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Show r,^ Love and a Bottle. 2 Bail. Come, Sir. Pam. Well, well, Sir, I'll pledge ye. Prithee now, good Mr. Lyrick, don't difturb me. - And furious Lightnings brandifh'd in her Eyes. That's true Spirit of Poetry. i Bail. Zoons, Sir, d'ye banter us? (Takes him under etc Arm, and hauls him up Pam. Gentlemen-I beg your pardon. H o w d'ye like the City, Gentlemen ? If you have any occafion for Books to carry into the Country, I can furnifh you as well as an; M a n about Paul's. Where's Mr. Lyrick. i Bail. Thefe Wits are damnable cunning. I always have double Fees for arrefting one of you Wits. All your Evafiow won't do ; we underftand trap, Sir; you muft not think to catch old Birds with Chaff, Sir. Pam. Zoons, Gentlemen, I'm not the Perfon; I'm a Freem a n of the City ; I have good Efte&s, Gentlemen, good Effect. D'ye think to make a Fool of m e ? I'm a Bookfeller^ no Poet. 2 Bail. Ay, Sir, w e know what you are by your FoolV Cap there. J: i Bail. Yes, one of you Wits wou'd have pafs'd upon uifc for a Corn-cutter Yefterday; and was fo like one, we had a 1 m o ft believ'd him. (Hauls him, Pam. W h y Gentlemen, Gentlemen, Officers, have a little Patience, and Mr. Lyrick will come up Stairs. i Bail. No, no ?« Mr. Lyrick lhall go down Stairs. wou'd have us wait till fome Friends come in to refcue Ah ! Thefe Wits are Devililh cunning. (Exit hauling Pamphlet, Enter Lyrick, Mockmode, andQ\ub; Lyrick drefsd. A Lyr. Ha, ha, ha. Very Poetical, Faith; a good Biol for a Play, Mr. Mockmode; a Bookfeller bound in Calves- Leather.-Hi, ha, h a . - H o w they walk'd along like the three Volumes of the Englifh Rogue fquecz'd together on Shelf. Mock. What was it ? W h a t was it, Mr. Lyrick * Lyr. W h y , I a m a Statefman, Sir. 1 can't but laugh, to think how they'll fpunge the Sheet before the Errata be blotted out; and then how he'll hamper the Dogs for f*l •Imprifonment. Mock. But pray what's the matter, Mr. Lyrick * Lyr. Nothing, Sir, but a fhirking Bookfeller that ow'd tX about mhiem .o f ff,o rftyo GIu ifenneta sf ofro ra ac ofuepwl e Lionfe sB.u llH-ed oewso,u 'adn d harvreeMt otpdeudt) |