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SCENE IX.
Enter
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ROBIN and RALPH with a silver goblet.
R
OBIN
.
Come, Ralph, did not I tell thee we were for ever made by this Doctor
Faustus' book? ecce signum, here's a simple purchase
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for horsekeepers; our
horses shall eat no hay as long as this lasts.
R
ALPH
.
But, Robin, here comes the Vintner.
R
OBIN
.
Hush! I'll gull him supernaturally.
Enter Vintner.
Drawer, I hope all is paid: God be with you; come, Ralph.
V
INT
.
Soft, sir; a word with you. I must yet have a goblet paid from you, ere you go,
R
OBIN
.
I, a goblet, Ralph; I, a goblet! I scorn you, and you are but a
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& c. I, a goblet!
search me.
V
INT
.
I mean so, sir, with your favour.
[Searches him.
R
OBIN
.
How say you now?
V
INT
.
I must say somewhat to your fellow. You, sir!
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ALPH
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Me, sir! me, sir! search your fill. [Vintner searches him.~ Now, sir, you may
be ashamed to burden honest men with a matter of truth.
V
INT
.
Well, t'one
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of you hath this goblet about you.
R
OBIN
.
You lie, drawer, 'tis afore me. [Aside.] Sirrah you, I'll teach you to impeach
honest men;—stand by; —I'll scour you for a goblet!—stand aside you had
best, I charge you in the name of Belzebub. Look to the goblet, Ralph.
[Aside to RALPH.
V
INT
.
What mean you, sirrah?
R
OBIN
.
I'll tell you what I mean. [Reads from a bwk.] Sanctobulorum
Periphrasticon—Nay, I'll tickle you, Vintner. Look to the goblet, Ralph.
[Aside to RALPH.
[Reads.] Polypragmos Belseboramsframantopacostiphos tostu,
Mephistophilis, & c.
Enter MEPHISTOPHILIS, sets squibs at their backs,
and then exit. They run about.
V
INT
.
O nomine Domini! what meanest thou, Robin? thou hast no goblet
R
ALPH
.
Peccatum peccatorum Here's thy goblet, good Vintner.
[Gives the goblet to Vintner, who exit.
R
OBIN
.
Misericordia pro nobisi What shall I do? Good devil, forgive me now, and I'll
never rob thy library more.
Re-enter MEPHISTOPHILIS.
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M
EPH
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Monarch of Hell, under whose black survey
Great potentates do kneel with awful fear,
Upon whose altars thousand souls do lie,
How am I vexed with these villains' charms?
From Constantinople am I hither come
Only for pleasure of these damned slaves.
R
OBIN
.
How from Constantinople? You have had a great journey: will you take
sixpence in your purse to pay for your supper, and begone?
M
EPH
.
Well, villains, for your presumption, I transform thee into an ape, and thee
into a dog; and so begone.
[Exit.
R
OBIN
.
How, into an ape; that's brave! I'll have fine sport with the boys. I'll get nuts
and apples enow.
R
ALPH
.
And I must be a dog.
R
OBIN
.
I'faith thy head will never be out of the pottage pot.