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Cutter of Coleman-street.
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Scene 5.

Enter Truman junior.

Trum.Come, Madam, the Priest stays for us too long;
I ask your pardon for my dull delay,
And am asham'd of 't.

Luc.What does he mean? I'l go with him what e'er it mean.
[Exeunt

Scene 6.

Enter Cutter, Tabitha, Boy.

[Sings.Cut.Come to my bed, my dear, my dear,
My dear come to my bed,
For the pleasant pain, and the loss with gain
Is the loss of a Maidenhead.
For the pleasant, &c.

Tab.Is that a Psalm, Brother Husband, which you sing?

Cut.No, Sister Wife, a short Ejaculation onely.
Well said, Boy, bring in the things,——
Boy brings a Hat and Feather, Sword and Belt, broad Lac'd Band, and Periwig.

Tab.What do you mean, Brother Abednego? you will not turn Cavalier, I hope, again, you will not open before Sion in the dressings of Babylon?

Cut.What do these cloathes befit Queen Tabitha's husband upon her day o' Nuptials? this Hat with a high black chimney for a crown, and a brim no broader than a Hatband? Shall I, who am to ride the Purple Dromedary, go drest like Revelation Fats the Basket-maker? Give me the Peruique, Boy; shall Empress Tabitha's husband go as if his head were scalded? or wear the Seam of a shirt here for a a Band? Shall I who am zealous even to slaying, walk in the streets without a Sword, and not dare to thrust men from the wall, if any shall presume to take't of Empress Tabitha? Are the Fidlers coming, Boy?

Tab.