SCENE V.
Albumazar, Pandolfo, Trincalo.[293]
Alb. The chamber's fit: provide the plate and hangings,
And other necessaries: give strict order
The room be cleans'd, perfum'd, and hang'd; meanwhile,
With astrolabe[294] and meteoroscope,[295]
I'll find the cusp[296] and alfridaria,[297]
And know what planet is in cazimi.[298]
Pan. All shall be ready, sir, as you command it.
Trin. Doctor Albumazar, I have a vein of drinking;
An[299] artery of lechery runs through my body:
Pray, when you turn me, gentlemen, preserve
Those two, if't may be done with reputation.
Alb. Fear not; I'll only call the first good fellowship,[300]
And th' other civil recreation.
Trin. And when you come
To th' heart, spoil not the love of Armellina;
And in my brain leave as much discretion
As may spy falsehood in a tavern reckoning;
And let me alone for bounty to wink and pay't;
And if you change me perfectly,
I'll bring y' a dozen knights for customers.
Alb. I warrant thee. Sir, are you well instructed
In all these necessaries?
Pan. They're in my table-book.
Alb. Forget not clothes for th' new transform'd, and robes
For me to sacrifice—you know the fashion.
I'll rather change five, than apparel one:
For men have living souls—clothes are unanimate.
Pan. Here, take this ring, deliver it to my brother,
An officer in the Wardrobe; he'll furnish you
With robes and clothes of any stuff or fashion.
Alb. Almuten Alchochoden[301] of the stars attend you.
Pan. I kiss your hands, divine astrologer.