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A93099
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The second part of The committee-man curried. By the first author, S.S.; Committee-man curried. Part 2
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Sheppard, S. (Samuel)
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1647
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Wing S3168; Thomason E401_40; ESTC R201807
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state I am worn quite away with sicknesse my soule now ready to take her flight to him that lent her me Oh Oh I can no more Seems to swoune Reb. Help for Gods sake rub him rub him so so so how do you nephew Loy Death deales with me but as with tortur'd men Whom states preserve onely to wrack agen Reb. We must all die the sisters spin no cables for us mortalls you 'r his Physition I suppose Sir what 's his disease Phy. A burning Fever Sir Reb. Me thinks he lookes too pale for that Phy. Alas the operation's secret which renders him the worse it is Aurum palpabile alone can cure him Loy I quite dispare of life wer 't thou a second Aesculapius Doctor thy skill were spent in vaine on mee only thus Sir I would desire you Uncle as you are vertuous and would not be thought guiltie of obstructing my journey unto heaven you would before my death discharge those debts I am to these ingag'd which when I see perform'd I shall with joy depart imbrace my death with as much willingnesse as ship-wrack Sea-men would the shore or Malefactors a repreive till that be done my soule is much distracted and worldly thoughts incountring those are pious maintain fierce warre within mee Oh! oh oh Reb. Ha I 'm caught scratches his head cannot for credit of my own humanity denie for to perform his hests I shall be rid of him at once what 's he oblig'd to pay you to the creditors 1 Cred. Twenty pound Sir to me for cloth 2. Cred. Thirty to me Sir for linnen 3. Cred Twenty he borrowed of me beside the interest Reb. It must be so I le pay it Gentlemen you shall have your mony Cred. We thank you Sir Reb. The world sha'nt say I damn'd my brothers son May I use a servant 1 Cred. O yes Sir Richard come hither Enter servant Ser. Your pleasure Reb. Goe you my friend home to my house Thou knowest Ser. Yes Sir I do Reb. And bid Thomas bring me the seal'd bag that lies in my Studie window this key will further him Ser. I shall Sir Reb. How fare you nephew Loy Sir now my soule is pacified and I shall passe away as in a pleasing dream pray heaven the fatall Sisters cut not into my vitall thread untill I see the money paid pray take your seat unkle M. Vrinal pray sir down Gentlemen pray fill those chaires I 've a device ere I depart the world worthy your observation Recorders Enter Sleep and Death bearing a young man betwixt them naked they lay him down dance about him Enter Poverty she bewailes over him and danceth with the rest Death and Sleep seem to strive for the body Sleep prevaileth Enter Mammon and placing two bags of gold under either arme he reviveth danceth with Sleep and Poverty then Exeunt Reb. What 's the conceipt of this Loy This is a vision Sir forewarnes what is to come and is an excellent preparative for me Reb. I understand not what was meant but much I like their postures Enter Thomas with a sealed bag Thom. Sir here 's the gold you sent for Reb. O very good Gentlemen draw neer here 's pen ink and paper give me acquittance and subscribe your names then take your money Cred. Willingly They write Reb. Let me see there 's twenty powers gold on the board pounds for you Sir there 's thirty for you Sir there 's 20. for you Sir Now nephew I trust your peace being made on earth you will make peace with heaven I have discharged your debts Loy I thank you Sir leaps out of the bed This hearty love of yours has wrought my perfect cure Fa la fa la la fa la la la la la. dances Reb. Does he counterfeit I 'm fool'd out of my money these varlets have spread a net to catch me threescore and ten pounds I shall run mad I can't contain my selfe what shall I do I le get an halter and on the next tree I le put an end unto my miserie Exit Loy Come let 's away Rebellion hang'd and dead Loyalty with applause will shew his head Exeunt Act 5. Enter Horne alone Horn. WOman besides the trouble has ever bin thought a rent-charge and though through the vain curiosity of man it has often been inclosed yet it has seldome been brought to improve or become profitable it faring with married men for the most part as with those that are at great charges wall in grounds and place who cheaper might have eaten Melons elswhere then in their owne garden Cucumbers they are creatures for the most part so beholden to Venus that they cannot contain themselves without variety of glister-pipes nay and are so ravenous that they court men by proxies to meet them Come none they 'l meet their slaves those out o' th way A tankerd-bearer for his paines they 'l pay He absent no man found ere they 'l abide Delay they 'l let a horse get up and ride But I under the rose be it spoken have let my wife to farm and make the best of her those Gallants that resort to her pay liberally and so that I gain coine let them gain what she gives them but there 's one Dammee a Ruffian that would ingrosse her to himself drives those away that come and bring in gain nor will disburse himself one do it A fellow takes no rest if peace he keep A quarrell still is prologue to his sleep And I that have the Moon before me borne With my large Antlers am but made his scorne He are how we quarrel'd if a quarrell't were Where he layes on the blowes I onely beare He stands before me and commands me stand And I must be obedient to 's command Alas what would you have a man to doe I' th hands of one that 's mad and stronger too SCENE 2. knocking within Whence who 's there Dammee without Where 's Mrs. Horns Horn. I shall be beat to dust if be set eye on me I le send one to him goes off Enter Iames. knocking without I am Who 's there Dam Open the doore you rogue Iam. Rogue who are you … ens the doore OM. Dammee you are welcome Sir Dam Wher 's thy mistresse Iam. Not at home Sir Dam. Then all my feares are true any she is false false as a falling starre or glow wormes fire this divell beauty is compounded strangely it is a subtill point and hard to know whether it has in it more active tempting or more passive tempted so soon it forces and so soon it yeelds Shee s light as ayre I le once give her the bells and let her flie to the devill I le to the tavern that my thought may move And then I le go and find another love Exit Enter Horn againe Horn Iames Is he gone Iames His voâ—ce doth terrifie me more then thunder doth the Indians my game is gone my wife is run away I could for spight now be a convert and turn â—onest in my age I have a Countrie-house in Warwick thire thither I le go and live upon the Onions that I sow and Beans that I shall set W … along Iames Iam. Yes Sir Horn. Come then and since I 've lost my citie wife I le for the future lead a countrey-life Exeunt FINIS