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, and the wild Sounder Single, and with my arm'd staff, turn the Boar, Spight of his foamy tushes, and thus strike him; 'Till he fall down my feast. _Ger._ A goodly fellow. _Hub._ What mak'st thee here, ha? [_aside._ _Ger._ We accept thy fellowship. _Hub._ _Hemskirk_, thou art not right I fear, I fear thee. [_aside._ _Enter_ Ferret, _with a Letter._ _Fer._ Here is the paper: and as he said we found it. _Ger._ Give me it, I shall make a shift yet, old as I am, To find your knavery: you are sent here, Sirra, To discover certain Gentlemen, a spy-knave, And if ye find 'em, if not by perswasion To bring 'em back, by poyson to despatch 'em. _Hub._ By poyson, ha? _Ger._ Here is another, _Hubert_; What is that _Hubert_ Sir? _Hem._ You may perceive there. _Ger._ I may perceive a villany and a rank one, Was he joyn'd partner of thy knavery? _Hem._ No. He had an honest end, would I had had so, Which makes him scape such cut-throats. _Ger._ So it seems. For here thou art commanded, when that _Hubert_ Has done his best and worthiest service, this way To cut his throat, for here he's set down dangerous. _Hub._ This is most impious. _Ger._ I am glad we have found ye, Is not this true? _Hem._ Yes; what are you the better? _Ger._ You shall perceive Sir, ere you get your freedom: Take him aside, and friend, we take thee to us, Into our company, thou dar'st be true unto us? _Hig._ I, and obedient too? _Hub._ As you had bred me. _Ger._ Then take our hand: thou art now a servant to us, Welcom him all. _Hig._ Stand off, stand off: I'le do it, We bid ye welcom three wayes; first for your person, Which is a promising person, next for your quality, Which is a decent, and a gentle quality, Last for the frequent means you have to feed us, You can steal 'tis to be presum'd. _Hub._ Yes, venison, and if you want-- _Hig._ 'Tis well you understand right, And shall practise daily: you can drink too? _Hub._ Soundly. _Hig._ And ye dare know a woman from a weathercock? _Hub._ If I handle her. _Ger._ Now swear him. _Hig._ I crown thy _nab_, with a _gag of benbouse_, And _stall_ thee by the _Salmon_ into the _clows_, To _mand_ on the _pad_, and _strike_ all the _cheats_; To _Mill_ from the _Ruffmans_, _commision_ and _slates_, _Twang dell_'s, i' the _stiromell_, and let the _Quire Cuffin_: And _Herman Beck strine_, and _trine_ to the _Ruffin_. _Ger._ Now interpret this
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