R.GREENE: THE THIRD PART OF CONY-CATCHING, FROM: G.R. HIBBARD(ED.) THREE ELIZABETHAN PAMPHLETS, LONDON 1951, P.37,L.7 TO P. 52,L. 2/3 =BEING BY CHANCE INVITED TO SUPPER, WHERE WERE PRESENT DIVERS, C30010 BOTH OF WORSHIP AND GOOD ACCOUNT, AS OCCASION SERVED FOR C30020 INTERCOURSE OF TALK, THE PRESENT TREACHERIES AND WICKED DEVICES C30030 OF THE WORLD WAS CALLED IN QUESTION.@AMONGST OTHER MOST C30040 HATEFUL AND WELL WORTHY REPREHENSION, THE WONDROUS VILLAINIES C30050 OF LOOSE AND LEWD PERSONS, THAT BEAR THE SHAPE OF MEN YET ARE C30060 MONSTERS IN CONDITION, WAS SPECIALLY REMEMBERED; AND NOT ONLY C30070 THEY, BUT THEIR COMPLICES, THEIR CONFEDERATES, THEIR BASENATURED C30080 WOMEN, AND CLOSE COMPACTERS WERE NOTED; NAMELY, C30090 SUCH AS TERM THEMSELVES CONY-CATCHERS, CROSS-BITERS, WITH THEIR C30100 =APPERTAINING NAMES TO THEIR SEVERAL =COZENING QUALITIES, AS C30110 ALREADY IS MADE KNOWN TO THE WORLD BY TWO SEVERAL IMPRINTED C30120 BOOKS, BY MEANS WHEREOF THE PRESENT KIND OF CONFERENCE WAS C30130 OCCASIONED. @ C30140 QUOTH A GENTLEMAN =SITTING AT THE TABLE, WHOSE DEEP STEP C30150 INTO AGE DECIPHERED HIS EXPERIENCE, AND WHOSE GRAVITY OF C30160 SPEECH REPORTED HIS DISCRETION; QUOTH HE:@ BY THE TWO PUBLISHED BOOKS C30170 OF =CONY-CATCHING I HAVE SEEN DIVERS THINGS C30180 WHEREOF I WAS BEFORE IGNORANT; =NOTWITHSTANDING, HAD I BEEN C30190 ACQUAINTED WITH THE AUTHOR, I COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM SUCH NOTES C30200 OF NOTORIOUS MATTERS THAT WAY =INTENDING, AS IN NEITHER OF THE C30210 PAMPHLETS ARE THE LIKE SET DOWN.@BESIDE, THEY ARE SO NECESSARY C30220 +TO BE KNOWN, AS THEY WILL BOTH FOREARM ANY MAN AGAINST SUCH C30230 TREACHEROUS VIPERS, AND FOREWARN THE SIMPLER SORT FROM C30240 =CONVERSING WITH THEM. @ C30250 THE GENTLEMAN =BEING KNOWN +TO BE WITHIN COMMISSION OF C30260 THE PEACE , AND THAT WHAT HE SPAKE OF EITHER CAME TO HIM BY C30270 EXAMINATIONS, OR BY =RIDING IN THE CIRCUITS AS OTHER LIKE OFFICERS C30280 DO, WAS ENTREATED BY ONE MAN ABOVE THE REST, AS HIS LEISURE C30290 SERVED HIM, +TO ACQUAINT HIM WITH THOSE NOTES, AND HE WOULD C30300 SO BRING IT +TO PASS, AS THE WRITER OF THE OTHER TWO BOOKS SHOULD C30310 HAVE SIGHT OF THEM, AND IF THEIR QUANTITY WOULD SERVE, THAT HE C30320 SHOULD PUBLISH THEM AS A THIRD AND MORE NECESSARY PART THAN C30330 THE FORMER WERE. @ C30340 THE GENTLMAN REPLIED: ALL SUCH NOTES AS I SPEAK, ARE NOT C30350 OF MINE OWN KNOWLEDGE, YET FROM SUCH MEN HAVE I RECEIVED C30360 THEM, AS I DARE ASSURE THEIR TRUTH; AND BUT THAT BY =NAMING MEN C30370 WRONGED BY SUCH MATES, MORE DISPLEASURE WOULD ENSUE THAN C30380 WERE EXPEDIENT, I COULD SET DOWN BOTH TIME, PLACE AND PARTIES. C30390 BUT THE CERTAINTY SHALL SUFFICE WITHOUT ANY SUCH OFFENCE.@AS FOR C30400 SUCH AS SHALL SEE THEIR INJURIES DISCOVERED AND, =BITING THE LIP, C30410 SAY TO THEMSELVES, THUS WAS I MADE A CONY, THEIR NAMES C30420 =BEING SHADOWED, THEY HAVE NO CAUSE OF ANGER, IN THAT THE C30430 EXAMPLE OF THEIR HONEST SIMPLICITY BEGUILED MAY SHIELD A NUMBER C30440 MORE ENDANGERED FROM =TASTING THE LIKE. @AND =SEEING YOU C30450 HAVE PROMISED +TO MAKE THEM KNOWN TO THE AUTHOR OF THE C30460 FORMER TWO BOOKS, YOU SHALL THE SOONER OBTAIN YOUR REQUEST; C30470 =ASSURING HIM THUS MUCH UPON MY CREDIT AND HONESTY, THAT NO C30480 ONE UNTRUTH IS IN THE NOTES, BUT EVERY ONE CREDIBLE, AND +TO BE C30490 JUSTIFIED IF I NEED SERVE. @ C30500 WITHIN A FORTNIGHT OR THEREABOUT AFTERWARD THE GENTLEMAN C30510 PERFORMED HIS PROMISE, IN SEVERAL PAPERS SENT THE NOTES, WHICH C30520 HERE ARE IN OUR BOOK COMPILED TOGETHER.@WHEN THOU HAST READ C30530 SAY IF EVER THOU HEARDEST MORE NOTABLE VILLAINIES DICOVERED. @ C30540 AND IF THOU OR THY FRIEND RECEIVE ANY GOOD BY THEM , AS IT C30550 CANNOT BE BUT THEY WILL MAKE A NUMBER MORE CAREFUL OF THEMSELVES, C30560 THANK THE HONEST GENTLEMAN FOR HIS NOTES, AND THE C30570 WRITER THAT PUBLISHED BOTH THE OTHER AND THESE FOR GENERAL C30580 EXAMPLE. @ C30590 WHAT LAWS ARE USED AMONG THIS HELLISH CREW, WHAT WORDS C30600 AND TERMS THEY GIVE THEMSELVES AND THEIR COPESMATES ARE AT C30610 LARGE SET DOWN IN THE FORMER TWO BOOKS@ LET IT SUFFICE YE THEN C30620 IN THIS, +TO READ THE SIMPLE TRUE DISCOURSES OF SUCH AS HAVE BY C30630 EXTRAORDINARY =CUNNING AND TREACHERY BEEN DECEIVED, AND, C30640 =REMEMBERING THEIR SUBTLE MEANS THERE, AND SLY PRACTICES HERE, C30650 BE PREPARED AGAINST THE REACHES AF ANY SUCH COMPANIONS. @ C30660 NOT LONG SINCE, A CREW OF CONY-CATCHERS =MEETING TOGETHER C30670 AND IN CONFERENCE =LAYING DOWN SUCH COURSES AS THEY SEVERALLY C30680 SHOULD TAKE +TO SHUN SUSPECT AND RETURN A COMMON BENEFIT C30690 AMONG THEM;@THE CARDERS RECEIVED THEIR CHARGE, THE DICERS C30700 THEIRS, THE HANGERS ABOUT THE COURT THEIRS, THE FOLLOWERS OF C30710 SERMONS THEIRS,AND SO THE REST TO THEIR OFFICES.@BUT ONE OF C30720 THEM ESPECIALLY, WHO AT THEIR WONTED =MEETINGS, WHEN REPORT C30730 WAS MADE HOW EVERY PURCHASE WAS GOTTEN, AND BY WHAT POLICY C30740 EACH ONE PREVAILED, THIS FELLOW IN A KIND OF =PRIDING SCORN, C30750 WOULD USUALLY SAY: @ C30760 IN FAITH,MASTERS, THESE THINGS ARE PRETTILY DONE, COMMON C30770 SLEIGHTS, =EXPRESSING NO DEEP REACH OF WIT, AND I WONDER MEN C30780 ARE SO SIMPLE +TO BE BEGUILED.@I WOULD FAIN SEE MORE RARE C30790 ARTIFICIAL FEAT INDEED, THAT SOME ADMIRATION AND FAME MIGHT C30800 ENSUE THE =DOING THEREOF.@I PROMISE YE, I DISDAIN THESE BASE C30810 AND PETTY PALTRIES, AND - MAY MY FORTUNE JUMP WITH MY C30820 RESOLUTION - YE SHALL HEAR, MY BOYS, WITHIN A DAY OR TWO, THAT C30830 I WILL ACCOMPLISH RARE STRATAGEM INDEED, OF MORE VALUE THAN C30840 FORTY OF YOURS, AND WHEN IT IS DONE SHALL CARRY SOME CREDIT C30850 WITH IT. @ C30860 THEY, =WONDERING AT HIS WORDS, DESIRED +TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF C30870 THEM , AND SO, =DISPERSING THEMSELVES AS THEY WERE ACCUSTOMED, C30880 LEFT THIS FROLIC FELLOW =PONDERING ON HIS AFFAIRS. C30890 A CITIZEN'S HOUSE IN /LONDON, WHICH HE HAD DILIGENTLY EYED G40010 AND AIMED AT FOR A FORTNIGHT'S SPACE, WAS THE PLACE WHEREIN HE G40020 MUST PERFORM THIS EXPLOIT;@ AND =HAVING LEARNED ONE OF THE G40030 SERVANT MAID'S NAME OF THE HOUSE, AS ALSO WHERE SHE WAS BORN G40040 AND HER KINDRED, UPON A SUNDAY IN THE AFTERNOON, WHEN IT WAS G40050 HER TURN +TO ATTEND ON HER MASTER AND MISTRESS TO THE GARDEN IN G40060 FIELDS +TO REGARD THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY SPORTED G40070 ABOUT, THIS CRAFTY MATE, =HAVING WATCHED THEIR =COMING G40080 FORTH AND =SEEING THAT THEY INTENDED +TO GO DOWN THE G40090 LANE, STEPPED BEFORE THEM EVER =CASTING AN EYE BACK LEST THEY G40100 SHOULD TURN SOME CONTRARY WAY.@ BUT, THEIR =FOLLOWING STILL G40110 =FITTING HIS OWN DESIRE, NEAR UNTO THE CONDUIT IN /ALDERMANBURY G40120 HE CROSSED THE WAY AND CAME UNTO THE MAID AND, =KISSING HER, G40130 SAID:@ COUSIN /MARGARET, I AM VERY GLAD +TO SEE YOU WELL;@ MY G40140 UNCLE YOUR FATHER, AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN THE COUNTRY ARE IN G40150 GOOD HEALTH, GOD BE PRAISED.@ G40160 THE MAID, =HEARING HERSELF NAMED AND NOT =KNOWING THE MAN, G40170 MODESTLY BLUSHED, WHICH HE =PERCEIVING, HELD WAY ON WITH HER G40180 AMONGST HER FELLOW APPRENTICES, AND THUS BEGAN AGAIN:@ I SEE, G40190 COUSIN, YOU KNOW ME NOT, AND I DO NOT GREATLY BLAME YOU, G40200 IT IS SO LONG SINCE YOU CAME FORTH OF THE COUNTRY;@ BUT I AM G40210 SUCH A ONE'S SON,@ =NAMING HER UNCLE RIGHT, AND HIS SON'S NAME, G40220 WHICH SHE VERY WELL REMEMBERED BUT HAD NOT SEEN HIM IN G40230 ELEVEN YEARS.@ THEN, =TAKING FORTH A BOWED GROAT AND AN OLD PENNY G40240 BOWED, HE GAVE IT TO HER AS =BEING SENT FROM HER UNCLE G40250 AND AUNT, WHOM HE TERMED +TO BE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER.@ G40260 WITHAL, QUOTH HE, I HAVE A GAMMON OF BACON AND A CHEESE, G40270 FROM MY UNCLE YOUR FATHER, WHICH ARE SENT TO YOUR MASTER AND G40280 MISTRESS, WHICH I RECEIVED OF THE CARRIER, BECAUSE MY UNCLE G40290 ENJOINED ME +TO DELIVER THEM, WHEN I MUST ENTREAT YOUR MISTRESS G40300 THAT AT WHITSUNTIDE NEXT SHE WILL GIVE YOU LEAVE +TO COME DOWN G40310 INTO THE COUNTRY.@ G40320 THE MAID, =THINKING SIMPLY ALL HE SAID WAS TRUE, AND AS THEY G40330 SO FAR FROM THEIR PARENTS ARE NOT ONLY GLAD +TO HEAR OF THEIR G40340 WELFARE BUT ALSO REJOICE +TO SEE ANY OF THEIR KINDRED - SO THIS G40350 POOR MAID, WELL =KNOWING HER UNCLE HAD A SON SO NAMED AS HE G41010 CALLED HIMSELF AND =THINKING FROM A BOY, AS HE WAS AT HER G41020 =LEAVING THE COUNTRY, HE WAS NOW GROWN SUCH A PROPER HANDSOME G41030 YOUNG MAN, WAS NOT A LITTLE JOYFUL +TO SEE HIM.@ BESIDE, G41040 SHE SEEMED PROUD THAT HER KINSMAN WAS SO NEAT A YOUTH, AND G41050 SO SHE HELD ON =QUESTIONING WITH HIM ABOUT HER FRIENDS;@ HE G41060 =SOOTHING EACH MATTER SO =CUNNINGLY, AS THE MAID WAS CONFIDENTLY G41070 PERSUADED OF HIM.@ G41080 IN THIS TIME, ONE OF THE CHILDREN STEPPED TO HER MOTHER, AND G41090 SAID, OUR MAID , MOTHER, HATH A FINE COUSIN COME OUT OF G41100 THE COUNTRY, AND HE HATH A CHEESE FOR MY FATHER AND YOU.@ G41110 WHEREON SHE, =LOOKING BACK, SAID:@ MAID, IS THAT YOUR KINSMAN?@ G41120 YEA, FORSOOTH, MISTRESS, QOUTH SHE, MY UNCLE'S G41130 SON, WHOM I LEFT A LITTLE ONE WHEN I CAME FORTH OF THE COUNTRY.@ G41140 THE WILY TREACHER, =BEING MASTER OF HIS TRADE, WOULD NOT LET G41150 SLIP HIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT COURTEOUSLY =STEPPING TO THE MISTRESS G11160 WHO, =LOVING HER MAID WELL, BECAUSE INDEED SHE HAD BEEN A G41170 VERY GOOD SERVANT AND FROM HER FIRST =COMING TO /LONDON HAD G41180 DWELT WITH HER, TOLD HER HUSBAND THEREOF, COINED SUCH A SMOOTH G41190 TALE UNTO THEM, BOTH, =FRONTING IT WITH THE GAMMON OF BACON G41200 AND THE CHEESE SENT FROM THEIR MAID'S FATHER, AND =HOPING THEY G41210 WOULD GIVE HER LEAVE AT WHITSUNTIDE +TO VISIT THE COUNTRY, AS G41220 THEY WITH VERY KIND WORDS ENTERTAINED HIM, =INVITING HIM THE G41230 NEXT NIGHT TO SUPPER, WHEN HE PROMISED +TO BRING WITH HIM G41240 THE GAMMON OF BACON AND THE CHEESE.@ THEN =FRAMING AN EXCUSE G41250 OF CERTAIN BUSINESS IN THE TOWN, FOR THAT TIME HE TOOK HIS LEAVE G41260 OF THE MASTER AND MISTRESS AND HIS NEW COUSIN /MARGARET, WHO G41270 GAVE MANY A LOOK AFTER HIM, POOR WENCH, AS HE WENT, =JOYING G41280 IN HER THOUGHTS +TO HAVE SUCH A KINSMAN.@ G41290 ON THE MORROW HE PREPARED A GOOD GAMMON OF BACON, G41300 WHICH HE CLOSED UP IN A SOILED LINEN CLOTH, AND SEWED AN OLD G41310 CARD UPON IT, WHEREON HE WROTE A SUPERSCRIPTION UNTO THE G41320 MASTER OF THE MAID, AND AT WHAT SIGN IT WAS +TO BE DELIVERED, G41330 AND AFTERWARDS SCRAPED SOME OF THE LETTERS HALF OUT THAT IT G41340 MIGHT SEEM THEY HAD BEEN RUBBED OUT IN THE CARRIAGE.@ A GOOD G41350 CHEESE HE PREPARED LIKEWISE, WITH INSCRIPTION =ACCORDINGLY ON G42010 IT, THAT IT COULD NOT BE DISCERNED BUT THAT SOME UNSKILFUL WRITER G42020 IN THE COUNTRY HAD DONE IT, BOTH BY THE GROSS PROPORTION OF THE G42030 LETTERS, AS ALSO THE BAD ORTHOGRAPHY, WHICH AMONGST PLAIN G42040 HUSBANDMAN IS VERY COMMON IN THAT THEY HAVE NO BETTER G42050 INSTRUCTION.@ SO, =HIRING A PORTER +TO CARRY THEM, BETWEEN FIVE G42060 AND SIX IN THE EVENING HE COMES TO THE CITIZEN'S HOUSE AND G42070 =ENTERING THE SHOP RECEIVES THEM OF THE PORTER, WHOM THE G42080 =HONEST-MEANING CITIZEN WOULD HAVE PAID FOR HIS PAINS;@ BUT G42090 THIS HIS MAIDS NEW-FOUND COUSIN SAID HE WAS SATISFIED ALREADY, G42100 AND SO, =STRAINING COURTESY, WOULD NOT PERMIT HIM.@ WELL, UP G42110 ARE CARRIED THE BACON AND THE CHEESE, WHERE - GOD KNOWS - G42120 MARGARET WAS NOT A LITTLE BUSY +TO HAVE ALL THINGS FINE AND NEAT G42130 AGAINST HER COUSIN'S =COMING UP.@ HER MISTRESS LIKEWISE, AS ONE G42140 WELL =AFFECTING HER SERVANT, HAD PROVIDED VERY GOOD CHEER, SET G42150 ALL HER PLATE ON THE CUPBOARD FOR SHEW, AND BEAUTIFIED THE G42160 HOUSE WITH CUSHIONS, CARPETS, STOOLS, AND OTHER DEVICES OF G42170 NEEDLEWORK, AS AT TIMES DIVERS WILL DO +TO HAVE THE BETTER G42180 REPORT MADE OF THEIR CREDIT AMONGST THEIR SERVANTS' FRIENDS IN G42190 THE COUNTRY;@ ALBEIT AT THIS TIME, GOD WOT, IT TURNED TO THEIR G42200 OWN =AFTER-SORROWING.@ G42210 THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE, +TO DELAY THE TIME WHILE SUPPER G42220 WAS READY, HE LIKEWISE SHEW THIS DISSEMBLER HIS SHOP;@ WHO, G42230 =SEEING THINGS FADGE SO PAT TO HIS PURPOSE, COULD QUESTION OF G42240 THIS SORT AND THAT WELL ENOUGH, I WARRANT YOU, +TO DISCERN THE G42250 BEST FROM THE WORST AND THEIR APPOINTED PLACES, =PURPOSING A G42260 FURTHER REACH THAN THE HONEST CITIZEN DREAMED OF.@ AND +TO BE G42270 PLAIN WITH YE, SUCH WAS THIS OCCUPIER'S TRADE, AS THOUGH I MAY G42280 NOT NAME IT, YET SUCH MUCH I DARE UTTER, THAT THE WORST THING G42290 HE COULD CARRY AWAY WAS WORTH ABOVE TWENTY NOBLES, BECAUSE G42300 HE DEALT ALTOGETHER IN WHOLE AND GREAT SALE, WHICH MADE THIS G42310 COMPANION FORGE THIS KINDRED AND ACQUAINTANCE, FOR AN HUNDRED G42320 POUND OR TWAIN WAS THE VERY LEAST HE AIMED AT.@ G42330 AT LENGTH THE MISTRESS SENDS WORD SUPPER IS ON THE TABLE, G42340 WHEREUPON UP HE CONDUCTS HIS GUEST.@ AND AFTER DIVERS WELCOMES, G42350 AS ALSO THANKS FOR THE CHEESE AND BACON, TO THE TABLE G43010 THEY SIT;@ WHERE, LET IT SUFFICE, HE WANTED NO ORDINARY GOOD FARE, G43020 WINE, AND OTHER KNACKS, BESIDE MUCH TALK OF THE COUNTRY - G43030 HOW MUCH HIS FRIENDS WERE =BEHOLDING FOR HIS COUSIN /MARGARET, G43040 TO WHOM BY HER MISTRESS' LEAVE HE DRANK TWIVE OR THRICE, AND G43050 SHE, POOR SOUL, =DOING THE LIKE AGAIN TO HIM WITH REMEMBRANCE G43060 OF HER FATHER AND OTHER KINDRED, WHICH HE STILL SMOOTHED VERY G43070 =CUNNINGLY.@ COUNTENANCE OF THE TALK MADE THEM CARELESS OF THE G43080 TIME, WHICH SLIPPED FROM THEM FASTER THAN THEY WERE AWARE G43090 OF;@ NOR DID THE DECEIVER HASTEN HIS =DEPARTING, BECAUSE HE G43100 EXPECTED WHAT INDEED FOLLOWED, WHICH WAS THAT =BEING PAST G43110 TEN OF THE CLOCK, AND HE =FEIGNING HIS =LODGING +TO BE G43120 IN THE FIELD, WAS ENTREATED BOTH BY THE GOOD MAN AND G43130 HIS WIFE +TO TAKE A BED THERE FOR THAT NIGHT.@ FOR FASHION SAKE, G43140 THOUGH VERY GLAD OF THIS OFFER, HE SAID HE WOULD NOT TROUBLE G43150 THEM, BUT, =GIVING THEM MANY THANKS, WOULD TO HIS =LODGING G43160 THOUGH IT WERE FURTHER.@ BUT WONDERFUL IT WAS +TO SEE HOW G43170 EARNEST THE HONEST CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE LABOURED +TO PERSUADE G43180 HIM, THAT WAS MORE =WILLING +TO STAY THAN THEY COULD BE +TO BID G43190 HIM, AND WHAT DISSEMBLED WILLINGNESS OF DEPARTURE HE USED G43200 ON THE OTHER SIDE, +TO COVER THE SECRET VILLAINY INTENDED.@ WELL, G43210 AT THE LENGTH, WITH MUCH ADO, HE IS CONTENTED +TO STAY, WHEN G43220 MARGARET AND HER MISTRESS PRESENTLY STIRRED +TO MAKE READY HIS G43230 BED, WHICH - THE MORE TO THE HONEST MAN'S HARD HAP, BUT ALL G43240 THE BETTER FOR THIS ARTIFICIAL CONY-CATCHER - WAS IN THE SAME G43250 ROOM WERE THEY SUPPED, =BEING COMMONLY CALLED THEIR HALL;@ G43260 AND THERE, INDEED, STOOD A VERY FAIR BED, AS IN SUCH SIGHTLY G43270 ROOMS IT MAY EASILY BE THOUGHT CITIZENS USE NOT +TO HAVE ANYTHING G43280 MEAN OR SIMPLE.@ G43290 THE MISTRESS, LEST HER GUEST SHOULD IMAGINE SHE DISTURBED G43300 HIM, SUFFERED ALL THE PLATE +TO STAND STILL ON THE CUPBOARD;@ AND G43310 WHEN SHE PERCEIVED HIS BED WAS WARMED, AND EVERYTHING ELSE G43320 =ACCORDING TO HER MIND, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, =BIDDING HIM G43330 GOODNIGHT, TOOK THEMSELVES TO THEIR CHAMBER, WHICH WAS ON G43340 THE SAME FLOOR, BUT INWARD, =HAVING ANOTHER CHAMBER BETWEEN G43350 THEM AND THE HALL, WHERE THE MAIDS AND CHILDREN HAD THEIR G44010 =LODGING.@ SO =DESIRING HIM +TO CALL FOR ANYTHING HE WANTED, AND G44020 =CHARGING MARGARET +TO LOOK IT SHOULD BE SO, TO BED ARE THEY G44030 GONE;@ WHEN THE APPRENTICES =HAVING BROUGHT UP THE KEYS OF G44040 THE STREET DOOR, AND LEFT THEM IN THEIR MASTER'S CHAMBER AS G44050 THEY WERE WONT +TO DO, AFTER THEY HAD SAID PRAYERS, THEIR EVENING G44060 EXERCISE, TO BED GO THEY LIKEWISE, WHICH WAS IN A GARRET BACKWARD G44070 OVER THEIR MASTER'S CHAMBER.@ G44080 NONE ARE NOW UP BUT POOR SHE AND HER COUNTERFEIT G44090 COUSIN, WHOM SHE, LOATH +TO OFFEND WITH LONG TALK, BECAUSE IT G44100 WAXED LATE, AFTER SOME FEW MORE SPEECHES ABOUT THEIR PARENTS G44110 AND FRIENDS IN THE COUNTRY, SHE, =SEEING HIM LAID IN BED, AND ALL G44120 SUCH THINGS BY HIM AS SHE DEEMED NEEDFUL, WITH A LOW CURTSY, G44130 I WARRANT YE, COMMITS HIM TO HIS QUIET, AND SO WENT TO BED G44140 TO HER FELLOWS THE MAIDSERVANTS.@ G44150 WELL DID THIS HYPOCRITE PERCEIVE THE KEYS OF THE DOORS G44160 CARRIED INTO THE GOOD MAN'S CHAMBER, WHEREOF HE =BEING NOT A G44170 LITTLE GLAD, THOUGHT NOW THEY WOULD IMAGINE ALL THINGS SURE G44180 AND THEREFORE DOUBTLESS SLEEP THE SOUNDER.@ AS FOR THE KEYS, G44190 HE NEEDED NO HELP OF THEM, BECAUSE SUCH AS HE GO NEVER UNPROVIDED G44200 OF INSTRUMENTS =FITTING THEIR TRADE, AND SO AT THIS TIME G44210 WAS THIS NOTABLE TREACHER.@ G44220 IN THE DEAD TIME OF THE NIGHT, WHEN SOUND SLEEP MAKES THE G44230 EAR UNAPT +TO HEAR THE VERY LEAST NOISE, HE FORSAKETH HIS BED, G44240 AND =HAVING GOTTEN ALL THE PLATE BOUND UP TOGETHER IN HIS CLOAK, G44250 GOETH DOWN INTO THE SHOP;@ WHERE, WELL =REMEMBERING BOTH THE G44260 PLACE AND PARCELS, MAKETH UP HIS PACK WITH SOME TWENTY POUNDS G44270 WORTH OF GOODS MORE.@ THEN =SETTLING TO HIS ENGINE, HE GETTETH G44280 THE DOOR OFF THE HINGES, AND, =BEING FORTH, LIFTETH CLOSE TO AGAIN, G44290 AND SO DEPARTS, =MEETING WITHIN A DOZEN PACES THREE OR FOUR OF G44300 HIS COMPANIONS THAT LURKED THEREABOUTS FOR THE PURPOSE.@ G44310 THEIR WORD FOR =KNOWING EACH OTHER, AS IS SAID, WAS /QUEST G44320 AND THIS VILLAIN'S COMFORTABLE NEWS TO THEM WAS/TWAG, =SIGNIFYING G44330 HE HAD SPED.@ EACH TAKES A FLEECE FOR EASIER CARRIAGE, AND SO G44340 AWAY TO BELL , WHICH, AS I HAVE HEARD, IS, AS THEY INTERPRET G44350 IT, THE HOUSE OF A THIEF RECEIVER, WITHOUT WHICH THEY CAN DO G45010 NOTHING;@ AND THIS HOUSE WITH AN APT PORTER TO IT STANDS READY G45020 FOR THEM ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.@ TOO MANY SUCH ARE THERE IN G45030 LONDON, THE MASTERS WHEREOF BEAR COUNTENANCE OF HONEST G45040 SUBSTANTIAL MEN, BUT ALL THEIR =LIVING IS GOTTEN IN THIS ORDER;@ G45050 THE END OF SUCH, THOUGH THEY SCAPE AWHILE, WILL BE =SAILING G45060 WESTWARD IN A CART TO TYBURN.@ G45070 IMAGINE THESE VILLAINS THERE IN THEIR JOLLITY, THE ONE =REPORTING G45080 POINT BY POINT HIS =CUNNING DECEIT, AND THE OTHER, =FITTING HIS G45090 HUMOUR, =EXTOLLING THE DEED WITH NO MEAN COMMENDATIONS.@ G45100 BUT =RETURNING TO THE HONEST CITIZEN, WHO, =FINDING IN THE G45110 MORNING HOW DEARLY HE PAID FOR A GAMMON OF BACON AND A G45120 CHEESE AND HOW HIS KIND COURTESY WAS THUS TREACHEROUSLY G45130 REQUITED, BLAMES THE POOR MAID, AS INNOCENT HEREIN AS HIMSELF. @ G45140 AND =IMPRISONING HER, =THINKING SO +TO REGAIN HIS OWN@ GRIEF WITH G45150 ILL =CHERISHING THERE SHORTENS HER LIFE.@ AND THUS ENSUETH ONE G45160 HARD HAP UPON ANOTHER, TO THE GREAT GRIEF BOTH OF MASTER AND G45170 MISTRESS, WHEN THE TRUTH WAS KNOWN, THAT THEY SO WRONGED G45180 THEIR HONEST SERVANT.@ HOW IT MAY FOREWARN OTHERS I LEAVE TO G45190 YOUR OWN OPINIONS, THAT SEE WHAT EXTRAORDINARY DEVICES ARE G45200 NOWADAYS +TO BEGUILE THE SIMPLE AND HONEST LIBERAL-MINDED.@ G45210 A CREW OF THESE WICKED COMPANIONS =BEING ONE DAY MET G45220 TOGETHER IN /PAUL'S CHURCH AS THAT IS A USUAL PLACE OF THEIR G45230 ASSEMBLY BOTH +TO DETERMINE ON THEIR DRIFTS AS ALSO +TO SPEED OF G45240 MANY A BOOTY =SEEING NO LIKELIHOOD OF A GOOD AFTERNOON SO G45250 THEY TERM IT EITHER FORENOON OR AFTER WHEN AUGHT IS +TO BE DONE G45260 SOME DISPERSED THEMSELVES TO THE PLAYS, OTHERS TO THE =BOWLING-ALLEYS, G46010 AND NOT PAST TWO OR THREE STAYED IN THE CHURCH.@ G46020 QUOTH ONE OF THEM, I HAVE VOWED NOT +TO DEPART, BUT G46030 SOMETHING OR OTHER I SHALL HAVE BEFORE I GO@ MY MIND GIVES ME G46040 THAT THIS PLACE YET WILL YIELD US ALL OUR SUPPERS THIS NIGHT.@ G46050 THE OTHER, =HOLDING LIKE OPINION WITH HIM, THERE LIKEWISE G46060 WALKED UP AND DOWN, =LOOKING WHEN OCCASION WOULD SERVE FOR G46070 SOME CASH.@ G46080 AT LENGTH THEY ESPIED A GENTLEMAN TOWARD THE LAW =ENTERING G46090 IN AT THE LITTLE NORTH DOOR, AND A COUNTRY CLIENT =GOING WITH HIM G46100 IN VERY HARD TALK.@ THE GENTLEMAN =HOLDING HIS GOWN OPEN G46110 WITH HIS ARMS ON EITHER SIDE, AS VERY MUCH DO, GAVE SIGHT OF A G46130 FAIR PURPLE VELVET PURSE, WHICH WAS HALF PUT UNDER HIS GIRDLE, G46140 WHICH, I WARRANT YOU, THE RESOLUTE FELLOW THAT WOULD NOT G46141 DEPART WITHOUT SOMETHING HAD QUICKLY ESPIED.@ A GAME, G46150 QUOTH HE TO HIS FELLOWS, MARK THE STAND;@ AND SO =SEPARATING G46160 THEMSELVES WALKED ALOOF;@ THE GENTLEMAN =GOING TO THE NETHER G46170 STEP OF THE STAIRS THAT ASCEND UP INTO THE CHOIR, AND THERE HE G46180 WALKED STILL WITH HIS CLIENT.@ G46190 OFT THIS CREW OF MATES MET TOGETHER, AND SAID THERE WAS NO G46200 HOPE OF =NIPPING THE BUNG BECAUSE HE HELD OPEN HIS GOWN SO G46210 WIDE AND WALKED IN SUCH AN OPEN PLACE.@ BASE KNAVES, G46220 QUOTH THE FROLIC FELLOW, IF I SAY I WILL HAVE IT, I MUST HAVE IT, G46230 THOUGH HE THAT OWES IT HAD SWORN THE CONTRARY.@ THEN G46240 =LOOKING ASIDE, HE SPIED HIS TRUG OR QUEAN =COMING UP THE G46250 CHURCH.@ AWAY, QUOTH HE TO THE OTHER, GO LOOK YOU FOR G46260 SOME OTHER PURCHASE, THIS WENCH AND I ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THIS.@ G46270 HE LESSONS THE DRAB IN THIS SORT, THAT SHE SHOULD G46280 TO THE GENTLEMAN, WHOSE NAME SHE VERY WELL KNEW, IN THAT SHE G46290 HAD HOLP +TO COZEN HIM ONCE BEFORE, AND =PRETENDING +TO BE SENT G46300 TO HIM FROM ONE HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH FOR HIS COUNCIL, G46310 SHOULD GIVE HIM HIS FEE FOR AVOIDING SUSPICION, AND SO FRAME G46320 SOME WRONG DONE HER, AS WELL ENOUGH SHE COULD;@ WHEN HER G46330 MATE, =TAKING OCCASION AS IT SERVED, WOULD WORK THE MEAN, G46340 SHE SHOULD STRIKE, AND SO THEY BOTH PREVAIL.@ G46350 THE QUEAN, WELL INURED WITH SUCH COURSES, BECAUSE SHE WAS G47010 ONE OF THE MOST SKILLFULL IN THAT PROFESSION, WALKED UP AND G47020 DOWN ALONE IN THE GENTLEMAN'S SIGHT, THAT HE MIGHT DISCERN G47030 SHE STAYED +TO SPEAK WITH HIM, AND AS HE TURNED TOWARD HER, HE G47040 SAW HER TAKE MONEY OUT OF HER PURSE, WHEREBY HE GATHERED G47050 SOME BENEFIT WAS TOWARD HIM;@ WHICH MADE HIM THE SOONER G47060 DISPATCH HIS OTHER CLIENT;@ WHEN SHE, =STEPPING TO HIM, TOLD SUCH G47070 A TALE OF COMMENDATIONS FROM HIS VERY FRIEND, THAT HAD SENT G47080 HER TO HIM, AS SHE SAID, THAT HE ENTERTAINED HER VERY KINDLY.@ G47090 AND =GIVING HIM HIS FEE, WHICH BEFORE HER FACE HE PUT UP INTO G47100 HIS PURSE AND THRUST IT UNDER HIS GIRDLE AGAIN, SHE PROCEEDED G47110 TO A VERY SOUND DISCOURSE, WHERETO HE LISTENED WITH NO LITTLE G47120 ATTENTION.@ G47130 THE TIME =SERVING FIT FOR THE FELLOWS PURPOSE, HE CAME G47140 BEHIND THE GENTLEMAN, AND AS MANY TIMES ONE FRIEND WILL G47150 FAMILIARLY WITH ANOTHER CLAP HIS HANDS OVER HIS EYES +TO MAKE G47160 HIM GUESS WHO HE IS SO DID THIS COMPANION , =HOLDING HIS HANDS G47170 FAST OVER THE GENTLEMANS EYES, SAID, WHO AM I? TWICE OR G47180 THRICE, IN WHICH TIME THE DRAB HAD GOTTEN THE PURSE AND PUT G47190 IT UP.@ THE GENTLEMAN, =THINKING IT HAD BEEN SOME MERRY FRIEND G47200 OF HIS, RECKONED THE NAMES OF THREE OR FOUR, WHEN, =LETTING HIM G47210 GO, THE CRAFTY KNAVE, =DISSEMBLING A BASHFUL SHAME OF WHAT HE G47220 HAD DONE, SAID:@ BY MY TROTH, I CRY YE MERCY;@ AS I CAME IN G47230 AT THE CHURCH DOOR, I TOOK YE FOR SUCH A ONE =NAMING A MAN, G47240 A VERY FRIEND OF MINE, WHOM YOU VERY MUCH RESEMBLE.@ I G47250 BESEECH YE BE NOT ANGRY, IT WAS VERY BOLDLY DONE OF ME, BUT G47260 IN PENANCE OF MY FAULT, SO PLEASE YE +TO ACCEPT IT, I WILL BESTOW G47270 A GALLON OR TWO OF WINE ON YE, AND SO LABOURED HIM EARNESTLY G47280 +TO GO WITH HIM TO THE TAVERN, STILL =ALLEGING HIS SORROW FOR G47290 =MISTAKING HIM.@ G47300 THE GENTLEMAN, LITTLE =SUSPECTING HOW HE HAD G47310 HANDLED HIM, =SEEING HOW SORRY HE WAS, AND =SEEMING +TO BE A G47320 MAN OF NO SUCH BASE CONDITION, TOOK ALL IN GOOD PART, =SAYING, G47330 NO HARM, SIR, +TO TAKE ONE FOR ANOTHER, A FAULT WHEREIN ANY G47340 MAN MAY EASILY ERR, AND SO =EXCUSING THE ACCEPTION OF HIS G47350 WINE BECAUSE HE WAS BUSY THERE WITH A GENTLEWOMAN, HIS FRIEND,@ G48010 THE TREACHER WITH COURTESY DEPARTED;@ AND THE DRAB =HAVING G48020 WHAT SHE WOULD =SHORTENING HER TALE HE =DESIRING HER +TO COME G48030 TO HIS CHAMBER THE NEXT MORNING WENT TO THE PLACE WHERE HER G48040 COPES-MATE AND SHE MET, AND NOT LONG AFTER, DIVERS OTHER OF G48050 THE CREW, WHO =HEARING IN WHAT MANNER THIS ACT WAS PERFORMED, G48060 SMILED A GOOD THEREAT, THAT SHE HAD BOTH GOT THE GENTLEMANS G48070 PURSE, HER OWN MONEY AGAIN, AND HIS ADVICE FOR JUST NOTHING.@ G48080 HE THAT HAD DONE THIS ALL EXPLOIT, IN A PLACE SO OPEN IN G48090 VIEW, SO HARDLY +TO BE COME BY, AND ON A MAN THAT MADE NO G48100 MEAN ESTEEM OF HIS WIT, BIDS HIS FELLOWS KEEP THE WORTHLESS G48110 NAME OF A CONY-CATCHER TO THEMSELVES;@ FOR HE HENCEFORTH G48120 WOULD BE TERMED A FOOL-TAKER, AND SUCH AS COULD IMITATE THIS G48130 QUAINT EXAMPLE OF HIS, WHICH HE SET DOWN AS AN ENTERANCE INTO G48140 THAT ART, SHOULD NOT THINK SCORN +TO BECOME HIS SCHOLARS.@ G48150 NIGHT =DRAWING ON APACE, THE GENTLEMAN RETURNED HOME, NOT G48160 ALL THIS WHILE =MISSING HIS PURSE;@ BUT =BEING SET AT SUPPER, HIS G48170 WIFE ENTREATED A PINT OF SACK, WHICH HE =MINDING +TO SEND FOR, G48180 DREW TO HIS PURSE, AND =SEEING IT GONE, WHAT STRANGE LOOKS, G48190 BESIDE SIGHS, WERE BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE, I LEAVE TO YOUR G48200 =SUPPOSINGS.@ AND BLAME THEM NOT;@ FOR, AS I HAVE HEARD, THERE G48210 WAS SEVEN POUND IN GOLD, BESIDE THIRTY SHILLINGS AND ODD WHITE G48220 MONEY IN THE PURSE.@ BUT IN THE MIDST OF HIS GRIEF HE REMEMBERED G48230 HIM THAT SAID WHO AM I @ WHEREWITH HE BREAK FORTH G48240 INTO A GREAT LAUGHTER, THE CAUSE WHEREOF HIS WIFE =BEING DESIROUS G48250 +TO KNOW, HE DECLARED ALL THAT PASSED BETWEEN HIM AND THE G48260 DECEIVER, AS ALSO HOW SOON AFTERWARD THE QUEAN ABBREVIATED G48270 HER DISCOURSE AND FOLLOWED.@ SO BY TROTH, WIFE, QUOTH HE, G48280 BETWEEN WHO AM I ? AND THE DRAB, MY PURSE IS GONE.@ G48290 LET HIS LOSS TEACH OTHERS +TO LOOK BETTER TO THEIRS.@ G48300 OF LATE TIME THERE HAS A CERTAIN BASE KIND OF TRADE BEEN G49010 USED, WHO, THOUGH DIVERS POOR MEN, AND DOUBTLESS HONEST, G49020 APPLY THEMSELVES TO ONLY +TO RELIEVE THEIR NEED, YET ARE THERE G49030 SOME NOTORIOUS VARLETS DO THE SAME, =BEING COMPACTED WITH G49040 SUCH KIND OF PEOPLE AS THIS PRESENT TREATISE MANIFESTETH TO THE G49050 WORLD;@ AND WHAT WITH OUTWARD SIMPLICITY ON THE ONE SIDE, G49060 AND =CUNNING CLOSE TREACHERY ON THE OTHER, DIVERS HONEST CITIZENS G49070 AND =DAY-LABOURING MEN THAT RESORT TO SUCH PLACES AS I AM +TO SPEAK G49080 OF, ONLY FOR RECREATION AS OPPORTUNITY SERVETH, HAVE BEEN G49090 OF LATE SUNDRY TIMES DECEIVED OF THEIR PURSES.@ THIS TRADE, OR G49100 RATHER UNSUFFERABLE =LOITERING QUALITY, IN =SINGING OF BALLADS AND G49110 SONGS AT THE DOORS OF SUCH HOUSES WHERE PLAYS ARE USED, AS G49120 ALSO IN OPEN MARKETS AND OTHER PLACES OF THIS CITY, WHERE IS G49130 MOST RESORT;@ WHICH IS NOTHING BUT A SLY FETCH +TO DRAW MANY G49140 TOGETHER, WHO =LISTENING UNTO AN HARMLESS DITTY, AFTERWARD G49150 WALK HOME TO THEIR HOUSES WITH HEAVY HEARTS.@ FROM SUCH AS G49160 ARE HEREOF TRUE WITNESSES TO THEIR COST, DO I DELIVER THIS EXAMPLE.@ G49170 A SUBTLE FELLOW, BELIKE EMBOLDENED BY ACQUANTANCE WITH THE G49180 FORMER DECEIT, OR ELSE =BEING BUT A BEGINNER +TO PRACTISE THE G49190 SAME, =CALLING CERTAIN OF HIS COMPANIONS TOGETHER, WOULD TRY G49200 WHERHER HE COULD ATTAIN +TO BE MASTER OF HIS ART OR NO, BY =TAKING G49210 A GREAT MANY OF FOOLS WITH ONE TRAIN.@ BUT LET HIS INTENT, AND G49220 WHAT ELSE BESIDE, REMAIN +TO ABIDE THE CENSURE AFTER THE MATTER G49230 IS HEARD, AND COME TO STREET, WHERE THIS VILLAINOUS G49240 PRANK WAS PERFORMED.@ G49250 A =ROGUING MATE AND SUCH ANOTHER WITH HIM WERE THERE GOT G49260 UPON A STALL =SINGING OF BALLADS;@ WHICH BELIKE WAS SOME PRETTY G49270 TOY, FOR VERY MANY GATHERED ABOUT +TO HEAR IT, AND DIVERS =BUYING, G49280 AS THEIR AFFECTIONS SERVED, DREW TO THEIR PURSES AND PAID THE G49290 SINGERS FOR THEM.@ THE SLY MATE AND HIS FELLOWS, WHO WERE G49300 DISPERSED AMONG THEM THAT STOOD +TO HEAR THE SONGS, WELL G50010 NOTED WHERE EVERY MAN THAT BOUGHT PUT UP HIS PURSE AGAIN.@ G50020 AND TO SUCH AS WOULD NOT BUY, COUNTERFEIT =WARNING, WAS G50030 SUNDRY TIMES GIVEN BY THE ROGUE AND HIS ASSOCIATE, +TO BEWARE G50040 OF THE CUT-PURSE AND LOOK TO THEIR PURSES, WHICH MADE THEM G50050 OFTEN FEEL WHERE THEIR PURSES WERE, EITHER IN SLEEVE, HOSE, OR AT G50060 GIRDLE, +TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE SAFE OR NO.@ THUS THE G50070 CRAFTY COPES-MATES WERE ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT THEY MOST G50080 DESIRED;@ AND AS THEY WERE SCATTERED, BY =SHOULDERING, =THRUSTING, G50090 =FEIGNING +TO LET FALL SOMETHING, AND OTHER WILY TRICKS FIT FOR THEIR G50100 PURPOSE, HERE ONE LOST HIS PURSE, THERE ANOTHER HAD HIS POCKET G50110 PICKED, AND, +TO SAY ALL IN BRIEF, AT ONE INSTANT, UPON THE COMPLAINT G50120 OF ONE OR TWO THAT SAW THEIR PURSES WERE GONE, EIGHT G50130 MORE IN THE SAME COMPANY FOUND THEMSELVES IN LIKE PREDICAMENT.@ G50140 SOME ANGRY, OTHERS SORROWFUL, AND ALL GREATLY DISCONTENTED, G50150 =LOOKING ABOUT THEM KNEW NOT WHO +TO SUSPECT OR G50160 CHALLENGE, IN THAT THE VILLAINS THEMSELVES THAT HAD THUS BEGUILED G50170 THEM, MADE SHEW THAT THEY HAD SUSTAINED LIKE LOSS.@ BUT ONE G50180 ANGRY FELLOW, MORE IMPATIENT THAN ALL THE REST, HE FALLS UPON THE G50190 BALLAD SINGER, AND, =BEATING HIM WITH HIS FISTS WELL FAVOUREDLY, G50200 SAYS, IF HE HAD NOT LISTENED HIS =SINGING, HE HAD NOT LOST HIS G50210 PURSE;@ AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT BE OTHERWISE PERSUADED, BUT G50220 THAT THEY TWO AND THE CUTPURSES WERE COMPACTED TOGETHER.@ G50230 THE REST THAT HAD LOST THEIR PURSES LIKEWISE, AND SAW THAT SO G50240 MANY COMPLAIN TOGETHER, THEY JUMP IN OPINION WITH THE OTHER G50250 FELLOW, AND BEGIN +TO TUG AND HALE THE BALLAD SINGERS;@ WHEN ONE G50260 AFTER ONE THE FALSE KNAVES BEGAN +TO SHRINK AWAY WITH THE G50270 PURSES.@ BY MEANS OF SOME OFFICER THEN =BEING THERE PRESENT G50280 THE TWO ROGUES WERE HAD BEFORE A JUSTICE ;@ AND, UPON HIS G50290 DISCREET EXAMINATION MADE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THEY AND THE CUTPURSES G50300 WERE COMPACTED TOGETHER, AND THAT BY THIS UNSUSPECTED G50310 VILLAINY THEY HAD DECEIVED MANY.@ THE FINE FOOL-TAKER HIMSELF, G50320 WITH ONE OR TWO MORE OF THAT COMPANY, WAS NOT LONG AFTER G50330 APPREHENDED, WHEN I DOUBT NOT BUT THEY HAD THEIR REWARD G50340 ANSWERABLE TO THEIR =DESERVING;@ FOR I HEAR OF THEIR JOURNEY G50350 WESTWARD, BUT NOT OF THEIR RETURN.@ LET THIS FOREWARN THOSE G50360 THAT LISTEN =SINGING IN THE STREETS.@ G50370 A FRIEND OF MINE SEND ME THIS NOTE, AND =ASSURING ME THE G51010 TRUTH THEREOF, I THOUGHT NECESSARY +TO SET IT DOWN AMONGST THE G51020 REST, BOTH FOR THE HONEST SIMPLICITY IN THE ONE SIDE AND MOST G51030 =CUNNING KNAVERY USED ON THE OTHER;@ AND THUS IT WAS:@ G51040 TWO YOUNG MEN OF FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE, WHO DELIGHTED G51050 MUCH IN MUSIC, BECAUSE THEMSELVES THEREIN WERE SOMEWHAT G51060 EXPERT, AS ON THE VIRGINALS, BANDORA, LUTE, AND SUCH LIKE, WERE G51070 ONE EVENING AT A COMMON INN OF THIS TOWN, AS I HAVE HEARD, G51080 WHERE THE ONE OF THEM SHEWED HIS SKILL ON THE VIRGINALS TO THE G51090 NO LITTLE CONTENTMENT OF THE HEARERS.@ NOW AS DIVERS GUESTS OF G51100 THE HOUSE CAME INTO THE ROOM +TO LISTEN, SO AMONG THE REST G51110 ENTERED AN ARTIFICIAL CONY-CATCHER, WHO, AS OCCASION SERVED, IN G51120 THE TIME OF =CEASING BETWEEN THE SEVERAL TOYS AND FANCIES HE G51130 PLAYED, VERY MUCH COMMENDED HIS =CUNNING, QUICK HAND, AND G51140 SUCH QUALITIES PRAISEWORTHY IN SUCH A PROFESSOR.@ G51150 THE TIME =BEING COME, WHEN THESE YOUNG MEN CRAVED LEAVE G51160 +TO DEPART, THIS POLITIC VARLET, =STEPPING TO THEM, DESIRED THAT G51170 THEY WOULD ACCEPT A QUART OF WINE AT HIS HAND, WHICH HE WOULD, G51180 MOST GLADLY HE WOULD, BESTOW UPON THEM;@ BESIDES, IF IT LIKED G51190 HIM THAT PLAYED ON THE VIRGINALS +TO INSTRUCT, HE WOULD HELP G51200 HIM TO SO GOOD A PLACE, AS HAPPILY MIGHT ADVANTAGE HIM FOR G51210 EVER.@ G51220 THESE KIND WORDS, DELIVERED WITH SUCH HONEST OUTWARD G51230 SHEW, CAUSED THE YOUNG MEN, WHOSE THOUGHTS WERE FREE FROM G51240 ANY OTHER OPINION THAN +TO BE AS TRULY AND PLAINLY DEALT WITHAL G51250 AS THEMSELVES MEANT , ACCEPTED HIS OFFER , BECAUSE HE THAT PLAYED G52010 ON THE VIRGINALS WAS DESIROUS +TO HAVE SOME GOOD PLACE OF SERVICE .@ G52020