OCR Text |
Show ,78 The MISTAKE* Metaph. You ought however to make choice of the words moft us'd by the beft Authors. Tit vivendo bones, as they fay, Scribendo feauare peritos. Alv. Again ! Metaph. 'Tis Quintilianh o w n Precept. Adv. Oons Metaph. And he has fomething very learned upon k, that may be of fervice to you to hear. Alv. You Son of a Whore, will you hear m e fpeak? Metaph. What may be the Occafion of this unmanly PafTion ? What is it you would have with m e ? Alv, What you might have known an Hour ago, if you had pleas'd. Metaph. You would then have m e hold m y peace-- I fhall. Alv. You will do very well, Metaph. You fee 1 do well; gd on. Alv. W h y then, to begin once again, I fay my Soa Cam illo <- Metaph. Proceed ; 1 fhan't interrupt you. Alv. I fay, m y Son Camillo Metaph. What is it you fay of your Son Camillo ? Alv. That he has got a D o g of a* Tutor, whofe Brains I'll beat out, if he won't hear m e fpeak. Metaph. That Dog is a Phi'ofopher, contemns Paf-fion, and yet will hear you. Alv. I don't believe a word on't, but I'll try once again ; I have a mind to know from you, whether you have obferv'd any thing in m y Son*- -« Metaph. Nothing that is like his Father. Go on. Alv. Have a care. Metaph. I do net interrupt you; but you are long in coming to a Conclufion. Alv. W h y thou haft not let m e begin yet. Metaph. And yet 'tis high time to have made an end. Alv. Doft thou know thy Danger ? I have not • thus much Patience left. § (Shewing the end of his Finger. Mttflph. TfcMlSTAKE^^ 179 Metaph, Mine is already confum'd. I do not ufe to be thus treated ; my Profeflion is to teach, and not to hear, yet I have hearken'd like a School-Boy, and am not heard, altho a Mafter. Alv. Get out of the Room. Metaph. I will not. If the Mouth of a wife M an be fhut, he is, as it were, a Fool; for who fhall know his Underftanding ? therefore a certain Philofopher faid Well, Speak, that thou may'ft be known ; great Talkers, without Knowledge, are as the Winds that whiftle ; but •they w h o have Learning, fhould fpeak aloud. If this be not permitted, we may expect to fee the whole Order of Nature o'erthrown-, Hens devour Foxes, and Lambs deftroy Wolves, Nurfes fuck Children, and Children give Suck; Generals mend Stockings, and Chambermaids take Towns; we may exped, I fay • Alv. That, and that, and that, and [Strikes him, and kic\s him; and then follows him off with a Bell at his Ear. • JMetaph. O Tempera ! O Mores ! ACT HL SCENE I. SCENE, the Street. Enter Lopez. Lop. nOmetimes Fortune feconds a bold Defign, and (3 when Folly has brought us into a Trap, Impudence brings us out on't. I have been caught by this hot-headed Lover here, and have told like a Puppy what I fhall be beaten for like a Dog. Come ! Courage, m y dear Lopez ; Fire will fetch out Fire : Thou haft told one body thy Matter's Secret, e'en tell it to half a dozen more, and try h ow that will thrive j go tell it 10 the |