Will. Prithee let's go
see 'em; what do they pay for going in? Feth. Pay- I'd have you to
know they are Monsters of Quality. Shift. And not to be seen but by
particular Favour of their Guardian, whom I am got acquainted with,
from the Friendship I have with the Merchant where they lay. The
Giant, Sir, is in love with me, the Dwarf with Ensign Hunt, and as we
manage Matters we may prove lucky. Beau. And didst thou see the Show?
the Elephant and the Mouse. Shift. Yes, and pleased them wondrously
with News I brought 'em of a famous Mountebank who is coming to
Madrid, here are his Bills- who amongst other his marvellous Cures,
pretends to restore Mistakes in Nature, to new-mould a Face and Body
tho never so misshapen, to exact Proportion and Beauty. This News has
made me gracious to the Ladies, and I am to bring 'em word of the
Arrival of this famous Empirick, and to negotiate the Business of
their Reformation. Will. And do they think to be restor'd to moderate
sizes? Shift. Much pleas'd with the Hope, and are resolv'd to try at
any Rate. Feth. Mum, Lieutenant- not too much of their Transformation;
we shall have the Captain put in for a Share, and the Devil would not
have him his Rival: Ned and I are resolv'd to venture a Cast for 'em
as they are- Hah, Ned. [Will. and Beau. read the Bill.
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