e, and
so I take it; it stops a great many foolish inquiries
that are generally made about gentlemen that travel,
it gives a man an air of something, and makes the
drawers obedient:--and thus far I am a captain,
and no farther.

_Aim_. And pray, sir, what is your true profession?

_Gib_. O sir, you must excuse me!--upon my word, sir, I
don't think it safe to tell ye.

_Aim_. Ha! ha! ha! upon my word I commend you.

_Re-enter Boniface_.

Well, Mr. Boniface, what's the news? {140}

_Bon_. There's another gentleman below, as the saying is,
that hearing you were but two, would be glad to
make the third man, if you would give him leave.

_Aim_. What is he?

_Bon_. A clergyman, as the saying is.

_Aim_. A clergyman! is he really a clergyman? or is it
only his travelling name, as my friend the captain
has it?

_Bon_. O sir, he's a priest, and chaplain to the French
officers in town. {150}

_Aim_. Is he a Frenchman?

_Bon_. Yes, sir, born at Brussels.

_Gib_. A Frenchman, and a priest! I won't be seen in his
company, sir; I have a value for my reputation, sir.

_Aim_. Nay, but, captain, since we are by ourselves--can
he speak English, landlord?

_Bon_. Very well, sir; you may know him, as the saying
is, to be a foreigner by his accent, and that's all.

_Aim_. Then he has been in England before?

_Bon_. Never, sir; but he's a master of languages, as the
saying is; he talks Latin--it does me good to hear
him talk Latin. {162}

_Aim_. Then you understand Latin, Mr Boniface?

_Bon_. Not I, sir, as the saying is; but he talks it so very
fast, that I 'm sure it must be good.

_Aim_. Pray, desire him to walk up.

_Bon_. Here he is, as the saying is.

_Enter Foigard_.

_Foi_. Save you, gentlemens, bote.

_Aim_. [Aside.] A Frenchman!--[To Foigard.] Sir, your
most humble servant. {170}

_Foi_. Och, dear joy, I am your most faithful shervant,
and yours alsho.

_Gib_. Doctor, you talk very good English, but you have
a mighty twang of the foreigner.

_Foi_. My English is very veil for the vords, but we
foreigners, you know, cannot bring our tongues
about the pronunciation so soon.

_Aim_. [_Aside_.] A foreigner! a downright Teague, by
this light!--[_Aloud_.] Were you born in France,
doctor? {180}

_Foi_. I was educated in France, but I was borned at
Brussels; I am a subject of the King of Spain