Bon. And what think you then of my daughter Cherry for a wife?
Gib. Look 'ee, my'dear Bonny—Cherry is the Goddess I adore, as the song goes; but it is a maxim, that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another; for if they should, the Lord have mercy on 'em both! [Exeunt.
ACT V., SCENE I.
A Room in Bonifaces Inn, Knocking without, enter Boniface.
Bon. Coming! Coming!—A coach and six foaming horses at this time o' night I some great man, as the saying is, for he scorns to travel with other people.
Enter Sir Charles Freeman.
Sir Chas. What, fellow! a public house, and abed when other people sleep?
Bon. Sir, I an't abed, as the saying is.