adam _Whimsey_, meaning your Worship's Wife.
[To _Whimsey_.

_Whim._ Hah! My Wife called Whore, she's a Jade, and I'll arrest her
Husband here--in an Action of Debts.

_Tim._ Gad zoors, she's no better than she should be, I'll warrant her.

_Whiff._ Look ye, Brother _Whimsey_, be patient; you know the humour of
my _Nancy_, when she's drunk; but when she's sober, she's a civil
Person, and shall ask your pardon.

_Whim._ Let this be done, and I am satisfied. And so here's to you.
[Drinks.

_Dull._ Go on to the Trial.

_Grub._ I being very angry, said indeed, I would prove her a greater
Whore than Madam _Whimsey_.

_Cler._ An't like your Worships, he confesses the Words in open Court.

_Grub._ Why, an't like your Worships, she has had two Bastards, I'll
prove it.

_Whiff._ Sirrah, Sirrah, that was when she was a Maid, not since I
marry'd her; my marrying her made her honest.

_Dull._ Let there be an order of Court to sue him for _Scandalum
magnatum_.

_Tim._ Mr. Clerk, let my Cause come next.

_Cler._ The Defendant's ready, Sir. [_Hazard_ comes to the Board.

_Tim._ Brothers of the Bench, take notice, that this Hector here coming
into Mrs. _Flirt's_ Ordinary, where I was with my Brother _Dullman_ and
Lieutenant _Boozer_; we gave him good Counsel to fall to work: Now my
Gentleman here was affronted at this, forsooth, and makes no more to do
but calls us Scoundrels, and drew his Sword on us; and had I not
defended my self by running away, he had murdered me, and assassinated
my two Brothers.

_Whiff._ What Witness have you, Brother?

_Tim._ Here's Mrs. _Flirt_ and her Maid _Nell_,--besides, we may be
Witness for one another, I hope, our Words may be taken.

_Cler._ Mrs. _Flirt_ and _Nell_ are sworn. [They stand forth.

_Whim._ By the Oaths that you have taken, speak nothing but the truth.

_Flirt._ An't please your Worships, your Honours came to my House, where
you found this young Gentleman: and your Honours invited him to drink
with your Honours; Where after some opprobrious Words given him, Justice
_Dullman_, and Justice _Boozer_ struck him over the Head; and after that
indeed the Gentleman drew.

_Tim._ Mark that, Brother, he drew.

_Haz._ If I did, it was _se defendendo_.

_Tim._ Do you hear that, Brothers, he did it in defiance.

_Haz._ Sir, you ought not to sit Judge and Accuser too.

_Whiff._ The Gentleman's i'th' right, Brother, you cannot do't according
to Law.

_Tim._