Cutter of Coleman-street.
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Scene 5.
Enter Truman junior.
Trum.Come, Madam, the Priest stays for us too long;I ask your pardon for my dull delay,And am asham'd of 't.
Luc.What does he mean? I'l go with him what e'er it mean.[Exeunt
Scene 6.
Enter Cutter, Tabitha, Boy.
[Sings.Cut.Come to my bed, my dear, my dear,My dear come to my bed,For the pleasant pain, and the loss with gainIs the loss of a Maidenhead.For the pleasant, &c.
Tab.Is that a Psalm, Brother Husband, which you sing?
Cut.No, Sister Wife, a short Ejaculation onely.Well said, Boy, bring in the things,———Boy brings a Hat and Feather, Sword and Belt, broad Lac'd Band, and Periwig.
Tab.What do you mean, Brother Abednego? you will not turn Cavalier, I hope, again, you will not open before Sion in the dressings of Babylon?
Cut.What do these cloathes befit Queen Tabitha's husband upon her day o' Nuptials? this Hat with a high black chimney for a crown, and a brim no broader than a Hatband? Shall I, who am to ride the Purple Dromedary, go drest like Revelation Fats the Basket-maker? Give me the Peruique, Boy; shall Empress Tabitha's husband go as if his head were scalded? or wear the Seam of a shirt here for a a Band? Shall I who am zealous even to slaying, walk in the streets without a Sword, and not dare to thrust men from the wall, if any shall presume to take't of Empress Tabitha? Are the Fidlers coming, Boy?
Tab.
