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tudy-Lock was pickt--I begin to suspect him-- _Bea_. I saw him once open a Lock with the Bone of a Breast of Mutton, and break an Iron Bar asunder with the Eye of a Needle. Sir _Cau_. Prodigious!--well, I say the Devil still. _Enter Sir_ Feeble. Sir _Feeb_. Who's this talks of the Devil?--a Pox of the Devil, I say, this last night's Devil has so haunted me-- Sir _Cau_. Why, have you seen it since, Brother? Sir _Feeb_. In Imagination, Sir. _Bel_. How, Sir, a Devil? Sir _Feeb_. Ay, or a Ghost. _Bel_. Where, good Sir? _Bea_. Ay, where? I'd travel a hundred Mile to see a Ghost-- _Bel_. Sure, Sir, 'twas Fancy. Sir _Feeb_. If 'twere a Fancy, 'twas a strong one; and Ghosts and Fancy are all one if they can deceive. I tell you--if ever I thought in my Life--I thought I saw a Ghost--Ay, and a damnable impudent Ghost too; he said he was a--a Fellow here--they call _Bellmour_. _Bel_. How, Sir! _Bea_. Well, I wou'd give the world to see the Devil, provided he were a civil affable Devil, such an one as _Wasteall's_ Acquaintance is-- Sir _Cau_. He can show him too soon, it may be. I'm sure as civil as he is, he helps him to steal my Gold, I doubt--and to be sure--Gentlemen, you say he's a Gamester--I desire when he comes anon, that you wou'd propose to sport a Dye, or so--and we'll fall to play for a Teaster, or the like--and if he sets any money, I shall go near to know my own Gold, by some remarkable Pieces amongst it; and if he have it, I'll hang him, and then all his six hundred a Year will be my own, which I have in Mortgage. _Bea_. Let the Captain and I alone to top upon him--mean time, Sir, I have brought my Musick, to entertain my Mistress with a Song. Sir _Feeb_. Take your own methods, Sir--they are at leisure--while we go drink their Healths within. Adod, I long for night, we are not half in kelter, this damn'd Ghost will not out of my Head yet. [_Exeunt all but_ Bellmour. _Bel_. Hah--a Ghost! what can he mean? A Ghost, and _Bellmour's_! --Sure my good Angel, or my Genius, In pity of my Love, and of _Leticia_-- But see _Leticia_ comes, but still attended-- _Enter_ Leticia, _Lady_ Fulbank, Diana. --Remember--oh, remember to be true? [Aside to her, passing by goes out. L. _Ful_. I was sick to know with what Christian Patience you bore the Martyrdom of this Night. _Let_. As those condemn'd bear the last
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