ft_ here tells us of two Monsters arriv'd
from _Mexico_, Jews of vast Fortunes, with an old Jew Uncle their
Guardian; they are worth a hundred thousand Pounds a piece-- Marcy
upon's, why,'tis a Sum able to purchase all _Flanders_ again from his
most christian Majesty.
_Will._ Ha, ha, ha, Monsters!
_Beau._ He tells you Truth, _Willmore_.
_Blunt._ But hark ye, Lieutenant, are you sure they are not married?
_Beau._ Who the Devil would venture on such formidable Ladies?
_Feth._ How, venture on 'em! by the Lord _Harry_, and that would I, tho
I'm a Justice of the Peace, and they be Jews, (which to a Christian is a
thousand Reasons.)
_Blunt._ Is the Devil in you to declare our Designs? [Aside.
_Feth._ Mum, as close as a Jesuit.
_Beau._ I admire your Courage, Sir, but one of them is so little, and so
deform'd,'tis thought she is not capable of Marriage; and the other is
so huge an overgrown Giant, no Man dares venture on her.
_Will._ Prithee let's go see 'em; what do they pay for going in?
_Feth._ Pay-- I'd have you to know they are Monsters of Quality.
_Shift._ And not to be seen but by particular Favour of their Guardian,
whom I am got acquainted with, from the Friendship I have with the
Merchant where they lay. The Giant, Sir, is in love with me, the Dwarf
with Ensign _Hunt_, and as we manage Matters we may prove lucky.
_Beau._ And didst thou see the Show? the Elephant and the Mouse.
_Shift._ Yes, and pleased them wondrously with News I brought 'em of a
famous Mountebank who is coming to _Madrid_, here are his Bills-- who
amongst other his marvellous Cures, pretends to restore Mistakes in
Nature, to new-mould a Face and Body tho never so misshapen, to exact
Proportion and Beauty. This News has made me gracious to the Ladies, and
I am to bring 'em word of the Arrival of this famous Empirick, and to
negotiate the Business of their Reformation.
_Will._ And do they think to be restor'd to moderate sizes?
_Shift._ Much pleas'd with the Hope, and are resolv'd to try at any
Rate.
_Feth._ Mum, Lieutenant-- not too much of their Transformation; we shall
have the Captain put in for a Share, and the Devil would not have him
his Rival: _Ned_ and I are resolv'd to venture a Castfor 'em as they
are-- Hah, _Ned_.
[_Will._ and _Beau._ read the Bill.
_Blunt._ Yes, if there were any Hopes of your keeping a Secret.
_Feth._ Nay, nay, _Ned_, the World knows I am a plaguy Fellow at your
Secrets; that
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