ACT III.
SCENE I. Waitwell placing Bottles on the Table.
THis is a dry Subject, Pilgrim; there's no engaging in't with out a Bottle.
You'll have your own ways here.
Have you infus'd the Opiate in his Wine?
I warrant him he sleeps for't; your's is half Water.
If I don't find him a Knave, I'll make him a Fool, for troubling me with his Impertinence: But chiefly, for the dear Jest of exposing his Re∣verence to the Laughter of the Trophane.
Have you done there?Nay, I will have no Blessing upon our Endeavours, but a Bumper—this will banish Crosses: Here's to the falling of the Flesh, and the rising of the Spirit.
'Tis a mysterious Health, of sacred sense; ev'n to the pulling down of Satan's Throne.
A little Wine does well to qualifie the Water you drink in your Pilgrimage.
Sometimes without offence, Wine may be us'd; tho' our whole Life is but a Pilgrimage—
That's as you please to make it. Come Sir, this is the Searcher of Hearts; here's to the opening of ours—
Hearts and Eyes, that we may see our Errors. This Wine will warm him, sure.
Confession is a step to Repentance, you say.
The ready Road—
Then drink off your Glass, Pilgrim: How do you like your Wine?
'Tis warm, I promise you—
Able to distinguish a Saint from a Sinner; and will keep you out of the Mire, better than your wooden Shoes.
'Twill rather leave us there. But to our purpose now—