much, good Mr Saintly: Thou wert but my
deputy; thou knowest the widow intended it to me.

_Gerv._ But I am satisfied she performed it with me, sir. Well, there
is much good will in these precise old women; they are the most
zealous bed-fellows! Look, an' she does not blush now! you see there
is grace in her.

_Wood._ Mr Limberham, where are you? Come, cheer up, man! How go
matters on your side of the country? Cry him, Gervase.

_Gerv._ Mr Limberham, Mr Limberham, make your appearance in the court,
and save your recognizance.

_Enter_ LIMBERHAM _and_ TRICKSY.

_Wood._ Sir, I should now make a speech to you in my own defence; but
the short of all is this: If you can forgive what is past, your hand,
and I'll endeavour to make up the breach betwixt you and your
mistress: If not, I am ready to give you the satisfaction of a
gentleman.

_Limb._ Sir, I am a peaceable man, and a good Christian, though I say
it, and desire no satisfaction from any man. Pug and I are partly
agreed upon the point already; and therefore lay thy hand upon thy
heart, Pug, and, if thou canst, from the bottom of thy soul, defy
mankind, naming no body, I'll forgive thy past enormities; and, to
give good example to all Christian keepers, will take thee to be my
wedded wife; and thy four hundred a-year shall be settled upon thee,
for separate maintenance.

_Trick._ Why, now I can consent with honour.

_Aldo._ This is the first business that was ever made up without me.

_Wood._ Give you joy, Mr Bridegroom.

_Limb._ You may spare your breath, sir, if you please; I desire none
from you. It is true, I am satisfied of her virtue, in spite of
slander; but, to silence calumny, I shall civilly desire you
henceforth, not to make a chapel-of-ease of Pug's closet.

_Pleas._ [_Aside._] I'll take care of false worship, I'll warrant him.
He shall have no more to do with Bel and the Dragon.

_Brain._ Come hither, wedlock, and let me seal my lasting love upon
thy lips. Saintly has been seduced, and so has Tricksy; but thou alone
art kind and constant. Hitherto I have not valued modesty, according
to its merit; but hereafter, Memphis shall not boast a monument more
firm than my affection.

_Wood._ A most excellent reformation, and at a most seasonable time!
The moral of it is pleasant, if well considered. Now, let us to
dinner.--Mrs Saintly, lead the way, as becomes you, in your own house.
[_The rest goi