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Show £4 Tbe R E H E A R S A L. ^SCENE IV. Enter Gentleman VJher and Phyfician. Vlh r> Ome, Sir ; let's ftate the Matter of Faa, and lay I A our Heads together. P/^T Rieht • lay our Heads together. I love to be ^crryfomerimes; but when a knotty Point comes I lay m y Head clofe to it, with a Snuff-Box in m y Hand; and then I fegue it away, i'faith. Bayes I do juft fo, Tgad, always ^ The grand Queftion is, whether they heard us wkf-per? which I divide thus. , PAvA Yes it muft be divided fo indeed. A That's very complaifant, I fwear, M r . Bayesto be of another Man's Opinion, before he knows what * •. £«>«. Nay, I bring in none here but well-bred Perfons, 1 *uT I divide the Queftion into when they heard, what they heard, and whether they Heard or no. hnhnf Moft admirably divided, I fwear ! 5 As to the when / you fay, juft now: fo that is an- 1^£*£<£* we come to the laft Queftion, •wV**«/, whether they heard or no. c •*/, This is a very wife Scene, Mr. Bayes. tot,' S you haTek right; they are both Polity, ^ Pray then, to proceeS in Method, let me aik you *«&*£ you'll anfwer better; pray let me *k it you, VS. Your Will muft be a Law. S.^tolhiS'f^fM, *,,- nf wtrstTu' -^now that t'o.her is * Piyr/ Well, I do fo. ^ & ^ i h e r e ^ b « v « f t W o r k t o * v « r I^ Jfofe/ This is mighty Methodical. ^ Tfo R E H E A R S A L . 25 2?*jw. Ay, Sir, that's the way ; 'tis the way of Art; there is no other way, I'gad, in bufinefs. PhyJ. Did they hear us whifper ? Vfh. W h y , truly, I can't tell; there's much to be faid upon the word Whifper : to whifper in Latin is fufurrare, which is as much as to fay, to fpeak foftly ; now, if they heard us fpeak foftly, they heard us whifper ; but then, comes in the 'Quomodo, the H o w ; how did they hear us whifper ? W h y as to that, there are two ways : the one by chance or accident; the other on purpofe; that is, with defign to hear us whifper. Phyf. Nay, if they heard us that way, I'll never give 'em Phyfick more. Vfh. Nor I e'er more will walk abroad before 'em. Bayes. Pray mark this, for a great deal depends upon it, towards the latter end of the Play. Smith. I fuppofe that's the reafon w h o you brought in this Scene, Mr. Bayes. Bayes. Partly, it was, Sir; but, I confefs, I was not unwilling, befides, to fhew the World a Pattern, here, how M e n fhould talk of Bufinefs. Johnf. You have done it exceeding well indeed. Bayes. Yes, I think this will do. Phyf. Well, if they heard us whifper, they will turn us out, and no body elfe will take us. Smith. Not for Politicians, I dare anfwer for it. Phyf. Let's then no more ourfelves in vain bemoan : W e are not fafe until w e them unthrone. Vfh. 'Tis right: And fmce Occafion now feems debonair, I'll feize on this, and you fhall take that Chair. [They draw their Swords, and fit in the two great Chairs upon the Stage.] Bayes. There's now an odd Surprize ; the whole State'6 turn'cl quite topfy-turvy, without any pother or ftir in the whole World, I'gad. Johnf A very iilent Change of Government, truly, as ever I heard of. Bayes. It is fo : And yet you fhall fee m e bring 'em in again, by and by, in as odd a way every jot. [The VJurpers march cut] fourifhing their Swords. • Enter |