that frequently seizes him though I am sorry it should happen so unluckily at this time Sir Dav. Distracted say you is he so apt to be distracted Fourb Oh Sir rageing mad we that live by Murder are all so Guilt will never let us sleep I beseech you Sir stand clear of him he 's apt to be very mischievous at these unfortunate hours Blood Have I been drunk with tender Infants blood and ript up teeming Wombs Have these bold hands ransackt the Temples of the Gods and stab'd the Priests before their Altars Have I done this hah Sir Dav. No Sir not that I know Sir I would not say any such thing for all the World Sir worthy Gentleman I beseech you Sir you seem to be a civil person I beseech you Sir to mitigate his passion I 'l do any thing in the World you shall command my whole Estate Fourb Nay after all Sir if you have not a ming to have him quite murder'd if a swinging drubbing to bed-rid him or so will serve your turn you may have it at a cheaper rate a great deal Sir Dav. Truly Sir with all my heart for methinks now I consider matters better I would not by any means be guilty of another mans blood Fourb Why then let me consider to have him beaten substantially a beating that will stick by him will cost you half the money Sir Dav. What one hundred pounds Sure the Devil 's in you or you would not be so unconscionable Blood The Devil where where is the Devil shew me I 'l tell thee Belzâ—bub thou hast broke thy Covenant didst thou not promise me eternal plenty when I resign'd my Soul to thy allurements ' Sir Dav. Ah Lord Blood Touch me not yet I 've yet ten thousand Murders to Act before I 'm thine with all those sins I 'l come with full damnation to thy Caverns of endless pain and houl with thee for ever Sir Dav. Bless us what will become of this mortal Body of mine Where am I Is this a house do I live am I Flesh and Blood Blood There there 's the Feind again don 't chatter so and grin at me if thou must needs have prey take here take him this Tempter that would bribe me with shining Gold to stain my hands with new iniquity Sir Dav. Stand off I charge thee Stain wheresoe'r thou art thou hast no right nor claim to me I 'l have thee bound in Necromantick Charms Heark you Friend has the Gentleman given Soul to the Devil Fourb Only pawn'd it a little that 's all Sir Dav. Let me beseech you Sir to dispatch and get rid of him as soon as you can I would gladly drink a Bottle with you Sir but I hate the Devils Company mortally as for the hundred pound here here it is ready no more words I 'l submit to your good nature and dâ—scretion Fourb Then Wretch take this and make thy peace with the infernal King he loves Riches sacrifice and be at rest Blood 'T is done I 'l follow thee lead on nay if thou smile I more defy thee Eee Fa Fum. Exit Fourb 'T is very odd this Sir Dav. Very odd indeed I 'm glad he 's gone though Fourb Now Sir if you please we 'l refresh our selves with a chearful glass and so Chaque un chez lui I would fain make the Gull drunk a little to put a little mettle into him Sir Dav. With all my heart Sir but no more words of the Devil if you love me Fourb The Devil 's an Ass Sir and here 's a Health to all those that defy the Devil Sir Dav. With all my heart and all his works too Fourb Nay Sir you must do me right I assure you Sir Dav. Not so full I not so full that 's too much of all Conscience in 〈◊〉 Friend these are sad times very sad times but here 's to you Fourb Poâ— o' the times the times are well enough so long as a man has money in his Pocket Sir Dav. 'T is true here I have been bargaining with you about a Murder but never consider that Idolatry is coming in full speed upon the Nation pray what Religion are you of Friend Fourb What Religion am I of sir Sir your humble Servant Sir Dav. Truly a good Conscience is a great happiness and so I 'l pledg you hemph hemph but shan't the Dog be Murdered this Night Fourb My Brother Rogue is gon by this time to set him and the business shall be done effectually I 'l warrant you here 's rest his soul. Sir Dav. With all my Heart Faith I hate to be uncharitable Enter Courtine and Drawer Cour. Look you 't is a very impudent thing not to be drunk by this time shall Rogues stay in Taverns to sip Pints and be Sober when honest Gentlemen are drunk by Gallons I 'll have none on 't Sir Da. Oh Lord whose's there Sit up in his Chair Drawer I beseech your Honour our house will be utterly ruin'd by this means Cour. Damne your house your Wife and Children and all your Family you Dog Beau. Sir who are you To Sir David Sir Da. Who am I Sir what 's that to you Sir will you tickle my Foot you Rouge Cour. I 'll tickle your Guts you Paultroon presently Sir Da. Tickle my guts you Mad-Cap I 'll tickle your Toby if you do Cour. What with that circumsis'd Band That grave hypocrytital Beard of the reformation Cut Old Fellow I believe your a Rogue Sir Da. Sirrah you are a Whore an errant Bitch-Whore I 'll use you like a Whore I 'll kiss you you Jade I 'll Ravish you you Buttuck I am a Justice of the Peace Sirrah and that 's worse Court Dam you Sir I care not if you were a Constable and all his Watch what such a Rogue as you send honest Fellows to prison and countenance Whores in your Jurisdiction for bribery you Mongrel I 'll beat you Sirrah I 'll brain you I 'll murder you you Moon-Calf Throws the Chairs after him Sir Da. Sir Sir Sir Constable Watch stokes stokes stokes murder Ex. Caur Huzza Beaugard Enter Beaugard Sir Jolly Four Well Sir the busiuefs is done we have bargain'd to Murder you Beau. Murder'd whose to be murder'd ha Fourbin Sir Iol. You are to be murder'd Friend you shall be murder'd Friend Beau. But how am I to be murder'd Who 's to murder me I beseech you Four Your humble Servant Fourbin I am the man with your worships leave Sir David has given me this gold to do it handsomely Beau. Sir David uncharitable Cur what Murder an honest Fellow for being Civil to his Family What can this mean Gentlemen Sir Iol. No 't is for not being Civil to his Family that it means Gentleman therefore are yoâ— to be murder'd to Night and buried a Bed with my Lady you Jack Straw you Beau. I understand you Friends the old Gentleman has design'd to have me butcher'd and you have kindly contriv'd to turn it to my
Why there 's there 's the land of Canaan now in little hark you Drawer Dog shut shut the Door Syrrah do you hear shut it so close that neither cares nor necessitys may peep in upon us Enter Sir Davy Fourbin and Bloody Bones Drawer Fourbin Bloody-bones be you sure to behave your self handsomely and like your profession shew your self a Cut-Throat of parts and wee 'l fleece him Blood My Lady says We must be expeditious Sir Iolly has giv'n notice to the Capt. by this time so that nothing is wanting but the management of this oven-grown Gull to make us Hectors at large and keep the Whore Fortune under Drawer Welcome Gentlemen very welcome Sir wil't please you to walk into a Room or shall I wait upon your Honours pleasure here Sir Da. Sweet heart let us be private and bring us Wine hither so sits down From this moment War war and mortal dudgeon against that enemy of my Honour and Theif of my good Name called Beaugard you can cut a Throat upon occasion you say Freind Fourbin Sir cutting of Throats is my Hereditary vocation my Father was hang'd for cutting of Throats before me and my Mother for cutting of Purses Sir Da. No more to be said my Courage is mounted like a little French-man upon a great Horse and I 'l have him murder'd Fourbin Sir Murder'd you say Sir Sir Da. Ay Murder'd I say Sir his Face slay'd off and nayl'd to a post in my great Hall in the Countrey amongst all the other Trophies of wild Beasts slain by our Family since the Conquest there 's never a Whore-Masters head there yet Fourbin Sir for that let me recommend this worthy Friend of mine to your Service he 's an industrious Gentleman and one that will deserve your Favour Sir Da. He looks but somthing ruggedly though methinks Fourbin But Sir his Parts will attone for his Person forms and fashions are the least of his study he affects a sort of Phylosophical negligence indeed but Sir make trial of him and you 'l find him a Person fit for the work of this World Sir Da. What trade are you Freind Blood No trade at all Freind I profess Murder Rascally Butchers make a trade on 't t is a Gentlemans Divertisement Sir Da. Do you profess Murder Blood Yes sir 't is my Livelyhood I keep a Wife and six Children by it Sir Da. Then Sir here 's to you withal my Heart wou'd I had done with these Fellows Fourb Well Sir if you have any Service for us I desire we may receive your Gold and your instructions so soon as is possible Sir Da. Soft and fair Sweetheart I love to see a little how I lay out my Money have you very good trading now a days in your way Freind Blood In peaceable times a man may eat and drink comfortably upon 't a private Murder done handsomely is worth Money but now that the Nation 's unsettled there are so many general undertakers that 't is grown almost a Monopoly you may have a man Murder'd almost for little or nothing and no Lady e'r know who did it neither Sir Da. Pray what Country man are you where were you born most Noble Sir Blood Indeed my Country is Forreign I was Born in Argier my Mother was an Apostate Greek my Father a Ranegado English Man who by oppressing of Chistian Slaves grew Rich for which when he lay sick I Murder'd him one day in his Bed made my escape to Maltha where imbracing the Faith I had the Honour given me to command a thousand Horse aboard the Gallies of that State Sir Da. Oh Lord Sir my humble Service to you again Fourbin He tells you Sir but the naked Truth Sir Iolly I doubt it not in the least most worthy Sir these are devilish â—ellows I 'l warrant 'em Aside Fourb War Friend and shining Honour has bin our Province till rusty peace reduced us to this base obscurity Ah Bloody Bones Ah when thou and I commanded that party as the Seige of Philipsburgh where in the Face of the Army wee took the impenetrable half Moon Blood Half Moon Sir by your Favour 't was a whole Moon Fourbin Brother thou art in the right 't was a full Moon and such a Moon Sir Sir Da. I doubt it not in the least Gentlemen but in the mean-while to our business Fourbin With all my Heart so soon as you please Sir Da. Do you know this Beaugard he 's a devlish fellow I can tell you but that he 's a Captain Fourbin Has he a Heart think you Sir Sir Da. Oh like a Lion he fears neither God Man nor Devil Blood I 'l bring it you for your Breakfast to Morrow did you never eat a Mans Heart Sir Sir Da. Eat a Mans Heart Friend Fourb Ah Ay a Mans Heart Sir it makes absolutely the best Raggoust in the World I have eaten forty of 'em in my time without Bread Sir Dav. Oh Lord a Mans Heart my humble service to you Both Gentlemen Blood Why your Algerine Pirates eat nothing else at sea they have them always potted up like Venison your well-grown Dutchmans Heart makes an excellent Dish with Oyl and Pepper Sir Dav. Oh Lord oh Lord Friend Friend a word with you how much must you and your Companion have to do this business Fourb What and bring you the Heart home to your house Sir Dav. No no keeping the Heart for your own eating I 'l be rid of 'em as soon as possible I can Fourb You say Sir he 's a Gentleman Sir Dav. Ay such a sort of Gentleman as are about this Town the Fellow has a pretty handsome outside but I believe little or no money in his Pockets Fourb Therefore we are like to have the honour to receive the more from your Worships bounty Blood For my part I care for no mans bounty I expect to have my bargain perform'ed and I 'l make as good a one as I can Sir Dav. Look you Friend don't you be angry Friend don't be angry Friend before you have occasion you say you 'l have let 's see how much will you have now I warrant the Devil and all by your good will Fourb Truely Sir David if as you say the Man must be well murder'd without any remorse or mercy betwixt Turk and Jew it is honestly worth two hundred pounds Sir Dav. Two hundred pounds Why I 'l have a Physitian shall kill a whole Family for half the money Blood Damme Sir how do yemean Sir Dav. Damme Sir how do I mean Damme Sir not to part with my mony Blood Not part Brother Fourb Brother the Wight is improveable and this must not be born withal Blood Have I for this dissolu'd Cirâ—ean Charms broke Iron durance whilst from these firm Legs the well fil'd useless Fetters dropt away and left me Master of my native freedom Sir Dav. What what does he mean now Fourb Truely Sir I am sorry to see it with all my heart 't is a distraction
advantage in the affair of Love I am to be murder'd but as it were Gentlemen hah Four Your Honour has a piercing Judgment Sir Captain Courtines gone Beau. No matter let him go he has a design to put in practice this Night too and would perhaps but spoil ours but when Sir Iolly is this business to be brought about Sir Iol. Presently 't is more then time 't were done already go get you gone I say hold hold let 's see your left Ear first hum ha you are a Rogue y' are a Rogue get you gone get you gone go Exeunt SCENE changes to Covent-Garden Piazza Enter Sylvia and Maid in the Balcony Maid But why Madam will you use him so inhumanly I 'm confident he loves you Sylv. Oh! a true Lover is to be found out like a true Saint by the Trial of his patience have you the Cords ready Maid Here they are Madam Sylv. Letv 'em down and be sure what it comes to Trial to pull lustily is Will. the Footman ready Will. At your Ladiships command Madam Sylv. I wonder he should stay so long the Clock has struck twelve Enter Courtine Court Sings And was she not frank and free And was she not kind to me To lock up her Cat in her Cupboard And give her key to me to me To lock up her Cat in her Cupboard And give her key to me Sylv. This must be he Ay 't is he and as I am a Virgin roaring drunk but if I find not a way to make him sober Court Here here 's the Window Ay that 's Hell-door and my damnation's in the inside Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Dear Imp of Satan appear to thy Servant Sylv. Who calls on Sylvia in this dead of night when rest is wanting to her longing eyes Cour. 'T is a poor wretch can hardly stand upright drunk with thy Love and if he falls he lies Sylv. Courtine is 't you Court Yes Sweet-Heart 't is I art thou ready for me Sylv. Fasten your self to that Cord there there there it is Court Cord where Oh oh here here so now to Heav'n in a string Sylv. Have you done Court Yes I have done Child and wou'd sain be doing too Hussy Sylv. Then pull away hoa up hoa up hoa up so avast there Sir Court Madam Sylv. Are you very much in Love Sir Court Oh damnably Child damnably Sylv. I 'm sorry for 't with all my heart good Night Captain Court Ha gone what left in Erasinus Paradice between Heav'n and Hell If the Constable should take me now for a stragling Monkey hung by the Loins and hunt me with his cry of Watchmen Ah Woman Woman Woman well a merry Life and a short that 's all Sings God prosper long our Noble King Our Lives and Safeties all I am mighty loyal to Night Enter Fourbin and Bloody-bones as from Sir Davids House Fourb Murder Murder Murder help help Murder Court Nay if there be murder stirring 't is high time to shift formy self Climbs up to the Balcony Sylv. Squeaking A h h h h Blood Yonder yonder he comes murder murder murder Ex. Blood and Fourbin Enter Sir David Sir Da. 'T is very Late but Murder is a melancholly business and Night is fit for 't I 'll go home Knocks Verm Who 's there Sir Da. Whose there open the door you Whelp of Babylon Verm Oh Sir y' are Welcome home but here is the saddest news here has been murder committed Sir Sir Da. Hold your Tongue you Fool and go to sleep get you in do you hear you talk of Murder you Rogue you meddle with State-Affairs Get you in The Scene opens the middle of the House and discovers Sir Jolly and the Lady putting Beaugard in order as if he were dead Sir Iol. Ly still ly still you Knave close close when I bid you you had best quest and spoil the sport you had Beau. But pray how long must I lye thus Lady D. I 'll warrant you you 'll think the time mighty tedious Beau. Sweet Creature who can counterfeit Death when you are near him Sir Iol. You shall Sirrah if a body desires you a little so you shall we shall spoil all else all will be spoil'd else Man if you do not Stretch out longer longer yet as long as ever you can so so hold your breath hold your breath very well Enter Maid Mai. Madam here comes Sir David Sir Iol. Odds so now close again as I told you close you Divel now stir if you dare stir but any part about you if you dare now odd I hit you such a rap if you do lye still lye you still Enter Sir David Sir Da. My Dear how dost thou do my Dear I am come Lady D. Ah Sir what is 't y 'ave done Y 'ave ruin'd me your Family your Fortune all is ruin'd where shall we go or whither shall we flye Sir Da. Where shall we go why we 'll go to bed you little Jackadandy why you are not a Wench you Rogue you are a Boâ— a very Boy and I love you the betâ—er for 't Sirrah hei Lady D. Ah Sir see there Sir Da. Bless us a man and bloody what upon my Hall Table Lady D. Two Ruffians brought him in just now pronouncing the inhumane deed was done by your command Sir Iolly came in the distracting Minuâ—e or sure I had dy'd with my distracting Fears how could you think on a revenge so horrid Sir Da. As I hope to be sav'd Neighbour I only bargain'd with 'em â—o Bastinado him in a way or so as one Friend might do another but do you say that he is dead Sir Iol. Dead dead as Clay stark stiff and useless all nothing about him stirring but all 's cold and still I knew him a lusty Fellow once a very metteled Fellow 't is a thousand pitties Sir Da. What shall I do I 'll throw my self upon him kiss his wide wounds and weep till blind as Buzzard Lady D. Oh come not near him there 's such horrid Antipathy follows all murders his wounds would stream afresh shou'd you but touch him Sir Da. Dear Neighbour Dearest Neighbour Friend Sir Iolly as you love Charity pity my wretched Case and give me Counsell I 'l give my Wife and all my Estate to have him live again or shall I bury him in the Arbour at the upper end of the Garden Sir Iol. Alas a day Neighbour never think on 't never think on 't the dogs will find him there as they scrape holes to bury bones in there is but one way that I know of Sir Da. What is it dear Neighbour what is it you see I am upon my knees to you take all I have and ease me of my fears Sir Iol. Truly the best thing that I can think of is putting of him to bed putting him into a warm bed and try to fetch him to life again a warm bed is the best thing in the World my Lady may do much too she 's a good Woman and as