Lov. Oliver the first, an’t please ye.

L. Lam. Of horrid Memory; write that down—who yours?

2 Lady. Richard the fourth, an’t like your Honour.

Gill. Of sottish Memory; shall I write that down too?

L. Des. Most remarkably.

Crom. Heav’ns! Can I hear this Profanation of our Royal Family? [Aside.

L. Lam. I wonder with what impudence Noll and Dick cou’d Knightify your Husbands; for ’tis a Rule in Heraldry, that none can make a Knight but him that is one; ’tis Sancha Pancha’s Case in Don Quixot.

Crom. How dare you question my Husband’s Authority? [Rises in Anger.

Who nobly won his Honour in the Field,

Not like thy sneaking Lord who gain’d his Title