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Duke of Arg yes and Earl

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the Lords of the most Honourable |
the Privy: Council; and one of the

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self of Vanity and the highest
Prefutnprion, for offering to think
this "6M can deserve Tour Grate's
Perusal, or have any Title. to Your
Protection.

It is not tlie Translation, My

Lo x D, but Aristophanes that dates
cChuse Tour Grace for his Patron; he
5 boldly insists on his Wit and Merit,
calls in the Applauses of his own
Time, and all succeeding Ages down
do this: Day, to justifie his Claim;
Pleads, that he has been confels'd
on all hands a Master of Charms
and Delicacies in Language, the
Great Treasurer of the Atticł Gtaces;
and denies, that his Original Exa

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gulker, or come into Contempt; t thro |
the Ignotance ior Impotence of: an
English Translator. | N.
freely avow to Tour Grace, | chat
I much fear the Poet is no small
Sufferer in this Version; there are
such Articisms in his Greek, such
Beauties dependant on the Customs
he either rallies or alludes to, that 1 4
found it impossible for me alyays g
to transfuse the former, or preserve

the latter, so as to render them *

pleasantly Intelligible. I am very
sensible, with Sir Ric hard Fansoa ,
that a Translation at the best is bur
4 Mock- Rainbow in the Clotds, faint- |
ly imitating the true One; into which
himself had 4 full and im-

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must confess, has shot himself power.
fully into the Original; tho my
Copy transmit but a dim Reflection
of the Divine Lustre.
But, My Lok D, if, by ptofelling
my. self conscious. of Imperfections
in my performance,
incur the Cenfure of yet further
Presumption, for Dedicating it to
Dar Grace, vhen I suspected its
5 Errors; 1 hope to mitigate the Severity
of this Charge, by declaring,
that whatever Faults it must stand
accus d of either by Tour Grace, ot
the Tovn, are such as vete not
in my Pover to prevent. I have

labour d Ae to understand my.
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poet, have sounded his Niese
thro! all his Scholiasts, and found no |
{mall Assistance in the Work from A
the Inco mparable Versio on of Madan
Dacier.
And permit me, My Li
to assure Tour Grace, 1 would. not
have presum d to inscribe it to the
Duke of AxGYLE, but that Plu-
tus, even in the Deshabillé of my
English, still wears the Remains of |
Humour and Raillery: The Neat. =
nels and Virulency of his Saryre MM

ae distantly imitated, and his Moality

handed down vith all the

Cravity of the» Old Comedian, 5
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Owing t to the Rudeness of tlie Age

wherein they were drawn, and

the Liberties allow'd to the Characters
of their Slaves. Could [
have thrown them wholly into a
Shade without apparent Injury to

the Piece, they should not stand

to affront Tour Grace's Eye: But

4 have endeayour'd to make the
meanest Image pleasant, and reduce

the most Licentious One to Mo-

Vet, My 1 R D, instead of
having any Pretence to Your Pardon,
1 fear 1 have too justly deserv'd
Your Displeasure; by turn-

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DEDICATION.
Address to Totr Grace, into an Account
of my own Performances
by presuming to accule or defend
that, which must be condemn'd
by Your judgment, and can only
stand excus d by the Candour
of Your Temper. Nor is the
Trespassing on Jour Graces Time
and Patience, the least of my
Faults 5 and the Interrupting a
Train of Thoughts, that vere
perhaps employ d in the Service
of His ROYAL HIGHNESS:
I know, 1 cannot be secure
from Pur Grace's Frowns, unles
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shall be so; and permit that
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HAT I have determin'd'to speak of

Arisftephanes, (hall not tye me down

to the Particulars of his Life, any

farther than to give à general Ideas
of the Man, The Place of his Birth, tho" contelted,
is well known to have been Athen en

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ave Writ that he was an « Fgyptias, Ko.
dian, or Mecian, have. done it without any Foun.
ation in Reason ; Nor can we be ut for
he time of his Flo urishing, since he Was 1 Contemporary
of Plato, Socrates, and Earipides, und of
the Generals Lamachns and Demostbents; and that
the greatest Part of his Comedies wete play'd
within the ' Compass of the Peloponesian War,
He was of a Disposition, fiery and chollerick; his
Genius inclin'd him particularly to Raillery ; and
as he had a World of Spirit and Courage, was 3
declar'd Enemy of Slavery, and all those that aimd
at the Oppression of his Country; -he' foutd-an
ample Field to exercise his Wit in, and to demonstrate
the Zeal he profess'd for Liberty. The A-
thentans at that time were abandon'd to the Go.
vernance of Persons, who thought of nothing but
making themselves absolute. Aristepbanet, who
had too fine an Head not to see thro? theft De-
signs, singly oppos'd them ; and, mounting the
Stage himself, let the City into the pernicious Mea
\ sures of her Head - Officers, both Civil and Military;
prescrib'd the Means of Prevention, and therearm'd
them against the greatest Misfortunes.

ficst attack'd the potent Cres, and brought
him on the Scene; and whea none of the Comedians
durst nndertake the Character of a Person
in so much Authority, Ariftophanes play'd the
Part himself, and perform'd it so. well, that the
Athenians sin'd Cleon in five Talents, which were
bestow d on the Poet, He afterwards WF.
Satyre at Lamachus; nor did he spare cle; ot
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He assembled his N not to flatter them
with false and arp "Praises, or divert them with
Bfoonery, or Grossness ; but to instruct them
with solid and wholsome Lessons, which he had
z peculiar Art of rendring agreeable, by seasoning.
hem with a thousand exquisite Inventions, which
none but himself could ever devise: He was not
content to tell them their Duties, but reproach'd.
them with their Failings ; told them they reason'd
like Children, and that even when their Resolves
were follow'd with Success, it was that the Gods
wok Pleasure in working Miracles; but that the,
very Deities would be tir'd. out at long run with
the Guardianship of Fools. T'his Liberty, which
would have appear d so harsh at this time, was.
so well receiv*d by the Azhenians, that they scatter'd
Flowers plentifully onthe Poet's Head, condated
him thro' the City with Acclamations,
ind loaded him with Bpplauses: And to requite
his Affection towards the Republick, they, by a.
ot Decree, h6nour'd him with a.'Ctown of
acred Olive from the Citadel, which was the
greatest Honour they could shew a Citizen.

He had besides so stric an Eye on the Affairs of
the Athenians, that his Comedies are, Properly,

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speak ing, a faithful History of that People: T

fore Plato, in his Letter to ene
tells him, that he need only with Diligence read
the Works of Aristophazes to come to a petfect
of the State of the Athenias Repub;

Not that this Poet made it his Aim alane to iu:
fire that People with Military Virtues, he —
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confine. himself to the Characters of one or two

Citizens, be attack'd' the whole Body of the Re.

blick, and shew'd her all the Deformity of her
ices: Yet his Great and ' General Ideas did got
indet him from descending sometimes into Particulars,
and searching thro? the several Tribes to
find out some Arhenian, whose Infamy be might
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The great Opinion the Laredemoniant, and Mo:
narch of Persia, had of his Capa iy and Influence
in the Affairs of Athens, is 10 wn to all that

Have but heard of Aristopbanes; nd I have nothing

remains to finish a just Idea of. him; but to
speak of the Character of his Wit and Stile. Never

had a Man a more delicate Taste in Ridicule,

of more ingenious Turns in giving it to the Publick,
His Criticisms. are natural and eafie, and
what is but rarely found in others, he preserves

all the Delicacy imaginable in the greatest Copiousness.
In a word, the Aztick Wit,which the

Ancients have so highly boasted of, is to be met
with more in Aristophaves than perhaps in any
other Author of Antiquity.', Nor is his Stile les
charming than bis Wit; , befic ths Patty, .

Harmony, which strikes the Ear so Wich that
there is nothing comparable to the Pleasure of

reading it. When he keeps in the middle and

more common Stile, he always does it without

Meanness ; and when he rises to the Sublime, lis

Elevation is without Obscurity; the great Flas,

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tempted to form his own Stile upon that of A. ]
risuphanes; and it seems that he has taken into 4
his Works that Swyeetness, Variety, and Harmo - 5 4
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He compos'd . above fifty Comedies; though
there remain but eleven which are extant Entre
two of which only I shall at present [peak
of, his Plutus and Clonds,, which 1 have ventur'd
to translate into our Tongue, and hope the Verfon
bas not so far eclips'd the Spirit of —
phbazes, as. to take off all the Lastre of his |
ginal Beauties, tho? there are many Whieh cannot
be transfus'd into or Idiom. If these find
in Acceptation sufficient to Encourage my A
tempt, | have a Design on some of the rest, that

„be equal Charms of Humour and Sprightliness. 4
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The Design of A any in his Nlatut, was 4
to reproach the Athenians of their Avarice, 8
which betray'd them to considet able Faults in 1
Circumstances of the highest importance. To
effect this, he feigns, that thro? the Ass'stance of .
Asculapins, Plutur is-reftor'd to his Eyes; and
Jupiter temov'd from his place in the Temples
to make way for this God of Riches. There cannot
be devis'd a Subject more lugenious, hedraws
out of it a thousand Ralleries against the general,
anst Particulars, and, which is still more remrkeble,
against their Religion.

Porerty, who is for opposing the Proje& of te⸗
boring Plazxs's Sight, the ending of Good Men's

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A Prefatbry Distour +,
Miseries, the Overthrow of the Wicked'sProfperity,
the High Priest of Fove's e the Service
of that Deity to attend the God of Riches, Mer
cury's looking for an Employment, and the old
Lady's coming to complain of the Infidelity: of
her Lover, are all so many Ineidents that rise natutally
out of the Subje&, and are at the lame
time necessary Consequences of it. 1

As to the Unity of Place, the Poet preserves it
carefully, tho* some have accus'd bim of havin
neglected this Rule. All the Affairs are trau
acted before C hremylus's. House, which lies at the
further part of the Stage at a little distance from
—4 s Temple, Which was to be seen on the

The Time he allows to his Action is something
more difficult to be settled; for thro” the whole
Comedy there is not the least-Intimation-at what
Hour the Scene opens: Indeed the third AQ be.
gins with Cario's coming from the Temple of
e/fisculapins, whence he set out soon after Suurising.
So the three last Acts cannot take up &
boye five or fix Hours, supposing the Intervals.t0
be inch'd out with long Dances and Songs of the
Chorus: Madam Daczer says she finds great Dil.
ficulties to limit the space of this Aion Ne 5

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resolved to-hazard her Thoughts of ;
which are these. That this l paß d e
at two Sittings; that the two first Ads Were per, fur
form'd in the Evening a little before Sun set, Eul
the three last on the next Morning. She thinks tc
Ariflephanes lay under a Necessity of taking Us -

Liberty, because Plurur was to pass the N ig a

A Prefatory Diseourse.

ulapini's Temple; for that was the Season
fn his Cures, and the Patient was obliged
0 lie in the Temple, if he debgn'd to have the
Deity's Afffistance, It was not possible then to
comptizethis whole Action in the space of twelve
Hours, or to retain the Audience whilst Places
fould repose in the Temple. She is further
Opinion, that if this was a Licence, the Festival
at which it was pages gave Aristophanes the Literty
of using it. That the Novelty could not
fail delighting the Achenians in a Subject so Extraordinary
in its Nature, but contributed to their
Curiosity and Impatience of knowing the Cata-
ag of this Grand Preparation and gallant Pro-
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And so much for Platas: I proceed now to
five some Account of the Clouds, the Success of
which was so great, that the Atbeniam surpriz'd
and charm'd with its Beauty, without staying till
the Representation was over, ordered the Name
af Aristophanes to be written above the Names of
il his Rivals. And it made so violent an Imression
on the Minds of the People, that it cost
Scrates his Life. But to enter more fully into
e Concerns and Desigu of this Comedy, 1 must
trace Matters a little back ward. N17 K. |

After Socrates had been declared- the wisest of
Men by the Oracle of Delphi, the Divine Man,
lupriz'd at so solemn and so little expected an
Lulogium, hesitated long on the Explication of
lie Oracle. He consulted with one that had the
seatest Reputation for Wisdom, but after Diswurling
him for some time, he found 1

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brated Wisdom lay only in the good Opinion h
had of himself, wt had made it his Business. to
propagate amongst others. His Disappointment
Deity's meaning: He conferr'd with the brightest
Men in every Art and Occupation from the Top
Magistrate to the meanest Mechanick, and found

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here put him on fresh"Experiments* to found the

them all as wanting as his First"Cortespondent,
His next Step was! to examine himself, upon
which he came to this Conclusion, that the Wif.
dom of Men consists in knowing that they have
none, and that the true and confurmate Wisdom

is only in the Divinity :-" This Humility ef his

could neither cure-the” Envy" Ur Jealdufse of the
Athenians,” they would -nnsconflirige his Curfolity,

and believe he made these serious Enquiries-the

more to spread his Triumphs, and convince the
Generality of his superior Endowments, This
render'd him-odious to the People, and as the A-
version to Virtue is always carried to Excess,” they
immediately form'd Desigus against- his Life.

P'was no very difficult thing to find the Means,

Sorrates was always follow'd by the principal Persons
of Athens,” who went daily to heat him discourse,
and draw Precepts for their private Conduct
from his Conversation. And as he very frequently
treated of the Immortality of the Soul,
and of a Divine Being, in a Stile not so level to

the Taste or Comprehension of the Vulgar, this

served to raise against him two Heads of Aceusation.
The first, that he corrupted the Vouth in
teaching tbem Male Desgus for Mony. Tbe Se
he search'd after things done in the Fir
mament and under the Earth, and did not acknowledge
the Existence of the Gods, This 1 —

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ent I nid was not so easie to be put in Execution, by

he season of the gteat Credit of Hocrates, aud there ·

est I forc it was judg'd necessary to sound the People.

op Wl to this end Melytut, Aupuus and Lycon apply d to

nd Wi 4r:74pb4ves. The Poet frankly engagid to write

It, Comedy on this Subjedt. However, Madam

on Dacier is for clearing him from the Imputation of

Composing it for Hire, and shewing that he did
Ve it more from his Resentments and Revenge, than

any Motives of Interest,

Sucrates, tis known; never went tothe Theatre,

de Friend; and that he esteem's them highly for their
de Morality : He despis'd and hated all the Comic
1s BY Poets, and never went to any of their Perfor-
mances, but when Critiat or Alcibiades dragg d
] WH him by force. He was shock'd with the Licene.
tiousness of the old Comedy: And it was this
that gave Ari/tophanes a disgust to Socrates and
" £:ripides; and he was not sorry to find so apt an
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1 Some Learned Men have writ, that 4ri/tophenes:
nas a very good Friend of Soerezes; and that he
made this Comedy only to raise Laughter, not

prejudice him. This is undoubtedly founded on the
Circumstance of Socrates's going to this Piece, and
hewing himself publickly ; and on Plazo's; giving

banquet, which he never would have done, say
they, if Aristophanes had made this Piece to undes
crates.
vent to this Comedy to shew the Disdain he entertain'd
of it, and Plato's Dialogue was made long
before Socrates was accused. Now

but to see the Tragedies of Euripides his Intimate

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Now to the Particularities of the play; and in
what manner Aristopbaues attempts to 8 Virtue
all the Colours and Appearance of

His Design is to perswade the Arbenians th
er corrupted the Youth, and that he wth

other Gods than those of the Athenians, It was
difficult to build a good Play on this Foundation,

and Aristophanes perhaps was alone Capable of
succeeding in it. He feigns, that a good old Vi.

lager, loaded with Debts, puts himself to School
to Socrates, to learn how he | might evade his
Creditors, bur as he finds himself too old, he puts
his Son into his place. This Son profits so well
by the Philosopher's Tuition, that he begins to

beat his Father, and proves 9 * Eloquence

that he has Reason so to do. Action brings
on the A 2 tk which is the AY of Socrates's

Houle.

This Subject is too plain and simple to give

way. to many Incidents. There aretwo Creditors

who come to demand their Mony, there's 3
Man who is cudgell'd; but, A speaking,
there is but one Incident, w ch is that of Justice
and Injustice who are brought @n the Stage.

The Time Aristop homes allows to his Action is

very well marked; it © begin alittle beforethe Break

of Day, and ends before Night.

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shall conclude this Discourse with informing
the Reader, that Aristophanes made two Comedies
of the Clouds, ud two of Plata. Some Learned
Men, and amongst them the great Sammel Pusit,
pretend they were the same Pieces only à little altered,
and that they were called the first and second
Clouds, and the first and second Platat, because
they were play'd at two several times. Madam
Dacier dissents from this Opinion, believing
them to have been different Pieces, and on different
Subjects: Which Judgment she sounds on the
2 -_ Ar:/tophanes himself in his Prologue to

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SCENE before the House of Chremylus-

Eiter Cario, Advancing towards the Audience; at a distance |
Chremylus, following Plutus blind. |

Fove, and all you Herd of lesser Gods!
is there a more ungrateful Office in Nature,
than to serve a Fool of a Master?
For let one give him never so whole
some Counsel, if he do not take it in his
Head to follow it, of course the poor
Counseller is blam'd for half the Miscuriages
that are alone owing to his Stubborpness and

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Stupidity. For the Devil Destiny has so order'd it, that x
Slave has not so much as the Government of bis own
Carcass, but the whole Right and Property of his Person
is transfert'd to the Master, his Purchaser. is epen so,
and theres no Remedy.— But methinks, I have some
reason to grumble at Apollo, and the Ambiguities of his
Golden Tripos; that when my Master has been to
consult his Divinity. and that he, as they say, is as
great a Doctor as Conjurer, has sent the poor Man
back more distemper d than ever! For he strait gave himself
up to the Conduct of a Blind Man, and ated just contrary
to what he should have done. For we that bare
Eyes, should lead the Blind; but he submits to follow
one that has none, and obliges me to tread the fame Messure,
without daring to put in one short Syllable of Contr:
diction.— But, good Sir, I can no longer be this dumb
contented Sufferer, but shall c' en turn extremely troublesome,
if you don't let me know who this Fellow is
whom we are beating the hoof after thus. Nor shall [
have any Regard to the Cudgel, as long as I wear this
(a) Coronet of Protection. | 2.
Chrem. Sha'n't you, Sirrab? but, by Heay'n, if you gie
me the Provocation,. I shall make bold to strip you of
your Protection, and punish your Insolence. _
Cario, Pah! this is meer trifling, Sir; for I will not
cease teazing you, till you have answer'd to my Demands:
And the Reason that l am so pressing and importunate 15,
that I am entirely flithful and tyed to your laterests.

When they went to the | in Temples, and that there is
on Affaits of Conse- | no — Persons before
uence, /- they generally wore | God. While: the Slaves wore
Gartands, and the Masters at | this Gatland, their Masters duck
such time had no Advantage | neither beat, not speak to them
over their Servants. Madam | harshly, and tis on this account
Dacier is of Opinion, that the | Cario talks with to much

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Chrem. Nay, then Ell no longer conceal oy ghts
\fom you. For as I think you the most faithful of |
Servants, so l know you the most----subtle Rascal. 1 haye.
deen always a Man that has had the strictest Regard to
sutice, and have reverend d the Gods; yet am I poor and

miserable to a degree. s
Cario. Ay, I'm a prett Witness of that, Sir, |
Cbrem. While I have your Sacrilegious Man, your -
{{-designing Patriots, lewd Informers, and ey'/ry Rascal

dect grow rich and prosper. 1 i

Cario. Tis very true, Sir. 1 by;
ye Chrem. In short,” I went to ask the God's Advice; not
bor my (elf, for 1 have almost run thro or Da of Sor-
row; but for my only Son; whether he Id not quit
ra- WWW those Principles, in which Vee train'd his Youth, and put
nb en Cunning, Knavery, Deceit, and ev'ry Vice in fashion,
le. 5 the means of rubbing out his Life with Ease and Pleas
is sure, i |
[ Cario. And what did the God, from amidst his Cave
his e and Equipage of Lawrel, determine to be dane? |
Chrem. You shall hear: The God plainly commanded me; |
ire that as 1 left his Temple, I should accost the first Person 3
of | met, nor from that Moment suffer him to leave me, -
but by perswasion gain him oyer to follow me hom.
not Cario. And is this Man the first Person you en- | i |
ds: countred ? 1 F 7 Fro
15, Chrem. The very firs, "SW "Y
Caro, By my Faith, Master, you are. exceflive dull.
and heavy-headed! Why, don t you apprehend the "i
of the Oracle? when he tells you in direct terms, as it |
els were, that your Son must become like his Neighbours. 14
ore BY Chem. Whence do you form this Opinion? | _
wr Cario. Lord! Sir, tis so plain a blind Man may see it:
60 For, pray now, can one stir a foot without starting a
wat Wl Knave, and is there any thing more advantageous to Life,
Hu- than to conform to the Manners in Vogue? —_
Chrem. It does not seem probable to me that the Ora -
|< lrould mean thus, bur malt certaily point at some / |
ew * betten

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2 Confrition: Now if this Fellow would inform

us who he is, and on what account be roles this way
with us, we may possibly discover the zaning of 4
poll . |

of | Cario to Platus. Hark'e, Friend; in the first place let
me know who you are, or my next Conference will be
in a rougher strain.

Chrem. Nay, let him 217508 wich dispatch.

» Plutus. Go to the Devil. .

Cario. Do you hear, Master, how he calls Hime |

Chrem. He spake to you, Rascal, and not to me; you
rut your Questions too rough and rustically. — hut if
Civility and good Breeding can engage you, e
{wer to me.

Plutus. Go hang your self. |

Cario. O Dear Sir, make much of this" Incom

Guest, and embrace the good Omen of Apollo!
Chrem. By all ny hopes you shall not fool me longer;
for if you don't inform me presently, I'1] make you rue
your stubborn Insolence.

Plutus. Pray good Friends be gone, and let me alone.

Chrem. Take care of that, Sir; we shall scarce leave

cu so,

Cario. Master, Tl] el you what we had best do: —
Fl m#ke the Devil go to wood with his Reverence! —
For Il drag him to the brink of some high rechte
then slip his hold, and leave him to fall down and break

is Neck.

C rem. Ney with him at once.

Tltus. For Heavens sake, no.

Cario. Will you be pie2s' d to speak then?
Plulus. Why, Tam certain that when you do know,
11. will fill do me some Injury, and not release me.

Chrim, No, 1 call the Gods to witnels, hot we, unles
you torce us.

Tlatus. Let go your hold then,

Ceran. Sec, we do.

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Plutus. Hear me then; for I find m my self reduced to a
Necessity of discovering what I h
conceal. My Name is Plate. -

Chrem. Thou vile old Wretch! And. would thou have
hid that from us?

Cario. Thou Plats? And in this damn'd Pickle > ©
fove! Apollo! all ye G and Godlings ! Are you cdu
ally he? ;

Plutus, Doubtless..

Cario. The very he?

Plutus. The very he. |

Chrem. Hold, answer me one thing more... whence
do you come thus nasty and slovenly?

Plutus. From ( Patroclus's Houle; who never tepe
into a Bath since he was born,

Chrem. But pray now, whence came that Misfortune
to your Eyes?

Plutus. Jove, that was jealous of Men's Happiness,
los sed me with this Calamity :- For while 1 was yet but
young, I threaten'd that I would only visit the Good and
Vise, and the God immediately robb'd me of my. Sight,
to put the Distinction out of my Power: hk. n
Euvy does he view the Triumphs of Virtue!

Chrem. Yet from the Just alone has he his Honours.

Plutus. Most certain.

Chrem. Rat tell me,. could you haye your Eyes restor d
f their former Vigour, would you still shun the Wicks

Plalus. Depend upon it. | :
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tended to imitate the Frugality | nable, and as they thought it
of the Lacedamonians ; and for | contributed as much to Health
fear of being robb'd he liv'd all | as Pleasure, it must be thro?
lone in his House, and would | Extremity of Avatice, that any. .
zue Reception to no Soul a: one abstain'd from using it.

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Pliutus. Doubriess; tis long since 1 have seen that
Man! . f 0 I ot
Chrem. Nay, wonder not at that; 1 that have both my
Eyes, can't find out one of Uprightnes.
Plutus. Well, now release me; I have given you full
Satisfaction to your Demands. „
Obrem. No, by Heaven, must now with double
Earnestness court your Stay. $8 |
Plutus. Did not I tell you, you would do me Wrong!
Chrem, Do not desert me, I conjure you, but give me
Credit; you shall not fiad a Man on Earth of so singelir
Probity as I am, Fa, Rn 1
Plutus. Every one says as much for himself; but when
once they get Possession of me and become rich, in short
their boasted Morality sinks into Fraud and Vileness.
Cbrem. I grant you tis common; but all Men are not
of the fame degenerate Disposition,
Plutus. Every Soul, without exception. |
Cario. That Speech shall cost you a sore druba

5 But lend me your Ear, and learn what Adyantages
you are like to draw from Residing with me; for
I dare confide, with the Permission and Assistance of the
Gods, that I shall rid you of this Blindness, and procure
the perfect Restoration of your Eyes, |
Plutus, Which is a Benefit I declare against; for I do
not wish to see again. | N
Cario. What do'st thou say, Man? Here's a Fellow
now that was born to love Affliction !
Plutus. Fove, that o' erlooks the rash and impious Folly
of these Men, will utterly confound me, if he thinks [
may recover my Sight thro' their Means.
Chrem. As it he had not already done bis worst, is
forcing you thus to grope about-at random, and knock
your Head against every Wall you come to.
Plutus. Let us not dispute this Point; but let it suffice
that I sirink at his Anger. 5 oth 225
Chrem, s it possible? O thou most Cowardly ws all the

of Fove at three Farthings, if thou could'st but have thy

Sight again for a While ?
Plutus. ForbAr these Blasphemies, thou Wretch.

Chrem, Prithee be patient a little, and Fll undertake

to prove, that you Are a much more powerful Deity than

Ode.
Plutus. I more power! ul!

Chrem. Ay, you, by Heav'n!—and- III do it in an

Instant: For what gives Fove the Superiority of the
Gods?

Cario. His Mony, Master —oh, he's as ric

Chrem. But who gave him that Mony?

Cario. This very individual Gentleman.

Toned to Plutus.

Chrem. And for what do Men sacrifice to Fove, but
for the Benefits in this Gentleman's Gift? 2

Cario. For nothing else in the World, that's pos, For
Men only Sacrifice to * that they may * up a Prayer
for Increxse of Weal:

Chrem. *Tis Plutzs then that is the Source of all our
Devotions ; and whenever he shall think fit, our Sacrilices
must all drop in an Iustant. i ;

Plutus. How io ? |

Chrem. Because if you pleased, he would not © ku ond
Devo'es left to Sacrifice eitbet Ox, Sheep, Meal- Cake, or
the smallest Trifle in Nature to him.

Plutus. Thro' what means? þ

Chrem, Thro' what means! They words not be worth
2 Groat to buy a Sacrifice withal, if you did not supply
em with the Substance; so that if Fove in his Wisdom
should think fit to disoblige you, you alone could knock
all his Power on the head at once.

2 What say you, chat tis thro* me they Sacrifice
to him?

Chrem, Yes, I do: Arid TIl tell you this further, that

Deities ! Would'st thou value the Authority and Thunders

there is nothing fine or agreeable amongst Men. but thee, *

and that at this Day — alone perform all *

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Cari. IH give you one proof of this, Sir, in reference
to my self. This dear Person of mine is a,Slave to that
Man, upon account of a few scuryy Pence be gave for
and because 1 had not as many to redeem my
Opbrem. Thus, should (c) a needy Empty- handed Le.
ver makes his Addresses to a Side · box Mistress, Disdain
and Denials are the Portion of his Courtship; while the
Rich giving Cully boards her at once, and receives more
Favours than he has the Impudence to ask.
Cario. Is it not the very same with our smooth-fac'd
Boys? They won't so much as understand à Lover, till he
produces the wy oY;

Cbrem. Those are only your Scoundrel, Hireling Ru.
arg but your honest, generous Lad scorns the dirty
TIDE, TT . 4 Cty
Cario. Why? What would they be at, Master?

Chrem. One perhaps is fond of 2 pretty Horse, and another
prefers a Brace of Grey-hounds. 7 |

Cario. So, perhaps being asham'd to ask Money, the

require Gratuities of another sort, the better to ul
their Infamy ! | F |

Chrem. Thro' thee have Men invented ey'ry Art, Office,
Trick, and Imposture : For thee, one Man tans and
dresses the stinking Hide; another hammers at the stubborn
Metal; this digs the hard Rock, that sells and squares
out the Timber, and another melts down the Gold that
he has receiv'd thro' thy Courtesie: This robs en the
High-way, while the other digs thro?, Walls, or forces in
at a Ccllar-window. Some turn Fullers, Weayers, DJ-

(e) 1 have made this Passage ( Venus which Rood there. 4
Modern in my Translation; | Scrumpets were very numerous
the Original says, If a needy | in this Town, so they wet
Man goes to the Curtezans of | stately and expensive to 4 Pro-
Corinth: which was a place most | verb, Non cuivis homing
commodious for them thro' its | e.ntingis adire Corinmbum. Hot,
Situation, and the Temple olf! LS

The World's Lol W

ers, cee and all for "thee! And that poor
sneaking Fornicator, that was caught in the Trick, and
suffer d the Lavr, .had'st thou befriended him, migbt haye
bought off the Scandal, and laugh'd at Justice! -

Plutus Ho-] unhappy: am I, that 1 did not know all |
this till now!

Chrem. Nay, more; ; is it not thou that malt the Monarchs
of the Earth so proud?

Cario. Is it not for Love of thee, that (a) Parlizonents
meet so often?

Chrem. Is it not thou that first and man st our Fleets?”

Cario. Is it not he that pays our mercenary Troops,

which we send out against Corinth?

Chrem. Is it not for him that (e) Pamphilus i is thai ber.
secuted?

Cario. And that the poor sinking parasite i is so cha:
grine on his Master's Downfall?

lent ?

Cario. And is not for him that (g) Philep/7 45 harangues
the Croud with Fables ?

Chrem. Is it not for thee (2) that, we feng, Scars
to the Egyptians ? |

(4) ) The Origioal says, Af- 7 After a run out hi e
semblies; and the Raillery of Substance by à debauch'd and
Ari//ophaxes is levelled at the 8 G e of Living,
Atheuians, in saying, That they | he. was, at reduced for
went to these A emblies for | Bread to ine 0 g of Fables,
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the Republick; for two or three (5 ristophanes reflects on

e ade, ve vrhich happen d-

Oboli were paid to each Maat 5
every such Meeting. * before the A pearance of
(e) Hewas one, who having this Comedy. Atbenjans

very handsomly pillag' d the Re- had sent 300 vessels to the Aid
publick, was fored to render an of the Agptiant, when gn.
Account of his Actions, and gag'd in a War with Persia; au
had all is Goods eathicat- all these Veslels were bürgt 2
ed. Tho the Circumstances w-as

(f) Hewas a capri of 4. so long standing, the Athenigns

Chrem. ls it not he that makes Y Argyrius o Insothens,

very jusolane,” and very in- did not cease being provok fd

femous. | the Malite of the Poet,

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Curio. And is it not thro! thee eee he
fond les the ee Philonides? : me he Ne

Chrem. Thro thee, that (i) Tievorhews
ous Tow! 2
Cario. Would it would fall, and folic y your Skull! 40
Chrem. In a word, Are not all Things performed by
bee? Thou art the Author, thou the Finisher of all ur
Happiness, of all our Sorrows.
Cario. And then in War, does not vitory alway: lean
to the Side thou hast favour d?
Plutus. How! and am l alone able to atchiere -all these
Thing?
Chrem. Ay, by the Gods, and many more. And no
Body ever yet had too uch of thee: We grow weuy
of all other Things, of —
Cario. Bread and Cheese ——
Chrem. Learning |
Cario. Sugar-Plumbs—
Chrem. Glory
Cario. Cheese-cakes —
Chrem. Valour
Cario. Prufp
Chrem, Ambition—
Cario. Boil'd Beef.
Cbrem. Command of Armies ——
Cario. And stew'd Cabbage—— | fre F a
Chrem. But of thee, never was any Man weary : He
that © a ten a thousand TORN, gralps at TONY ; — when

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a so remarkable for
his continued Success, that
ks Enemies, jeakous of his
$996 Fortune, reproach'd him

ih ir, as if he ow'd his
Conquesis more to Fortune,
than his onduct and Valour.
And he was invidiousiy repre |

semed asleep, in their Paiatogy

with Fomune at his Elbow

holding Towns ina Stri ring:

Timotheus — ly'd calmly to this
Jeer, If I take all these Towns
in my Sleep, what hall not I be
able to atchieve, when fully a-
wake? He became so rich, that
he built a very lofty. Fortress,
which he call'd he Tower of

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that Sum; without which, Li

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and starving, his Deslin ß. e

Plutus. Upon my Faith, you seem to give me a very
sir Prospect; and theres only one thing that I'm afraid
of Tv | | FR 43
Chrem, What's that? Resolye me, pray? 12
Plutus. I strongly suspect I shall never bave all this
Power you infinyare. | 1 |
Chrem. By all that's good, you have: But you make
our old Saying good, That nothing is more fearful than
Plictus. TT ; FA Pap! M
Plutus. I am the farthest from it in the World: Twas
2 Thief first threw this Imputation on me; for one time

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breaking into a certain House, and finding the expected

Treasure so well secur'd by L-cks and Bolts, that *twas

past his Power to bear it off, the Rascal has ever since

interpreted my Care and wife Precaution for Fear.
Chrem. Well, let not that Calumny give any Disquiet:

But if you are resolv'd to stand to your Text, III warrant

you shall have Eyes as sharp as an Eagle. | =;
Plutus. How can you pretend to this, that are but

Mortal? © | KI” 4
Chrem, I have a strong Hope, and that which gives me

this Assurance is, that the God, shaking his Fytbian Lau- ( t l

rels, has intimated as much, f

Plutus. What! then is Apollo in the Secret?

Chrem. He is. 2

Plutus. Take heed that | |

Chrem, Have no Apprehensions, my good Friend; for
depend upon it, I will perform what I engage-on the Penl
of my Life. 5g

Cario. Sir, if you please, I desire to be engag'd too

Chrem. ©, we shall have many more that will be out
of their Wits to serve you: Men of such Justice and Pro-

Fluus. Alas! you speak of miserable Assistants.

bity, that they have not Bread to put in their Mouths.

Chrem, |

possesed of twenty, is presently as c6vetous of doubling |

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Chrem. Not when they shall once
But, Cari, run with all your Legs | 1
Cario. Pray, Sir, let me know what abbut' first.
Chrem. Go strait, and call my Brother-Lab'rers hither;
will certainly find them below in the Grounds; bid
them repair in a Body to us, and equally partake the Be.
nefits of Plutus. 0 ws | 8
Cario. I'm gone, Sir I'm gone; but for this same (t) Mo.
dicum of Mutton, Master, ----- how shall it find its way
to our Quarters? | Ba
Obrem. That shall be my Care, do you run, and do as
as I have order'd you, | Exit Cars,
But do you, O Platus most Excellent of' Deities, enter
\ Here with me; this is the House which you shall this Day
endow with all Kinds of Blessings; Whether justly, or
not. let Time determine. ;
Plutus. But, I protest, it is with some Reluctance that
enter an House so entirely strange to me. I have fiexct
et met with any tolerable Treatment, for if I fall into x
iser's Hands, be presently digs me a Tenement in the
' _ » Earth, and there 1 am imprison'd; and if some honest
needy Friend comes to beg a little of his money'd A.
fistance, he professes he is not Master of a Sous, and scarce
ever knew what Money was.----Then it I fall into the Hands
of the prodigal Spendthrift, he either yields me. to de
worried by his Strumpets, or throws me off at à merry
Main: So that thence 4 am turn d adrift in the twinklng
of an Eye * | ge
Cbrem. Then you haye never yet been entertain d with
a just Mean; for my self, there is not a Person in the
World that saves his Money more, or spends it, on Occasion,
with a better Grace, But let me be prais d on Exr

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cim which C:rem3/zs had sa- | Custom to carty a small. Foxtion

criticꝰ d in Apsllv's Temple, and | to those of their Kindred, that
he was catr) ing it home to bis | had not aflified at the

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periment; I, long to present you to my Wife and Son;
only Son! denk. next to thee, I love beyond all
earthly Pleasures. __ Nel tk 8

Plutus. Next to me 1. Nay, that I believe.

Chrem, For why should 1 disguise the Truth from you;
that are my Friend " ann
= 5 [ xkx. Chremylus leading Plutus.

ACT H. SCENE I.
Enter Curio, follow'd by a Company of Ruit.

on OME along, my good Friends, and Fellow

Townsmen ! that earn your Bread with the

Sweat of your Brows, and have made 'many a comfortable

Meal with my Master on rank Herbs and more

tent Onions! Come along, mend your Paces, and

not a moment; for Fate is on the Anvil, and your A,

tance instantly requir CCG. | 3.44
Ryficki Don't you see that we post with all the Speed

we can, that are enfeebled with Years? But you expect

that we should keep Pace with your thin Carcase; and
all this, before you will vouchsafe to let us knew, What

your Master wants with us in such DENY: haste...
Cario. I have told you already, but that. you are deaf as
0 ger ---- That my Master has sum mon d you to leave
ths miserable drudging Life, and to make you, for the future,
lazy and like Gentlemen, 2 bl Wl

Ryt, What a'Pox d yee mean by all this Rattle? How q

can it be done ? % 3
Cario. Why, to tell you the Truth, my rev rend Hedgestoppers,

he has Just now brought home with him a certain

dirty-fac'd,, . cramp-shoulder'd , miserable, ' wrinklechop'd,

bald-pated, toothless old Pimp; and I believe, on -
my Conscience, were be to be searct'd, a Son df Cireumcilion.

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Rust. Bless us, what a noble Prologue

is here to good

Fortune! Come pray, Sir, oblige us with the rest; for by

the (1) Description you have begun, we!
swaded that he has Gold by the Bushels.

mult be per:

Cario. And 1 am perswaded that he has all the Fyi

which incumber old Age.

Rust, Do you believe then that I, that carry this trusty

Crabstick, shall suffer you to make an Als of me, and
not give you a Taste of my-Resentment?--.- 1+,

Cario. Pah ! ---- do you, in good earnest look upon me
as a Person so wholly given up to banter, that I can't

k one serious Word?

What Airs of Honesty the Hang-Dog gives himself,
when his Shins groan for the Stocks, and the ye.
ry Irons in Newgate are grown rusty in Expectation of

Curio. Why truly you have got y
there but "rl to decide Causes in the Grave; yet the

(m) Judicial Sf

Devil a Foot will you budge, tho' Charon bas already invested

you for the Purpose!
Rust. Hell confound you,

Ruß for an inveterate ill-designing
Varler, that take Pleasure in mocking us at this rate, yet
have not been able to tell us

yer, for what your

The Archen, and when he and

would be troubled with such 4
Person as Cayio has describ'd, if
he were not extravagantly rich.

() Carie jecrs the Rustick,
calling his Cudgel a judicial
Staff, in Allusion to the following
Custom; They had two pitncipal
Courts at Athens, that of

the. AreopagusforCapitalCrimes,| Seq

where they never chang'd their
Judges; and the Court of Ten,
where they try'd Civil Causes,
and elected new Judges annual-
Jy. The first Elected was call'd |

his Assistants were chose out of
the respective Tribes, the Dootkeeper
deliver'd to cach of them
a Wand, which was the Mafkof
their Dignity, and which they
te-deliver d to him always on
their Departure from theBench,
and xesum'd on Days when they
were to set on Business. The
vel of Carie's Raillery 1s
equally smart and malicious,
and the witty Transmutation
of the Word Archow into Che.
ron, for the Continuation

sends

his Abuse, is admirable.

sends for us: However, the“ 'we had our Hinds full of
Business, and no time to throw away, we have shewyd
all the Willingness in the World to come, and left the
Lord knows how many Onions upon the Ground.

Cario, Well, Vil no r uw the —— _ you.
And it is, m Friends, that my Ma brought
the God 3 with him, who in a trice will bethe
making of you all. | 50

Ryst. Is it possible that we shall be all made rich?

Cario. Ay marry is it. You shall be all as rich as Mi.
du, and have his Ass's Ears to boot. |

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Raviih'd ; and I could Dance till I kick the Moon almost,
if it be true as you say, „ e

the Play, ser my self at your Heads, and fall a dancing to
the Musick of my own Guitar,----Thyettanelo, nels. nelo l.
(Here Cario sings awkardly fricks about, and fumbles with
bis Hands as if playing on an Infirument;) Come on, my
Lads; you shall be my Flocks, some of you Baa-ing like
lo many Sheep, and the rest of you frisking like old

Goats,

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wh's; and find that return'd with his Flocks, and laden
with a Sachel of Weeds for bis Break-fast, he has taken

(n) By this Cyclops he means: Loves of Philoxenus and Gaebert,
whole Hiltoty we} latea, 1 have continued the
have in Homer's Odyss, This Pas- | word Threttanels in Cario's Singlage
has a World of Life and ing, because, we re told, *twas
beauty, but will chart more in | the beginning of one of the 6
knowing that the Poet here clep's Airs in this Piece of Timocks
a Tragedy of Philo genus, loxenns : Aristophanes had reason
out of which he ttanscribes en- [to be m on the Poet, for

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Rust. Lord! how 1 am Elevated, and Raptur'd, and
Rf. Tis mighty well; but if we, bax-ing like so many

Sheep, should have an Eye on the Cyclops with his Tranle

Verses ; This Tragedy was 24 Pol ypheme play on 4

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a little tov much of the Creature, and (o) happens to fall
into a sound Sleep, then will we take (he great Firefork,
make it red hot, and dig his. Eye , inept an

rio. Nay then, I'll change my Part; (p) Pl be Circe,
the Corinthian Harlot, that by her inchanted Cup turned
the Companions of Philonides into Swine, and made them
eat a certain sort of Diet of her own. making, which
those cleanly Animals are not displeased at: Come shew
your selves delighted, my sweet Porkers, grunt at ycur
good Usage, and follow your Mother.

Rust. But we shall seize on this same Circe, with her ins
chanting Drugs and Jumble of Witchery; and in the
height of our Delights hang you up by the Scrotum, and
anoint your Nose, like à Goat, with your own Sir-reverence:
then what a pretty Mouth you will make up,

like (4) Aristyllus, and cry, Follow your Mother, my sweet
Porkers. | IO Sas |
Cario, Well, now a Truce-to Raillery; come down
from your Altitudes, and assume your own Fhapes again:
Ell steal my way in, rob my Master's Cupboard of the
best Prog, I can get; and when I have heartily stuffd
Oy Sides, 1 shall be ready with the more Alacrity to
perform what our great Project requires.
ther i 3 Ciio goes in to the Hal.
! Chremylus enters to the Rustick rt. |
Chrem. My worthy Friends, to bid you good Mor.
row, or say you are barely Welcome, is a Compliment |

(e The Ruftick in this Re · | Philonides, who was enamour d
ply of his, alludes to the Story | to Distract ion on the Corinth
of Ulysses putting out Pohhphe- Harlot Lais. |
muss Eye with a Fire-brand. (q) He was a Poet of a de-

(p) Cario alludes to the Fable | bauch'd Character, and abau:
Circe, who, by her inchanted | don'd to all sorts of vice; but
otions, converted. theFricnds Fin Publick he affected Gravity
of Ulysses into Swine: But the and an Air of Delicacy, 4nd
Poet has chang'd the Names in fus'd to draw up his Mouth
the Fable, and turn'd the Satyr squeamishly v hen he fycke.
Pon the ugly and debauch'd hold

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hold too stale and insipid: Wherefore I now embrace you;
kiss your Hands, and thank you for the Readiness and
Order you are-come. in. Be still your selves, and with
the fame Affection give me your Succour in the guarding
Plutns. * = bot Pena pb - 0
Ruf. Assure your self, we shall be as stout as Mays in
the Cause :. *'T would be very odd, if we that wrangle a
whole Day in our Assemblies for three Farthings, should,
without Contradiction, surrender the very God of Riches
to we don't know who. wt we dat.
Chrem. But see, Blepsidemus approaches; my Life: to
yours he has some inkling of our Affair, by his posting, hi -
ther with such Expedition. 29 708 |
Enter Blepsidemus. Sat
Blep/;, What can be said in the matter? Or whence,
and how can Chremylus become thus rich of a sudden?
can give no Credit to it; tho' I hear tis the common
Talk of every Soul in the Barber's Shops; but what surprizes
me most is, that he remembers his Friends, and
sends for them in this turn of Prosperity: Ufon my
he does not follow the Maxims of his Country in 7
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Chrem. No more wond'ring, Blepsidemus, for 1. hall
use make no Secret of the Matter to you. I am so much
eisier in my Circumstances to Day than I was Yesterday, |
lor- that I can let my Friends partake. of my good Fortune, ji
it | amongst whom, you stand in the first Rank. 1 3 4
a Blepsi. But is it real, that you are grown so rich as Men 1

rd Can I shall certainly be, in a small time, if the God
Was so pleases, The Affair is not altogether so surez but that
tt is till in some sort precariou ns.
ban Blepsi. As how? i

but Chrem. en 25 52 4 1 |
vit Bleþ/i. Nay, finish what you were sayigng.
Chrem. It f can once bring the Matter to: bear, I shall
7 be made for ever; but if I fail in my Mealures, 1 am ruin'd
Without Redemption. - 142} T6 44
Blepss:

me: For a Man to start up to 8 once, and be

see * that you will not be N in the Matter.

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please

haunted with such Fears and A prehenfions, smells ogg
of some dishonest Action. f | ;
2 How some dishonest Action as ,
Blepsi. How, my God! Why, you may a ye
stole something Sacred from (i Temple, — de Jou
Just now came, and now you may repent the Action.
Chrem. Guard me, Apollo, from ore Guilt! I never
had a thought of that Nature.
Blepfi. Leave rrifling, my Friend, I know how it

1 bi Do not persist in fuspeRting me of so black

Deed,

/ Blepss. Phu! ale there no Intvpricy in the
World? But must every individual Man be a Slave to *
rice and sordid Passion ? |

Cbrem. By Heav'n! 1 belive. you __ lost your

Senses.

Blepsi. How chang d he is from what he what
N By all that! good, you're grown 4 Sot, 5
1 He cannot look steady! The very Rowling of
r Eyes too much betray the Impious Steps be

has t
Chrem, ©, 1 know now what you drive at by this

foolery. You will have it that I have committed some

Robbery, that you may go Snacks in the Purchase——
Blepsi. That I may go Snacks? On what Account?
Chrem. But the Affair now in dispute is not of that

Nature, but quite another thing.

Blepss What? You have not fitch'd-any chings but _

2 You are possess d certainly! -

Beni. Why? Have you defrauded no bod ow

Chrem, Most certainly never. |
Blopfe. O Hercules! How then shall 1 take you! For!

lerse
ngly

have

don't know for what?

Blepfi . Harkee,

our Declaimers ———

those good Friends that will
for but three laid out.

the Good and Virtuous.

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(r) This Satyr is extreaml
malicious; the Poet would insinuate
that they had not an
Orator at Athens, but who might
be cheaply corrupted, and he
has a particular Eye in this to
Demofthenes, He had pleaded a
whole Day against the Milefians,
and the Cause being to come
before the Court again on the
Dey following, the Ambasladors
went to him over Night,
gave him his Price, and obliged
bim not to plead any
funher. In the Matning Demosthenes
appeared at the Bar
with his Neck and Throat muffled
up, pretending he labour'd
with a Squinzncy, and could
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(/) 'Twas general with Persons
under Prosecution to atterd
the Courts, accompanied
*1t1 their Wives; Children and

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Chrem. Why should you condemn me, when )
Jus, Ill make up this Matter for
you at a {mall Expence, before it gets Air in the Neighbourhood:

(7) A little Mony will stop the Mouths of .

Chrem. Bat, upon my Faith, I take you to be one of
place Ten Guineas to account
Plepsi. And I take you to be the Man, (/) that with
your Wife and Children shall kneel before a Court of
juice, imploring Mercy, just (z) like the Picture of the

Heraclide, drawn by Pamphilus. peck
Cbrem. Tis false, Malicious Wretch ; I only will inrich
Bl-y/7, What say you? Have you stole such a Quan-
Friends in Mourning and Sorrowful,
—— 0 3 move
he Compassion of t he $2
When they — as ow —
they had Branches in their
Hands, and Gatlands on their
Heads. Of this Custom I have
lately spoke in my Notes on the

first Oedipus Of Sophocles.

(t) After the Death of Hercules,
Euristbeus so sharply petsecuted
his Descendanrs, that
they were obliged to fly and
beg the Protection of the 4thenians.
They went to the Senate

like Suppliants wich Alcmens

at their Head. Charephon the
Tragick Poet 2 his Pen
on this Subject; Pampbilus
a celebrated Painter drew 4 noble
Representation of it, which

he placed in the Portico at 4:

thens,

C/rem,

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nies—
Blei. Your own Actions rather will fifraR you.
Cbrem. Not so; for I nnn at m Bod, thou
wicked Man. bs
Blepss. Plutus! What Pigs b
N wow The God.
In my Apartments.
Ble psi. Where 7.— 885
Chrem, In my House, I tell you. |
eas. Your Housel |
Chrem. Depend upon it.
Biepsi. Go hang your self with these Romances, would
Plaus live with you?
Chrem. Yes, by the Gods?
Blapsi. Are you sincere? ..
Chrem, I am. „
Blepsi. But swear by Vesta.
Chrem. Ay, and by Neptune.
Blepso. What the Sea God ?, ..
Chrem. Is there another of his Name? it there, be!
Swear by him too.
a And had not you sent to me as one of your
Friends?
Chrem. O, tis not come to that yet.
Blepsi. What? Not that we should share in the God!?
Chrem. No, by Fupiter, I must first.— 6
Blei. What
Chrem. Recover bim his Eyes?
Diepsi. Whose Eyes? Explain your self.
4 | Chrem; I must make Plutus see, as he did hereto
Why, is he aQually blind?
Cbrem. Yes, by Heav'n. © 2
Blepss. 'Tis no wonder then, that he never found his
way to my House!
Chrem.. O, he will find it, if the Gods think fit.

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Bless. Should not we ore; some Oeulin ?:

cinem. What d'ye talk of Oculists? Where shall we
meet with one, in a Town that contemns the Science, and
so ill rewards the Operator! | aps

Blepsi. We may make Enquiry. . Arr.

Chrem. There is not one.

Blepsi. 1 do not think so.

Chrem. But I tell you positively there is none: There's
z better Project that I have had in my Head, Which is

o carry him into the Temple of Asculapius.

Blei. By Heav n, you're right; tis much better. Dont

lefer the Experiment, but put it in practice. b
Chrem. I'm going about it directly. 1 „
Blepsi. Make haste then. +

Chrem. Tis my Design. | [Going-in,.

Enter Poverty to them.

Pour, Come back, ye Caitiffs, ye pair of wretched
Mortals, that have the boldness to m_— Action so

Execrable, Insolent, and Impious: Whit
Will you nor stop?

do Pe
Chrem, O Hercules! 6

Pover. Ill be the absolute Confusion of you both, Rascls

that you are, to enterprize so rash and unlicens d a
Project; a thing that neither any God or Man ever deviled
the like ot! Therefore you are undone,

Chrem, Who art thou, clam'rous Woman? thou lookꝰst ö

45 pale as if thou wert stary'd.

Blep/. Tis twenty to one but she is some Tragedy-

Fury; for her Eyes stare and look very terrible.
Chrem, But she has never a () Torch, Man----- -

Blepsi. Godso! She deserves to be whip'd at the Carus

Arle sor forgetting that part of her Furniture. |
Pover. What do you take me for? x |

Blep;, Either some pinch-gutted Ale-house-keeper, or ;

a rallies the | Furies on the Stage wick Fan
Ttegiek Poets for introducing beaus,

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wise you

would neyer come bawling after us at this rate,
who have done you no manner of Injury, +
Tover. How! Do you call it no Injury, to make it your
place?
Obrem. Tis false :---.---There's all Hell at your Ser.
vice: Zut you shall tell us forthwith who you are.
Pover. One that will make you repent this Day's Work,

for endeavouring to expel me from hence.

Blepsi. Isn't it my good Friend that keeps the Brandy.

shop hard by, and is for ever putting upon me with ber

short Quarterns?
Pover. No; I am Poyerty; — that have dwelt so many
Years under your Roofs, pO
Blepsi. © my Goodness! where shall I run?
Obrem. Hold, hold, Blepsidemus; what are you doing?
ou tim'rous Brute you, won't you keep your

Blepfs. Not for the Universe. ;
Chrem. Not stand it out! shall two

Men run away from

Aa ss Woman ?

effi. Ay, in the shape of Poverty, Numskull ; Lord!
Nature never produc'd such another terrible Monster,
Chrom. Nay, stay; prithee, Tay. 1
Blepsi. You shall not perswade me to it.
Chrem. But hear me; we cannot possibly commit an 4.

ction of so much baseness, as to leave Plutus in the lurch, for

fear of her Threats, and not make one push for the

Blepsi. With what Arms shall we defend our selves
epainst this Witch of a Woman? Has (w) not the lawlets

Devil already forc'd us to pawn our very Shields and Brealtplates?
th. >

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thens, which forbad all forts of To . 8

People to pawn their Arms; | teptosches them.
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Chrem. Come, pluck up a Courage; I am consident
that Plutus himself er erect us Trophies of this ragged- BJ _
manner d Damfell + „ rs, 0 SO

over. Dare you so much as grunt. you
Rogues, that have been taken in your Villany? 58

Chrem. Thou abominable obstreperous Scoundrel, why
dos thou clamour at us, that do thee no wrong? ö

Pover. O ye immortal Powers! Is it not sufficient wrong
to me to restore Plutus his Sight? e

Chrem, What! do we do you Wrong, when we do a
Service to ail Mankind? | . | $f 53

Pover, What Service do you propose? _ 5

Chrem Why, first and foremost, that we shall send you
deanly packing out of all Greece. by x

Pover. You send me packing out of Greece? What
greater Mischief do you think you can do the Country?

Mo Chrem. What greater Mischict! why if we should drop
our project of Expelling you. _ | -. 4,
over. Well, well; without going any further, III -Þ
jm prove to you as clear as the Day, that I am the Cause of |
al the Good that happens to you; and that it is thro' m
d! means you live: It 1 don't, proceed as you think fit, and _
at your pleasures. . 7 |

Chrem. Thou infamous Woman ! hast thou the Fore ?:!

bead to pretend this? _ | 1. +, —_—_
A. Pover, If you will permit me to convince you, I dare { 1
or believe I shall easily demonstrate, that you are doing the

he wrongest thing in Nature, in pretending to inrich the sst -

and Virtuous: k '£ *y
Blej/;. Ha! will no Body give her the Bastinado? What ;
& are our Prisons for? 47424 4
fl Pover, You ought not to make these Declamations and: '
2 Ourcries, till you know what l would say. _ —

Blepsi. Who can forbear an Outcry, that has heard what |

% you have already said? _ | a
on Pover, Every Man that has Brains in his Head -
wes Chrem. But What Penalty will you submit to, if you

fall short of your boasted Proofs? e

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Power. All that you think good to inflice.
Blepsi. 'Nay, there's sme Reason in thi zt
Poder. But then it is but Equity on the other hand,

that if you lose the Day, you shall make me the same $1.
tisation which you would have impos d, if '1 had been
mw weorfsted. - i 9 8 |
Blepsi. Will twenty Deaths fatisfie!
* © Chrem. Her, they may; but one apiece will serye us at
any time, - en
1 © Power. And there's no reason but that you should both
gg and make the Experiment forthwith; for you can in-
vent no tolerable Replies o my Objections. |
Here the Company of Riufticks come forwavd,
Come, tis time you should be in earnest with
ber; no further Trifling and Raillery, but run her down
with substantial Reason.
Cbrem. 1 think, for my part, that all the World must
be convinc'd, that it is just the Virtuous should be hap-
Py; and Profligates and Atheists oppress'd by Fortune.
Now we, desiring that things should run thus, have at
length found out an honest, generous, and certain Fxpedient
to fix them on that Foot, For if Plutus once recover
his Eyes, and no longer rove at random, he will infallibly
take up his Residenee with the Virtuous, never abandon
their Society, but be sure to fly the Impious and
Dishonest: The Consequence of this is, that the whole
World will embrace Virtue and Piety, and be bless'd with
Riches: Can we propose a more noble or advantageous
prospect? JE : Seth
Blepsi. No, no, the Case is out: of Dispute ; I am ablo-
Jutely of your Opinion, and we need question the matter
Chrem. To consider the hard and miserable Course of
our present Lives, who. would not think that we are
more than Mad, even actuated by Devils? While the Vicious
are happy; and flourish in those Treasures which
i: their Crimes have purchas'd, the Upright are unfortunate
aud starve; or to compleat their Mileries, are forc'd to

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near out Life with-chee. —To put an end to all which ·
take the recovery of Plutus's Eyes to be the only means* "Oy

And if we can once atchieve this, it will be a prodigious
Benefit to all Mankind, | |
been WY 21:7. Bur, you couple of old Dotards, that are pair'd -

out for Actions of Absurdity and Extravagance, 1 will
maintain to your Faces, that tho' what you desire were
xccomplish'd, you would never find your account in it:
For if Plutus d see again as well as ever he did, he
would communicate himself equally to all; and there
would not remain one living Soul that would give himself
the trouble either to learn or exercise a Trade or
ad. i Kience. And then, where will you have a Smith, Shipsich
wright, Taylor, Wheelright, or Shoemaker? Who will
WO BY fbmit to make Bricks, whiten your Cloaths, Tan your
Leather, Till your Earth, or lay your Harvest into the
nult Barn, when every one can live in a base InaQivity, and
not oblig'd' to Toil for his Subsistance?
Chrem. You talk ridiculously ; for all these works of
I BY Drudgery our Servants shall do for us. *
Pover. But where will you get those Seryants ?
Chrem. Purchase them. <A
A pover. And where will you meet with the Man that
vo will sell them, when he has no more occasion for Mony
than your self? 1
3 Chrem. (x) O, some Merchant of Thessaly, I warunt
you: For there you never want your poor In-
”— 2 Rogues that steal Men, on purpose to make
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Pover, But even that Occupation will fink amongst the
rest, if your Project once take place. For what Man, alof
WI 47 Rich, will expose himself to Daogers? So that you

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must be forc'd to labour your self, dig the hard Earth
with your own hands, and in short do all the most pain.
tul Offices, and drag out a Life ten times more wretched
than that you live at this hour.

Chrem. May all these Plagues and as many more fill
on thy accursed Head /

Po ver. You will then neither have Bed to lye on, nor
Quilt to cover you; for who will work at the Loom,
that does not want to be hired to it? You will have no
fragrant Eflences to perfume you. no rich Brocades, or

lovely purple "Habits to charm the Mistress you would

make a Wife of, If then you are depriv'd of these" Curiofities,
where will be the Splendor and Ostentation of
your Wealth? Now, thro' my Care, you are supplied
with every Necessary in abundance: For like a wise
and provident Mistress, I never stir from the. Artificers
one moment, but thro' prevailing Indigence and Need,

constrain them to pursue the means they live by.

Chrem. What can st thou give but scorch'd and firegall'd
Shins, th Effects of too much Cold, and crowdin
round a pan of glowing (5) Bagnio-borrow'd Embers! ls
not thou that tortur'st us by Day with the Complaints
of Wires and starving Children that cry for Bread?
Thou, that supply'st our Beds with Lice and Fleas unnumber

d: send'st the Gnat to buz about our Eyes and

hinder Sleep, bidding us rise, or else prescribing Famine!
For Cloaths dost thou not give us Rags and Tatters?
And for a Bed, some dirty bundled Straw,” crawling
with Vermin that forbid Repose: And for a Quilt, an

old and rotten Mat; a huge Stone for a Bolster; and for
Bread thou givest us Scuryy Herbs; and for Ragou's

and season d Dishes, Roots and Turnep-tops; an old
split Barrel for an Elbow-chair; and tor a Kneading

(>). The poor People of where the Fires were made to

«Greece usually in the time of | heat the Baths,
Winter crowded to the Rooms n

trough,

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tough, the leaky sides of a divided H head ? Have I
not clearly describ'd the pomp of thy nga nce ?

rover It is not the Life of the poor you have ladour'd
to describe, but of Vagabonds and Beggars. £
Chrem. And is it not known, even to a Proverb, that
Poyerty is the Sister of Deggary? | |
pover. There's no doubt bur yeu hold it such: You
that make no difference (z) betwixt- the Tyrant ,
and the Tyrant-chaser! —— Now your State of Life
reither is, nor can be, expos'd to these fearful Inconyeniences.
It is the Beggar's Curse to have nothing f
his own : But the poor Man must only live sparingly .. 5
and labour hard, and then as he wants nothing, so neither
has he any thing superfluous. A 6.5 3h 9.
Chrem. Nay, you talk of a most blessed Life without
contradiction ! and the poor Man has no grounds to
complain, if by provident living and hard Labour, from
Morning to Bed-time, he can scrape enough to leave at
his Death to put him in the Ground. n
Pover. Your Cavils all savour of Jeast and Ridicule,
and you will not give your self leave to argue seriously :
Nor have the Sense te know that I make Men incomparably
better than Plutus, both as to Shape and Genius.
Tis Plutus that gives them the Gout, makes them gor- |
bellied and thick leg'd, and loads em with more Fat than ih
they can scarce carry about with them: But I keep them
in good size, give them clean Limbs and a free Air, and
al them formidable to their Enemies. 7 Bun
Chrem. Wonderful Effect] that by forcing them to fat,
you should bring down their Bodies to the proportion of
Slenderness ! | | :
(=) The Greet says betwixt | for his Country, that hechas'd--
Dimysius and Thra sibulus. This | the 30 Tyrants who bad been
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make it appear, that with me are found Moderation and
Honesty, with Plutus Insolence and Injustice.

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Chrem. Yes, yes; tis a most furprizing piece of Mo.
deration and Honesty to pick a Pocket, or break open an
House ! hs

Blegsi. Doubtless, if he have but, Policy enough to con ·
conceal his (a) Knayery, what can be more commendable?
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Pover. Do but take a Survey of your Patriots; while
they are poor and Dependant, they maintain the Rights
of the Subject and their Country; but as soon. as eyer
they are enrich'd at the cost of the Republick, what Enormities
do they not slide, into! They take Bribes to betray
it into ill Counsels, and break the Peace with factious C-
rations. |

Chrem. Upon my Faith, as much as I hate you, I must
own you are true in that respet: Vet we shall scarce
treat you the better for that, you may only pride your
self in that one truth, but never pretend to ꝓerswade us,
that Poverty is preferable to Riches. | |

Fover. You cannot however answer my Objections
but only stand trifling and clapping your Wings, yet can't
fly the pitch of your Argument. ws

Chrem. If there are so many Advantages in the Pol:
session of thee, how comes it that the whole World flies

thee ? _
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Children do their Fathers to avoid good Precepts. 80
hard it is to know what is good and to pursue it!
Chrem. Can any pretend to say that Fove does not
distinguish what is good? Yet he ingrosses Plutus to him-

(s) Ariftophanes would insi-! whom a Robbery passed: fot a
nuate that the Athenians ..in } Galantry and Diversion,
some sort imitated the Custom | vided the Thief were not

of the Zacedemenians; amonght | ia the Fat, .

self, and deals out your good Ladyship's Fayours most liberally

to Mankiad | en ;
Pover. But, Dotards as you are, I tell you, and will”.
make it as evident as the Day, that Fove himself is poor:
For if he were rich, when he instituted the Olympick '
Games, and order'd the Greeks every fifth Year to assemble
in oympia, and likewise that the Heralds Mould aloud
roclaim the Victors, and crown them with a poor
Wreath of wild Olive, would he not have rather chose -
to bestow on them Coronets of Gold?
Cbrem. Does not this very Argument convince you
what a dear Lover he was of Mony? For is not it that he
might have all to himself, that he is so sparing of it abroad,
and rewards those that have obtain'd the Prize with meer
Trifles? | * I.
Pover. And do not you see, that while you suppose
him thus rich, and tax him with so sordid an Avarice,
you load him with a Quality much more Scandalous than
Porerty could be? NS | N hs
Chrem. ov confound you with your poor Wreath of
wild Olive! —— ; 15 e
over. Now can you have the Confidence to deny

that all the good that happens to you, is not thro' my

Means! |

Chrem. We have-no more to do but ask Proserpme which
is best, to be rich, or to be poor. (6) She'll tell you,
that the Wealthy every Month give her a Supper, and the
Poor steal it off from the Table, almost before *cis well
fery'd up !——5S0 go tang your self with your Rhetorick,
and let us not have one Sentence more; for tho' you
convince us, yet we're resolved not to be convinc
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Pover, O Argos! Argos! hear the babbling Dotard.
Chrem. Een go call on your good Friend (c) Pao,

that always dines with thee, and Duke phrey.

Pover. Unhappy that I am! where I go?
Chrem. To Hell, by all means: — For we desire to he
rid of you. | |

Pover. To what remoter part o'th' Earth retire?

_ + Chrem. To some dark Cavern, where you may lie hid

to Eternity: Nay, never demur on the matter, but
it in Execution this Moment. [ Pushing her forwards,
Pox er. There will come a time that you your selyes

will be sending for me back.

Chrem. Well enough, then we will send for you; but
now I am dispos d to be Rich; and therefore go Nurse
the Spleen, and Sing to the Tune of your Sorrows and
Disappointments,—

Blep/s. And, by ove, I am inclin'd to be rich too;
will live well at home. with my Wife and Children, go
to the Bagnio, come out as flick as a Chocolate-house

E Beau, and fart in the Face of Poverty, and all her Handicrafts.
[Ex, Poverty.

Chrem. So! The damn'd old Hagg's troop'd off at last

you and I, Blepsidemus directly cause Plutus to

be brought to the Temple of Æsculapius, to take up his

Blepsi. You shall meet with no Delay on my side, least

some body come upon us with tresh Impediments.

Chrem. Soho ! Within there—— Cario, bring the Blankets
and Bedding Furniture, and the other things that are
provided for this Business; and let Plutus be conducted,
and don't forget to observe any Customary Ceremonies.

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ACT m. SCENE I.
Enter Cario, meeting the Rufticks. [OP

Cario.F O V to you, my jolly old Blades, that have often
been content with short Commons (4) at Theseus's

Feasts, how happy will you all be, that have but Integrity

enough to make you so! |

Rust. What would'ft thou say now, thou Top of thy

Fraternity? One would think that you come
with wonderful Tidings! <> **

Cario. My Master is the happiest Man alive; or rather
Plutus — For he that was before as blind as a Mill-horse,
sees now as Clear as a Cherubin, with bright Resplendent
Eyes, and. brilliant as the Sun! — And all this thro' the
fayour of the Great Æsculapius. ;

Raf. What Joys do you tell me of! What Cause of

Acchmations !

Cario, Ay, you cannot help rejoicing now, whether:

you will or no.

Rust. We'll go, i
Esculapins, the Father of so many celebrated Children,
the great Light and Soveraign WW of Mankind!

Exeumt Rusticks dancing.

Enter Myrrina, who stands at the Door of Chremylus's -

3 Hose. | ;

Myrri. What Noise is this | hear, is it any good News
for me? For I have waited within, I don't \ —— how
long, for Cario in expectation of Raptures——- -

and consecrated to him the ty Collation: And tig this
Eighth Day of every Month, Fraud
on which they made a Feast for! at.

De World's Il. | 1

n our Raptures, and sing an Hymo to » 4

(1) The Athenians thew'd i the Poor, This Feast in Fro-
Theseus great Honours after. hi: | cess of time thro the Degene- -
Decease, built him a Temple | racy and Avarice of the Athe- -
that had panicular Privileges, nian dwindled into a yery lcan- -

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Cario. Quickly, quickly, Mistress, a Flaggon of Wine
to welcome Prosperity, and wash Sorrow from your
Heart,----for. I know that same Liquor is an admirable
Remedy to you!. But oh! What a heap of good News

do [ bring you now?

Myrri. As where ?
Cario. You shall have the Quintessence of it from ty

Relation.

Myrri. Prithee then, be brief in your Deliver.
Cario. Pray lend me your Ears, Madam. . And. you

2 have the Een Process of this Affair from Head to

Myrri. You won't throw any thing upon my Head, 1

Cario. Would n't you know our good Fortune, Me

Myrri, Les; but I would not be tortur d with De.
Cario. Soon as we came to the God, conducting Pla.

tu, ( who was then the most wretched, as he is nom the

happiest Mortal living) we in the first Place led Yom to

the Sea, and there dip'd him.

Myrri. *Twas a wonderful Happiness truly for an old

Man, at his Years, to be plung'd over Head and Ears into
cold Water!

Cario. We thence return'd to the Temple of Æsculatius
set the Bread and Cakes, and other Preparatives for the Sacrifice,
on the Table, burnt one Wheaten Morsel on the

Altar, clap'd Plutus into a little Bed according to Custom,

and then every one litter'd cur own Conches, _
Mhyrri, Were there any others amongst you. that food

in need of the Deity's Asliftance ?

Cario, Yes; there was one (e) Neoclides, 1. I. think they

him; who, the of was _ could: steal with -

| (%) This Neoclides was an O | self"; at the Expene of _—_

Pune that had entich d him- lick.

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sharply : There were others besides that were trouble? |
with different Distempers: But to proceed. . After the
Sacrifiser of the God had put out the Lamps, he gave us
in charge to go to sleep, and, tho' we heard some Noise, --
not to speak a Syllable : Then you must know we were
all as quiet as so many Lambs; however, for my part, I
could not sleep a wink; for | had taken Notice that at
the Head of a little old Woman, that was quarter d pretty
near me, there stood a nable Mess of hot Suppings, and
my Mind run damnably upon the making it my own : So
gently lifting up my Head for that Purpose, I perceiv'd
the Priest, taking a Turn round the consecrated Table,
sciz'd on all there was upon it, as Cakes, and Nuts, and
Figs, and so forth; and then likewise marching round
the Altars, whatever Remains there were of the Sacriice,
he scrap'd up and clap'd into his Pocket: I then thinking
it was a very sanctimonious Thing to follow his Example,
strait step'd up to the Steaming Pot.”
Myrri. O thou Miscreant ! wert thou under no Apprehentions
of the God? : 1 |
Cario. Yes, by my Soul, under very strong Apprehenfions,
least he? wich his Garlands on lie Head” Li
have been before-hand with me at the Porridge.. For the -
Priest had done enough to give me shrewd Suspicions f,
that kind: Bat the good old Gentlewoman, hearing some
stir, stretches out one of her Paws; (F) and 1 hifling,
like a Serpent, gave her a good Snap with my Grinders;
upon which she immediately drew back her Fingers, co»
ver'd herself over with the Bed-cloaths, aud, whatever
she did in the Force of the Surprize, smelt as rank 2s 4

(f) Cavis hissd like sere the Emblems of Medicine. The
t, to make the old Woman | Story is vety well known of the
lieve he was Afeulapins, or | Serpent being cartied 10 Rowe,
one of his Serpents: For Ser- | under the Supposition of the
pents were consecrated to f. real Esculapins, tg +
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to my place of Repose. |
Myrri. But was not the Deity come among you?
Cari. The Devil a bit! ---- Now after this, I must tell
you, something fell out tolerably pleasant: As soon as
ever the God appear'd among us, I made bold to salute
him with several. handsome Discharges of my Cannen;
for my Belly was confoundedly well up
with the Porridge.

Mi. Certainly the God excommunicated you for
such an Indignity,

Cario, You're quite out, Mistress ; ( g) indeed is edel
Daughter colour a little at the Report; and the other
sweet Damsel turn'd her Head and rubb'd her Nostrils:
for, I must confess, I seldom fart Frankincens.

Ayr. How did the Deity bear it?

Cario. Not the least concern d, by Fove.

Myrri. Why, you would insinuate that he wants Sense
and Breeding.

Cario. I insinuate, that he wants Sense and Breeding!
No, no; but he's a strange Lover of that same Fragran-
Myr Th abufiye Rascal!

Cario. I was however a little daunted at t his Presence,
a flounc'd down into my Bed. The Deity with a
Grand and Majestick Air nalke'd round all his Patients, pay*
ing them severally a Visit, and taking the State of their
respective Cases, There march'd at bis Elbow a sprack
young * with a little Casket, Pestle, and Mortar

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9 . is Malice i in | this the Poet does not here hex be, in
1 e, which neither the Scho- | them, but exposes

lizfts nor Latin Translator were | cers who brought ard. inaware
of, says Madam Dacier. to the Temples a-Nights, 2
Zee. had three Daughters, | help them eat the conseerat

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anacea and Eugeia; but Fragments,

Myrri, What, all Marbl“e?s?s {oO
Cario. Yes, by eue; No, no;the Casket was not Mar-
Myrri. But you said you. were cover d up in your Bed,

and how could you see all this, thou lying Varlet ?
Cario. O, I saw curiously from behind the Sleeve ß

my Doublet; for, by my Conscience, here are several con- 4

fiderable large Windows in it. The first thing He God 8

did was to prepare a Cataplasme for the Eyes, of Neoclides.

Then he took and pounded three Heads of Garlick in his

Mortar, temper'd them with the 1 of Benjamin and

Sex- Onions, and then infus'd a Proportion of the best

White-wine Vinegar; Having made his Unction, he o-

rens ths Lids of Neoclides's Eyes, and besmear'd all the

tend'rest Parts. to make him the more sensible of the Operation,

The Patient roar'd out with Anguish, and flung

about as if he would have run away, but Æsculapius sneering

at his Uneasiness, told him he must submit to the

ile Anointing, and as he had often swore, and as often broke
bis Oaths, so the Deity look'd upon it as his Duty to keep

g! bim from. bringing fresh Informations in hasle.

n- Myrri. How wise was the God, and tender of the Ropublick

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Cario. After this he fat him down by Platus, and sum- |
bling a little about his Head, wip'd his Eyes with a fine
Linnen Cloth, and then Panacea, one of the Deity's Daughters,
cover d the old Man's Head and Face with a Scarlet
Silk: Æsculapias then gave a {mall hiss, and at that Signal
a Couple of prodigious Serpents darted from the Temple
with incredible Swiftness,

Myrri, Most wonderful! | 2 a be

Cario. The Serpents snot with Ease under the Scarlet
Silk that cover'd Platus s Head, lick'd his Eyes, as I belere,
for he recover'd his Sight, and rose out of his Bed
avsolutely cur'd in less time than you could ----- take ten
handsome. Go-downs of Claret. I fell to clapping
Hands, and in my Transport wak'd my Master: Scud.
ius presently disappear'd, and the two Serpents _ to
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Myrri. Divine Æsculapius, how extensive is thy Power!

Cario, He's coming, Mistress, with a notable strong Guard
round him. Those that. thro' their Honesty, could scarce
t Bread till now, press to kiss his Hand and embrace
im; your rich old Choughs, that have throve by Vila.
ny, contract their Brows, and make a surly sower Countenance;
while the others follow with Garlands on their
Heads, and making a thousand Expressions of Joy, while
the very Earth . r with the old Seigniours Caper.
ing. But let us all at home dance and caper likewise, and
not a Soul be out of Humour, for we shall no longer be
reproach'd. that we have no Corn in our Barns, © -
Mhyrri. You say true; and, by Hecate, for your good
News, you shall have a whole Ring of Cakes giy'a you,

and dance the Hay round 'em.
Cario. Not at this time, if you please ; for the whole

Parade is coming upon us. | |
Myrri. Then I' go in, and (þ) fetch out something to ex.
press my Wellcome of our new Giiest and his new Eyes.
e Exit Myrrins,
Cario. And Il go and meet the Solemnity. :
Inter, as from the Temple of Æsculapius Plutus, Chremyb
lus, and Croud attending. 4
Plutus. First, I adore the Sun; then greet this Town of

() Thefirst time a Stranger | signified, that he was come to
entred the House where he was | an House of good Provisi en
to be lodg' d, the Master or Mi- | if a Freeman, that they wo

Rress led him to the Fire-side,| spare nothing in his Entertain-
3nd pour'd over his Head Quan-| ment, and that he should not
tities of Nuts, Figs, dried Rai | apprehend himself inco
figs. &c. If this new Guest | ous te his Host.

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me. But Lam asham d and confus d at my Misforrune, to
see what Company I have kept, and did not know, it.

I have shun'd those that I should have embrac'd, and court -

ed those that I should have fled from: In both, misaken,

and unfortunate. But to repair the past Miscarriages,

I'll convince the World hereafter that, twas not with
my Knowledge or Consent, that I convers d with Profli-

Chrem, to the Croud.] Go hang your selves, good Friends,

with these Strains of Curtesy. What a fatiguing thing it
is to have such a Knot of Friends spring up of a sudden,

2 soon as ever Fortune has smil'd on a Man! They perfectly
dig my Sides with their Elbows, and break my

Ankles with their Zeal of Ceremony, and wee )ay be

first in their Congratulations. ----- Was there one in the Fo.
tum that did not give me his Hat! and what a Troop of

old obsequious Puppies have follow d me thence to my own

Doors. | =
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Myrri. O thou most desir d of Mortals, Wellcome; 3
you, my Husband, permit me, as our Customs require, |

to pour these Fruits of welcome o'er your Head,
Plutus. No, pray excuse me; it is not right for me,

the first time of my Entring your House since I have had

my Eyes, to receive from you, but rather I should bear
some Present to ut. l

Myrri. Will you not then accept these Testimonies, of |

the Joy I bear to see you?

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Platus 1 would accept em within at your Fire side, as 1

tis usual: So we shall escape the Croud and their Raillery:

Belides, it would be as impertinent as in a Comick Poet

to have Figs,” Raisins, small Nuts, and such Trash thrown

to his Audience, to force a Laugh, and extort their good
Opinions with foolery. |

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Hat a delightful thing it is, my Friends, to
grow Rich in a trice, and run no hazard

ly, Gentlemen, for tho? our House is stor'd with an lust.
nity of good things, yet we owe no indiyidual part of
them to Injuries or Injustice: Wealthy of this: sort has its
trueRelish! Our Barns are cramm'd with the finest Wheat,
our Casks full of the best Wines, and every Trunk and
Box in our House so full of Ingots and five Pound pieces,
rwould amaze you to look on em. Oyl is as plent
with us as Rock Water, and our Cruets overflow with
the noblest Essences: All our Garrets are spread with Figs;
all our Crockery is turn'd into Copper; and our old
mouldy Brass Fish-kettles, . into solid shining Silver; and
all our Chambers even to the Kitchen are inlaid with lvo-
Ty. land the other Gentlemen my Fellow-servants play
at Even or Odd with Broad Pieces; and we that could
but now make a good Meal of Onions, are grown so
dainty-mouth'd of a sudden, that we can bear the smell
of them no where's but behind us. My Master is
at this instant making a Sacrifice in his own House, and
with a Garland on his Head stands spilling the Blood of
the Goat, Ram, and Sow. (i) For my own part I could

Caris | what. his Master does very well
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Enter Agathus, Hs bbs: Boy carrying a bundle _

Agath. Here follow me, Boy; and well go seek the

God.
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yery bapp
Cari.

and indeed your Face speaks for you.
Agath. You say right, |
Cario. But what is your Pleasure? _
Aeath. 1 come to pay my Acknowledgments to > Flutns

for all the Benefits. he has heap'd upon me. When my

fortune, I employ'd it in
of mine I knew were distress d: And I thought this an
of the most Merit and Advantage that 1 could
ol So that you were presently r of your Sub-
Agath. I was indeed.

self?

Who are these making towards
One that has been very miserable, but is now |
Tis plain that you are a Man of Integrity then ;

Father dyed, and I found my "af Master of a plentifal.
the Assistance of those Friends

Cario, And after this fell into Miifortunes your

Agath, Most true: 1 toi chat they whom 1 bad reliey
d in their Necessities, would in their turn have consider
d mine, if I should ever be reduced to want em;
and I doubted not but I should find them real Friends in

al Exigencies: But I was cheated in that hope, and them

for soon as I was poor, Oy snun d "OY Walks, and if by

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mien, „ &.
1 Cario. And confess the Truth now; I know it, they

play d on your Misfortunes ? "gs
Atath. In every kind: And laugh'd at me for having
fold my all — __ l |
But they shall no longer laugh now on that
Agath. No, the Scene is chang'd, and to give Num
thanks is the Subject of my Visit, |
Cario. But, in. the Name of Fortune, what do you intend
to do with that ragged Robe the young Gentleman
carries? Pray satisfie my Curiosity, FRE
Agath. I mean to Consecrate it to Plutus.
Carre. (K) Is it not the Rayment you wore, when
you were initiated into the Mysteries of Ceres? ?
Hgath. No; but I have shiver'd in it with Cold these
thirteen Winters. f
Cario. And those venerable old Shoes?
Agaitb. They are of the same Age with the Coat

e Cario. And likewise to be Consecrated?

Agath., » - "+ . |

Cario. Most acceptable Presents to be made to 1
4G Enter Paranomus, and an Evidence. , _ +

Para. O Wretch that 1 am, I am undone for ever

Misfortunes fall on me in heaps, by the hundred, and the

2 and I must fink under such numberless Atflictions!
1 2 7

(I) The Festival which was | step to PerfeRion in all Virtue.
kept at Fleusins in Honour of | Upon which they never left off
Ceres, was call'd the Grand My- | the Clpaths they wore at their

Neries. Twas the most So- Initiation, till they were ready
lemn and Religious of all the to drop off their” Backs, and
«Athenian — and they | then they constetated them to
believed that to be igitiargd in | Ceres, HOUR ee

thele Mysteries was the nearch

Carit,

y did

Cario. Great Gods ! what mighty Evil is it this Mn
faffers? 250 nun enn
Para. Have I not cause sufficient to complain, that have

in one day loft all the Substance J have ever gain'd;” and

all thro* this upstart Deity ; but if he do not lose his Eyes

2pzin, there can be no such thing as Justice!

Agath. I believe I can give @ pretty good Guess in this |

Man's Affairs: He is one of very scurvy Morals, and therefore
Beggary and Ill Luck have taken hold of him.
Cario, By my Faith then tis great Pity tis no worse
with him. | |
Para. Where, where is this single God of Promises,
that engaged to make us all Rich, if he could but recover
his Sight? And yet he has render'd us more unhappy
miserable than eyer. © Re
Cario. But pray, by your leaye, whom has he render d
thus Unhappy and Miserable, | Wa"
Para. My self for one. 4 e
Cario. Tis then because you're a Rogue, and one that
the Gallows groans for. | +
Para. *Tis false and Infamous, by ene I swear! There
is not one of you has half my Honour, but both of you
contributed to rob me. 78 |
Cario, Bless us, how fierce he looks! and how sharply
be flies on us! #3 |
Agath, To be pinch'd with Hunger as he is, would
make any body look sharp. _ ed:
Para. By Heav'n you shall not *scape me, but
and answer -this at Bar before you sleep. You shall be

cup d on the Wheel, Rascals, and wound about the Spokes”

till you confess your Enormities. *

co In the mean time, veep for your own Sias and
uss rings. | . e
4zath, Now by protecting Fove, Plutus should eternally

be honour'd of Greece fer. using these accurs'd Informers

so deseryedly !

Para, O Wretched that I am! What, shall you insult

Pray, let me

me? You that are equally as Criminal ?
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know, whence have you purloin'd these Habits
for yesterday I saw you content with sordid Rags, thread.

bare and ga e en l
fgath. Go, f despise ches, (1) See chis Ring I wer;

tis Eudemus s make, and is my Guard: -
© Cario, But that which is a Remedy against a mad Dog,
is no Protection against the Snarling of an Informer! —
Fara. Are not these insufferable Injuries? You play upon
me; but will not tell me what you linger here for,

Im sure tis on no good Design. Is

Cario. We stand here on no Design of Good towards

tg ble Provision within at
ara. You're making notable Provision within at n
c“ Youre making nonble Prov widin # »

Agath. I wish you could prove your words true; and
in the rage of your Hunger confound your self, and that
Shadow of yours your Fvidence there.
Para. You'll stifly deny it“ Varlets ! But I know what
2 Quantity of costly Fish you have, and cannot be deceiy'
in the Steams of Rhast - meat. a ;
Gerie. What does the Scoundrel keep such a smelling
at! 10k
Agath. He smells the cold Wind most, I believe on
my Conscience; his Garments look a little Frost-nipp'd,
Tara. Gods! can | bear all this? Be treated thus! 1
shall run Mad: Must I be loaded with these Contumelies,
for being honest, and a Friend to Athens? oc:
Azaib. You honest, and a Friend to Athens! When did
you der prefer your Country's Good to your on [nterelt!
Have you been ever Honest? '. {48 ©
Pars. As any Man. | Tf
Agath. Pray, answer me a Question or two,
Para. What would you know?
Azatb Are you an Husbandman? |
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Para. Dee think I'm mad enough to be that Drudge?
Agath. Are you a Merehant?

Para. (m) 1 can put on the Face of one, Ne. — 5

ts ** it.
ve L 5 2 a Trade of any kind?
— Not by
Agath. How 2 oo then subsist, if you do nothing
?

Para. The Affairs of the Republick and every Subject
in it are my Care.

Agath. Thy Care! by what Authority ?

Para. My Will.

Agath. Thou most notorious Villain! hast thou, that
150 f the universal Odium on thy Head, by thrusting
into Matters that concern thee not, the Impudence to file
thy self Honest

Para, Ought 1 not to exert my utmost Powers, thou
doating Fool, to get my Country's P raise?

Agath. Is that the means to get thy Country' s Praise,
bo be ofliclens WOE FUSIy A Mens Af-

Para. Tis deserving her Applause to put her Laws in
Force, aud not to suffer Vice d' infringe her Acts and
pass uncensur'd.

The City has her proper Magistrates for Offices

e these!

ders ?

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— 2 an can appear] treat Abuses. There were nefrom
the Text, As the] ver wanting @ sort of fe

Country of Attica was very | who te shun Taxes, er being
barren, it was subsisted chiefly entted for the Army, prethto'
Commerce, and the A
thenians therefore gave great | Merchants, who for a Spell
Privileges to Merchants. They | of Mony befriended them in
vere exempted from the War, | these Evasions. And this is the

aud paying of Taxes, * Malice of Paranemu's Answer,

Para, Yet granting this, who shall accuse th Offentended

to be Partners with.

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Spa. He that will.
Pa. Iam that he; and all th Afr of the Rep
eck turn on my sole acting.

Agath. In truth the City has a ey Helpmeet ! By
tell me, Wretch, would you not rather live in Ease, and
out of these tumultuous wranglings?
Pars. To be for ever Easie and Unactive, is a Sheep's
slupid Life; t' have no n to divert the
Hours!

a And you would not change your course of

Para. Not for the Wealth of Plutus, and to that all the
Revenues of Cyrenia.
Agath. Come irip\immediately pull off that Coat.
Cario to Para. He speaks to you, Sir,
tar the Evidence flips away; they lay hold on Paranomus,
full off bis Coat, and put him ont theo one, which gs:
thus's Boy carried on hi Arm.) © | |
Agath. Nay, and those Shoes. *
Cario. This is all meant to you, Sir, I tell you,
Para. Gentlemen, pray come one of you to my Al.
Nance, he that will.
Oario. I am that he! ——
Fara. Oh unfortunate atem What Ari rp * plunder
d in broad Day-light !
Curio. What! you get your livelihood by troubling your
self with other Peoples business, do you ß
Para. Do you know what you do, Sirs? Take notice
I call that Man to witness against you.
t [Meaning the Fuidemes be brought with his.
Carie. O, Sir! that Man has some Testimonials of
2 Dispatch, and is. unluckily march'd off a little too
Para. O Heay'ns! am I deserted? Left zlone ?
Cario. You baw}, do you?
Para. I have reason to bawl, and bawl again. |
—.— Hold; let me have that old chread. bare Coat,
ane TY Equip this Rascal with it,
Agath,

Cario. O! where can it be plac'd so suitably as on

this Varlet's Shoulders? You 'ought to give a better to
Hlutus. TD ; . x x

Agath. But
then ?

Cario. Hang em about the Rascals Neck, by all means; |
bell serve to make a good () perch to hang our Offer-"_

ings on!
Para.
wiinst superior force. Bur if I can but meet one Yoakhow

shall; we dispose of those Shoes

I must make off, for tis in vain to contend

mate to Day of my own Profession, let me die if 1 dont

bring this „ to account, who alone withcut
consulting either Senate or People, is for deciding
erery Controversie, and making Innovations in the Gosernment!
|

the Fire and warm your Fingers Ends: TWwas my
When the World frown'd on me af 5

Cario. The Bagnio keeper won't let him hold it very |
long, but whip him up by the Bal-lerondeau's, and whirl
He has a notable insight into a
Rogue's Phisiognomy. But come, let me conduct you

bim into the Kennel.

n to pay your Compliments to Plutus. [Axen
Enter an Old Lady, meeting Chremylus and the Rusticks.
0/4 La. Pray acquaint me, my

wouts is the House that this new Deity lodges at, or whe+

er I have not quite mistaken my ways

Fut. No my pretty young Creature, you

ick of Time, for you are at the very Door.
0.4 La. It might not be improper for me to call some

of the People out. 124 M26 MITE

{n) In allusion to the Custom | my in their Temple, they did it

ol the Ancients, when they | on a Ferch fasten d tothe Walls,
dong up the Spoils of an Ene: | and plac'dthe Shoes underneath,

Chrem. |

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Agath. Hark'e, since you're furnish'd with my Acc W 2%
nements, go run to the Bagnio, get the nearest Seat to

Friends, where--

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Chrem, There's no need, just come from thetce in
flirst aequaint me with your Business.

oli La. Alas! good Sir, I am more ideen he
ou can conceive: Ever since this Deity has recover'd

Sight, I have had a most wretched time of it; I can
scarce call it Living,

Chrem. What a pox can this mean? Are there She. Ia.
formers too? Perhaps you are a Member of that Berrable
Science, Madam.

Old La. Not I, so Fove protect me.

Chrem. Are you not then one of those sociable Dim.
sels that cast Lots over their Cups, who shall be Queen

of the Company ?
Old La. Your Mock'ry wrongs me. A Passion much
more honourable has been my Ruin.

Obrem. What Passion was it? Let us be inform'd.

Old La. Most freely, You must know, I loy'd a mot
accomplish d Youth, more for his Form than Fortune;
tho his Circumstances were mean, his Air was engaging
and 8 d much Honour: And I never made any Reto

him, but he comply'd to it with all the Grace
las inable ! * I, on my part, oblig d him with whate-

And what did he require? |
dl xa. Meer trifles, He was too respectful of me:

Sometimes he would request Mony for Cloaths, sometimes
for Shoes and Stockings only: Then he would have 1
mind to oblige his Sister with a Wrapper, or his Mother
with a new Manteau: or perhaps he was a little at a loss
for his Houshold Provision.

Chrem. Why these are meer Trifles, as you say, indeed;
tor tis plain — did shew you some Respect.

Old La. And yet he would swear, that he never 38k d

thing of me for the lucre of the thing it self: But it
celgh ted him to have something he could call ms Kind-

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Chrem, The Youth has Sense I find; now Fortune
miles, his Taste is mended, and he loaths the Dish which
Porerty and Hunger made him relish!----- by
old La. I call the Gods to witness, till this Day he was

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and Voice,

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01d La. And if he but observed me Dull and C ;
te would be then so fond, and call me Love, his little _
09, his Tit-mouse. . *
Cirem, And then perhaps beg'd a pair of Shoes o
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Od La. And when I rode to Cs Festival, if any

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at it (+) The Mileftanrwere of old them so sound a beating, and

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Frovision, and rob him of one half of your Genero.

extreamly Jealous!

Chrem. Las an Interloper should nate of you

ols La. Then he would say, I had the finest Hands.

Chrem. Ay, when you reached him a comfortable Purse
of Guineas!----

Old La. And praise my Skin, and your i melt so in
grant.

Chrem. When 'twas well soak d with canaryl—

Old La. And chat my Eyes were so languishing and
ba ent Fi

Chrem. He was no Novice in his Courtship that could
i to the Accommodations of a Salt old Saucen

Old La. New 'tis plain, my Friend, that this Deity does

on do me Justice, for he professed. he would redress the
njured.

Obrem. What would you have him do, tell me, and

think it done.

Old La. Let him force this Wretch that 1 have so obliged,
to be grateful for my Favours; or he ought not
to keep a Penyworth of my Bounty.

Chrem. But did not he come out of your Debt every
Night for your Courtesies?

Old La. But he protested he would love me to my dying
Hour.

Chrem. Why, suppose he did ;-----He looks, upon you
now as a thing on the other side of the Gravel

Ol La. I am so worn to a Shadow with his Unkindness,
that you may draw me thro' a Gold Ring.

Chrem, If it were but as wide as the Hoop of 4
Hogshezd !

Old La. But see, the Traitor 1 ee of is coming
hither. I believe verily he's going to pay 2 Visit to the
God Comms,

Chrem. By his Garland and Flambeau, 1 *

me, Neochares. 6 an
Old La. what doe he fy p< TTY
grey in au Instant, .
Old La. Wretch that 1 am! uns bare wer,

ul ne. T
7 den Sure, u, a Yong obe hes ze wr dh
fra · ou, |

Ol La. How long ane think? Fe vis wht me bu

efterday. -
and " Then he must be the direg Reverse of lis Sex;
and see the clearer for being in his Liquor.

ould 01d Ls. No, 'tis not Drunkennefs, but Ihsofence h:

KCN made him thus.

Neoch. O Neptans, and) you Deities, what F
does rows are there on those 58 . T

the * Pray, keep your Flambeau from my Face at

and Chrem. She advises welt; for if one fi Spatkls
should fly upon her, no dried Chips, would 12

ob- Fire.

not _ Come, shall we. wanton it ugetzer a AY

very 01d La. Where; Hoh Birbioat Min? eee

Neoch. Ey herez come, take these Nut?
Old La. For what? What youthful Frolick's 1 n
Neoch. Now will T Fed what Ruler of Teeth
you you have in your Head.
Chrem. Nay, I'll put in for a Conjecture in that Mat
cind- ter; some Three, 1 8, or Four at farthet, © ©
Neuch. You? ve lost the Betr;=------ for she bas” but one
f a bDesolate Stump, by all that's Toetliless.”
01d La. Thou Inconsid rate Man! ha't tho no more
ming Discretion than to make me the Mark of your: —
the 4 AY Thus Russian- like, to besprinkle me Wirk
candal? 2
e so Neoch. A good n Sprinklisg, 1 1 know,
Bun 'ght be of singular . 8 Chrem,

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fain 1 these Garlands to Pluto.

Chrem. 1 much fear she's so beplaster'd with Ceryse,
that the washing would take off the false Gloss; and lee

her Wrinkles and Deformity naked!

eee Methinks you're frolicksome for one of you
ears ——

Noeoch. Perha be means to proye thee, Lew, paddles
in thy soft m. and thinks I see it not.

\ Old La. By Venus, I protest tis false, thou. vile

Cbrem. And I, by Proserpine, I'm, not 0 mad, Bor!
cannot bear it, Youth, that you should hate so lovely 2
young Heifer. |

Neoch, I hate her !-----I adore her.

Chrem. Why, she complains of you.

Neoch, What can she tax me of?

2 That you but now reproach'd her wich the
Proverb, That : e Milesians once were valiant Men.

00, Come, come, Iwill not wrangle with r for

| 8 What do you mean?
Nieoch. I have a Tendour for your Age, and can orlook
in you what I Hould resenc in another; go, take
her to your Arms, and clasp the Charmer.

Chrem. O, I know, I know how it stands with you:
You have taken a Surfeit on her Favours.

Old La. Who, but he would. so shamesully ref

Neoch, I would. not talk to "thee, that hast sold thy

Favour these ten thousand Years, and to as many Per-
Cbrem. If you have drunk out the Wine, you ought to
be content with the Dregs.
Neoch. But these Dregs are a little of the Baleft, and
turn'd sower.
W O, but a proper Application may cali refine
Neoch. Come, conduct me to your House, 1 would

De World's Idol. 51
Old Ls. I have likewise a Suit to the Day
Neoch. Then I defer. my Visit. | 0 |
Chrem, Pluck up "a good Heart; she” won't ravish you,
] warrant you.
Neoch, I believe that. Her Barrel's too well pirch'd for
the Wine to find so speedy a Vent!-.--. ©
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Heels.
Chrem. Immortal Fove! How obstinately this old
of Leachery clings. to he Youth, like an by to a
Rocks © | | -

ACT V. SCENE»

Ester Mercury, who knocks at Chremylus- 7 Derr,
then stards* Ade; ; Cario owe abe Door, and
fares about. - OR N.

Cario, 0s that Thunder —
the Devil! Have we got an Iuvisible Visi.
ter; or is our Door turn'd whimsical, and made alt this
Noise of its own accord? | [Going in again.
Mercu. Hola ! Cario, Cario; a Word with you youre
now, be not so hast
Cario, Ho! Friend, was it you rapp'd at our Door with
so much Vigeur- 2 1093
Mercu. Not l, by Fove ; but I must have done, if youd |
Presence bad not saved me the labour. But stir your
Srumps, and call out your Master, your Mistress, their
Children, and their Servants, their Dogs and their Hogs,
and pray remember to lead up the ___ of the Brutes

your self.
mighty Fain 2 all

Cario. And to what end all this, I pray ?
Mercu. To What end, Hang-do 7 The. mig
las decreed to make an Oglio o 8

51 Y L UT US. Or,

into the same Bag, and give you a that into the middle
of the River.

Cario. The Messenger of such News delve to have
his Tongue cut out. Why does Fupiter think of using us
so inhumanely?

Merex. Because you have commited the most Notorious
of all Crimes: For since Plutus has regain'd bis Eyes,
not one Soul has offer'd to us so much as a Grain of lo
cense, a-strip of Lavrrel, a handful of Meal, or the least
Trifle. in Nature: In short, we are no longer thought
on, nor ĩs any kind of Sacrifice now bestowed on us.

Cario. Nor ever will again, I dare promise: For you
but very indifferent Gare of us, when we were libe-

Mercu. As to what coneerns the other Deities, it is no
great Care of mine ; but for my own part I am even fr
mish'd to Death.
Cerio. You {peak very sensibly, Sir.
10 Mera. Before. I had every * —

om all your chenting Traders the be 61 ries
desire. Cakes fopp'd in Wine, Tosts — — Figs,
and any thing elle they knew honest Mercury was —
but now I may lay me down, stretch. out my L and
starve at my leisure! —

Cario. Tis no more than you ae for so auwiy
raging those thee n with so much Laber

lity.

Meren, Alas! How tines are bang d: 5 What .are
become of all those Cakes that were -used-ro-be prepar'd
for me on the fourth Day of every Month?)

du (29 1 ee "vill be e to search

( Every Day of the Month 0 'Tis 8 that C4
at Athens was consecrated to | ries answers Mercury in mw
some God or Heroe. The first | that allude to the en
and the seventh to Apollo, the | ry. Hercules going with ofo
fourth to 'Mercwry, the eighth into Colchir, and being cometo
10 — ies, sent Hylas to search

Te World's Idol.

for things not in being; and your Interrogatory ia a. little |

out of Season.

Mercu. O the Shoulders of every victim char e once e fel

to my Share!

Cario. Now you are n and li ht and in a Cue for
a Game at Leap-'

Mercu. O those Noble steaming Entrails that Lonce eat

Activity, what should you think
frog ?

your Entrails.—.—

Cario. Ie seems to me that your, chief Pain comes flo X
Mercu, And the lusty Chalice of Wine that 1 quatsed?

Cario. If you could but meet with such a one here,
you'd scarce be in haste to return to your old Warters!

Mereu, But will you do your Friend one good OFfice?

Cario. Any thing that i is in my! Power to serye you

Mercu. Do so much as bring me one good Crust of
Bread and a tender little Slice of * Meat; you had a

Sacrifice but now:

Cario. But, you know, I must not offer to touch

that.

Cupboard, have I kept your Villanies conceal'd

Eario. And good reason,

Sharer; for an Hony Cake was t

Connivance.

Mercs. Vet often when you have robb'd your Master's

for you were sare to be 2
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and carry'd e Boy, an

Hercules weaty with — cs,
on of him, ran about crying,
Hylas! a till at last he

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was design'd for me. -
Cure. uss whebever 1 was taken napping” in an
Enormity, you never was so kind to bear a * of the
Blows t were my certain Perquifite. |
Merc, Well; (7) no Remembring of old:
now you have taken the Town, Cario——But have —

Compassion i in your good Fortune, and let meberogitre
in your Family.
Serie. How! Will you relinquish the Gods, to tike
up your Residence with us Mortal?
Meeres. Most certainly; for you live 2 thousand times
etter.
Carjo. But is it hondurable to turn Refugee, and leave
Four Country thus in private ?
ex. That Place is every Man'; Country, where he
can live. and flourish best.
Curio. What Service would ycu propose to do us?
VAercu. Let me be Our Porter.
© Gario. Our*Porter{-----O Pox, we have no Occasion for
a Porter,
Mercy. Let me buy in for the House, and serve you
that way.
Sie. No, we are too rich to want Mercury to tum
he Penny for us.
Atlerenm Can my Craft and Subtlety assist your
No, rot Subtleties, we are all chase
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you have taken Phyle. Thra-theseby it wat provided, that
4 tesalviag 10- deliver - .
zbens from the thirty Tyzants, | past Damages. This greu into
A took possession of a Proverb, and is bete .
\Fbyis;;/ heb Pen of- | to: — —— . — Marc#ry. Th
tica: Upou rhis foxtunate be- Afsait happen d eder,
ginning, all his Schemes sue- before the playing of this C
the Lacedemonians were I medy.

some proof what you Te good for. LE Mercury.

Mercu. Dont you want' a Guide when vou Tra-

Caris. No; we shall — — Gps, |
now Plutus has bis Eyes.

Mercy. Then I will be the Master of your Revels; p!

thee don't throw me out of every thing: Tis the b

thing Plutus can do to make Masquerades, give Musick-
Mecrings, and encourage Exercise.

Cario. What a brave thing it is to have : many Sircames,
and to every Name a several : For out of
this Variety has he pick'd up a — Tr Thus is it
policy in our Patriots that are ambitious of sitting in Par -
lament, to fix their Interest in several Bor

Mercu. Shall I have a place in your House then for this
lat Quality?

Cario. Go, turn in; and carry the Victims Entrails to
the Well, and scow'r em thoroughly, that we may have

Enter a Priest of Jupiter.

Priefl, Who can inform me rightly where cli
lives ?

Cario. Reverend Sir, what good News have you for

Priest. Ve no News but what's bad, Heav'n knows :
For since Plutus has had his Eyes, I ami een starvd; 1
have not a Morsel to put 1 the* a Priest of
* 98 Protector. | oh} 354

Fad Fa nay

() 14 is in the Greek It is | Courts, one for Criminat unde. :
not without reason that those | the other — =
who are desirous of being bad * petry ones, for
Judges, have theit Names wit - Affairs of less Consequence, and E
ten at several places. The Poer | there were always People sond
rallies a set of Men, that for of being chose into ==
the lake of being elected Judges, Offices, and of dna all

put tu their Names "A every | Game rather

place of Jurisdi&ion.. For " tho” out.

there were but tuo principal |

Cario. But what can be the Meaning of this, in the
Name of all the Gods? |
Priest. The Meaning? There isn't one Soul continues to
Sacrifice. A % |
Cario. Wherefore? © 5 Rong
Priest. Because all now are grown rich; when we had
our Paupers in being, every Merchant that scap d drown.
ing, came and thank'd Fove with a Victim for his sase
Return: Every one that got out of the Gripe of the Law
confess'd his Gratitude ; and those that had a whim to
make a splendid Sacrifice often invited the Priest to the
Ceremony. But now there is not one remains that can
afford to make the most trivial Offering: Not one comes
near the Temple in Reverence, but thousands in Roguery
lay their Tails at the Door.
Cario. And don't you take the Tythes of their Ciyility?
bots |
5 . Therefore have I refolv'd to shake Hands with
Jupiter and his Attendance, and fix here amongst you.
Cario, Well resolv d; never fear Matters will go swimmingly,
if the God consent; for the true protecting Four
is amongst us, and came hither of his own accord.
Priest. What blessed News do you tell me?
Cario, Have bur a little Patience; we are going this moment
to place Platus where Fupiter stands, (t) and leave
him to guard the Treasure that lies behind the Temple of
the Goddess. Soho! there, bring out the lighted Torches:
You shall bear them, and march before the Deity.
Priest. With all my Heart, and 'tis no more than ought
to be done. Ie |
Cario. Now let Plutus be qonducted onwards.
[Towards the back part of the Scene appears Plutus
lead by Chremylus, Rusticks attending.

t.) Behind the Temple of | Athenians was reposited ; which

Fallas, there lay a Fort which | Treasure was under the Cuie of

was call'd Opistodemus, and | Jupiter Servator. |
thers the Treasure of the * 4

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Enter the Old Lady, who comes formardt.

Old La. Most cursed Disappointment! What shall I do!

Cario. Do! Clap these () Flaskets on your Head, and
carry them with State and Gravity! Your Cloaths are gay
id Ornamental, and you seem pick d out by Providen
for the business, 810 6

O'd La. But what's this to my Business?

Cario. O pluck up a Courage, and all shall 95 right:
And the Spark you love with such Tendergess, this Evening
will pay you his Compliments. 42

Old La. If you do sincerely assure me that I shall see
bim, I will carry these Flaskets, 457

Cario. Be not distrustful: Come, accouter your self and
follow the Parade! [Puts the Baskets on her Head, and
turns her into the Train.) Now can I compare this odd
Damsel and her Flaskets to nothing more properly than
a coz-ning Fraiterer, the worst of whose Ware |
les at the bottom of 1 10 ——— —

Rust ic ks. Come, m s; they are all d oil
Rank and File, and — have nothing else to do but follo |
the Train, and express our Satis faction. I[LRAπν,Lk

() When the Ancients Con- The Poet with à Wotld of
seccated their Altars, or set up | ric lays hold of this
Statues to the Gods, they | cumstance to rally those old
made their young Women car- | Dames, who, forgetting
ty Flaskets of boil'd fulfe and | Decencies of Age, went like
Herbs, for the first Offering: young Girls, the more to en-
Aud these young Women were | gage the Affections of their

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