Which my rare Widow hath been telling to me

To raise my morning mirth, if she will lend

Her patient hearing, I will here recite

A Parable; and, the more to suit her taste,

The scene is laid in the East.

Mrs. F. I long to hear it.

Some tale, to fit his wife.

[Aside.

Kath. Now, comes my TRIAL.

Lucy. The hour of your deliverance is at hand,