in the wainscot cupboard in
the parlour.

_Bon_. Ay, ay, Mr. Bagshot, as the saying is, knives and
forks, and cups and cans, and tumblers and tankards.
There's one tankard, as the saying is, that's near
upon as big as me; it was a present to the squire
from his godmother, and smells of nutmeg and toast
like an East-India ship. {143}

_Houn_. Then you say we must divide at the stairhead?

_Bon_. Yes, Mr Hounslow, as the saying is. At one end
of that gallery lies my Lady Bountiful and her
daughter, and at the other Mrs. Sullen. As for the
squire--

_Gib_. He's safe enough, I have fairly entered him, and
he's more than half seas over already. But such a
parcel of scoundrels are got about him now, that,
egad, I was ashamed to be seen in their company.

_Bon_. Tis now twelve, as the saying is--gentlemen, you
must set out at one.

_Gib_. Hounslow, do you and Bagshot see our arms fixed,
and I 'll come to you presently.

_Houn.,Bag_. We will. [_Exeunt_.

_Gib_. Well, my dear Bonny, you assure me that Scrub is
a coward?

_Bon_. A chicken, as the saying is. You 'll have no
creature to deal with but the ladies. {161}

_Gib_. And I can assure you, friend, there's a great deal
of address and good manners in robbing a lady; I
am the most a gentleman that way that ever travelled
the road.--But, my dear Bonny, this prize will
be a galleon, a Vigo business.--I warrant you we
shall bring off three of four thousand pounds.

_Bon_. In plate, jewels, and money, as the saying is, you
may. {169}

_Gib_. Why then, Tyburn, I defy thee! I'll get up to
town, sell off my horse and arms, buy myself some
pretty employment in the household, and be as
snug and as honest as any courtier of 'em all.

_Bon_. And what think you then of my daughter Cherry
for a wife?

_Gib_. Look 'ee, my'dear Bonny--Cherry _is the Goddess I
adore_, as the song goes; but it is a maxim, that
man and wife should never have it in their power
to hang one another; for if they should, the Lord
have mercy on 'em both! [_Exeunt_.

ACT V., SCENE I.

_A Room in Bonifaces Inn,
Knocking without, enter Boniface_.

_Bon_. Coming! Coming!--A coach and six foaming
horses at this time o' night I some great man, as the
saying is, for he scorns to travel with other people.

_Enter Sir Charles Freeman_.

_Sir Chas_. What, fellow! a public house, and abed when
other people sleep?

_Bon_.