I understood you, a tame bird, to fly
Twice in a term, or so, on Friday nights,
When you had left the office, for a nag
Of forty or fifty shillings.
Dap.Ay, 'tis true, sir;
But I do think now I shall leave the law,[1]
And therefore
Face.Why, this changes quite the case.
Do you think that I dare move him?
Dap.If you please, sir;
All's one to him, I see.
Face.What! for that money?
I cannot with my conscience; nor should you
Make the request, methinks.
Dap.No, sir, I mean
To add consideration.
Face.Why then, sir,
I'll try.—[Goes to Subtle.] Say that it were for all games, doctor.
Sub.I say then, not a mouth shall eat for him
At any ordinary, but on the score,
That is a gaming mouth, conceive me.
Face.Indeed!
Sub.He'll draw you all the treasure of the realm,
If it be set him.
Face.Speak you this from art?
Sub.Ay, sir, and reason too, the ground of art.
He is of the only best complexion,
The queen of Fairy loves.
Face.What! is he?
- ↑ Ay, 'tis true;
But I do think now I shall leave the law, &c.] This is excellent; the avarice of Dapper begins to operate; and his desires expand in consequence of what he had been permitted to overhear: the keen observation and art of Jonson are eminently conspicuous in every part of this wonderful drama.
