Scar. This must be a conjuring Book by the hard Words. AB, EB, IB, OB, UB, BA, BO, BU, BI.
Harl. Its a Child's Primer. [Harlequin looks over him.
Scar. The Devil, the Devil; be gon, avoid Satan. [Runs off.
Harl. O the Devil! Now will I lye as if I were Dead, and let the Devil go hunt for my Soul. [Lyes down.
Enter Scaramouche.
Scar. I have learn'd to raise the Devil, but how the Devil shall I do to lay him. Ha! what's here, a dead Body? The Devil assum'd this Body, and when I began to mutter my Prayers, he was in such haste he left his Carcass behind him. Ha! it stirs; no, 'twas but my Fancy.
[Scaram. lifts up all his Limbs, and lets 'em fall, whil'st Harl. hits him on the Breech, lifts his Head, which falls gently.
All's dead but's Head. [Sets him upright.
The Devil, the Devil! Be gon; what art thou?
Harl. A poor unfortunate Devil.
Scar. The Devil; Avant then Hagon mogon strogon.