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SCENE III.
Who's at the Door?
'Tis I.
I; what I?
I, I tell ye.
Sure the Devil and his Dam has possest ye, for bouncing at our Doors.
How?—
So, as to make y' a poor Rogue as long as you've a day to live.
Socia!
That's my Name indeed; except you think I've lost my Memory.—What's your Bus'ness?
Rascal, ha' ye th' Impudence t' enquire after my Bus'ness?
Yes marry have I.—Why, you Blockhead, you've almost thrown the Door off the Hinges. D'ye think our Doors are made at the publick Charge?—What makes ye stare so, Bufflehead? What's your Busi∣ness, I say? And who are ye?
Varlet, how dare y' ask such a Question? Thou cursed branded Rogue! As I'm a living Soul, I'll drub ye to some tune for all your Sauciness?
Certainly you must ha' been a prodigal Dog in your time.
Why so, Sirrah?
Because i'your old Days you're forc'd to come begging to me for a Beating.
Thy Back, Slave, shall soundly pay for all this.
Then I shall sacrifice—
What?
Something to your Worships Pa•…•…e.