_Griff._ The young gentleman's in a passion.
Mr. _Barn._ They're all gone for all that, and the _Sword Royal_'s the
best general in Christendom.
_Enter ~Erastus~'s servant, talking with ~Lisetta~._
_Lis._ What, that tall gentleman I saw in the garden with ye?
_Serv._ The same, he's my master's uncle, and ranger of the king's
forests----He intends to leave my master all he has.
Mr. _Barn._ Don't I know this scoundrel? What, is his master here? What
do you do here, rascal?
_Serv._ I was asking which must be my master's chamber.
Mr. _Barn._ Where is your master?
_Serv._ Above stairs with your wife and daughter; and I want to know
where he's to lie that I may put up his things.
Mr. _Barn._ Do you so, rascal?
_Serv._ A very handsome inn this--Here, drawer, fetch me a pint of wine.
Mr. _Barn._ Take that, rascal, do you banter us?
[_Kicks him out._
_Enter Mrs. ~Barnard~._
Mrs. _Barn._ What is the meaning of this, husband? Are not you asham'd
to turn your house into an inn----and is this a dress for my spouse,
and a man of your character?
Mr. _Barn._ I'd rather wear this dress than be ruin'd.
Mrs. _Barn._ You're nearer being so than you imagine: for there are
some persons within, who have it in their power to punish you for your
ridiculous folly.
_Enter ~Erastus~, leading in ~Mariamne~._
Mr. _Barn._ How, Sir, what means this? who sent you here?
_Er._ It was the luckiest star in your firmament that sent me here.
Mr. _Barn._ Then I doubt, at my birth, the planets were but in a scurvy
disposition.
_Er._ Killing one of the king's stags, that run hither for refuge,
is enough to overturn a fortune much better established than
yours----However, Sir, if you will consent to give me your daughter,
for her sake I will bear you harmless.
Mr. _Barn._ No, Sir, no man shall have my daughter, that won't take my
house too.
_Er._ Sir, I will take your house; pay you the full value of it, and
you shall remain as much master of it as ever.
Mr. _Barn._ No, Sir, that won't do neither; you must be master
yourself, and from this minute begin to do the honours of it in your
own person.
_Er._ Sir, I readily consent.
Mr. _Barn._ Upon that condition, and in order to get rid of my house,
here, take my daughter----And now, Sir, if you think you've a hard
bargain, I don't care if I toss you in my wife to make you amends.
_Well then, since all things thus are fairly sped,
My ~Son~ in anger, and my ~Daughter~ wed;
My ~House~ dispos'd of, the sole cause of strife, }
I now may hope to lead a happy life, }
If I can part with my ~Engaging Wife~._ }
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