oo common:
But this Sir Giles feeds high, keeps many servants,
Who must at his command do any outrage;
Rich in his habit; vast in his expenses;
Yet he to admiration still increases
In wealth and lordships.
_Order._ He frights men out of their estates,
And breaks through all law-nets, made to curb ill men,
As they were cobwebs. No man dares reprove him.
Such a spirit to dare, and power to do, were never
Lodg'd so unluckily.
_Enter_ Amble.
_Amble._ Ha! ha! I shall burst.
_Order._ Contain thyself, man.
_Fur._ Or make us partakers
Of your sudden mirth.
_Amble._ Ha! ha! my lady has got
Such a guest at her table, this term-driver, Marall,
This snip of an attorney.
_Fur._ What of him, man?
_Amble._ The knave stinks, and feeds so slovenly!
_Fur._ Is this all?
_Amble._ My lady
Drank to him for fashion's sake, or to please Mr. Wellborn,
As I live, he rises, and takes up a dish,
In which there were some remnants of a boil'd capon,
And pledges her in white broth.
And when I brought him wine,
He leaves his chair, and after a leg or two,
Most humbly thanks my worship.
_Order._ Rose already!
_Amble._ I shall be chid.
_Enter_ Lady Allworth, Wellborn, _and_ Marall.
_Fur._ My lady frowns.
_Lady A._ You attended us well.
Let me have no more of this: I observ'd your leering.
Sirrah, I'll have you know, whom I think worthy
To sit at my table, be he ne'er so mean,
When I am present, is not your companion.
_Order._ Nay, she'll preserve what's due to her.
_Lady A._ You are master
Of your own will. I know so much of manners
As not to inquire your purposes; in a word,
To me you are ever welcome, as to a house
That is your own.
_Wellb._ Mark that.
_Mar._ With reverence, sir,
And it like your worship.
_Wellb._ Trouble yourself no farther,
Dear madam; my heart's full of zeal and service.
However in my language I am sparing.
Come, Mr. Marall.
_Mar._ I attend your worship.
[_Exeunt_ Wellborn _and_ Marall.
_Lady A._ I see in your looks you are sorry, and you know me
An easy mistress: be merry! I have forgot all.
Order and Furnace, come with me; I must give you
Farther directions. [_Exit._
_Order._ What you please.
_Fur._ We are ready. [_Exeunt._
SCENE III.--_The Country._
_Enter_ Wellborn _and_ Marall.
_Wellb._ I think I am in a good way.
_Mar._ Good sir, the best way;
The certain best way.
_Wellb._ There are casualties
That men are subject to.
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