Bartholmew fayre : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614 by the Lady Elizabeths seruants, and then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie ; The diuell is an asse : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1616, by His Maiesties seruants ; The staple of newes : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1625, by His Maiesties seruants by the author, Beniamin Iohnson.
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Bartholmew fayre : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614 by the Lady Elizabeths seruants, and then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie ; The diuell is an asse : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1616, by His Maiesties seruants ; The staple of newes : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1625, by His Maiesties seruants by the author, Beniamin Iohnson.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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1631.
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"Bartholmew fayre : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614 by the Lady Elizabeths seruants, and then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie ; The diuell is an asse : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1616, by His Maiesties seruants ; The staple of newes : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1625, by His Maiesties seruants by the author, Beniamin Iohnson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04633.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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ACT. I. SCENE. VII.
PVG. FITZDOTTREL. INGINE.
HEere is one Ingine, Sir, desires to speake with you.
FIT.
I thought he brought some newes, of a broker! Well,Let him come in, good Diuell: fetch him else.O, my fine Ingine! what's th'affaire? more cheats?
ING.
No Sir, the Wit, the Braine, the great Proiector,I told you of, is newly come to towne.
FIT.
Where, Ingine?
ING.
I ha'brought him (H'is without)Ere hee pull'd off his boots, Sir, but so follow'd,For businesses:
FIT.
But what is a Proiector?I would conceiue.
ING.
Why, one Sir, that proiectsWayes to enrich men, or to make 'hem great,By suites, by marriages, by vndertakings:According as hee sees they humour it.
FIT.
Can hee not coniure at all?
ING.
I thinke he can, Sir.(To tell you true) but, you doe know, of late,The State hath tane such note of 'hem, and compell'd 'hem,To enter such great bonds, they dare not practice.
FIT.
'Tis true, and I lie fallow for't, the while!
ING.
O, Sir! you'll grow the richer for the rest.
FIT.
I hope I shall: but Ingine, you doe talkeSomewhat too much, o'my courses. My Cloake-customer
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Could tell mee strange particulars.
ING.
By my meanes?
FIT.
How should he haue'hem else?
ING.
You do not know, Sr,What he has: and by what arts! A monei'd man, Sir,And is as great with your Almanack-Men, as you are!
FIT.
That Gallant?
ING.
You make the other wait too long, here:And hee is extreme punctuall.
FIT.
Is he a gallant?
ING.
Sir, you shall see: He'is in his riding suit,As hee comes now from Court. But heere him speake:Minister matter to him, and then tell mee.
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