Fit. Where? Are there any Schooles for Ladies? Is there An Academy for women? I doe know, 20 For men, there was: I learn’d in it, my ſelfe, To make my legges, and doe my poſtures.
Ing. Sir. Doe you remember the conceipt you had— O’ the Spaniſh gowne, at home?
Ingine whiſpers Merecraft, Merecraft turnes to Fitz-dottrel.
Mer. Ha! I doe thanke thee, With all my heart, deare Ingine. Sir, there is 25 A certaine Lady, here about the Towne, An Engliſh widdow, who hath lately trauell’d, But ſhee’s call’d the Spaniard; cauſe ſhe came Lateſt from thence: and keepes the Spaniſh habit. Such a rare woman! all our women heere, 30 That are of ſpirit, and faſhion flocke, vnto her, As to their Preſident; their Law; their Canon; More then they euer did, to Oracle-Foreman. Such rare receipts ſhee has, Sir, for the face; Such oyles; such tinctures; such pomatumn’s; 35 Such perfumes; med’cines; quinteſſences, &c. And ſuch a Miſtreſſe of behauiour; [127] She knowes, from the Dukes daughter, to the Doxey, What is their due iuſt: and no more!
Fit. O Sir! You pleaſe me i’ this, more then mine owne greatneſſe, 40 Where is ſhee? Let vs haue her.
Mer. By your patience, We muſt vſe meanes; caſt how to be acquainted—
Fit. Good, Sr, about it.
Mer. We muſt think how, firſt.
Fit. O! I doe not loue to tarry for a thing, When I haue a mind to’t. You doe not know me. 45 If you doe offer it.
Mer. Your wife muſt ſend Some pretty token to her, with a complement, And pray to be receiu’d in her good graces, All the great Ladies do’t.