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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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