
,,face4 ,good sir4    ,,sub4 ,off with  
your case1   ,and greet her kindly1 as a
 bridegroom should1   ,after these      
common hazards4    ,,face4 ,very well1  
sir4   ,will you go fetch ,don ,diego   
off1 the while8    ,,sub4 ,and fetch him
 over too1 if you'll be pleased1 sir3   
,would ,dol were in her place1 to pick  
his pockets now6    ,,face4 ,why1 you   
can do't as well1 if you would set to't4
   ,i pray you prove your virtue4       
,,sub4 ,for your sake sir4    ,,exeunt4 
,,scene #d4d4    ,,another ,,room ,,in  
,,the ,,same4    ,,enter ,,surly ,,and  
,,dame ,,pliant4    ,,sur4 ,lady1 you   
see into what hands you are fall'n2     
',mongst what a nest of villains6 and   
how near   ,your honour was t' have     
catch'd a certain clap1   ,through your 
credulity1 had ,i but been   ,so        
punctually forward1 as place1 time1     
,and other circumstances would have made
 a man2   ,for you're a handsome woman3 

would you were wise too6   ,i am a      
gentleman come here disguised1   ,only  
to find the knaveries of this citadel2  
,and where ,i might have wrong'd your   
honour1 and have not1   ,i claim some   
interest in your love4 ,you are1   ,they
 say1 a widow1 rich3 and ,i'm a         
batchelor1   ,worth nought3 your        
fortunes may make me a man1   ,as mine  
have preserv'd you a woman4 ,think upon 
it1   ,and whether ,i have deserv'd you 
or no4    ,,dame ,p4 ,i will1 sir4      
,,sur4 ,and for these household-rogues1 
let me alone   ,to treat with them4     
,,enter ,,subtle4    ,,sub4 ,how doth my
 noble ,diego1   ,and my dear madam     
countess8 hath the count   ,been        
courteous1 lady8 liberal1 and open8     
,donzel1 methinks you look melancholic1 
,after your coitum1 and scurvy3 truly1  
,i do not like the dulness of your eye2 
,it hath a heavy cast1 'tis upsee       
,dutch1   ,and says you are a lumpish   
whore-master4   ,be lighter1 and ,i will
 make your pockets so4   ,,attempts ,,to

 ,,pick ,,them4    ,,sur ,,throws ,,open
 ,,his ,,cloak4 ,will you1 don bawd and 
pickpurse8   ,,strikes ,,him ,,down4    
how now6 reel you8   ,stand up1 sir1 you
 shall find1 since ,i am so heavy1      
,i'll give you equal weight4    ,,sub4  
,help6 murder6    ,,sur4 ,no1 sir1      
,there's no such thing intended3 a good 
cart1   ,and a clean whip shall ease you
 of that fear4   ,i am the ,spanish don 
that should be cozen'd1   ,do you see1  
cozen'd8 ,where's your ,captain ,face1  
,that parcel broker1 and whole-bawd1 all
 rascal6    ,,enter ,,face1 ,,in ,,his  
,,uniform4    ,,face4 ,how1 ,surly6     
,,sur4 ,o1 make your approach1 good     
captain4   ,i have found from whence    
your copper rings and spoons   ,come1   
now1 wherewith you cheat abroad in      
taverns4   ',twas here you learned t'   
anoint your boot with brimstone1   ,then
 rub men's gold on't for a kind of      
touch1   ,and say 'twas naught1 when you
 had changed the colour1   ,that you    
might have't for nothing4 ,and this     

doctor1   ,your sooty1 smoky-bearded    
compeer1 he   ,will close you so much   
gold1 in a bolt's-head1   ,and1 on a    
turn1 convey in the stead another       
,with sublimed mercury1 that shall burst
 in the heat1   ,and fly out all in     
fumo6 ,then weeps ,mammon2   ,then      
swoons his worship4   ,,face ,,slips    
,,out4   ,or1 he is the ,faustus1       
,that casteth figures and can conjure1  
cures   ,plagues1 piles1 and pox1 by the
 ephemerides1   ,and holds intelligence 
with all the bawds   ,and midwives of   
three shires3 while you send in--       
,captain6--what6 is he gone8--damsels   
with child1   ,wives that are barren1 or
 the waiting-maid   ,with the green     
sickness4   ,,seizes ,,subtle ,,as ,,he 
,,is ,,retiring4   --,nay1 sir1 you must
 tarry1   ,though he be scaped2 and     
answer by the ears1 sir4    ,,re-,,enter
 ,,face1 ,,with ,,kastril4    ,,face4   
,why1 now's the time1 if ever you will  
quarrel   ,well1 as they say1 and be a  
true-born child3   ,the doctor and your 

sister both are abused4    ,,kas4 ,where
 is he8 which is he8 he is a slave1     
,whate'er he is1 and the son of a       
whore4--,are you   ,the man1 sir1 ,i    
would know8    ,,sur4 ,i should be loth1
 sir1   ,to confess so much4    ,,kas4  
,then you lie in your throat4    ,,sur4 
,how6    ,,face ,,to ,,kastril4 ,a very 
errant rogue1 sir1 and a cheater1       
,employ'd here by another conjurer      
,that does not love the doctor1 and     
would cross him1   ,if he knew how4     
,,sur4 ,sir1 you are abused4    ,,kas4  
,you lie3   ,and 'tis no matter4        
,,face4 ,well said1 sir6 ,he is   ,the  
impudent'st rascal--    ,,sur4 ,you are 
indeed3 ,will you hear me1 sir8         
,,face4 ,by no means3 bid him be gone4  
,,kas4 ,begone1 sir1 quickly4    ,,sur4 
,this 's strange6--,lady1 do you inform 
your brother4    ,,face4 ,there is not  
such a foist in all the town1   ,the    
doctor had him presently2 and finds yet1
   ,the ,spanish count will come here4  
,,aside4   --,bear up1 ,subtle4         

,,sub4 ,yes1 sir1 he must appear within 
this hour4    ,,face4 ,and yet this     
rogue would come in a disguise1   ,by   
the temptation of another spirit1   ,to 
trouble our art1 though he could not    
hurt it6    ,,kas4 ,ay1   ,i            
know--,away1   ,,to ,,his ,,sister4     
you talk like a foolish mauther4        
,,sur4 ,sir1 all is truth she says4     
,,face4 ,do not believe him1 sir4   ,he 
is the lying'st swabber6 ,come your     
ways1 sir4    ,,sur4 ,you are valiant   
out of company6    ,,kas4 ,yes1 how     
then1 sir8    ,,enter ,,drugger1 ,,with 
,a ,,piece ,,of ,,damask4    ,,face4    
,nay1 here's an honest fellow1 too1 that
 knows him1   ,and all his tricks4 ,make
 good what ,i say1 ,abel1   ,this       
cheater would have cozen'd thee o' the  
widow4--   ,,aside ,,to ,,drug4   ,he   
owes this honest ,drugger here1 seven   
pound1   ,he has had on him1 in         
two-penny'orths of tobacco4    ,,drug4  
,yes1 sir4   ,and he has damn'd himself 
three terms to pay me4    ,,face4 ,and  

what does he owe for lotium8    ,,drug4 
,thirty shillings1 sir2   ,and for six  
syringes4    ,,sur4 ,hydra of villainy6 
,,face4 ,nay1 sir1 you must quarrel him 
out o' the house4    ,,kas4 ,i will3    
--,sir1 if you get not out of doors1 you
 lie2   ,and you are a pimp4    ,,sur4  
,why1 this is madness1 sir1   ,not      
valour in you2 ,i must laugh at this4   
,,kas4 ,it is my humour3 you are a pimp 
and a trig1   ,and an ,amadis de ,gaul1 
or a ,don ,quixote4    ,,drug4 ,or a    
knight o' the curious coxcomb1 do you   
see8    ,,enter ,,ananias4    ,,ana4    
,peace to the household6    ,,kas4 ,i'll
 keep peace for no man4    ,,ana4       
,casting of dollars is concluded lawful4
    ,,kas4 ,is he the constable8        
,,sub4 ,peace1 ,ananias4    ,,face4 ,no1
 sir4    ,,kas4 ,then you are an otter1 
and a shad1 a whit1   ,a very tim4      
,,sur4 ,you'll hear me1 sir8    ,,kas4  
,i will not4    ,,ana4 ,what is the     
motive8    ,,sub4 ,zeal in the young    
gentleman1   ,against his ,spanish      

slops4    ,,ana4 ,they are profane1     
,lewd1 superstitious1 and idolatrous    
breeches4    ,,sur4 ,new rascals6       
,,kas4 ,will you begone1 sir8    ,,ana4 
,avoid1 ,sathan6   ,thou art not of the 
light3 ,that ruff of pride   ,about thy 
neck1 betrays thee2 and is the same     
,with that which the unclean birds1 in  
seventy-seven1   ,were seen to prank it 
with on divers coasts3   ,thou look'st  
like antichrist1 in that lewd hat4      
,,sur4 ,i must give way4    ,,kas4 ,be  
gone1 sir4    ,,sur4 ,but ,i'll take    
,a course with you--    ,,ana4 ,depart1 
proud ,spanish fiend6    ,,sur4 ,captain
 and doctor4    ,,ana4 ,child of        
perdition6    ,,kas4 ,hence1 sir6--     
,,exit ,,surly4   ,did ,i not quarrel   
bravely8    ,,face4 ,yes1 indeed1 sir4  
,,kas4 ,nay1 an ,i give my mind to't1 ,i
 shall do't4    ,,face4 ,o1 you must    
follow1 sir1 and threaten him tame3     
,he'll turn again else4    ,,kas4 ,i'll 
re-turn him then4    ,,exit4    ,,subtle
 ,,takes ,,ananias ,,aside4    ,,face4  

,drugger1 this rogue prevented us for   
thee3   ,we had determin'd that thou    
should'st have come   ,in a ,spanish    
suit1 and have carried her so2 and he1  
,a brokerly slave6 goes1 puts it on     
himself4   ,hast brought the damask8    
,,drug4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,face4 ,thou must
 borrow   ,a ,spanish suit4 ,hast thou  
no credit with the players8    ,,drug4  
,yes1 sir2 did you never see me play the
 ,fool8    ,,face4 ,i know not1         
,nab3--,thou shalt1 if ,i can help it4--
   ,,aside4   ,hieronimo's old cloak1   
ruff1 and hat will serve2   ,i'll tell  
thee more when thou bring'st 'em4       
,,exit ,,drugger4    ,,ana4 ,sir1 ,i    
know   ,the ,spaniard hates the         
brethren1 and hath spies   ,upon their  
actions3 and that this was one   ,i make
 no scruple4--,but the holy synod       
,have been in prayer and meditation for 
it2   ,and 'tis revealed no less to them
 than me1   ,that casting of money is   
most lawful4    ,,sub4 ,true4   ,but    
here ,i cannot do it3 if the house      

,shou'd chance to be suspected1 all     
would out1   ,and we be locked up in the
 ,tower for ever1   ,to make gold there 
for the state1 never come out2   ,and   
then are you defeated4    ,,ana4 ,i will
 tell   ,this to the elders and the     
weaker brethren1   ,that the whole      
company of the separation   ,may join in
 humble prayer again4    ,,sub4 ,and    
fasting4    ,,ana4 ,yea1 for some fitter
 place4 ,the peace of mind   ,rest with 
these walls6    ,,exit4    ,,sub4       
,thanks1 courteous ,ananias4    ,,face4 
,what did he come for8    ,,sub4 ,about 
casting dollars1   ,presently out of    
hand4 ,and so ,i told him1   ,a ,spanish
 minister came here to spy1   ,against  
the faithful--    ,,face4 ,i conceive4  
,come1 ,subtle1   ,thou art so down upon
 the least disaster6   ,how wouldst thou
 ha' done1 if ,i had not help't thee    
out8    ,,sub4 ,i thank thee1 ,face1 for
 the angry boy1 i'faith4    ,,face4 ,who
 would have look'd it should have been  
that rascal1   ,surly8 he had dyed his  

beard and all4 ,well1 sir4   ,here's    
damask come to make you a suit4         
,,sub4 ,where's ,drugger8    ,,face4 ,he
 is gone to borrow me a ,spanish habit2 
,i'll be the count1 now4    ,,sub4 ,but 
where's the widow8    ,,face4 ,within1  
with my lord's sister2 madam ,dol   ,is 
entertaining her4    ,,sub4 ,by your    
favour1 ,face1   ,now she is honest1 ,i 
will stand again4    ,,face4 ,you will  
not offer it4    ,,sub4 ,why8    ,,face4
 ,stand to your word1   ,or--here comes 
,dol1 she knows--    ,,sub4 ,you are    
tyrannous still4    ,,enter ,,dol1      
,,hastily4    ,,face4 ,strict for my    
right4--,how now1 ,dol6   ,hast thou    
told her1   ,the ,spanish count will    
come8    ,,dol4 ,yes2 but another is    
come1   ,you little look'd for6         
,,face4 ,who's that8    ,,dol4 ,your    
master2   ,the master of the house4     
,,sub4 ,how1 ,dol6    ,,face4 ,she lies1
   ,this is some trick4 ,come1 leave    
your quiblins1 ,dorothy4    ,,dol4 ,look
 out1 and see4    ,,face ,,goes ,,to    

,,the ,,window4    ,,sub4 ,art thou in  
earnest8    ,,dol4 ',slight1   ,forty of
 the neighbours are about him1 talking4 
,,face4 ',tis he1 by this good day4     
,,dol4 ',twill prove ill day   ,for some
 on us4    ,,face4 ,we are undone1 and  
taken4    ,,dol4 ,lost1 ,i'm afraid4    
,,sub4 ,you said he would not come1     
,while there died one a week within the 
liberties4    ,,face4 ,no3 'twas within 
the walls4    ,,sub4 ,was't so6 cry you 
mercy4   ,i thought the liberties4 ,what
 shall we do now1 ,face8    ,,face4 ,be 
silent3 not a word1 if he call or knock4
   ,i'll into mine old shape again and  
meet him1   ,of ,jeremy1 the butler4 ,in
 the mean time1   ,do you two pack up   
all the goods and purchase1   ,that we  
can carry in the two trunks4 ,i'll keep 
him   ,off for to-day1 if ,i cannot     
longer3 and then   ,at night1 ,i'll ship
 you both away to ,ratcliff1   ,where we
 will meet to-morrow1 and there we'll   
share4   ,let ,mammon's brass and pewter
 keep the cellar2   ,we'll have another 

time for that4 ,but1 ,dol1   ',prythee  
go heat a little water quickly2         
,subtle must shave me3 all my captain's 
beard   ,must off1 to make me appear    
smooth ,jeremy4   ,you'll do it8        
,,sub4 ,yes1 ,i'll shave you1 as well as
 ,i can4    ,,face4 ,and not cut my     
throat1 but trim me8    ,,sub4 ,you     
shall see1 sir4    ,,exeunt4     ,,act  
#e4 ,,scene #e4a4    ,,before           
,,lovewit',s ,,door4    ,,enter         
,,lovewit1 ,,with ,,several ,,of ,,the  
,,neighbours4    ,,love4 ,has there been
 such resort1 say you8    #a ,,nei4     
,daily1 sir4    #b ,,nei4 ,and nightly1 
too4    #c ,,nei4 ,ay1 some as brave as 
lords4    #d ,,nei4 ,ladies and         
gentlewomen4    #e ,,nei4 ,citizens'    
wives4    #a ,,nei4 ,and knights4    #f 
,,nei4 ,in coaches4    #b ,,nei4 ,yes1  
and oyster women4    #a ,,nei4 ,beside  
other gallants4    #c ,,nei4 ,sailors'  
wives4    #d ,,nei4 ,tobacco men4    #e 
,,nei4 ,another ,pimlico6    ,,love4    
,what should my knave advance1   ,to    

draw this company8 he hung out no       
banners   ,of a strange calf with five  
legs to be seen1   ,or a huge lobster   
with six claws8    #f ,,nei4 ,no1 sir4  
#c ,,nei4 ,we had gone in then1 sir4    
,,love4 ,he has no gift   ,of teaching  
in the nose that e'er ,i knew of4   ,you
 saw no bills set up that promised cure 
,of agues1 or the tooth-ach8    #b      
,,nei4 ,no such thing1 sir6    ,,love4  
,nor heard a drum struck for baboons or 
puppets8    #e ,,nei4 ,neither1 sir4    
,,love4 ,what device should he bring    
forth now8   ,i love a teeming wit as ,i
 love my nourishment3   ',pray ,god he  
have not kept such open house1   ,that  
he hath sold my hangings1 and my        
bedding6   ,i left him nothing else4 ,if
 he have eat them1   ,a plague o' the   
moth1 say ,i6 ,sure he has got   ,some  
bawdy pictures to call all this ging6   
,the friar and the nun2 or the new      
motion   ,of the knight's courser       
covering the parson's mare2   ,or 't may
 be1 he has the fleas that run at tilt  

,upon a table1 or some dog to dance4    
,when saw you him8    #a ,,nei4 ,who1   
sir1 ,jeremy8    #b ,,nei4 ,jeremy      
butler8   ,we saw him not this month4   
,,love4 ,how6    #d ,,nei4 ,not these   
five weeks1 sir4    #f ,,nei4 ,these six
 weeks at the least4    ,,love4 ,you    
amaze me1 neighbours6    #e ,,nei4      
,sure1 if your worship know not where he
 is1   ,he's slipt away4    #f ,,nei4   
,pray ,god1 he be not made away4        
,,love4 ,ha6 it's no time to question1  
then4    ,,knocks ,,at ,,the ,,door4    
#f ,,nei4 ,about   ,some three weeks    
since1 ,i heard a doleful cry1   ,as ,i 
sat up a mending my wife's stockings4   
,,love4 ',tis strange that none will    
answer6 ,didst thou hear   ,a cry1 sayst
 thou8    #f ,,nei4 ,yes1 sir1 like unto
 a man   ,that had been strangled an    
hour1 and could not speak4    #b ,,nei4 
,i heard it too1 just this day three    
weeks1 at two o'clock   ,next morning4  
,,love4 ,these be miracles1 or you make 
them so6   ,a man an hour strangled1 and

 could not speak1   ,and both you heard 
him cry8    #c ,,nei4 ,yes1 downward1   
sir4    ,love1 ,thou art a wise fellow4 
,give me thy hand1 ,i pray thee4   ,what
 trade art thou on8    #c ,,nei4 ,a     
smith1 an't please your worship4        
,,love4 ,a smith6 then lend me thy help 
to get this door open4    #c ,,nei4     
,that ,i will presently1 sir1 but fetch 
my tools--    ,,exit4    #a ,,nei4 ,sir1
 best to knock again1 afore you break   
it4    ,,love ,,knocks ,,again4 ,i will4
    ,,enter ,,face1 ,,in ,,his          
,,butler',s ,,livery4    ,,face4 ,what  
mean you1 sir8    #a1 #b1 #d ,,nei4 ,o1 
here's ,jeremy6    ,,face4 ,good sir1   
come from the door4    ,,love4 ,why1    
what's the matter8    ,,face4 ,yet      
farther1 you are too near yet4          
,,love4 ,in the name of wonder1   ,what 
means the fellow6    ,,face4 ,the house1
 sir1 has been visited4    ,,love4      
,what1 with the plague8 stand thou then 
farther4    ,,face4 ,no1 sir1   ,i had  
it not4    ,,love4 ,who had it then8 ,i 

left   ,none else but thee in the house4
    ,,face4 ,yes1 sir1 my fellow1   ,the
 cat that kept the buttery1 had it on   
her   ,a week before ,i spied it2 but ,i
 got her   ,convey'd away in the night3 
and so ,i shut   ,the house up for a    
month--    ,,love4 ,how6    ,,face4     
,purposing then1 sir1   ,to have burnt  
rose-vinegar1 treacle1 and tar1   ,and  
have made it sweet1 that you shou'd     
ne'er have known it2   ,because ,i knew 
the news would but afflict you1 sir4    
,,love4 ,breathe less1 and farther off6 
,why this is stranger3   ,the neighbours
 tell me all here that the doors   ,have
 still been open--    ,,face4 ,how1 sir6
    ,,love4 ,gallants1 men and women1   
,and of all sorts1 tag-rag1 been seen to
 flock here   ,in threaves1 these ten   
weeks1 as to a second ,hogsden1   ,in   
days of ,pimlico and ,eye-bright4       
,,face4 ,sir1   ,their wisdoms will not 
say so4    ,,love4 ,to-day they speak   
,of coaches and gallants2 one in a      
,french hood   ,went in1 they tell me2  

and another was seen   ,in a velvet gown
 at the window3 divers more   ,pass in  
and out4    ,,face4 ,they did pass      
through the doors then1   ,or walls1 ,i 
assure their eye-sights1 and their      
spectacles2   ,for here1 sir1 are the   
keys1 and here have been1   ,in this my 
pocket1 now above twenty days3   ,and   
for before1 ,i kept the fort alone      
there4   ,but that 'tis yet not deep in 
the afternoon1   ,i should believe my   
neighbours had seen double   ,through   
the black pot1 and made these           
apparitions6   ,for1 on my faith to your
 worship1 for these three weeks   ,and  
upwards the door has not been open'd4   
,,love4 ,strange6    #a ,,nei4 ,good    
faith1 ,i think ,i saw a coach4    #b   
,,nei4 ,and ,i too1   ,i'd have been    
sworn4    ,,love4 ,do you but think it  
now8   ,and but one coach8    #d ,,nei4 
,we cannot tell1 sir3 ,jeremy   ,is a   
very honest fellow4    ,,face4 ,did you 
see me at all8    #a ,,nei4 ,no2 that we
 are sure on4    #b ,,nei4 ,i'll be     

sworn o' that4    ,,love4 ,fine rogues  
to have your testimonies built on6      
,,re-,,enter ,,third ,,neighbour1 ,,with
 ,,his ,,tools4    #c ,,nei4 ,is ,jeremy
 come6    #a ,,nei4 ,o yes2 you may     
leave your tools2   ,we were deceived1  
he says4    #b ,,nei4 ,he has had the   
keys2   ,and the door has been shut     
these three weeks4    #c ,,nei4 ,like   
enough4    ,,love4 ,peace1 and get      
hence1 you changelings4    ,,enter      
,,surly ,,and ,,mammon4    ,,face       
,,aside4 ,surly come6   ,and ,mammon    
made acquainted6 they'll tell all4      
,how shall ,i beat them off8 what shall 
,i do8   ,nothing's more wretched than a
 guilty conscience4    ,,sur4 ,no1 sir1 
he was a great physician4 ,this1   ,it  
was no bawdy-house1 but a mere chancel6 
,you knew the lord and his sister4      
,,mam4 ,nay1 good ,surly4--    ,,sur4   
,the happy word1 ,,be ,,rich--    ,,mam4
 ,play not the tyrant4--    ,,sur4      
,should be to-day pronounced to all your
 friends4   ,and where be your andirons 

now8 and your brass pots1   ,that should
 have been golden flagons1 and great    
wedges8    ,,mam4 ,let me but breathe4  
,what1 they have shut their doors1      
,methinks6    ,,sur4 ,ay1 now 'tis      
holiday with them4    ,,mam4 ,rogues1   
,,he ,,and ,,surly ,,knock4   ,cozeners1
 impostors1 bawds6    ,,face4 ,what mean
 you1 sir8    ,,mam4 ,to enter if we    
can4    ,,face4 ,another man's house6   
,here is the owner1 sir3 turn you to    
him1   ,and speak your business4        
,,mam4 ,are you1 sir1 the owner8        
,,love4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,mam4 ,and are   
those knaves within your cheaters6      
,,love4 ,what knaves1 what cheaters8    
,,mam4 ,subtle and his ,lungs4          
,,face4 ,the gentleman is distracted1   
sir6 ,no lungs1   ,nor lights have been 
seen here these three weeks1 sir1       
,within these doors1 upon my word4      
,,sur4 ,your word1   ,groom arrogant6   
,,face4 ,yes1 sir1 ,i am the            
housekeeper1   ,and know the keys have  
not been out of my hands4    ,,sur4     

,this is a new ,face4    ,,face4 ,you do
 mistake the house1 sir3   ,what sign   
was't at8    ,,sur4 ,you rascal6 this is
 one   ,of the confederacy4 ,come1 let's
 get officers1   ,and force the door4   
,,love4 ',pray you stay1 gentlemen4     
,,sur4 ,no1 sir1 we'll come with        
warrant4    ,,mam4 ,ay1 and then   ,we  
shall have your doors open4    ,,exeunt 
,,mam4 ,,and ,,sur4    ,,love4 ,what    
means this8    ,,face4 ,i cannot tell1  
sir4    ,i ,,nei4 ,these are two of the 
gallants   ,that we do think we saw4    
,,face4 ,two of the fools6   ,your talk 
as idly as they4 ,good faith1 sir1   ,i 
think the moon has crazed 'em all4--    
,,aside4   ,o me1   ,,enter ,,kastril4  
,the angry boy come too6 ,he'll make a  
noise1   ,and ne'er away till he have   
betray'd us all4    ,,kas ,,knocking4   
,what rogues1 bawds1 slaves1   you'll   
open the door1 anon6   ,punk1           
cockatrice1 my suster6 ,by this light   
,i'll fetch the marshal to you4 ,you are
 a whore   ,to keep your castle--       

,,face4 ,who would you speak with1 sir8 
,,kas4 ,the bawdy doctor1 and the       
cozening captain1   ,and puss my suster4
    ,,love4 ,this is something1 sure4   
,,face4 ,upon my trust1 the doors were  
never open1 sir4    ,,kas4 ,i have heard
 all their tricks told me twice over1   
,by the fat knight and the lean         
gentleman4    ,,love4 ,here comes       
another4    ,,enter ,,ananias ,,and     
,,tribulation4    ,,face4 ,ananias too6 
,and his pastor6    ,,tri ,,beating ,,at
 ,,the ,,door4 ,the doors are shut      
against us4    ,,ana4 ,come forth1 you  
seed of sulphur1 sons of fire6   ,your  
stench it is broke forth2 abomination   
,is in the house4    ,,kas4 ,ay1 my     
suster's there4    ,,ana4 ,the place1   
,it is become a cage of unclean birds4  
,,kas4 ,yes1 ,i will fetch the          
scavenger1 and the constable4    ,,tri4 
,you shall do well4    ,,ana4 ,we'll    
join to weed them out4    ,,kas4 ,you   
will not come then1 punk devise1 my     
sister6    ,,ana4 ,call her not sister2 

she's a harlot verily4    ,,kas4 ,i'll  
raise the street4    ,,love4 ,good      
gentlemen1 a word4    ,,ana4 ,satan     
avoid1 and hinder not our zeal6         
,,exeunt ,,ana41 ,,trib41 ,,and ,,kast4 
,,love4 ,the world's turn'd ,bethlem4   
,,face4 ,these are all broke loose1     
,out of ,st4 ,katherine's1 where they   
use to keep   ,the better sort of       
mad-folks4    #a ,,nei4 ,all these      
persons   ,we saw go in and out here4   
#b ,,nei4 ,yes1 indeed1 sir4    #c      
,,nei4 ,these were the parties4         
,,face4 ,peace1 you drunkards6 ,sir1    
,i wonder at it3 please you to give me  
leave   ,to touch the door1 ,i'll try an
 the lock be chang'd4    ,,love4 ,it    
mazes me6    ,,face ,,goes ,,to ,,the   
,,door4 ,good faith1 sir1 ,i believe    
,there's no such thing3 'tis all        
deceptio visus4--   ,,aside4   ,would ,i
 could get him away4    ,,dap ,,within4 
,master captain6 master doctor6         
,,love4 ,who's that8    ,,face4 ,our    
clerk within1 that ,i forgot6   ,,aside4

   ,i know not1 sir4    ,,dap ,,within4 
,for ,god's sake1 when will her grace be
 at leisure8    ,,face4 ,ha6            
,illusions1 some spirit o' the air--    
,,aside4   ,his gag is melted1   ,and   
now he sets out the throat4    ,,dap    
,,within4 ,i am almost stifled--        
,,face ,,aside4 ,would you were         
altogether4    ,,love4 ',tis in the     
house4   ,ha6 list4    ,,face4 ,believe 
it1 sir1 in the air4    ,,love4 ,peace1 
you4    ,,dap ,,within4 ,mine aunt's    
grace does not use me well4    ,,sub    
,,within4 ,you fool1   ,peace1 you'll   
mar all4    ,,face ,,speaks ,,through   
,,the ,,keyhole1   ,,while ,,lovewit    
,,advances ,,to ,,the ,,door            
,,unobserved4   ,or you will else1 you  
rogue4    ,,love4 ,o1 is it so8 ,then   
you converse with spirits6--   ,come1   
sir4 ,no more of your tricks1 good      
,jeremy4   ,the truth1 the shortest way4
    ,,face4 ,dismiss this rabble1 sir4--
   ,,aside4   ,what shall ,i do8 ,i am  
catch'd4    ,,love4 ,good neighbours1   

,i thank you all4 ,you may depart4      
,,exeunt ,,neighbours4   --,come1 sir1  
,you know that ,i am an indulgent       
master2   ,and therefore conceal        
nothing4 ,what's your medicine1   ,to   
draw so many several sorts of wild fowl8
    ,,face4 ,sir1 you were wont to      
affect mirth and wit--   ,but here's no 
place to talk on't in the street4       
,give me but leave to make the best of  
my fortune1   ,and only pardon me the   
abuse of your house3   ,it's all ,i beg4
 ,i'll help you to a widow1   ,in       
recompence1 that you shall give me      
thanks for1   ,will make you seven years
 younger1 and a rich one4   ',tis but   
your putting on a ,spanish cloak3   ,i  
have her within4 ,you need not fear the 
house2   ,it was not visited4    ,,love4
 ,but by me1 who came   ,sooner than you
 expected4    ,,face4 ,it is true1 sir4 
',pray you forgive me4    ,,love4 ,well3
 let's see your widow4    ,,exeunt4     
,,scene #e4b4    ,a ,,room ,,in ,,the   
,,same4    ,,enter ,,subtle1 ,,leading  

,,in ,,dapper1 ,,with ,,his ,,eyes      
,,bound ,,as ,,before4    ,,sub4 ,how6  
you have eaten your gag8    ,,dap4 ,yes 
faith1 it crumbled   ,away in my mouth4 
,,sub4 ,you have spoil'd all then4      
,,dap4 ,no6   ,i hope my aunt of ,fairy 
will forgive me4    ,,sub4 ,your aunt's 
a gracious lady2 but in troth   ,you    
were to blame4    ,,dap4 ,the fume did  
overcome me1   ,and ,i did do't to stay 
my stomach4 ',pray you   ,so satisfy her
 grace4   ,,enter ,,face1 ,,in ,,his    
,,uniform4   ,here comes the captain4   
,,face4 ,how now6 is his mouth down8    
,,sub4 ,ay1 he has spoken6    ,,face4 ,a
 pox1 ,i heard him1 and you too4        
--,he's undone then4--   ,i have been   
fain to say1 the house is haunted       
,with spirits1 to keep churl back4      
,,sub4 ,and hast thou done it8          
,,face4 ,sure1 for this night4    ,,sub4
 ,why1 then triumph and sing   ,of ,face
 so famous1 the precious king   ,of     
present wits4    ,,face4 ,did you not   
hear the coil   ,about the door8        

,,sub4 ,yes1 and ,i dwindled with it4   
,,face4 ,show him his aunt1 and let him 
be dispatch'd3   ,i'll send her to you4 
,,exit ,,face4    ,,sub4 ,well1 sir1    
your aunt her grace   ,will give you    
audience presently1 on my suit1   ,and  
the captain's word that you did not eat 
your gag   ,in any contempt of her      
highness4    ,,unbinds ,,his ,,eyes4    
,,dap4 ,not ,i1 in troth1 sir4          
,,enter ,,dol1 ,,like ,,the ,,queen ,,of
 ,,fairy4    ,,sub4 ,here she is come4  
,down o' your knees and wriggle3   ,she 
has a stately presence4   ,,dapper      
,,kneels1 ,,and ,,shuffles ,,towards    
,,her4   ,good6 ,yet nearer1   ,and bid1
 ,god save you6    ,,dap4 ,madam6       
,,sub4 ,and your aunt4    ,,dap4 ,and my
 most gracious aunt1 ,god save your     
grace4    ,,dol4 ,nephew1 we thought to 
have been angry with you2   ,but that   
sweet face of yours hath turn'd the     
tide1   ,and made it flow with joy1 that
 ebb'd of love4   ,arise1 and touch our 
velvet gown4    ,,sub4 ,the skirts1     

,and kiss 'em4 ,so6    ,,dol4 ,let me   
now stroak that head4   ,much1 nephew1  
shalt thou win1 much shalt thou spend1  
,much shalt thou give away1 much shalt  
thou lend4    ,,sub ,,aside4 ,ay1 much6 
indeed4--   ,why do you not thank her   
grace8    ,,dap4 ,i cannot speak for    
joy4    ,,sub4 ,see1 the kind wretch6   
,your grace's kinsman right4    ,,dol4  
,give me the bird4   ,here is your fly  
in a purse1 about your neck1 cousin2    
,wear it1 and feed it about this day    
sev'n-night1   ,on your right wrist--   
,,sub4 ,open a vein with a pin1   ,and  
let it suck but once a week2 till then1 
,you must not look on't4    ,,dol4 ,no3 
and kinsman1   ,bear yourself worthy of 
the blood you come on4    ,,sub4 ,her   
grace would have you eat no more        
,woolsack pies1   ,nor ,dagger frumety4 
,,dol4 ,nor break his fast   ,in ,heaven
 and ,hell4    ,,sub4 ,she's with you   
every where6   ,nor play with           
costarmongers1 at mum-chance1 tray-trip1
   ,god make you rich2 7when as your    

aunt has done it72   ,but keep   ,the   
gallant'st company1 and the best games--
    ,,dap4 ,yes1 sir4    ,,sub4 ,gleek  
and primero2 and what you get1 be true  
to us4    ,,dap4 ,by this hand1 ,i will4
    ,,sub4 ,you may bring's a thousand  
pound   ,before to-morrow night1 if but 
three thousand   ,be stirring1 an you   
will4    ,,dap4 ,i swear ,i will then4  
,,sub4 ,your fly will learn you all     
games4    ,,face ,,within4 ,have you    
done there8    ,,sub4 ,your grace will  
command him no more duties8    ,,dol4   
,no3   ,but come1 and see me often4 ,i  
may chance   ,to leave him three or four
 hundred chests of treasure1   ,and some
 twelve thousand acres of fairy land1   
,if he game well and comely with good   
gamesters4    ,,sub4 ,there's a kind    
aunt6 kiss her departing part4--   ,but 
you must sell your forty mark a year1   
now4    ,,dap4 ,ay1 sir1 ,i mean4       
,,sub4 ,or1 give't away2 pox on't6      
,,dap4 ,i'll give't mine aunt4 ,i'll go 
and fetch the writings4    ,,exit4      

,,sub4 ',tis well--away6    ,,re-,,enter
 ,,face4    ,,face4 ,where's ,subtle8   
,,sub4 ,here3 what news8    ,,face4     
,drugger is at the door1 go take his    
suit1   ,and bid him fetch a parson1    
presently2   ,say1 he shall marry the   
widow4 ,thou shalt spend   ,a hundred   
pound by the service6   ,,exit ,,subtle4
   ,now1 queen ,dol1   ,have you pack'd 
up all8    ,,dol4 ,yes4    ,,face4 ,and 
how do you like   ,the lady ,pliant8    
,,dol4 ,a good dull innocent4           
,,re-,,enter ,,subtle4    ,,sub4 ,here's
 your ,hieronimo's cloak and hat4       
,,face4 ,give me them4    ,,sub4 ,and   
the ruff too8    ,,face4 ,yes2 ,i'll    
come to you presently4    ,,exit4       
,,sub4 ,now he is gone about his        
project1 ,dol1   ,i told you of1 for the
 widow4    ,,dol4 ',tis direct          
,against our articles4    ,,sub4 ,well1 
we will fit him1 wench4   ,hast thou    
gull'd her of her jewels or her         
bracelets8    ,,dol4 ,no2 but ,i will   
do't4    ,,sub4 ,soon at night1 my      

,dolly1   ,when we are shipp'd1 and all 
our goods aboard1   ,eastward for       
,ratcliff1 we will turn our course   ,to
 ,brainford1 westward1 if thou sayst the
 word1   ,and take our leaves of this   
o'er-weening rascal1   ,this peremptory 
,face4    ,,dol4 ,content1 ,i'm weary of
 him4    ,,sub4 ,thou'st cause1 when the
 slave will run a wiving1 ,dol1         
,against the instrument that was drawn  
between us4    ,,dol4 ,i'll pluck his   
bird as bare as ,i can4    ,,sub4 ,yes1 
tell her1   ,she must by any means      
address some present   ,to the cunning  
man1 make him amends for wronging   ,his
 art with her suspicion2 send a ring1   
,or chain of pearl2 she will be tortured
 else   ,extremely in her sleep1 say1   
and have strange things   ,come to her4 
,wilt thou8    ,,dol4 ,yes4    ,,sub4   
,my fine flitter-mouse1   ,my bird o'   
the night6 we'll tickle it at the       
,pigeons1   ,when we have all1 and may  
unlock the trunks1   ,and say1 this's   
mine1 and thine2 and thine1 and mine4   

,,they ,,kiss4    ,,re-,,enter ,,face4  
,,face4 ,what now6 a billing8    ,,sub4 
,yes1 a little exalted   ,in the good   
passage of our stock-affairs4    ,,face4
 ,drugger has brought his parson2 take  
him in1 ,subtle1   ,and send ,nab back  
again to wash his face4    ,,sub4 ,i    
will3 and shave himself8    ,,exit4     
,,face4 ,if you can get him4    ,,dol4  
,you are hot upon it1 ,face1 whate'er it
 is6    ,,face4 ,a trick that ,dol shall
 spend ten pound a month by4            
,,re-,,enter ,,subtle4   ,is he gone8   
,,sub4 ,the chaplain waits you in the   
hall1 sir4    ,,face4 ,i'll go bestow   
him4    ,,exit4    ,,dol4 ,he'll now    
marry her1 instantly4    ,,sub4 ,he     
cannot yet1 he is not ready4 ,dear ,dol1
   ,cozen her of all thou canst4 ,to    
deceive him   ,is no deceit1 but        
justice1 that would break   ,such an    
inextricable tie as ours was4    ,,dol4 
,let me alone to fit him4               
,,re-,,enter ,,face4    ,,face4 ,come1  
my venturers1   ,you have pack'd up all8

 where be the trunks8 bring forth4      
,,sub4 ,here4    ,,face4 ,let us see    
them4 ,where's the money8    ,,sub4     
,here1   ,in this4    ,,face4 ,mammon's 
ten pound2 eight score before3   ,the   
brethren's money1 this4 ,drugger's and  
,dapper's4   ,what paper's that8        
,,dol4 ,the jewel of the waiting maid's1
   ,that stole it from her lady1 to know
 certain--    ,,face4 ,if she should    
have precedence of her mistress8        
,,dol4 ,yes4    ,,face4 ,what box is    
that8    ,,sub4 ,the fish-wives' rings1 
,i think1   ,and the ale-wives' single  
money4 ,is't not1 ,dol8    ,,dol4 ,yes2 
and the whistle that the sailor's wife  
,brought you to know an her husband were
 with ,ward4    ,,face4 ,we'll wet it   
to-morrow2 and our silver-beakers   ,and
 tavern cups4 ,where be the ,french     
petticoats1   ,and girdles and hangers8 
,,sub4 ,here1 in the trunk1   ,and the  
bolts of lawn4    ,,face4 ,is ,drugger's
 damask there1   ,and the tobacco8      
,,sub4 ,yes4    ,,face4 ,give me the    

keys4    ,,dol4 ,why you the keys8      
,,sub4 ,no matter1 ,dol2 because   ,we  
shall not open them before he comes4    
,,face4 ',tis true1 you shall not open  
them1 indeed2   ,nor have them forth1 do
 you see8 ,not forth1 ,dol4    ,,dol4   
,no6    ,,face4 ,no1 my smock rampant4  
,the right is1 my master   ,knows all1  
has pardon'd me1 and he will keep them2 
,doctor1 'tis true--you look--for all   
your figures3   ,i sent for him1 indeed4
 ,wherefore1 good partners1   ,both he  
and she be satisfied2 for here          
,determines the indenture tripartite    
',twixt ,subtle1 ,dol1 and ,face4 ,all  
,i can do   ,is to help you over the    
wall1 o' the back-side1   ,or lend you a
 sheet to save your velvet gown1 ,dol4  
,here will be officers presently1       
bethink you   ,of some course suddenly  
to 'scape the dock3   ,for thither you  
will come else4   ,,loud ,,knocking4    
,hark you1 thunder4    ,,sub4 ,you are a
 precious fiend6    ,,offi ,,without4   
,open the door4    ,,face4 ,dol1 ,i am  

sorry for thee i'faith2 but hear'st     
thou8   ,it shall go hard but ,i will   
place thee somewhere3   ,thou shalt have
 my letter to mistress ,amo--    ,,dol4 
,hang you6    ,,face4 ,or madam         
,caesarean4    ,,dol4 ,pox upon you1    
rogue1   ,would ,i had but time to beat 
thee6    ,,face4 ,subtle1   ,let's know 
where you set up next2 ,i will send you 
,a customer now and then1 for old       
acquaintance3   ,what new course have   
you8    ,,sub4 ,rogue1 ,i'll hang       
myself2   ,that ,i may walk a greater   
devil than thou1   ,and haunt thee in   
the flock-bed and the buttery4          
,,exeunt4     ,,scene #e4c4    ,,an     
,,outer ,,room ,,in ,,the ,,same4       
,,enter ,,lovewit ,,in ,,the ,,spanish  
,,dress1 ,,with ,,the ,,parson4         
,,loud ,,knocking ,,at ,,the ,,door4    
,,love4 ,what do you mean1 my masters8  
,,mam ,,without4 ,open your door1       
,cheaters1 bawds1 conjurers4    ,,offi  
,,without4 ,or we will break it open4   
,,love4 ,what warrant have you8         

,,offi ,,without4 ,warrant enough1 sir1 
doubt not1   ,if you'll not open it4    
,,love4 ,is there an officer1 there8    
,,offi ,,without4 ,yes1 two or three for
 failing4    ,,love4 ,have but patience1
   ,and ,i will open it straight4       
,,enter ,,face1 ,,as ,,butler4          
,,face4 ,sir1 have you done8   ,is it a 
marriage8 perfect8    ,,love4 ,yes1 my  
brain4    ,,face4 ,off with your ruff   
and cloak then2 be yourself1 sir4       
,,sur ,,without4 ,down with the door4   
,,kas ,,without4 ',slight1 ding it open4
    ,,love ,,opening ,,the ,,door4      
,hold1   ,hold1 gentlemen1 what means   
this violence8    ,,mammon1 ,,surly1    
,,kastril1 ,,ananias1 ,,tribulation1    
,,and ,,officers1 ,,rush ,,in4    ,,mam4
 ,where is this collier8    ,,sur4 ,and 
my captain ,face8    ,,mam4 ,these day  
owls4    ,,sur4 ,that are birding in    
men's purses4    ,,mam4 ,madam          
suppository4    ,,kas4 ,doxy1 my suster4
    ,,ana4 ,locusts   ,of the foul pit4 
,,tri4 ,profane as ,bel and the dragon4 

,,ana4 ,worse than the grasshoppers1 or 
the lice of ,egypt4    ,,love4 ,good    
gentlemen1 hear me4 ,are you officers1  
,and cannot stay this violence8    #a   
,,offi4 ,keep the peace4    ,,love4     
,gentlemen1 what is the matter8 whom do 
you seek8    ,,mam4 ,the chemical       
cozener4    ,,sur4 ,and the captain     
pander4    ,,kas4 ,the nun my suster4   
,,mam4 ,madam ,rabbi4    ,,ana4         
,scorpions1   ,and caterpillars4        
,,love4 ,fewer at once1 ,i pray you4    
#b ,,offi4 ,one after another1          
gentlemen1 ,i charge you1   ,by virtue  
of my staff4    ,,ana4 ,they are the    
vessels   ,of pride1 lust1 and the cart4
    ,,love4 ,good zeal1 lie still   ,a  
little while4    ,,tri4 ,peace1 deacon  
,ananias4    ,,love4 ,the house is mine 
here1 and the doors are open2   ,if     
there be any such persons as you seek   
for1   ,use your authority1 search on o'
 ,god's name4   ,i am but newly come to 
town1 and finding   ,this tumult 'bout  
my door1 to tell you true1   ,it        

somewhat mazed me2 till my man1 here1   
fearing   ,my more displeasure1 told me 
he had done   ,somewhat an insolent     
part1 let out my house   7,belike1      
presuming on my known aversion   ,from  
any air o' the town while there was     
sickness17   ,to a doctor and a captain3
 who1 what they are   ,or where they be1
 he knows not4    ,,mam4 ,are they gone8
    ,,love4 ,you may go in and search1  
sir4   ,,mammon1 ,,ana41 ,,and ,,trib4  
,,go ,,in4   ,here1 ,i find   ,the empty
 walls worse than ,i left them1 smoak'd1
   ,a few crack'd pots1 and glasses1 and
 a furnace3   ,the ceiling fill'd with  
poesies of the candle1   ,and madam with
 a dildo writ o' the walls3   ,only one 
gentlewoman1 ,i met here1   ,that is    
within1 that said she was a widow--     
,,kas4 ,ay1 that's my suster2 ,i'll go  
thump her4 ,where is she8    ,,goes     
,,in4    ,,love4 ,and should have       
married a ,spanish count1 but he1       
,when he came to't1 neglected her so    
grossly1   ,that ,i1 a widower1 am gone 

through with her4    ,,sur4 ,how6 have  
,i lost her then8    ,,love4 ,were you  
the don1 sir8   ,good faith1 now1 she   
does blame you extremely1 and says      
,you swore1 and told her you had taken  
the pains   ,to dye your beard1 and     
umber o'er your face1   ,borrowed a     
suit1 and ruff1 all for her love2   ,and
 then did nothing4 ,what an oversight1  
,and want of putting forward1 sir1 was  
this6   ,well fare an old harquebuzier1 
yet1   ,could prime his powder1 and give
 fire1 and hit1   ,all in a twinkling6  
,,re-,,enter ,,mammon4    ,,mam4 ,the   
whole nest are fled6    ,,love4 ,what   
sort of birds were they8    ,,mam4 ,a   
kind of choughs1   ,or thievish daws1   
sir1 that have pick'd my purse   ,of    
eight score and ten pounds within these 
five weeks1   ,beside my first          
materials2 and my goods1   ,that lie in 
the cellar1 which ,i am glad they have  
left1   ,i may have home yet4    ,,love4
 ,think you so1 sir8    ,,mam4 ,ay4     
,,love4 ,by order of law1 sir1 but not  

otherwise4    ,,mam4 ,not mine own      
stuff6    ,,love4 ,sir1 ,i can take no  
knowledge   ,that they are yours1 but by
 public means4   ,if you can bring      
certificate that you were gull'd of     
them1   ,or any formal writ out of a    
court1   ,that you did cozen your self1 
,i will not hold them4    ,,mam4 ,i'll  
rather lose them4    ,,love4 ,that you  
shall not1 sir1   ,by me1 in troth3 upon
 these terms1 they are yours4   ,what6  
should they have been1 sir1 turn'd into 
gold1 all8    ,,mam4 ,no1   ,i cannot   
tell--,it may be they should4--,what    
then8    ,,love4 ,what a great loss in  
hope have you sustain'd6    ,,mam4 ,not 
,i1 the commonwealth has4    ,,face4    
,ay1 he would have built   ,the city    
new2 and made a ditch about it   ,of    
silver1 should have run with cream from 
,hogsden2   ,that every ,sunday1 in     
,moorfields1 the younkers1   ,and tits  
and tom-boys should have fed on1 gratis4
    ,,mam4 ,i will go mount a           
turnip-cart1 and preach   ,the end of   

the world1 within these two months4     
,surly1   ,what6 in a dream8    ,,sur4  
,must ,i needs cheat myself1   ,with    
that same foolish vice of honesty6      
,come1 let us go and hearken out the    
rogues3   ,that ,face ,i'll mark for    
mine1 if e'er ,i meet him4    ,,face4   
,if ,i can hear of him1 sir1 ,i'll bring
 you word1   ,unto your lodging2 for in 
troth1 they were strangers   ,to me1 ,i 
thought them honest as my self1 sir4    
,,exeunt ,,mam4 ,,and ,,sur4            
,,re-,,enter ,,ananias ,,and            
,,tribulation4    ,,tri4 ',tis well1 the
 saints shall not lose all yet4 ,go1    
,and get some carts--    ,,love4 ,for   
what1 my zealous friends8    ,,ana4 ,to 
bear away the portion of the righteous  
,out of this den of thieves4    ,,love4 
,what is that portion8    ,,ana4 ,the   
goods sometimes the orphan's1 that the  
brethren   ,bought with their silver    
pence4    ,,love4 ,what1 those in the   
cellar1   ,the knight sir ,mammon       
claims8    ,,ana4 ,i do defy   ,the     

wicked ,mammon1 so do all the brethren1 
,thou profane man6 ,i ask thee with what
 conscience   ,thou canst advance that  
idol against us1   ,that have the seal8 
were not the shillings number'd1   ,that
 made the pounds2 were not the pounds   
told out1   ,upon the second day of the 
fourth week1   ,in the eighth month1    
upon the table dormant1   ,the year of  
the last patience of the saints1   ,six 
hundred and ten8    ,,love4 ,mine       
earnest vehement botcher1   ,and deacon 
also1 ,i cannot dispute with you3   ,but
 if you get you not away the sooner1    
,i shall confute you with a cudgel4     
,,ana4 ,sir6    ,,tri4 ,be patient1     
,ananias4    ,,ana4 ,i am strong1   ,and
 will stand up1 well girt1 against an   
host   ,that threaten ,gad in exile4    
,,love4 ,i shall send you   ,to         
,amsterdam1 to your cellar4    ,,ana4 ,i
 will pray there1   ,against thy house3 
may dogs defile thy walls1   ,and wasps 
and hornets breed beneath thy roof1     
,this seat of falsehood1 and this cave  

of cozenage6    ,,exeunt ,,ana4 ,,and   
,,trib4    ,,enter ,,drugger4    ,,love4
 ,another too8    ,,drug4 ,not ,i1 sir1 
,i am no brother4    ,,love ,,beats     
,,him4 ,away1 you ,harry ,nicholas6 do  
you talk8    ,,exit ,,drug4    ,,face4  
,no1 this was ,abel ,drugger4 ,good sir1
 go1   ,,to ,,the ,,parson4   ,and      
satisfy him2 tell him all is done3   ,he
 staid too long a washing of his face4  
,the doctor1 he shall hear of him at    
,west-chester2   ,and of the captain1   
tell him1 at ,yarmouth1 or   ,some good 
port-town else1 lying for a wind4       
,,exit ,,parson4   ,if you can get off  
the angry child1 now1 sir--    ,,enter  
,,kastril1 ,,dragging ,,in ,,his        
,,sister4    ,,kas4 ,come on1 you ewe1  
you have match'd most sweetly1   have   
you not8   ,did not ,i say1 ,i would    
never have you tupp'd   ,but by a dubb'd
 boy1 to make you a lady-tom8           
',slight1 you are a mammet6 ,o1 ,i could
 touse you1 now4   ,death1 mun' you     
marry1 with a pox6    ,,love4 ,you lie1 

boy2   ,as sound as you2 and ,i'm       
aforehand with you4    ,,kas4 ,anon6    
,,love4 ,come1 will you quarrel8 ,i will
 feize you1 sirrah2   ,why do you not   
buckle to your tools8    ,,kas4 ,od's   
light1   ,this is a fine old boy as e'er
 ,i saw6    ,,love4 ,what1 do you change
 your copy now8 proceed2   ,here stands 
my dove3 stoop at her1 if you dare4     
,,kas4 ',slight1 ,i must love him6 ,i   
cannot choose1 i'faith1   ,an ,i should 
be hang'd for't6 ,suster1 ,i protest1   
,i honour thee for this match4          
,,love4 ,o1 do you so1 sir8    ,,kas4   
,yes1 an thou canst take tobacco and    
drink1 old boy1   ,i'll give her five   
hundred pound more to her marriage1     
,than her own state4    ,,love4 ,fill a 
pipe full1 ,jeremy4    ,,face4 ,yes2 but
 go in and take it1 sir4    ,,love4 ,we 
will--   ,i will be ruled by thee in any
 thing1 ,jeremy4    ,,kas4 ',slight1    
thou art not hide-bound1 thou art a jovy
 boy6   ,come1 let us in1 ,i pray thee1 
and take our whiffs4    ,,love4 ,whiff  

in with your sister1 brother boy4       
,,exeunt ,,kas4 ,,and ,,dame ,p4   ,that
 master   ,that had received such       
happiness by a servant1   ,in such a    
widow1 and with so much wealth1   ,were 
very ungrateful1 if he would not be   ,a
 little indulgent to that servant's wit1
   ,and help his fortune1 though with   
some small strain   ,of his own candour4
   ,,advancing4   --,therefore1         
gentlemen1   ,and kind spectators1 if ,i
 have outstript   ,an old man's gravity1
 or strict canon1 think   ,what a young 
wife and a good brain may do2   ,stretch
 age's truth sometimes1 and crack it    
too4   ,speak for thy self1 knave4      
,,face4 ,so ,i will1 sir4   ,,advancing 
,,to ,,the ,,front ,,of ,,the ,,stage4  
,gentlemen1   ,my part a little fell in 
this last scene1   ,yet 'twas decorum4  
,and though ,i am clean   ,got off from 
,subtle1 ,surly1 ,mammon1 ,dol1   ,hot  
,ananias1 ,dapper1 ,drugger1 all   ,with
 whom ,i traded3 yet ,i put my self     
,on you1 that are my country3 and this  

pelf   ,which ,i have got1 if you do    
quit me1 rests   ,to feast you often1   
and invite new guests4     ,,exeunt4    
9999999999    ,,glossary  ,,abate1 cast 
down1 subdue4  ,,abhorring1 repugnant   
7to71 at variance4  ,,abject1 base1     
degraded thing1 outcast4  ,,abrase1     
smooth1 blank4  ,,absolute7,,ly71       
faultless7ly74  ,,abstracted1 abstract1 
abstruse4  ,,abuse1 deceive1 insult1    
dishonour1 make ill use of4  ,,acater1  
caterer4  ,,acates1 cates4  ,,acceptive1
 willing1 ready to accept1 receive4     
,,accommodate1 fit1 befitting4  7,the   
word was a fashionable one and used on  
all occasions4  ,see ,henry ,,iv41 pt4  
#b1 iii4 #d74  ,,accost1 draw near1     
approach4  ,,acknown1 confessedly       
acquainted with4  ,,acme1 full maturity4
  ,,adalantado1 lord deputy or governor 
of a ,spanish province4  ,,adjection1   
addition4  ,,admiration1 astonishment4  
,,admire1 wonder1 wonder at4  ,,adrop1  
philosopher's stone1 or substance from  
which obtained4  ,,adscrive1 subscribe4 

,,adulterate1 spurious1 counterfeit4    
,,advance1 lift4  ,,advertise1 inform1  
give intelligence4  ,,advertised1 be--1 
be it known to you4  ,,advertisement1   
intelligence4  ,,advise1 consider1      
bethink oneself1 deliberate4  ,,advised1
 informed1 aware2 are you--8 have you   
found that out8  ,,affect1 love1 like2  
aim at2 move4  ,,affected1 disposed2    
beloved4  ,,affectionate1 obstinate2    
prejudiced4  ,,affects1 affections4     
,,affront1 give the--1 face4  ,,affy1   
have confidence in2 betroth4  ,,after1  
after the manner of4  ,,again1          
,,against1 in anticipation of4          
,,aggravate1 increase1 magnify1 enlarge 
upon4  ,,agnomination4  ,see            
,paranomasie4  ,,aiery1 nest1 brood4    
,,aim1 guess4  ,,all ,,hid1 children's  
cry at hide-and-seek4  ,,all-,,to1      
completely1 entirely 7all-to-be-laden74 
,,allowance1 approbation1 recognition4  
,,alma-,,cantaras 7astronomy71 parallels
 of altitude4  ,,almain1 name of a      
dance4  ,,almuten1 planet of chief      

influence in the horoscope4  ,,alone1   
unequalled1 without peer4  ,,aludels1   
subliming pots4  ,,amazed1 confused1    
perplexed4  ,,amber1 ,,ambre1 ambergris4
  ,,ambree1 ,,mary1 a woman noted for   
her valour at the siege of ,ghent1      
#adeh4  ,,ames-,,ace1 lowest throw at   
dice4  ,,amphibolies1 ambiguities4      
,,amused1 bewildered1 amazed4  ,,an1 if4
  ,,anatomy1 skeleton1 or dissected     
body4  ,,andirons1 fire-dogs4  ,,angel1 
gold coin worth #aj shillings1 stamped  
with the figure of the archangel        
,michael4  ,,annesh ,,cleare1 spring    
known as ,agnes le ,clare4  ,,answer1   
return hit in fencing4  ,,antic1        
,,antique1 clown1 buffoon4  ,,antic1    
like a buffoon4  ,,antiperistasis1 an   
opposition which enhances the quality it
 opposes4  ,,apozem1 decoction4         
,,apperil1 peril4  ,,apple-,,john1      
,,apple-,,squire1 pimp1 pander4         
,,apply1 attach4  ,,apprehend1 take into
 custody4  ,,apprehensive1 quick of     
perception2 able to perceive and        

appreciate4  ,,approve1 prove1 confirm4 
,,apt1 suit1 adapt2 train1 prepare2     
dispose1 incline4  ,,apt7,,ly71         
suitable7y71 opportune7ly74  ,,aptitude1
 suitableness4  ,,arbor1 make the--1 cut
 up the game 7,gifford74  ,,arches1     
,court of ,arches4  ,,archie1 ,archibald
 ,armstrong1 jester to ,james ,i4 and   
,charles ,i4  ,,argaile1 argol1 crust or
 sediment in wine casks4                
,,argent-,,vive1 quicksilver4           
,,argument1 plot of a drama2 theme1     
subject2 matter in question2 token1     
proof4  ,,arride1 please4  ,,arsedine1  
mixture of copper and zinc1 used as an  
imitation of gold-leaf4  ,,arthur1      
,,prince1 reference to an archery show  
by a society who assumed arms1 etc41 of 
,arthur's knights4  ,,article1 item4    
,,artificially1 artfully4  ,,ascension1 
evaporation1 distillation4  ,,aspire1   
try to reach1 obtain1 long for4         
,,assalto 7,italian71 assault4  ,,assay1
 draw a knife along the belly of the    
deer1 a ceremony of the hunting-field4  

,,assoil1 solve4  ,,assure1 secure      
possession or reversion of4  ,,athanor1 
a digesting furnace1 calculated to keep 
up a constant heat4  ,,atone1 reconcile4
  ,,attach1 attack1 seize4  ,,audacious1
 having spirit and confidence4          
,,authentic7,,al71 of authority1        
authorised1 trustworthy1 genuine4       
,,avisement1 reflection1 consideration4 
,,avoid1 begone6 get rid of4  ,,away    
,,with1 endure4  ,,azoch1 ,mercurius    
,philosophorum4  ,,babion1 baboon4      
,,baby1 doll4  ,,back-,,side1 back      
premises4  ,,baffle1 treat with         
contempt4  ,,bagatine1 ,italian coin1   
worth about the third of a farthing4    
,,baiard1 horse of magic powers known to
 old romance4  ,,baldrick1 belt worn    
across the breast to support bugle1 etc4
  ,,bale 7of dice71 pair4  ,,balk1      
overlook1 pass by1 avoid4  ,,ballace1   
ballast4  ,,balloo1 game at ball4       
,,balneum 7,,bain ,,marie71 a vessel for
 holding hot water in which other       
vessels are stood for heating4          

,,banbury1 brother of--1 ,puritan4      
,,bandog1 dog tied or chained up4       
,,bane1 woe1 ruin4  ,,banquet1 a light  
repast2 dessert4  ,,barb1 to clip gold4 
,,barbel1 fresh-water fish4  ,,bare1    
meer2 bareheaded2 it was a particular   
mark of state and grandeur for the      
coachman to be uncovered 7,gifford74    
,,barley-,,break1 game somewhat similar 
to base4  ,,base1 game of prisoner's    
base4  ,,bases1 richly embroidered skirt
 reaching to the knees1 or lower4       
,,basilisk1 fabulous reptile1 believed  
to slay with its eye4  ,,basket1 used   
for the broken provision collected for  
prisoners4  ,,bason1 basons1 etc41 were 
beaten by the attendant mob when bad    
characters were carted4  ,,bate1 be     
reduced2 abate1 reduce4  ,,batoon1      
baton1 stick4  ,,batten1 feed1 grow fat4
  ,,bawson1 badger4  ,,beadsman1        
prayer-man1 one engaged to pray for     
another4  ,,beagle1 small hound2 fig4   
spy4  ,,bear ,,in ,,hand1 keep in       
suspense1 deceive with false hopes4     

,,bearward1 bear leader4  ,,bedphere4   
,see ,phere4  ,,bedstaff1 787 wooden pin
 in the side of the bedstead for        
supporting the bedclothes 7,johnson72   
one of the sticks or laths2 a stick used
 in making a bed4  ,,beetle1 heavy      
mallet4  ,,beg1 ,i'd--him1 the custody  
of minors and idiots was begged for2    
likewise property fallen forfeit to the 
,crown 7your house had been begged74    
,,bell-,,man1 night watchman4           
,,benjamin1 an aromatic gum4  ,,berlina1
 pillory4  ,,bescumber1 defile4         
,,beslave1 beslabber4  ,,besogno1       
beggar4  ,,bespawle1 bespatter4         
,,bethlehem ,,gabor1 ,transylvanian     
hero1 proclaimed ,king of ,hungary4     
,,bever1 drinking4  ,,bevis1 ,,sir1     
knight of romance whose horse was       
equally celebrated4  ,,bewray1 reveal1  
make known4  ,,bezant1 heraldic term3   
small gold circle4  ,,bezoar',s ,,stone1
 a remedy known by this name was a      
supposed antidote to poison4            
,,bid-,,stand1 highwayman4  ,,biggin1   

cap1 similar to that worn by the        
,beguines2 nightcap4  ,,bilive 7belive71
 with haste4  ,,bilk1 nothing1 empty    
talk4  ,,bill1 kind of pike4  ,,billet1 
wood cut for fuel1 stick4  ,,birding1   
thieving4  ,,black ,,sanctus1 burlesque 
hymn1 any unholy riot4  ,,blank1        
originally a small ,french coin4        
,,blank1 white4  ,,blanket1 toss in a   
blanket4  ,,blaze1 outburst of violence4
  ,,blaze1 7her47 blazon2 publish       
abroad4  ,,blazon1 armorial bearings2   
fig4 all that pertains to good birth and
 breeding4  ,,blin1 withouten--1 without
 ceasing4  ,,blow1 puff up4  ,,blue1    
colour of servants' livery1 hence       
--order1 --waiters4  ,,blushet1 blushing
 one4  ,,bob1 jest1 taunt4  ,,bob1 beat1
 thump4  ,,bodge1 measure4  ,,bodkin1   
dagger1 or other short1 pointed weapon2 
long pin with which the women fastened  
up their hair4  ,,bolt1 roll 7of        
material74  ,,bolt1 dislodge1 rout out2 
sift 7boulting-tub74  ,,bolt',s-,,head1 
long1 straight-necked vessel for        

distillation4  ,,bombard ,,slops1       
padded1 puffed-out breeches4  ,,bona    
,,roba1 good1 wholesome1 plum-cheeked   
wench 7,johnson7 --not always used in   
compliment4  ,,bonny-,,clabber1 sour    
butter-milk4  ,,bookholder1 prompter4   
,,boot1 to--1 into the bargain2 no--1 of
 no avail4  ,,borachio1 bottle made of  
skin4  ,,bordello1 brothel4  ,,borne    
,,it1 conducted1 carried it through4    
,,bottle 7of hay71 bundle1 truss4       
,,bottom1 skein or ball of thread2      
vessel4  ,,bourd1 jest4  ,,bovoli1      
snails or cockles dressed in the        
,italian manner 7,gifford74             
,,bow-,,pot1 flower vase or pot4        
,,boys1 terrible--1 angry--1 roystering 
young bucks4 7,see ,nares74  ,,brabbles 
7,,brabblesh71 brawls4  ,,brach1 bitch4 
,,bradamante1 a heroine in ,orlando     
,furioso4  ,,bradley1 ,,arthur ,,of1 a  
lively character commemorated in        
ballads4  ,,brake1 frame for confining a
 horse's feet while being shod1 or      
strong curb or bridle2 trap4            

,,branched1 with detached sleeve        
ornaments1 projecting from the shoulders
 of the gown 7,gifford74  ,,brandish1   
flourish of weapon4  ,,brash1 brace4    
,,brave1 bravado1 braggart speech4      
,,brave 7adv471 gaily1 finely           
7apparelled74  ,,braveries1 gallants4   
,,bravery1 extravagant gaiety of        
apparel4  ,,bravo1 bravado1 swaggerer4  
,,brazen-,,head1 speaking head made by  
,roger ,bacon4  ,,breathe1 pause for    
relaxation2 exercise4  ,,breath ,,upon1 
speak dispraisingly of4  ,,brend1 burn4 
,,bride-,,ale1 wedding feast4  ,,brief1 
abstract2 7mus47 breve4  ,,brisk1       
smartly dressed4  ,,brize1 breese1      
gadfly4  ,,broad-,,seal1 state seal4    
,,brock1 badger 7term of contempt74     
,,broke1 transact business as a broker4 
,,brook1 endure1 put up with4           
,,broughton1 ,,hugh1 an ,english divine 
and ,hebrew scholar4  ,,bruit1 rumour4  
,,buck1 wash4  ,,buckle1 bend4  ,,buff1 
leather made of buffalo skin1 used for  
military and serjeants' coats1 etc4     

,,bufo1 black tincture4  ,,bugle1       
long-shaped bead4  ,,bulled1 787 bolled1
 swelled4  ,,bullions1 trunk hose4      
,,bully1 term of familiar endearment4   
,,bungy1 ,friar ,bungay1 who had a      
familiar in the shape of a dog4         
,,burden1 refrain1 chorus4  ,,burgonet1 
closely-fitting helmet with visor4      
,,burgullion1 braggadocio4  ,,burn1 mark
 wooden measures 7--ing of cans74       
,,burrough1 pledge1 security4  ,,buskin1
 half-boot1 foot gear reaching high up  
the leg4  ,,butt-,,shaft1 barbless arrow
 for shooting at butts4  ,,butter1      
,,nathaniel 7,staple of ,news71 a       
compiler of general news4  7,see        
,cunningham74  ,,buttery-,,hatch1       
half-door shutting off the buttery1     
where provisions and liquors were       
stored4  ,,buy1 he bought me1 formerly  
the guardianship of wards could be      
bought4  ,,buz1 exclamation to enjoin   
silence4  ,,buzzard1 simpleton4  ,,by   
,,and ,,by1 at once4  ,,by7,e71 on the 1
 incidentally1 as of minor or secondary 

importance2 at the side4  ,,by-,,chop1  
by-blow1 bastard4  ,,caduceus1          
,mercury's wand4  ,,caliver1 light kind 
of musket4  ,,callet1 woman of ill      
repute4  ,,callot1 coif worn on the wigs
 of our judges or serjeants-at-law      
7,gifford74  ,,calvered1 crimped1 or    
sliced and pickled4  7,see ,nares74     
,,camouccio1 wretch1 knave4  ,,camused1 
flat4  ,,can1 knows4  ,,candle-,,rent1  
rent from house property4               
,,candle-,,waster1 one who studies late4
  ,,canter1 sturdy beggar4  ,,cap ,,of  
,,maintence1 an insignia of dignity1 a  
cap of state borne before kings at their
 coronation2 also an heraldic term4     
,,capable1 able to comprehend1 fit to   
receive instruction1 impression4        
,,capaneus1 one of the ,seven against   
,thebes4  ,,caract1 carat1 unit of      
weight for precious stones1 etc42 value1
 worth4  ,,caranza1 ,spanish author of a
 book on duelling4  ,,carcanet1 jewelled
 ornament for the neck4  ,,care1 take   
care2 object4  ,,carosh1 coach1         

carriage4  ,,carpet1 table-cover4       
,,carriage1 bearing1 behaviour4         
,,carwhitchet1 quip1 pun4  ,,casamate1  
casemate1 fortress4  ,,case1 a pair4    
,,case1 in--1 in condition4  ,,cassock1 
soldier's loose overcoat4  ,,cast1      
flight of hawks1 couple4  ,,cast1 throw 
dice2 vomit2 forecast1 calculate4       
,,cast1 cashiered4  ,,casting-,,glass1  
bottle for sprinkling perfume4          
,,castril1 kestrel1 falcon4  ,,cat1     
structure used in sieges4  ,,catamite1  
old form of ganymede4  ,,catastrophe1   
conclusion4  ,,catchpole1 sheriff's     
officer4  ,,cates1 dainties1 provisions4
  ,,catso1 rogue1 cheat4  ,,cautelous1  
crafty1 artful4  ,,censure1 criticism2  
sentence4  ,,censure1 criticise2 pass   
sentence1 doom4  ,,ceruse1 cosmetic     
containing white lead4  ,,cess1 assess4 
,,change1 hunt--1 follow a fresh scent4 
,,chapman1 retail dealer4  ,,character1 
handwriting4  ,,charge1 expense4        
,,charm1 subdue with magic1 lay a spell 
on1 silence4  ,,charming1 exercising    

magic power4  ,,chartel1 challenge4     
,,cheap1 bargain1 market4  ,,chear1     
,,cheer1 comfort1 encouragement2 food1  
entertainment4  ,,check ,,at1 aim       
reproof at4  ,,chequin1 gold ,italian   
coin4  ,,chevril1 from kidskin1 which is
 elastic and pliable4  ,,chiaus1        
,turkish envoy2 used for a cheat1       
swindler4  ,,childermass ,,day1         
,innocents' ,day4  ,,choke-,,bail1      
action which does not allow of bail4    
,,chrysopoeia1 alchemy4  ,,chrysosperm1 
ways of producing gold4  ,,cibation1    
adding fresh substances to supply the   
waste of evaporation4  ,,cimici1 bugs4  
,,cinoper1 cinnabar4  ,,cioppini1       
chopine1 lady's high shoe4  ,,circling  
,,boy1 a species of roarer2 one who in  
some way drew a man into a snare1 to    
cheat or rob him 7,nares74              
,,circumstance1 circumlocution1 beating 
about the bush2 ceremony1 everything    
pertaining to a certain condition2      
detail1 particular4  ,,citronise1 turn  
citron colour4  ,,cittern1 kind of      

guitar4  ,,city-,,wires1 woman of       
fashion1 who made use of wires for hair 
and dress4  ,,civil1 legal4  ,,clap1    
clack1 chatter4  ,,clapper-,,dudgeon1   
downright beggar4  ,,claps ,,his ,,dish1
 a clap1 or clack1 dish 7dish with a    
movable lid7 was carried by beggars and 
lepers to show that the vessel was      
empty1 and to give sound of their       
approach4  ,,claridiana1 heroine of an  
old romance4  ,,clarissimo1 ,venetian   
noble4  ,,clem1 starve4  ,,clicket1     
latch4  ,,clim ,o' ,,the ,,cloughs1     
etc41 wordy heroes of romance4          
,,climate1 country4  ,,close1 secret1   
private2 secretive4  ,,closeness1       
secrecy4  ,,cloth1 arras1 hangings4     
,,clout1 mark shot at1 bull's eye4      
,,clown1 countryman1 clodhopper4        
,,coach-,,leaves1 folding blinds4       
,,coals1 bear no--1 submit to no        
affront4  ,,coat-,,armour1 coat of arms4
  ,,coat-,,card1 court-card4            
,,cob-,,herring1 ,,herring-,,cob1 a     
young herring4  ,,cob-,,swan1 male swan4

  ,,cock-,a-,,hoop1 denoting unstinted  
jollity2 thought to be derived from     
turning on the tap that all might drink 
to the full of the flowing liquor4      
,,cockatrice1 reptile supposed to be    
produced from a cock's egg and to kill  
by its eye--used as a term of reproach  
for a woman4  ,,cock-,,brained1 giddy1  
wild4  ,,cocker1 pamper4  ,,cockscomb1  
fool's cap4  ,,cockstone1 stone said to 
be found in a cock's gizzard1 and to    
possess particular virtues4  ,,codling1 
softening by boiling4  ,,coffin1 raised 
crust of a pie4  ,,cog1 cheat1 wheedle4 
,,coil1 turmoil1 confusion1 ado4        
,,cokely1 master of a puppet-show       
7,whalley74  ,,cokes1 fool1 gull4       
,,cold-,,conceited1 having cold opinion 
of1 coldly affected towards4            
,,cole-,,harbour1 a retreat for people  
of all sorts4  ,,collection1 composure2 
deduction4  ,,collop1 small slice1 piece
 of flesh4  ,,colly1 blacken4  ,,colour1
 pretext4  ,,colours1 fear no--1 no     
enemy 7quibble74  ,,colstaff1 cowlstaff1

 pole for carrying a cowltub4  ,,come   
,,about1 charge1 turn round4            
,,comfortable ,,bread1 spiced           
gingerbread4  ,,coming1 forward1 ready  
to respond1 complaisant4  ,,comment1    
commentary2 sometime it is taken for a  
lie or fayned tale 7,bullokar1 #afaf74  
,,commodity1 current for--1 allusion to 
practice of money-lenders1 who forced   
the borrower to take part of the loan in
 the shape of worthless goods on which  
the latter had to make money if he      
could4  ,,communicate1 share4           
,,compass1 in--1 within the range1      
sphere4  ,,complement1 completion1      
completement2 anything required for the 
perfecting or carrying out of a person  
or affair2 accomplishment4              
,,complexion1 natural disposition1      
constitution4  ,,compliment1 ,see       
,complement4  ,,complimentaries1 masters
 of accomplishments4  ,,composition1    
constitution2 agreement1 contract4      
,,composure1 composition4  ,,compter1   
,,counter1 debtors' prison4             

,,concealment1 a certain amount of      
church property had been retained at the
 dissolution of the monasteries2        
,elizabeth sent commissioners to search 
it out1 and the courtiers begged for it4
  ,,conceit1 idea1 fancy1 witty         
invention1 conception1 opinion4         
,,conceit1 apprehend4  ,,conceited1     
fancifully1 ingeniously devised or      
conceived2 possessed of intelligence1   
witty1 ingenious 7hence well conceited1 
etc472 disposed to joke2 of opinion1    
possessed of an idea4  ,,conceive1      
understand4  ,,concent1 harmony1        
agreement4  ,,conclude1 infer1 prove4   
,,concoct1 assimilate1 digest4          
,,conden',t1 probably conducted4        
,,conduct1 escort1 conductor4           
,,coney-,,catch1 cheat4  ,,confect1     
sweetmeat4  ,,confer1 compare4          
,,congies1 bows4  ,,connive1 give a     
look1 wink1 of secret intelligence4     
,,consort1 company1 concert4            
,,constancy1 fidelity1 ardour1          
persistence4  ,,constant1 confirmed1    

persistent1 faithful4  ,,constantly1    
firmly1 persistently4  ,,contend1       
strive4  ,,continent1 holding together4 
,,control 7the point71 bear or beat     
down4  ,,convent1 assembly1 meeting4    
,,convert1 turn 7oneself74  ,,convey1   
transmit from one to another4           
,,convince1 evince1 prove2 overcome1    
overpower2 convict4  ,,cop1 head1 top2  
tuft on head of birds2 a cop may have   
reference to one or other meaning2      
,gifford and others interpret as        
conical1 terminating in a point4        
,,cope-,,man1 chapman4  ,,copesmate1    
companion4  ,,copy 7,lat4 copia71       
abundance1 copiousness4  ,,corn         
7powder--71 grain4  ,,corollary1        
finishing part or touch4  ,,corsive1    
corrosive4  ,,cortine1 curtain1 7arch47 
wall between two towers1 etc4  ,,coryat1
 famous for his travels1 published as   
,coryat's ,crudities4  ,,cosset1 pet    
lamb1 pet4  ,,costard1 head4            
,,costard-,,monger1 apple-seller1       
coster-monger4  ,,costs1 ribs4  ,,cote1 

hut4  ,,cothurnal1 from cothurnus1 a    
particular boot worn by actors in ,greek
 tragedy4  ,,cotquean1 hussy4           
,,counsel1 secret4  ,,countenance1 means
 necessary for support2 credit1         
standing4  ,,counter4  ,see ,compter4   
,,counter1 pieces of metal or ivory for 
calculating at play4  ,,counter1 hunt--1
 follow scent in reverse direction4     
,,counterfeit1 false coin4              
,,counterpane1 one part or counterpart  
of a deed or indenture4  ,,counterpoint1
 opposite1 contrary point4              
,,court-,,dish1 a kind of drinking-cup  
7,halliwell72 ,n4,e4,d4 quotes from ,bp4
 ,goodman's ,court of ,james ,i43 ,the  
king444caused his carver to cut him out 
a court-dish1 that is1 something of     
every dish1 which he sent him as part of
 his reversion1 but this does not sound 
like short allowance or small           
receptacle4  ,,court-,,dor1 fool4       
,,courteau1 curtal1 small horse with    
docked tail4  ,,courtship1 courtliness4 
,,covetise1 avarice4  ,,cowshard1 cow   

dung4  ,,coxcomb1 fool's cap1 fool4     
,,coy1 shrink2 disdain4  ,,coystrel1 low
 varlet4  ,,cozen1 cheat4  ,,crack1     
lively young rogue1 wag4  ,,crack1 crack
 up1 boast2 come to grief4  ,,crambe1   
game of crambo1 in which the players    
find rhymes for a given word4  ,,cranch1
 craunch4  ,,cranion1 spider-like2 also 
fairy appellation for a fly 7,gifford1  
who refers to lines in ,drayton's       
,nimphidia74  ,,crimp1 game at cards4   
,,crincle1 draw back1 turn aside4       
,,crisped1 with curled or waved hair4   
,,crop1 gather1 reap4  ,,cropshire1 a   
kind of herring4  7,see ,n4,e4,d47      
,,cross1 any piece of money1 many coins 
being stamped with a cross4  ,,cross    
,,and ,,pile1 heads and tails4          
,,crosslet1 crucible4  ,,crowd1 fiddle4 
,,crudities1 undigested matter4         
,,crump1 curl up4  ,,crusado1           
,portuguese gold coin1 marked with a    
cross4  ,,cry 7he that cried ,italian71 
speak in a musical cadence1 intone1 or  
declaim 7872 cry up4  ,,cucking-,,stool1

 used for the ducking of scolds1 etc4   
,,cucurbite1 a gourd-shaped vessel used 
for distillation4  ,,cuerpo1 in--1 in   
undress4  ,,cullice1 broth4  ,,cullion1 
base fellow1 coward4  ,,cullisen1 badge 
worn on their arm by servants4          
,,culverin1 kind of cannon4  ,,cunning1 
skill4  ,,cunning1 skilful4             
,,cunning-,,man1 fortune-teller4        
,,cure1 care for4  ,,curious7,,ly71     
scrupulous1 particular2 elaborate1      
elegant7ly71 dainty7ly7 7hence in       
curious74  ,,curst1 shrewish1           
mischievous4  ,,curtal1 dog with docked 
tail1 of inferior sort4  ,,custard1     
quaking--1 --politic1 reference to a    
large custard which formed part of a    
city feast and afforded huge            
entertainment1 for the fool jumped into 
it1 and other like tricks were played4  
7,see ,all's ,well1 etc4 ii4 #e1 #dj47  
,,cutwork1 embroidery1 open-work4       
,,cypres 7,,cyprus7 7quibble71 cypress  
7or cyprus7 being a transparent         
material1 and when black used for       

mourning4  ,,dagger 7--frumety71 name of
 tavern4  ,,dargison1 apparently some   
person known in ballad or tale4         
,,dauphin ,,my ,,boy1 refrain of old    
comic song4  ,,daw1 daunt4  ,,dead      
,,lift1 desperate emergency4  ,,dear1   
applied to that which in any way touches
 us nearly4  ,,decline1 turn off from2  
turn away1 aside4  ,,defalk1 deduct1    
abate4  ,,defend1 forbid4  ,,degenerous1
 degenerate4  ,,degrees1 steps4         
,,delate1 accuse4  ,,demi-,,culverin1   
cannon carrying a ball of about ten     
pounds4  ,,denier1 the smallest possible
 coin1 being the twelfth part of a sou4 
,,depart1 part with4  ,,dependance1     
ground of quarrel in duello language4   
,,desert1 reward4  ,,designment1 design4
  ,,desperate1 rash1 reckless4          
,,detect1 allow to be detected1 betray1 
inform against4  ,,determine1 terminate4
  ,,detract1 draw back1 refuse4         
,,device1 masque1 show2 a thing moved by
 wires1 etc41 puppet4  ,,devise1 exact  
in every particular4  ,,devised1        

invented4  ,,diapasm1 powdered aromatic 
herbs1 made into balls of perfumed      
paste4  7,see ,pomander47  ,,dibble1 787
 moustache 7,n4,e4,d472 787 dagger      
7,cunningham74  ,,diffused1 disordered1 
scattered1 irregular4  ,,dight1 dressed4
  ,,dildo1 refrain of popular songs2    
vague term of low meaning4  ,,dimble1   
dingle1 ravine4  ,,dimensum1 stated     
allowance4  ,,disbase1 debase4          
,,discern1 distinguish1 show a          
difference between4  ,,discharge1 settle
 for4  ,,discipline1 reformation2       
ecclesiastical system4  ,,disclaim1     
renounce all part in4  ,,discourse1     
process of reasoning1 reasoning faculty4
  ,,discourtship1 discourtesy4          
,,discover1 betray1 reveal2 display4    
,,disfavour1 disfigure4                 
,,disparagement1 legal term applied to  
the unfitness in any way of a marriage  
arranged for in the case of wards4      
,,dispense ,,with1 grant dispensation   
for4  ,,display1 extend4  ,,dis',,ple1  
discipline1 teach by the whip4          

,,disposed1 inclined to merriment4      
,,disposure1 disposal4  ,,disprise1     
depreciate4  ,,dispunct1 not            
punctilious4  ,,disquisition1 search4   
,,dissolved1 enervated by grief4        
,,distance1 787 proper measure4         
,,distaste1 offence1 cause of offence4  
,,distaste1 render distasteful4         
,,distempered1 upset1 out of humour4    
,,division 7mus471 variation1           
modulation4  ,,dog-,,bolt1 term of      
contempt4  ,,dole1 given in dole1       
charity4  ,,dole ,,of ,,faces1          
distribution of grimaces4  ,,doom1      
verdict1 sentence4  ,,dop1 dip1 low bow4
  ,,dor1 beetle1 buzzing insect1 drone1 
idler4  ,,dor1 787 buzz2 give the--1    
make a fool of4  ,,dosser1 pannier1     
basket4  ,,dotes1 endowments1 qualities4
  ,,dotterel1 plover2 gull1 fool4       
,,double1 behave deceitfully4  ,,doxy1  
wench1 mistress4  ,,drachm1 ,greek      
silver coin4  ,,dress1 groom1 curry4    
,,dressing1 coiffure4  ,,drift1         
intention4  ,,dryfoot1 track by mere    

scent of foot4  ,,ducking1 punishment   
for minor offences4  ,,duill1 grieve4   
,,dumps1 melancholy1 originally a       
mournful melody4  ,,durindana1          
,orlando's sword4  ,,dwindle1 shrink    
away1 be overawed4  ,,ean1 yean1 bring  
forth young4  ,,easiness1 readiness4    
,,ebolition1 ebullition4  ,,edge1 sword4
  ,,eech1 eke4  ,,egregious1 eminently  
excellent4  ,,eke1 also1 moreover4      
,e-,,la1 highest note in the scale4     
,,eggs ,,on ,,the ,,spit1 important     
business on hand4  ,,elf-,,lock1 tangled
 hair1 supposed to be the work of elves4
  ,,emmet1 ant4  ,,engage1 involve4     
,,enghle4  ,see ,ingle4  ,,enghle1      
cajole2 fondle4  ,,engin7,e71 device1   
contrivance2 agent2 ingenuity1 wit4     
,,enginer1 engineer1 deviser1 plotter4  
,,enginous1 crafty1 full of devices2    
witty1 ingenious4  ,,engross1           
monopolise4  ,,ens1 an existing thing1 a
 substance4  ,,ensigns1 tokens1 wounds4 
,,ensure1 assure4  ,,entertain1 take    
into service4  ,,entreat1 plead4        

,,entreaty1 entertainment4  ,,entry1    
place where a deer has lately passed4   
,,envoy1 denouement1 conclusion4        
,,envy1 spite1 calumny1 dislike1 odium4 
,,ephemerides1 calendars4  ,,equal1     
just1 impartial4  ,,erection1 elevation 
in esteem4  ,,eringo1 candied root of   
the sea-holly1 formerly used as a       
sweetmeat and aphrodisiac4  ,,errant1   
arrant4  ,,essentiate1 become           
assimilated4  ,,estimation1 esteem4     
,,estrich1 ostrich4  ,,ethnic1 heathen4 
,,euripus1 flux and reflux4  ,,even1    
just equable4  ,,event1 fate1 issue4    
,,event7,,ed71 issue7d74  ,,evert1      
overturn4  ,,exacuate1 sharpen4         
,,exampless1 without example or         
parallel4  ,,excalibur1 ,king ,arthur's 
sword4  ,,exemplify1 make an example of4
  ,,exempt1 separate1 exclude4          
,,exequies1 obsequies4  ,,exhale1 drag  
out4  ,,exhibition1 allowance for keep1 
pocket-money4  ,,exorbitant1 exceeding  
limits of propriety or law1 inordinate4 
,,exornation1 ornament4  ,,expect1 wait4

  ,,expiate1 terminate4  ,,explicate1   
explain1 unfold4  ,,extemporal1         
extempore1 unpremeditated4              
,,extraction1 essence4  ,,extraordinary1
 employed for a special or temporary    
purpose4  ,,extrude1 expel4  ,,eye1     
in--1 in view4  ,,eyebright1 787 a malt 
liquor in which the herb of this name   
was infused1 or a person who sold the   
same 7,gifford74  ,,eye-,,tinge1 least  
shade or gleam4  ,,face1 appearance4    
,,faces ,,about1 military word of       
command4  ,,facinorous1 extremely       
wicked4  ,,fackings1 faith4  ,,fact1    
deed1 act1 crime4  ,,factious1          
seditious1 belonging to a party1 given  
to party feeling4  ,,faeces1 dregs4     
,,fagioli1 ,french beans4  ,,fain1      
forced1 necessitated4  ,,faithful1      
believing4  ,,fall1 ruff or band turned 
back on the shoulders2 or1 veil4        
,,falsify1 feign 7fencing term74        
,,fame1 report4  ,,familiar1 attendant  
spirit4  ,,fantastical1 capricious1     
whimsical4  ,,farce1 stuff4             

,,far-,,fet4  ,see ,fet4  ,,farthingal1 
hooped petticoat4  ,,faucet1 tapster4   
,,fault1 lack2 loss1 break in line of   
scent2 for--1 in default of4  ,,fautor1 
partisan4  ,,fayles1 old table game     
similar to backgammon4  ,,fear7,,ed71   
affright7ed74  ,,feat1 activity1        
operation2 deed1 action4  ,,feat1       
elegant1 trim4  ,,fee1 in-- by feudal   
obligation4  ,,feize1 beat1 belabour4   
,,fellow1 term of contempt4  ,,fennel1  
emblem of flattery4  ,,fere1 companion1 
fellow4  ,,fern-,,seed1 supposed to have
 power of rendering invisible4  ,,fet1  
fetched4  ,,fetch1 trick4  ,,feuterer   
7,fr4 vautrier71 dog-keeper4  ,,fewmets1
 dung4  ,,fico1 fig4  ,,figgum1 787     
jugglery4  ,,figment1 fiction1          
invention4  ,,firk1 frisk1 move         
suddenly1 or in jerks2 --up1 stir up1   
rouse2 firks mad1 suddenly behaves like 
a madman4  ,,fit1 pay one out1 punish4  
,,fitness1 readiness4  ,,fitton         
7,,fitten71 lie1 invention4             
,,five-,,and-,,fifty1 highest number to 

stand on at primero 7,gifford74  ,,flag1
 to fly low and waveringly4  ,,flagon   
,,chain1 for hanging a smelling-bottle  
7,fr4 flacon7 round the neck 7874  7,see
 ,n4,e4,d474  ,,flap-,,dragon1 game     
similar to snap-dragon4  ,,flasket1 some
 kind of basket4  ,,flaw1 sudden gust or
 squall of wind4  ,,flawn1 custard4     
,,flea1 catch fleas4  ,,fleer1 sneer1   
laugh derisively4  ,,flesh1 feed a hawk 
or dog with flesh to incite it to the   
chase2 initiate in blood-shed2 satiate4 
,,flicker-,,mouse1 bat4  ,,flight1 light
 arrow4  ,,flitter-,,mouse1 bat4        
,,flout1 mock1 speak and act            
contemptuously4  ,,flowers1 pulverised  
substance4  ,,fly1 familiar spirit4     
,,foil1 weapon used in fencing2 that    
which sets anything off to advantage4   
,,foist1 cut-purse1 sharper4            
,,fond7,,ly71 foolish7ly74              
,,foot-,,cloth1 housings of ornamental  
cloth which hung down on either side a  
horse to the ground4  ,,footing1        
foothold2 footstep2 dancing4  ,,foppery1

 foolery4  ,,for1 --failing1 for fear of
 failing4  ,,forbear1 bear with2 abstain
 from4  ,,force1 hunt at--1 run the game
 down with dogs4  ,,forehead1 modesty2  
face1 assurance1 effrontery4            
,,foreslow1 delay4  ,,forespeak1        
bewitch2 foretell4  ,,foretop1 front    
lock of hair which fashion required to  
be worn upright4  ,,forged1 fabricated4 
,,form1 state formally4  ,,formal1      
shapely2 normal2 conventional4          
,,forthcoming1 produced when required4  
,,founder1 disable with over-riding4    
,,fourm1 form1 lair4  ,,fox1 sword4     
,,frail1 rush basket in which figs or   
raisins were packed4  ,,frampull1       
peevish1 sour-tempered4  ,,frapler1     
blusterer1 wrangler4  ,,fraying1 a stag 
is said to fray his head when he rubs it
 against a tree to444cause the outward  
coat of the new horns to fall off       
7,gifford74  ,,freight 7of the gazetti71
 burden 7of the newspapers74            
,,frequent1 full4  ,,fricace1 rubbing4  
,,fricatrice1 woman of low character4   

,,frippery1 old clothes shop4  ,,frock1 
smock-frock4  ,,frolics1 787 humorous   
verses circulated at a feast            
7,n4,e4,d472 couplets wrapped round     
sweetmeats 7,cunningham74  ,,frontless1 
shameless4  ,,froted1 rubbed4           
,,frumety1 hulled wheat boiled in milk  
and spiced4  ,,frump1 flout1 sneer4     
,,fucus1 dye4  ,,fugeand1 787 figent3   
fidgety1 restless 7,n4,e4,d474          
,,fullam1 false dice4  ,,fulmart1       
polecat4  ,,fulsome1 foul1 offensive4   
,,furibund1 raging1 furious4            
,,galley-,,foist1 city-barge1 used on   
,lord ,mayor's ,day1 when he was sworn  
into his office at ,westminster         
7,whalley74  ,,galliard1 lively dance in
 triple time4  ,,gape1 be eager after4  
,,garagantua1 ,rabelais' giant4  ,,garb1
 sheaf 7,fr4 gerbe72 manner1 fashion1   
behaviour4  ,,gard1 guard1 trimming1    
gold or silver lace1 or other ornament4 
,,garded1 faced or trimmed4  ,,garnish1 
fee4  ,,gavel-,,kind1 name of a         
land-tenure existing chiefly in ,kent2  

from #afth century often used to denote 
custom of dividing a deceased man's     
property equally among his sons         
7,n4,e4,d474  ,,gazette1 small ,venetian
 coin worth about three-farthings4      
,,geance1 jaunt1 errand4  ,,gear        
7,,geer71 stuff1 matter1 affair4        
,,gelid1 frozen4  ,,gemonies1 steps from
 which the bodies of criminals were     
thrown into the river4  ,,general1 free1
 affable4  ,,genius1 attendant spirit4  
,,gentry1 gentlemen2 manners            
characteristic of gentry1 good breeding4
  ,,gib-,,cat1 tom-cat4                 
,,gigantomachize1 start a giants' war4  
,,giglot1 wanton4  ,,gimblet1 gimlet4   
,,ging1 gang4  ,,glass 7taking in of    
shadows1 etc471 crystal or beryl4       
,,gleek1 card game played by three2     
party of three1 trio2 side glance4      
,,glick 7,,gleek71 jest1 gibe4          
,,glidder1 glaze4  ,,gloriously1 of vain
 glory4  ,,godwit1 bird of the snipe    
family4  ,,gold-,,end-,,man1 a buyer of 
broken gold and silver4  ,,goll1 hand4  

,,gonfalionier1 standard-bearer1 chief  
magistrate1 etc4  ,,good1 sound in      
credit4  ,,good-,,year1 good luck4      
,,goose-,,turd1 colour of4  7,see       
,turd74  ,,gorcrow1 carrion crow4       
,,gorget1 neck armour4  ,,gossip1       
godfather4  ,,gowked1 from gowk1 to     
stand staring and gaping like a fool4   
,,grannam1 grandam4  ,,grass1 787       
grease1 fat4  ,,grateful1 agreeable1    
welcome4  ,,gratify1 give thanks to4    
,,gratitude1 gratuity4  ,,gratulate1    
welcome1 congratulate4  ,,gravity1      
dignity4  ,,gray1 badger4  ,,grice1 cub4
  ,,grief1 grievance4  ,,gripe1 vulture1
 griffin4  ,,gripe',s ,,egg1 vessel in  
shape of4  ,,groat1 fourpence4          
,,grogran1 coarse stuff made of silk and
 mohair1 or of coarse silk4             
,,groom-,,porter1 officer in the royal  
household4  ,,grope1 handle1 probe4     
,,ground1 pit 7hence grounded           
judgments74  ,,guard1 caution1 heed4    
,,guardant1 heraldic term3 turning the  
head only4  ,,guilder1 ,dutch coin worth

 about #d;d4  ,,gules1 gullet1 throat2  
heraldic term for red4  ,,gull1         
simpleton1 dupe4  ,,gust1 taste4  ,,hab 
,,nab1 by1 on1 chance4  ,,habergeon1    
coat of mail4  ,,haggard1 wild female   
hawk2 hence coy1 wild4  ,,halberd1      
combination of lance and battle-axe4    
,,hall1 a--6 a cry to clear the room for
 the dancers4  ,,handsel1 first money   
taken4  ,,hanger1 loop or strap on a    
sword-belt from which the sword was     
suspended4  ,,hap1 fortune1 luck4       
,,happily1 haply4  ,,happiness1         
appropriateness1 fitness4  ,,happy1     
rich4  ,,harbour1 track1 trace 7an      
animal7 to its shelter4                 
,,hard-,,favoured1 harsh-featured4      
,,harpocrates1 ,horus the child1 son of 
,osiris1 figured with a finger pointing 
to his mouth1 indicative of silence4    
,,harrington1 a patent was granted to   
,lord ,h4 for the coinage of tokens     
7q4v474  ,,harrot1 herald4  ,,harry     
,,nicholas1 founder of a community      
called the ,family of ,love4  ,,hay1 net

 for catching rabbits1 etc4  ,,hay6     
7,ital4 hai671 you have it 7a fencing   
term74  ,,hay ,,in ,,his ,,horn1        
ill-tempered person4  ,,hazard1 game at 
dice2 that which is staked4  ,,head1    
first--1 young deer with antlers first  
sprouting2 fig4 a newly-ennobled man4   
,,headborough1 constable4  ,,hearken    
,,after1 inquire2 hearken out1 find1    
search out4  ,,hearten1 encourage4      
,,heaven ,,and ,,hell 7,alchemist71     
names of taverns4  ,,hectic1 fever4     
,,hedge ,,in1 include4  ,,helm1 upper   
part of a retort4  ,,her',,nsew1        
hernshaw1 heron4  ,,hieronimo           
7,,jeronimo71 hero of ,kyd's ,spanish   
,tragedy4  ,,hobby1 nag4                
,,hobby-,,horse1 imitation horse of some
 light material1 fastened round the     
waist of the morrice-dancer1 who        
imitated the movements of a skittish    
horse4  ,,hoddy-,,doddy1 fool4          
,,hoiden1 hoyden1 formerly applied to   
both sexes 7ancient term for leveret8   
,gifford74  ,,holland1 name of two      

famous chemists4  ,,hone ,,and ,,honero1
 wailing expressions of lament or       
discontent4  ,,hood-,,wink',d1          
blindfolded4  ,,horary1 hourly4         
,,horn-,,mad1 stark mad 7quibble74      
,,horn-,,thumb1 cut-purses were in the  
habit of wearing a horn shield on the   
thumb4  ,,horse-,,bread-,,eating1 horses
 were often fed on coarse bread4        
,,horse-,,courser1 horse-dealer4        
,,hospital1 ,christ's ,hospital4        
,,howleglas1 ,eulenspiegel1 the hero of 
a popular ,german tale which relates his
 buffooneries and knavish tricks4       
,,huff1 hectoring1 arrogance4  ,,huff   
,,it1 swagger4  ,,huisher 7,fr4         
huissier71 usher4  ,,hum1 beer and      
spirits mixed together4  ,,humanitian1  
humanist1 scholar4  ,,humorous1         
capricious1 moody1 out of humour2 moist4
  ,,humour1 a word used in and out of   
season in the time of ,shakespeare and  
,ben ,jonson1 and ridiculed by both4    
,,humours1 manners4  ,,humphrey1 ,,duke1
 those who were dinnerless spent the    

dinner-hour in a part of ,st4 ,paul's   
where stood a monument said to be that  
of the duke's2 hence dine with ,duke    
,humphrey1 to go hungry4  ,,hurtless1   
harmless4  ,,idle1 useless1             
unprofitable4  ,,ill-,,affected1        
ill-disposed4  ,,ill-,,habited1         
unhealthy4  ,,illustrate1 illuminate4   
,,imbibition1 saturation1 steeping4     
,,imbrocata1 fencing term3 a thrust in  
tierce4  ,,impair1 impairment4          
,,impart1 give money4  ,,imparter1 any  
one ready to be cheated and to part with
 his money4  ,,impeach1 damage4         
,,impertinencies1 irrelevancies4        
,,impertinent7,,ly71 irrelevant7ly71    
without reason or purpose4              
,,imposition1 duty imposed by4          
,,impotently1 beyond power of control4  
,,impress1 money in advance4            
,,impulsion1 incitement4  ,,in ,,and    
,,in1 a game played by two or three     
persons with four dice4  ,,incense1     
incite1 stir up4  ,,inceration1 act of  
covering with wax2 or reducing a        

substance to softness of wax4  ,,inch1  
to their--es1 according to their        
stature1 capabilities4  ,,inch-,,pin1   
sweet-bread4  ,,inconvenience1          
inconsistency1 absurdity4  ,,incony1    
delicate1 rare 7used as a term of       
affection74  ,,incubee1 incubus4        
,,incubus1 evil spirit that oppresses us
 in sleep1 nightmare4  ,,incurious1     
unfastidious1 uncritical4  ,,indent1    
enter into engagement4  ,,indifferent1  
tolerable1 passable4  ,,indigested1     
shapeless1 chaotic4  ,,induce1          
introduce4  ,,indue1 supply4            
,,inexorable1 relentless4  ,,infanted1  
born1 produced4  ,,inflame1 augment     
charge4  ,,ingenious1 used              
indiscriminantly for ingenuous2         
intelligent1 talented4  ,,ingenuity1    
ingenuousness4  ,,ingenuous1 generous4  
,,ingine4  ,see ,engin4  ,,inginer1     
engineer4  7,see ,enginer74  ,,ingle1   
,,or ,,enghle1 bosom friend1 intimate1  
minion4  ,,inhabitable1 uninhabitable4  
,,injury1 insult1 affront4  ,,in-,,mate1

 resident1 indwelling4  ,,innate1       
natural4  ,,innocent1 simpleton4        
,,inquest1 jury1 or other official body 
of inquiry4  ,,inquisition1 inquiry4    
,,instant1 immediate4  ,,instrument1    
legal document4  ,,insure1 assure4      
,,integrate1 complete1 perfect4         
,,intelligence1 secret information1     
news4  ,,intend1 note carefully1 attend1
 give ear to1 be occupied with4         
,,intendment1 intention4  ,,intent1     
intention1 wish4  ,,intention1          
concentration of attention or gaze4     
,,intentive1 attentive4  ,,interessed1  
implicated4  ,,intrude1 bring in        
forcibly or without leave4              
,,invincibly1 invisibly4  ,,inward1     
intimate4  ,,irpe 7uncertain71 a        
fantastic grimace1 or contortion of the 
body3 7,gifford74  ,,jack1 ,jack o' the 
clock1 automaton figure that strikes the
 hour2 ,jack-a-lent1 puppet thrown at in
 ,lent4  ,,jack1 key of a virginal4     
,,jacob',s ,,staff1 an instrument for   
taking altitudes and distances4  ,,jade1

 befool4  ,,jealousy1 ,,jealous1        
suspicion1 suspicious4  ,,jerking1      
lashing4  ,,jew',s ,,trump1 ,jew's harp4
  ,,jig1 merry ballad or tune2 a        
fanciful dialogue or light comic act    
introduced at the end or during an      
interlude of a play4  ,,joined          
7,,joint7-,,stool1 folding stool4       
,,joll1 jowl4  ,,jolthead1 blockhead4   
,,jump1 agree1 tally4  ,,just ,,year1 no
 one was capable of the consulship until
 he was forty-three4  ,,kell1 cocoon4   
,,kelly1 an alchemist4  ,,kemb1 comb4   
,,kemia1 vessel for distillation4       
,,kibe1 chap1 sore4  ,,kilderkin1 small 
barrel4  ,,kill1 kiln4  ,,kind1 nature2 
species2 do one's--1 act according to   
one's nature4  ,,kirtle1 woman's gown of
 jacket and petticoat4  ,,kiss ,,or     
,,drink ,,afore ,,me1 this is a familiar
 expression1 employed when what the     
speaker is just about to say is         
anticipated by another 7,gifford74      
,,kit1 fiddle4  ,,knack1 snap1 click4   
,,knipper-,,doling1 a well-known        

,anabaptist4  ,,knitting ,,cup1 marriage
 cup4  ,,knocking1 striking1 weighty4   
,,knot1 company1 band2 a sandpiper or   
robin snipe 7,tringa canutus72          
flower-bed laid out in fanciful design4 
,,kursined1 ,,kyrsin1 christened4       
,,laboured1 wrought with labour and     
care4  ,,lade1 load7ed74  ,,lading1     
load4  ,,laid1 plotted4                 
,,lance-,,knight 7,lanzknecht71 a       
,german mercenary foot-soldier4  ,,lap1 
fold4  ,,lar1 household god4  ,,lard1   
garnish4  ,,large1 abundant4  ,,larum1  
alarum1 call to arms4  ,,lattice1 tavern
 windows were furnished with lattices of
 various colours4  ,,launder1 to wash   
gold in aqua regia1 so as imperceptibly 
to extract some of it4  ,,lave1 ladle1  
bale4  ,,law1 give--1 give a start 7term
 of chase74  ,,laxative1 loose4  ,,lay  
,,aboard1 run alongside generally with  
intent to board4  ,,leaguer1 siege1 or  
camp of besieging army4  ,,leasing1     
lying4  ,,leave1 leave off1 desist4     
,,leer1 leering or empty1 hence1        

perhaps1 leer horse1 a horse without a  
rider2 leer is an adjective meaning     
uncontrolled1 hence 'leer drunkards'    
7,halliwell72 according to ,nares1 a    
leer 7empty7 horse meant also a led     
horse2 leeward1 left4  ,,leese1 lose4   
,,legs1 make--1 do obeisance4  ,,leiger1
 resident representative4  ,,leigerity1 
legerdemain4  ,,lemma1 subject proposed1
 or title of the epigram4  ,,lenter1    
slower4  ,,let1 hinder4  ,,let1         
hindrance4  ,,level ,,coil1 a rough     
game444in which one hunted another from 
his seat4  ,hence used for any noisy    
riot 7,halliwell74  ,,lewd1 ignorant4   
,,leystalls1 receptacles of filth4      
,,liberal1 ample4  ,,lieger1 ledger1    
register4  ,,lift7,,ing71 steal7ing72   
theft4  ,,light1 alight4  ,,lightly1    
commonly1 usually1 often4  ,,like1      
please4  ,,likely1 agreeable1 pleasing4 
,,lime-,,hound1 leash-1 blood-hound4    
,,limmer1 vile1 worthless4  ,,lin1 leave
 off4  ,line1 by--1 by rule4            
,,linstock1 staff to stick in the       

ground1 with forked head to hold a      
lighted match for firing cannon4        
,,liquid1 clear4  ,,list1 listen1 hark2 
like1 please4  ,,livery1 legal term1    
delivery of the possession1 etc4        
,,logget1 small log1 stick4  ,,loose1   
solution2 upshot1 issue2 release of an  
arrow4  ,,lose1 give over1 desist from2 
waste4  ,,louting1 bowing1 cringing4    
,,luculent1 bright of beauty4           
,,ludgathians1 dealers on ,ludgate      
,hill4  ,,lurch1 rob1 cheat4  ,,lute1 to
 close a vessel with some kind of       
cement4  ,,mack1 unmeaning expletive4   
,,madge-,,howlet or ,,owl1 barn-owl4    
,,maim1 hurt1 injury4  ,,main1 chief    
concern 7used as a quibble on heraldic  
term for hand74  ,,mainprise1 becoming  
surety for a prisoner so as to procure  
his release4  ,,maintenance1 giving aid1
 or abetting4  ,,make1 mate4  ,,make1   
,,made1 acquaint with business1         
prepare7d71 instruct7ed74  ,,mallanders1
 disease of horses4  ,,malt ,,horse1    
dray horse4  ,,mammet1 puppet4          

,,mammothrept1 spoiled child4  ,,manage1
 control 7term used for breaking-in     
horses72 handling1 administration4      
,,mango1 slave-dealer4  ,,mangonise1    
polish up for sale4  ,,maniples1        
bundles1 handfuls4  ,,mankind1          
masculine1 like a virago4  ,,mankind1   
humanity4  ,,maple ,,face1 spotted face 
7,n4,e4,d474  ,,marchpane1 a confection 
of almonds1 sugar1 etc4  ,,mark1 fly to 
the--1 generally said of a goshawk when1
 having 'put in' a covey of partridges1 
she takes stand1 marking the spot where 
they disappeared from view until the    
falconer arrives to put them out to her 
7,harting1 ,bibl4 ,accip4 ,gloss4 #bbf74
  ,,marle1 marvel4  ,,marrow-,,bone     
,,man1 one often on his knees for       
prayer4  ,,marry6 exclamation derived   
from the ,virgin's name4  ,,marry ,,gip1
 probably originated from ,by ,mary     
,gipcy  ,st4 ,mary of ,egypt1           
7,n4,e4,d474  ,,martagan1 ,turk's cap   
lily4  ,,maryhinchco1 stringhalt4       
,,masoreth1 ,masora1 correct form of the

 scriptural text according to ,hebrew   
tradition4  ,,mass1 abb4 for master4    
,,maund1 beg4  ,,mauther1 girl1 maid4   
,,mean1 moderation4  ,,measure1 dance1  
more especially a stately one4  ,,meat1 
carry--in one's mouth1 be a source of   
money or entertainment4  ,,meath1       
metheglin4  ,,mechanical1 belonging to  
mechanics1 mean1 vulgar4                
,,mediterraneo1 middle aisle of ,st4    
,paul's1 a general resort for business  
and amusement4  ,,meet ,,with1 even     
with4  ,,melicotton1 a late kind of     
peach4  ,,menstrue1 solvent4  ,,mercat1 
market4  ,,merd1 excrement4  ,,mere1    
undiluted2 absolute1 unmitigated4       
,,mess1 party of four4  ,,metheglin1    
fermented liquor1 of which one          
ingredient was honey4  ,,metoposcopy1   
study of physiognomy4  ,,middling       
,,gossip1 go-between4  ,,migniard1      
dainty1 delicate4  ,,mile-,,end1        
training-ground of the city4            
,,mine-,,men1 sappers4  ,,minion1 form  
of cannon4  ,,minsitive1 787 mincing1   

affected 7,n4,e4,d474  ,,miscellany     
,,madam1 a female trader in             
miscellaneous articles2 a dealer in     
trinkets or ornaments of various kinds1 
such as kept shops in the ,new ,exchange
 7,nares74  ,,miscelline1 mixed grain2  
medley4  ,,misconceit1 misconception4   
,,misprise1 ,,misprision1 mistake1      
misunderstanding4  ,,mistake ,,away1    
carry away as if by mistake4            
,,mithridate1 an antidote against       
poison4  ,,moccinigo1 small ,venetian   
coin1 worth about ninepence4  ,,modern1 
in the mode2 ordinary1 commonplace4     
,,moment1 force or influence of value4  
,,montanto1 upward stroke4  ,,month',s  
,,mind1 violent desire4  ,,moorish1 like
 a moor or waste4  ,,morglay1 sword of  
,bevis of ,southampton4                 
,,morrice-,,dance1 dance on ,may ,day1  
etc41 in which certain personages were  
represented4  ,,mortality1 death4       
,,mort-,,mal1 old sore1 gangrene4       
,,moscadino1 confection flavoured with  
musk4  ,,mother1 ,hysterica passio4     

,,motion1 proposal1 request2 puppet1    
puppet-show2 one of the small figures on
 the face of a large clock which was    
moved by the vibration of the pendulum  
7,whalley74  ,,motion1 suggest1 propose4
  ,,motley1 parti-coloured dress of a   
fool2 hence used to signify pertaining  
to1 or like1 a fool4  ,,motte1 motto4   
,,mournival1 set of four aces or court  
cards in a hand2 a quartette4  ,,mow1   
setord hay or sheaves of grain4  ,,much6
 expressive of irony and incredulity4   
,,muckinder1 handkerchief4  ,,mule1 born
 to ride on--1 judges or                
serjeants-at-law formerly rode on mules 
when going in state to ,westminster     
7,whally74  ,,mullets1 small pincers4   
,,mum-,,chance1 game of chance1 played  
in silence4  ,,mun1 must4  ,,murey1 dark
 crimson red4  ,,muscovy-,,glass1 mica4 
,,muse1 wonder4  ,,musical1 in harmony4 
,,muss1 mouse2 scramble4  ,,myrobolane1 
foreign conserve1 a dried plum1 brought 
from the ,indies4  ,,mystery1 art1      
trade1 profession4  ,,nail1 to the-- 7ad

 unguem71 to perfection1 to the very    
utmost4  ,,native1 natural4  ,,neat1    
cattle4  ,,neat1 smartly apparelled2    
unmixed2 dainty4  ,,neatly1 neatly      
finished4  ,,neatness1 elegance4        
,,neis1 nose1 scent4  ,,neuf 7,,neaf1   
,,neif71 fist4  ,,neuft1 newt4          
,,niaise1 foolish1 inexperienced person4
  ,,nice1 fastidious1 trivial1 finical1 
scrupulous4  ,,niceness1 fastidiousness4
  ,,nick1 exact amount2 right moment2   
set in the--1 meaning uncertain4        
,,nice1 suit1 fit2 hit1 seize the right 
moment1 etc41 exactly hit on1 hit off4  
,,noble1 gold coin worth #fs4 #h;d4     
,,nocent1 harmful4  ,,nil1 not will4    
,,noise1 company of musicians4          
,,nomentack1 an ,indian chief from      
,virginia4  ,,nones1 nonce4  ,,notable1 
egregious4  ,,note1 sign1 token4        
,,nought1 be--1 go to the devil1 be     
hanged1 etc4  ,,nowt-,,head1 blockhead4 
,,number1 rhythm4  ,,nupson1 oaf1       
simpleton4  ,,oade1 woad4  ,,obarni1    
preparation of mead4  ,,object1 oppose2 

expose2 interpose4  ,,oblatrant1        
barking1 railing4  ,,obnoxious1 liable1 
exposed2 offensive4  ,,observance1      
homage1 devoted service4  ,,observant1  
attentive1 obsequious4  ,,observe1 show 
deference1 respect4  ,,observer1 one who
 shows deference1 or waits upon another4
  ,,obstancy1 legal phrase1 juridical   
opposition4  ,,obstreperous1 clamorous1 
vociferous4  ,,obstupefact1 stupefied4  
,,odling1 787 must have some relation to
 tricking and cheating 7,nares74        
,,ominous1 deadly1 fatal4  ,,once1 at   
once2 for good and all2 used also for   
additional emphasis4  ,,only1           
pre-eminent1 special4  ,,open1 make     
public2 expound4  ,,oppilation1         
obstruction4  ,,oppone1 oppose4         
,,opposite1 antagonist4  ,,oppress1     
suppress4  ,,originous1 native4  ,,ort1 
remnant1 scrap4  ,,out1 to be--1 to have
 forgotten one's part2 not at one with  
each other4  ,,outcry1 sale by auction4 
,,outrecuidance1 arrogance1 presumption4
  ,,outspeak1 speak more than4          

,,overparted1 given too difficult a part
 to play4  ,,owlspiegel4  ,see          
,howleglass4  ,,oyez6  7,o ,,yes671 hear
 ye6 call of the public crier when about
 to make a proclamation4  ,,packing     
,,penny1 give a--1 dismiss1 send        
packing4  ,,pad1 highway4               
,,pad-,,horse1 road-horse4  ,,pained    
7,,paned7 ,,slops1 full breeches made of
 strips of different colour and         
material4  ,,painful1 diligent1         
painstaking4  ,,paint1 blush4           
,,palinode1 ode of recantation4  ,,pall1
 weaken1 dim1 make stale4  ,,palm1      
triumph4  ,,pan1 skirt of dress or coat4
  ,,pannel1 pad1 or rough kind of       
saddle4  ,,pannier-,,ally1 inhabited by 
tripe-sellers4  ,,pannier-,,man1 hawker2
 a man employed about the inns of court 
to bring in provisions1 set the table1  
etc4  ,,pantofle1 indoor shoe1 slipper4 
,,paramentos1 fine trappings4           
,,paranomasie1 a play upon words4       
,,parantory1 787 peremptory4  ,,parcel1 
particle1 fragment 7used                

contemptuously72 article4  ,,parcel1    
part1 partly4  ,,parcel-,,poet1         
poetaster4  ,,parerga1 subordinate      
matters4  ,,parget1 to paint or plaster 
the face4  ,,parle1 parley4  ,,parlous1 
clever1 shrewd4  ,,part1 apportion4     
,,partake1 participate in4  ,,parted1   
endowed1 talented4  ,,particular1       
individual person4  ,,partizan1 kind of 
halberd4  ,,partrich1 partridge4        
,,parts1 qualities1 endowments4  ,,pash1
 dash1 smash4  ,,pass1 care1 trouble    
oneself4  ,,passado1 fencing term3 a    
thrust4  ,,passage1 game at dice4       
,,passingly1 exceedingly4  ,,passion1   
effect caused by external agency4       
,,passion1 in--1 in so melancholy a     
tone1 so pathetically4  ,,patoun1 787   
,fr4 ,paton1 pellet of dough2 perhaps   
the moulding of the tobacco444for the   
pipe 7,gifford72 787 variant of ,petun1 
,south ,american name of tobacco4       
,,patrico1 the recorder1 priest1 orator 
of strolling beggars or gipsies4        
,,patten1 shoe with wooden sole2 go--1  

keep step with1 accompany4  ,,pauca     
,,verba1 few words4  ,,pavin1 a stately 
dance4  ,,peace1 with my master's--1 by 
leave1 favour4  ,,peculiar1 individual1 
single4  ,,pedant1 teacher of the       
languages4  ,,peel1 baker's shovel4     
,,peep1 speak in a small or shrill      
voice4  ,,peevish7,,ly71 foolish7ly71   
capricious7ly72 childish7ly74           
,,pelican1 a retort fitted with tube or 
tubes1 for continuous distillation4     
,,pencil1 small tuft of hair4  ,,perdue1
 soldier accustomed to hazardous        
service4  ,,peremptory1 resolute1 bold2 
imperious2 thorough1 utter1             
absolute7ly74  ,,perimeter1             
circumference of a figure4  ,,period1   
limit1 end4  ,,perk1 perk up4           
,,perpetuana1 this seems to be that     
glossy kind of stuff now called         
everlasting1 and anciently worn by      
serjeants and other city officers       
7,gifford74  ,,perspective1 a view1     
scene or scenery2 an optical device     
which gave a distortion to the picture  

unless seen from a particular point2 a  
relief1 modelled to produce an optical  
illusion4  ,,perspicil1 optic glass4    
,,perstringe1 criticise1 censure4       
,,persuade1 inculcate1 commend4         
,,persway1 mitigate4  ,,pertinacy1      
pertinacity4  ,,pestling1 pounding1     
pulverising1 like a pestle4  ,,petasus1 
broad-brimmed hat or winged cap worn by 
,mercury4  ,,petitionary1 supplicatory4 
,,petronel1 a kind of carbine or light  
gun carried by horsemen4  ,,petulant1   
pert1 insolent4  ,,phere4  ,see ,fere4  
,,phlegma1 watery distilled liquor 7old 
chem4 water74  ,,phrenetic1 madman4     
,,picardil1 stiff upright collar        
fastened on to the coat 7,whalley74     
,,pict-,,hatch1 disreputable quarter of 
,london4  ,,piece1 person1 used for     
woman or girl2 a gold coin worth in     
,jonson's time #bjs4 or #bbs4  ,,pieces 
,,of ,,eight1 ,spanish coin3 piastre    
equal to eight reals4  ,,pied1          
variegated4  ,,pie-,,poudres 7,fr4      
pied-poudreux1 dusty-foot71 court held  

at fairs to administer justice to       
itinerant vendors and buyers4           
,,pilcher1 term of contempt2 one who    
wore a buff or leather jerkin1 as did   
the serjeants of the counter2 a         
pilferer4  ,,piled1 pilled1 peeled1     
bald4  ,,pill',d1 polled1 fleeced4      
,,pimlico1 sometimes spoken of as a     
person--perhaps master of a house famous
 for a particular ale 7,gifford74       
,,pine1 afflict1 distress4  ,,pink1 stab
 with a weapon2 pierce or cut in        
scallops for ornament4  ,,pinnace1 a    
go-between in infamous sense4           
,,pismire1 ant4  ,,pistolet1 gold coin1 
worth about #fs4  ,,pitch1 height of a  
bird of prey's flight4  ,,plague1       
punishment1 torment4  ,,plain1 lament4  
,,plain ,,song1 simple melody4          
,,plaise1 plaice4  ,,planet1 struck with
 a--1 planets were supposed to have     
powers of blasting or exercising secret 
influences4  ,,plausible1 pleasing4     
,,plausibly1 approvingly4  ,,plot1 plan4
  ,,ply1 apply oneself to4  ,,poesie1   

posy1 motto inside a ring4  ,,point ,,in
 ,,his ,,device1 exact in every         
particular4  ,,points1 tagged laces or  
cords for fastening the breeches to the 
doublet4  ,,point-,,trusser1 one who    
trussed 7tied7 his master's points      
7q4v474  ,,poise1 weigh1 balance4       
,,poking-,,stick1 stick used for setting
 the plaits of ruffs4  ,,politic1       
politician4  ,,politic1 judicious1      
prudent1 political4  ,,politician1      
plotter1 intriguer4  ,,poll1 strip1     
plunder1 gain by extortion4  ,,pomander1
 ball of perfume1 worn or hung about the
 person to prevent infection1 or for    
foppery4  ,,pommado1 vaulting on a horse
 without the aid of stirrups4  ,,pontic1
 sour4  ,,popular1 vulgar1 of the       
populace4  ,,populous1 numerous4        
,,port1 gate2 print of a deer's foot4   
,,port1 transport4  ,,portague1         
,portuguese gold coin1 worth over #c or 
#d pounds4  ,,portcullis1 --of coin1    
some old coins have a portcullis stamped
 on their reverse 7,whalley74           

,,portent1 marvel1 prodigy2 sinister    
omen4  ,,portentous1 prophesying evil1  
threatening4  ,,porter1 references      
appear to allude to ,parsons1 the king's
 porter1 who was444near seven feet high 
7,whalley74  ,,possess1 inform1         
acquaint4  ,,post ,,and ,,pair1 a game  
at cards4  ,,posy1 motto4  7,see        
,poesie74  ,,potch1 poach4              
,,poult-,,foot1 club-foot4  ,,pounce1   
claw1 talon4  ,,practice1 intrigue1     
concerted plot4  ,,practise1 plot1      
conspire4  ,,pragmatic1 an expert1      
agent4  ,,pragmatic1 officious1         
conceited1 meddling4  ,,precedent1      
record of proceedings4  ,,precept1      
warrant1 summons4  ,,precisian7,,ism71  
,puritan7ism71 preciseness4  ,,prefer1  
recommend4  ,,presence1 presence        
chamber4  ,,present7,,ly71              
immediate7ly71 without delay2 at the    
present time2 actually4  ,,press1 force 
into service4  ,,prest1 ready4          
,,pretend1 assert1 allege4  ,,prevent1  
anticipate4  ,,price1 worth1 excellence4

  ,,prick1 point1 dot used in the       
writing of ,hebrew and other languages4 
,,prick1 prick out1 mark off1 select2   
trace1 track2 --away1 make off with     
speed4  ,,primero1 game of cards4       
,,princox1 pert boy4  ,,print1 in--1 to 
the letter1 exactly4  ,,pristinate1     
former4  ,,private1 private interests4  
,,private1 privy1 intimate4  ,,proclive1
 prone to4  ,,prodigious1 monstrous1    
unnatural4  ,,prodigy1 monster4         
,,produced1 prolonged4  ,,profess1      
pretend4  ,,projection1 the throwing of 
the powder of projection into the       
crucible to turn the melted metal into  
gold or silver4  ,,prolate1 pronounce   
drawlingly4  ,,proper1 of good          
appearance1 handsome2 own1 particular4  
,,properties1 stage necessaries4        
,,property1 duty2 tool4  ,,prorumped1   
burst out4  ,,protest1 vow1 proclaim 7an
 affected word of that time72 formally  
declare non-payment1 etc41 of bill of   
exchange2 fig4 failure of personal      
credit1 etc4  ,,provant1 soldier's      

allowance--hence1 of common make4       
,,provide1 foresee4  ,,providence1      
foresight1 prudence4  ,,publication1    
making a thing public of common property
 7,n4,e4,d474  ,,puckfist1 puff-ball2   
insipid1 insignificant1 boasting fellow4
  ,,puff-,,wing1 shoulder puff4         
,,puisne1 judge of inferior rank1 a     
junior4  ,,pulchritude1 beauty4  ,,pump1
 shoe4  ,,pungent1 piercing4  ,,punto1  
point1 hit4  ,,purcept1 precept1        
warrant4  ,,pure1 fine1 capital1        
excellent4  ,,purely1 perfectly1        
utterly4  ,,purl1 pleat or fold of a    
ruff4  ,,purse-,,net1 net of which the  
mouth is drawn together with a string4  
,,pursuivant1 state messenger who       
summoned the persecuted seminaries2     
warrant officer4  ,,pursy1 ,,pursiness1 
shortwinded7ness74  ,,put1 make a push1 
exert yourself 7,n4,e4,d474  ,,put      
,,off1 excuse1 shift4  ,,put ,,on1      
incite1 encourage2 proceed with1 take in
 hand1 try4  ,,quacksalver1 quack4      
,,quaint1 elegant1 elaborated1          

ingenious1 clever4  ,,quar1 quarry4     
,,quarried1 seized1 or fed upon1 as     
prey4  ,,quean1 hussy1 jade4  ,,queasy1 
hazardous1 delicate4  ,,quell1 kill1    
destroy4  ,,quest1 request2 inquiry4    
,,question1 decision by force of arms4  
,,questman1 one appointed to make       
official inquiry4  ,,quib1 ,,quiblin1   
quibble1 quip4  ,,quick1 the living4    
,,quiddit1 quiddity1 legal subtlety4    
,,quirk1 clever turn or trick4  ,,quit1 
requite1 repay2 acquit1 absolve2 rid2   
forsake1 leave4  ,,quitter-,,bone1      
disease of horses4  ,,quodling1 codling4
  ,,quoit1 throw like a quoit1 chuck4   
,,quote1 take note1 observe1 write down4
  ,,rack1 neck of mutton or pork        
7,halliwell74  ,,rake ,,up1 cover over4 
,,ramp1 rear1 as a lion1 etc4  ,,rapt1  
carry away4  ,,rapt1 enraptured4        
,,rascal1 young or inferior deer4       
,,rash1 strike with a glancing oblique  
blow1 as a boar with its tusk4          
,,ratsey1 ,,gomaliel1 a famous          
highwayman4  ,,raven1 devour4  ,,reach1 

understand4  ,,real1 regal4  ,,rebatu1  
ruff1 turned-down collar4  ,,rector1    
,,rectress1 director1 governor4         
,,redargue1 confute4  ,,reduce1 bring   
back4  ,,reed1 rede1 counsel1 advice4   
,,reel1 run riot4  ,,refel1 refute4     
,,reformadoes1 disgraced or disbanded   
soldiers4  ,,regiment1 government4      
,,regression1 return4  ,,regular 7,tale 
of a ,tub71 regular noun 7quibble7      
7,n4,e4,d474  ,,religion1 make--of1 make
 a point of1 scruple of4  ,,relish1     
savour4  ,,remnant1 scrap of quotation4 
,,remora1 species of fish4  ,,render1   
depict1 exhibit1 show4  ,,repair1       
reinstate4  ,,repetition1 recital1      
narration4  ,,reremouse1 bat4           
,,resiant1 resident4  ,,residence1      
sediment4  ,,resolution1 judgment1      
decision4  ,,resolve1 inform2 assure2   
prepare1 make up one's mind2 dissolve2  
come to a decision1 be convinced2 relax1
 set at ease4  ,,respective1 worthy of  
respect2 regardful1 discriminative4     
,,respectively1 with reverence4         

,,respectless1 regardless4  ,,respire1  
exhale2 inhale4  ,,responsible1         
correspondent4  ,,rest1 musket-rest4    
,,rest1 set up one's--1 venture one's   
all1 one's last stake 7from game of     
primero74  ,,rest1 arrest4  ,,restive1  
,,resty1 dull1 inactive4                
,,retchless7,,ness71 reckless7ness74    
,,retire1 cause to retire4  ,,retricato1
 fencing term4  ,,retrieve1 rediscovery 
of game once sprung4  ,,returns1        
ventures sent abroad1 for the safe      
return of which so much money is        
received4  ,,reverberate1 dissolve or   
blend by reflected heat4  ,,reverse1    
,,reverso1 back-handed thrust1 etc41 in 
fencing4  ,,revise1 reconsider a        
sentence4  ,,rheum1 spleen1 caprice4    
,,ribibe1 abusive term for an old woman4
  ,,rid1 destroy1 do away with4         
,,rifling1 raffling1 dicing4  ,,ring1   
cracked within the--1 coins so cracked  
were unfit for currency4  ,,risse1      
risen1 rose4  ,,rivelled1 wrinkled4     
,,roarer1 swaggerer4  ,,rochet1 fish of 

the gurnet kind4  ,,rock1 distaff4      
,,rodomontado1 braggadocio4  ,,rogue1   
vagrant1 vagabond4  ,,rondel1 a round   
mark in the score of a public-house     
7,nares72 roundel4  ,,rook1 sharper2    
fool1 dupe4  ,,rosaker1 similar to      
ratsbane4  ,,rosa-,,solis1 a spiced     
spirituous liquor4  ,,roses1 rosettes4  
,,round1 gentlemen of the--1 officers of
 inferior rank4  ,,round ,,trunks1 trunk
 hose1 short loose breeches reaching    
almost or quite to the knees4  ,,rouse1 
carouse1 bumper4  ,,rover1 arrow used   
for shooting at a random mark at        
uncertain distance4  ,,rowly-,,powly1   
roly-poly4  ,,rude1 ,,rudeness1         
unpolished1 rough7ness71 coarse7ness74  
,,ruffle1 flaunt1 swagger4  ,,rug1      
coarse frieze4  ,,rug-,,gowns1 gown made
 of rug4  ,,rush1 reference to rushes   
with which the floors were then strewn4 
,,rusher1 one who strewed the floor with
 rushes4  ,,russet1 homespun cloth of   
neutral or reddish-brown colour4        
,,sack1 loose1 flowing gown4  ,,sadly1  

seriously1 with gravity4  ,,sad7,,ness71
 sober1 serious7ness74  ,,saffi1        
bailiffs4  ,,st4 ,,thomas ,a            
,,waterings1 place in ,surrey where     
criminals were executed4  ,,saker1 small
 piece of ordnance4  ,,salt1 leap4      
,,salt1 lascivious4  ,,sampsuchine1     
sweet marjoram4  ,,saraband1 a slow     
dance4  ,,saturnals1 began ,december    
#ag4  ,,sauciness1 presumption1         
insolence4  ,,saucy1 bold1 impudent1    
wanton4  ,,sauna 7,lat471 a gesture of  
contempt4  ,,savour1 perceive2 gratify1 
please2 to partake of the nature4       
,,say1 sample4  ,,say1 assay1 try4      
,,scald1 word of contempt1 implying dirt
 and disease4  ,,scallion1 shalot1 small
 onion4  ,,scanderbag1 name which the   
,turks 7in allusion to ,alexander the   
,great7 gave to the brave ,castriot1    
chief of ,albania1 with whom they had   
continual wars4  ,his romantic life had 
just been translated 7,gifford74        
,,scape1 escape4  ,,scarab1 beetle4     
,,scartoccio1 fold of paper1 cover1     

cartouch1 cartridge4  ,,sconce1 head4   
,,scope1 aim4  ,,scot ,,and ,,lot1 tax1 
contribution 7formerly a parish         
assessment74  ,,scotomy1 dizziness in   
the head4  ,,scour1 purge4  ,,scourse1  
deal1 swap4  ,,scratches1 disease of    
horses4  ,,scroyle1 mean1 rascally      
fellow4  ,,scruple1 doubt4  ,,seal1 put 
hand to the giving up of property or    
rights4  ,,sealed1 stamped as genuine4  
,,seam-,,rent1 ragged4  ,,seaming       
,,laces1 insertion or edging4  ,,sear   
,,up1 close by searing1 burning4        
,,searced1 sifted4  ,,secretary1 able to
 keep a secret4  ,,secular1 worldly1    
ordinary1 commonplace4  ,,secure1       
confident4  ,,seelie1 happy1 blest4     
,,seisin1 legal term3 possession4       
,,sellary1 lewd person4  ,,semblably1   
similarly4  ,,seminary1 a ,romish priest
 educated in a foreign seminary4        
,,senseless1 insensible1 without sense  
or feeling4  ,,sensibly1 perceptibly4   
,,sensive1 sensitive4  ,,sensual1       
pertaining to the physical or material4 

,,serene1 harmful dew of evening4       
,,sericon1 red tincture4  ,,servant1    
lover4  ,,services1 doughty deeds of    
arms4  ,,sesterce1 ,roman copper coin4  
,,set1 stake1 wager4  ,,set ,,up1 drill4
  ,,sets1 deep plaits of the ruff4      
,,sewer1 officer who served up the      
feast1 and brought water for the hands  
of the guests4  ,,shape1 a suit by way  
of disguise4  ,,shift1 fraud1 dodge4    
,,shifter1 cheat4  ,,shittle1 shuttle2  
shittle-cock1 shuttlecock4  ,,shot1     
tavern reckoning4  ,,shot-,,clog1 one   
only tolerated because he paid the shot 
7reckoning7 for the rest4               
,,shot-,,free1 scot-free1 not having to 
pay4  ,,shove-,,groat1 low kind of      
gambling amusement1 perhaps somewhat of 
the nature of pitch and toss4           
,,shot-,,sharks1 drawers4  ,,shrewd1    
mischievous1 malicious1 curst4          
,,shrewdly1 keenly1 in a high degree4   
,,shrive1 sheriff2 posts were set up    
before his door for proclamations1 or to
 indicate his residence4  ,,shroving1   

,shrovetide1 season of merriment4       
,,sigilla1 seal1 mark4  ,,silenced      
,,brethern1 ,,ministers1 those of the   
,church or ,nonconformists who had been 
silenced1 deprived1 etc4  ,,silly1      
simple1 harmless4  ,,simple1 silly1     
witless2 plain1 true4  ,,simples1 herbs4
  ,,single1 term of chase1 signifying   
when the hunted stag is separated from  
the herd1 or forced to break covert4    
,,single1 weak1 silly4                  
,,single-,,money1 small change4         
,,singular1 unique1 supreme4            
,,si-,,quis1 bill1 advertisement4       
,,skeldring1 getting money under false  
pretences2 swindling4  ,,skill1 it--s   
not1 matters not4  ,,skink7,,er71 pour1 
draw7er71 tapster4  ,,skirt1 tail4      
,,sleek1 smooth4  ,,slice1 fire shovel  
or pan 7dial474  ,,slick1 sleek1 smooth4
  ',,slid1 ',,slight1 ',,sprecious1     
irreverent oaths4  ,,slight1 sleight1   
cunning1 cleverness2 trick4  ,,slip1    
counterfeit coin1 bastard4  ,,slippery1 
polished and shining4  ,,slops1 large   

loose breeches4  ,,slot1 print of a     
stag's foot4  ,,slur1 put a slur on2    
cheat 7by sliding a die in some way74   
,,smelt1 gull1 simpleton4  ,,snorle1    
perhaps snarl1 as ,puppy is addressed   
7,cunningham74  ,,snotterie1 filth4     
,,snuff1 anger1 resentment2 take in--1  
take offence at4  ,,snuffers1 small open
 silver dishes for holding snuff1 or    
receptacle for placing snuffers in      
7,halliwell74  ,,sock1 shoe worn by     
comic actors4  ,,sod1 seethe4  ,,soggy1 
soaked1 sodden4  ,,soil1 take--1 said of
 a hunted stag when he takes to the     
water for safety4  ,,sol1 sou4          
,,soldadoes1 soldiers4  ,,solicit1      
rouse1 excite to action4  ,,sooth1      
flattery1 cajolery4  ,,soothe1 flatter1 
humour4  ,,sophisticate1 adulterate4    
,,sort1 company1 party2 rank1 degree4   
,,sort1 suit1 fit2 select4  ,,souse1    
ear4  ,,soused 7,devil is an ,ass71 fol4
 read sou't1 which ,dyce interprets as a
 variety of the spelling of shu'd3 to   
shu is to scare a bird away4  7,see his 

,webster1 page #cej74  ,,sowter1        
cobbler4  ,,spagyrica1 chemistry        
according to the teachings of           
,paracelsus4  ,,spar1 bar4  ,,speak1    
make known1 proclaim4  ,,speculation1   
power of sight4  ,,sped1 to have fared  
well1 prospered4  ,,speece1 species4    
,,spight1 anger1 rancour4  ,,spinner1   
spider4  ,,spinstry1 lewd person4       
,,spittle1 hospital1 lazar-house4       
,,spleen1 considered the seat of the    
emotions4  ,,spleen1 caprice1 humour1   
mood4  ,,sprunt1 spruce4  ,,spurge1     
foam4  ,,spur-,,ryal1 gold coin worth   
#aes4  ,,squire1 square1 measure2 by    
the--1 exactly4  ,,staggering1 wavering1
 hesitating4  ,,stain1 disparagement1   
disgrace4  ,,stale1 decoy1 or cover1    
stalking-horse4  ,,stale1 make cheap1   
common4  ,,stalk1 approach stealthily or
 under cover4  ,,stall1 forestall4      
,,standard1 suit4  ,,staple1 market1    
emporium4  ,,stark1 downright4          
,,starting-,,holes1 loopholes of escape4
  ,,state1 dignity2 canopied chair of   

state2 estate4  ,,statuminate1 support  
vines by poles or stakes2 used by ,pliny
 7,gifford74  ,,stay1 gag4  ,,stay1     
await2 detain4  ,,stickler1 second or   
umpire4  ,,stigmatise1 mark1 brand4     
,,still1 continual7ly71 constant7ly74   
,,stinkard1 stinking fellow4  ,,stint1  
stop4  ,,stiptic1 astringent4           
,,stoccata1 thrust in fencing4          
,,stock-,,fish1 salted and dried fish4  
,,stomach1 pride1 valour4  ,,stomach1   
resent4  ,,stoop1 swoop down as a hawk4 
,,stop1 fill1 stuff4  ,,stopple1        
stopper4  ,,stote1 stoat1 weasel4       
,,stoup1 stoop1 swoopbow4  ,,straight1  
straightway4  ,,stramazoun 7,ital4      
stramazzone71 a down blow1 as opposed to
 the thrust4  ,,strange1 like a         
stranger1 unfamiliar4  ,,strangeness1   
distance of behaviour4  ,,streights1    
,,or ,,bermudas1 labyrinth of alleys and
 courts in the ,strand4  ,,strigonium1  
,grau in ,hungary1 taken from the ,turks
 in #aeig4  ,,strike1 balance           
7accounts74  ,,stringhalt1 disease of   

horses4  ,,stroker1 smoother1 flatterer4
  ,,strook1 p4p4 of strike4             
,,strummel-,,patched1 strummel is       
glossed in dialect dicts4 as a long1    
loose and dishevelled head of hair4     
,,studies1 studious efforts4  ,,style1  
title2 pointed instrument used for      
writing on wax tablets4  ,,subtle1 fine1
 delicate1 thin2 smooth1 soft4          
,,subtlety 7,,subtility71 subtle device4
  ,,suburb1 connected with loose living4
  ,,succubae1 demons in form of women4  
,,suck1 extract money from4             
,,sufferance1 suffering4  ,,summed1 term
 of falconry3 with full-grown plumage4  
,,super-,,negulum1 topers turned the cup
 bottom up when it was empty4           
,,superstitious1 over-scrupulous4       
,,supple1 to make pliant4  ,,surbate1   
make sore with walking4  ,,surcease1    
cease4  ,,sur-,,reverence1 save your    
reverence4  ,,survise1 peruse4          
,,suscitability1 excitability4          
,,suspect1 suspicion4  ,,suspend1       
suspect4  ,,suspended1 held over for the

 present4  ,,sutler1 victualler4        
,,swad1 clown1 boor4  ,,swath ,,bands1  
swaddling clothes4  ,,swinge1 beat4     
,,taberd1 emblazoned mantle or tunic    
worn by knights and heralds4            
,,table7,s71 pair of--1 tablets1        
note-book4  ,,tabor1 small drum4        
,,tabret1 tabor4  ,,taffeta1 silk2      
tuft-taffeta1 a more costly silken      
fabric4  ,,taint1 --a staff1 break a    
lance at tilting in an unscientific or  
dishonourable manner4  ,,take ,,in1     
capture1 subdue4  ,,take ,,me ,,with    
,,you1 let me understand you4  ,,take   
,,up1 obtain on credit1 borrow4         
,,talent1 sum or weight of ,greek       
currency4  ,,tall1 stout1 brave4        
,,tankard-,,bearers1 men employed to    
fetch water from the conduits4          
,,tarleton1 celebrated comedian and     
jester4  ,,tartarous1 like a ,tartar4   
,,tavern-,,token1 to swallow a--1 get   
drunk4  ,,tell1 count4  ,,tell-,,troth1 
truth-teller4  ,,temper1 modify1 soften4
  ,,tender1 show regard1 care for1      

cherish2 manifest4  ,,tent1 take--1 take
 heed4  ,,terse1 swept and polished4    
,,tertia1 that portion of an army levied
 out of one particular district or      
division of a country 7,gifford74       
,,teston1 tester1 coin worth #f;d4      
,,thirdborough1 constable4  ,,thread1   
quality4  ,,threaves1 droves4           
,,three-,,farthings1 piece of silver    
current under ,elizabeth4               
,,three-,,piled1 of finest quality1     
exaggerated4  ,,thriftily1 carefully4   
,,thrums1 ends of the weaver's warp2    
coarse yarn made from4  ,,thumb-,,ring1 
familiar spirits were supposed capable  
of being carried about in various       
ornaments or parts of dress4            
,,tibicine1 player on the tibia1 or     
pipe4  ,,tick-,,tack1 game similar to   
backgammon4  ,,tightly1 promptly4       
,,tim1 787 expressive of a climax of    
nonentity4  ,,timeless1 untimely1       
unseasonable4  ,,tincture1 an essential 
or spiritual principle supposed by      
alchemists to be transfusible into      

material things2 an imparted            
characteristic or tendency4  ,,tink1    
tinkle4  ,,tippet1 turn--1 change       
behaviour or way of life4  ,,tipstaff1  
staff tipped with metal4  ,,tire1       
head-dress4  ,,tire1 feed ravenously1   
like a bird of prey4  ,,titillation1    
that which tickles the senses1 as a     
perfume4  ,,tod1 fox4  ,,toiled1 worn   
out1 harassed4  ,,token1 piece of base  
metal used in place of very small coin1 
when this was scarce4  ,,tonnels1       
nostrils4  ,,top1 parish--1 large top   
kept in villages for amusement and      
exercise in frosty weather when people  
were out of work4  ,,toter1 tooter1     
player on a wind instrument4  ,,touse1  
pull1 rend4  ,,toward1 docile1 apt2 on  
the way to2 as regards2 present1 at     
hand4  ,,toy1 whim2 trick2 term of      
contempt4  ,,tract1 attraction4         
,,train1 allure1 entice4  ,,transitory1 
transmittable4  ,,translate1 transform4 
,,tray-,,trip1 game at dice 7success    
depended on throwing a three7 7,nares74 

,,treachour 7,,trecher71 traitor4       
,,treen1 wooden4  ,,trencher1           
serving-man who carved or served food4  
,,trendle-,,tail1 trundle-tail1         
curly-tailed4  ,,trick 7,,tricking71    
term of heraldry3 to draw outline of    
coat of arms1 etc41 without blazoning4  
,,trig1 a spruce1 dandified man4        
,,trill1 trickle4  ,,trillibub1 tripe1  
any worthless1 trifling thing4          
,,tripoly1 come from--1 able to perform 
feats of agility1 a jest nominal1       
depending on the first part of the word 
7,gifford74  ,,trite1 worn1 shabby4     
,,trivia1 three-faced goddess 7,hecate74
  ,,trojan1 familiar term for an equal  
or inferior2 thief4  ,,troll1 sing      
loudly4  ,,tromp1 trump1 deceive4       
,,trope1 figure of speech4  ,,trow1     
think1 believe1 wonder4  ,,trowle1      
troll4  ,,trowses1 breeches1 drawers4   
,,truchman1 interpreter4  ,,trundle1    
,,john1 well-known printer4  ,,trundle1 
roll1 go rolling along4  ,,trundling    
,,cheats1 term among gipsies and beggars

 for carts or coaches 7,gifford74       
,,trunk1 speaking-tube4  ,,truss1 tie   
the tagged laces that fastened the      
breeches to the doublet4  ,,tubicine1   
trumpeter4  ,,tucket 7,ital4 toccato71  
introductory flourish on the trumpet4   
,,tuition1 guardianship4  ,,tumbler1 a  
particular kind of dog so called from   
the mode of his hunting4                
,,tumbrel-,,slop1 loose1 baggy breeches4
  ,,turd1 excrement4  ,,tusk1 gnash the 
teeth 7,century ,dict474  ,,twire1 peep1
 twinkle4  ,,twopenny ,,room1 gallery4  
,,tyring-,,house1 attiring-room4        
,,ulenspiegel4  ,see ,howleglass4       
,,umbratile1 like or pertaining to a    
shadow4  ,,umbre1 brown dye4  ,,unbated1
 unabated4  ,,unbored1 787 excessively  
bored4  ,,uncarnate1 not fleshly1 or of 
flesh4  ,,uncouth1 strange1 unusual4    
,,undertaker1 one who undertook by his  
influence in the ,house of ,commons to  
carry things agreeably to his ,majesty's
 wishes 7,whalley72 one who becomes     
surety for4  ,,unequal1 unjust4         

,,unexcepted1 no objection taken at4    
,,unfeared1 unaffrighted4  ,,unhappily1 
unfortunately4  ,,unicorn',s ,,horn1    
supposed antidote to poison4            
,,unkind7,,ly71 unnatural7ly74          
,,unmanned1 untamed 7term in falconry74 
,,unquit1 undischarged4  ,,unready1     
undressed4  ,,unrude1 rude to an        
extreme4  ,,unseasoned1 unseasonable1   
unripe4  ,,unseeled1 a hawk's eyes were 
seeled by sewing the eyelids together   
with fine thread4  ,,untimely1          
unseasonably4  ,,unvaluable1 invaluable4
  ,,upbraid1 make a matter of reproach4 
,,upsee1 heavy kind of ,dutch beer      
7,halliwell72 --,dutch1 in the ,dutch   
fashion4  ,,uptails ,,all1 refrain of a 
popular song4  ,,urge1 allege as        
accomplice1 instigator4  ,,urshin1      
,,urchin1 hedgehog4  ,,use1 interest on 
money2 part of sermon dealing with the  
practical application of doctrine4      
,,use1 be in the habit of1 accustomed   
to2 put out to interest4  ,,usquebaugh1 
whisky4  ,,usure1 usury4  ,,utter1 put  

in circulation1 make to pass current2   
put forth for sale4  ,,vail1 bow1 do    
homage4  ,,vails1 tips1 gratuities4     
,,vall4  ,see ,vail4  ,,vallies 7,fr4   
valise71 portmanteau1 bag4  ,,vapour7,s7
 7n4 and v471 used affectedly1 like     
humour1 in many senses1 often very      
vaguely and freely ridiculed by ,jonson2
 humour1 disposition1 whims1 brag7ging71
 hector7ing71 etc4  ,,varlet1 bailiff1  
or serjeant-at-mace4  ,,vaut1 vault4    
,,veer 7naut471 pay out4  ,,vegetal1    
vegetable2 person full of life and      
vigour4  ,,vellute1 velvet4  ,,velvet   
,,custard4  ,cf4 ,taming of the ,shrew1 
iv4 #c1 #hb1 custard coffin1 coffin     
being the raised crust over a pie4      
,,vent1 vend1 sell2 give outlet to2     
scent1 snuff up4  ,,venue1 bout 7fencing
 term74  ,,verdugo 7,span471 hangman1   
executioner4  ,,verge1 in the--1 within 
a certain distance of the court4  ,,vex1
 agitate1 torment4  ,,vice1 the buffoon 
of old moralities2 some kind of         
machinery for moving a puppet           

7,gifford74  ,,vie ,,and ,,revie1 to    
hazard a certain sum1 and to cover it   
with a larger one4  ,,vincent ,,against 
,,york1 two heralds-at-arms4            
,,vindicate1 avenge4  ,,virge1 wand1    
rod4  ,,virginal1 old form of piano4    
,,virtue1 valour4  ,,vively1 in lifelike
 manner1 livelily4  ,,vizard1 mask4     
,,vogue1 rumour1 gossip4  ,,voice1 vote4
  ,,void1 leave1 quit4  ,,volary1 cage1 
aviary4  ,,volley1 at--1 o' the volee1  
at random 7from a term of tennis74      
,,vorloffe1 furlough4  ,,wadloe1 keeper 
of the ,devil ,tavern1 where ,jonson and
 his friends met in the ',apollo' room  
7,whalley74  ,,waights1 waits1 night    
musicians1 band of musical watchmen     
7,webster71 or old form of hautboys4    
,,wannion1 vengeance1 plague 7,nares74  
,,ward1 a famous pirate4  ,,ward1 guard 
in fencing4  ,,watchet1 pale1 sky blue4 
,,weal1 welfare4  ,,weed1 garment4      
,,weft1 waif4  ,,weights1 to the gold--1
 to every minute particular4  ,,welkin1 
sky4  ,,well-,,spoken1 of fair speech4  

,,well-,,torned1 turned and polished1 as
 on a wheel4  ,,welt1 hem1 border of    
fur4  ,,wher1 whether4  ,,whetstone1    
,,george1 an author who lived #aedd787  
to #aehg7874  ,,whiff1 a smoke1 or      
drink2 taking the--1 inhaling the       
tobacco smoke or some such              
accomplishment4  ,,whigh-,,hies1        
neighings1 whinnyings4  ,,whimsy1 whim1 
humour4  ,,whiniling1 787 whining1      
weakly4  ,,whit1 787 a mere jot4        
,,whitemeat1 food made of milk or eggs4 
,,wicked1 bad1 clumsy4  ,,wicker1       
pliant1 agile4  ,,wilding1 esp4 fruit of
 wild apple or crab tree 7,webster74    
,,wine1 ,i have the--for you1 ,prov43 ,i
 have the perquisites 7of the office7   
which you are to share 7,cunningham74   
,,winny1 same as old word wonne1 to     
stay1 etc4 7,whalley74  ,,wise-,,woman1 
fortune-teller4  ,,wish1 recommend4     
,,wiss 7,,wusse71 ,i--1 certainly1 of a 
truth4  ,,without1 beyond4  ,,witty1    
cunning1 ingenious1 clever4  ,,wood1    
collection1 lot4  ,,woodcock1 term of   

contempt4  ,,woolsack 7--pies71 name of 
tavern4  ,,wort1 unfermented beer4      
,,woundy1 great1 extreme4  ,,wreak1     
revenge4  ,,wrought1 wrought upon4      
,,wusse1 interjection4  7,see ,wiss74   
,,yeanling1 lamb1 kid4  ,,zany1 an      
inferior clown1 who attended upon the   
chief fool and mimicked his tricks4