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ew you; and Trusty, my woman, shall be ever awake for you: you need not fear to communicate any thing with her, for she is a Fidelia. I pray you wear this jewel for my sake, sir Dauphine.-- [ENTER CENTAURE.] Where is Mavis, Centaure? CEN: Within, madam, a writing. I'll follow you presently: [EXIT HAU.] I'll but speak a word with sir Dauphine. DAUP: With me, madam? CEN: Good sir Dauphine, do not trust Haughty, nor make any credit to her, whatever you do besides. Sir Dauphine, I give you this caution, she is a perfect courtier, and loves nobody but for her uses: and for her uses she loves all. Besides, her physicians give her out to be none o' the clearest, whether she pay them or no, heaven knows: and she's above fifty too, and pargets! See her in a forenoon. Here comes Mavis, a worse face then she! you would not like this, by candle-light. [RE-ENTER MAVIS.] If you'll come to my chamber one o' these mornings early, or late in an evening, I will tell you more. Where's Haughty, Mavis? MAV: Within, Centaure. CEN: What have you, there? MAV: An Italian riddle for sir Dauphine,--you shall not see it i'faith, Centaure.-- [EXIT CEN.] Good sir Dauphine, solve it for me. I'll call for it anon. [EXIT.] CLER [COMING FORWARD.]: How now, Dauphine! how dost thou quit thyself of these females? DAUP: 'Slight, they haunt me like fairies, and give me jewels here; I cannot be rid of them. CLER: O, you must not tell though. DAUP: Mass, I forgot that: I was never so assaulted. One loves for virtue, and bribes me with this; [SHEWS THE JEWEL.] --another loves me with caution, and so would possess me; a third brings me a riddle here: and all are jealous: and rail each at other. CLER: A riddle! pray let me see it. [READS.] Sir Dauphine, I chose this way of intimation for privacy. The ladies here, I know, have both hope and purpose to make a collegiate and servant of you. If I might be so honoured, as to appear at any end of so noble a work, I would enter into a fame of taking physic to-morrow, and continue it four or five days, or longer, for your visitation. Mavis. By my faith, a subtle one! Call you this a riddle? what's their plain dealing, trow? DAUP: We lack Truewit to tell us that. CLER: We lack him for somewhat else too: his knights reformadoes are wou
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