Enter VELLU M, and Sir GEORGE in his Conjurer's habit. VELLU M. I will introduce this profound perfon to your Ladyship, and then leave him with you Sir, this is her Ho-nour. Sir GEORGE. [Exit Vellum. I know it well. [Afide, walking in a mufing Pofture.] That dear Woman! the fight of her unmans me. I cou'd weep for tenderness, did not I, at the fame time, feel an indignation rife in me, to see that wretch with her: And yet I cannot but smile to see her in the company of her first and fecond husband at the fame time. LADY. Mr. Tinfel, do you speak to him ; you are us'd to the company of men of learning. TINSE L. Old Gentleman, thou doft not look like an inhabitant of this world; I fuppofe thou art lately come down from the stars. Pray what news is stirring in the Zodiac? Sir GEORGE. News that ought to make the heart of a coward tremble. Mars is now entering into the first house, and will shortly appear in all his domal dignities. TINSE L. Mars? Pr'ythee, father gray-beard, explain thyfelf. Sir GEORGE. The entrance of Mars into his house, portends the entrance of a mafter into this family- and that foon, TINSE L. D'ye hear that, Widow? The ftars have cut me out for thy husband. This houfe is to have a master, and that foon-Hark thee, old Gadbury, is not Mars very like a young fellow call'd Tom Tinfel? K 2 Sir Sir GEORGE. Not fo much as Venus is like this Lady. A word in your ear, Doctor; these two planets will be in conjunction by and by; I can tell you that. Sir GEORG E. [afide, walking disturb'd.] Curfe on this impertinent fop! I fhall fcarce forbear. difcovering myfelf-Madam, I am told that your house is vifited with ftrange noises. LADY. And I am told that you can quiet them. I must confess I had a curiofity to fee the perfon I had heard fo much of; and, indeed, your aspect shows that you have had much experience in the world. You must be a very aged Man. Sir GEORGE. My afpect deceives you; what do you think is my real age? TINSE L. I fhou'd guess thee within three years of Methuselah. Pr'ythee tell me, waft not thou born before the Flood? LADY Truly I fhou'd guefs you to be in your fecond or third century. I warrant you, you have great grandchildren with beards of a foot long. Sir GEORGE. Ha, ha, ha! If there be truth in Man, I was but five and thirty last Auguft. O! the ftudy of the occult Sciences makes a Man's beard grow faster than you wou'd imagine. LADY. What an escape you have had, Mr. Tinfel, that you were not bred a Scholar! TINS E L. And fo I fancy, Doctor, thou think'st me an illiterate fellow, because I have a smooth chin? Sir GEORGE. Hark ye, Sir, a word in your ear. You are a Cox comb by all the rules of Phyfiognomy: but let that be a fecret between you and me. LADY. [Afide to Tinfel. Pray, Mr. Tinfel, what is it the Doctor whispers? Only a compliment, child, upon two or three of my features. It does not become me to repeat it. LADY. Pray, Doctor, examine this Gentleman's face, and tell me his fortune. Sir GEORGE. If I may believe the lines of his face, he likes it bét.. ter than I do, or than you do, fair Lady.. TINSE L. Widow, I hope now thou'rt convinc'd he's a cheat. LADY. For my part I believe he's a witch-go on, Doctor. Sir GEORGE. He will be crofs'd in love; and that foon. TINSEL. Pr'ythee, Doctor, tell us the truth. live in Moor-Fields? Sir GEORGE. Doft not thou Take my word for it, thou shalt never live in my Lady Truman's manfion-house. TINSEL. Pray, old Gentleman, haft thou never been pluck'd by the beard when thou wert faucy? LADY. Nay, Mr. Tinfel, you are angry! do you think I wou'd marry a man that dares not have his fortune told? Sir GEORGE. - I matter not he is but short Let him be angry liv'd. He will foon die of - TIN TINSE L. Come, come, speak out, old Hocus, he, he, he! this fellow makes me burft with laughing. [Forces a laugh. Sir GEORGE. He will foon die of a fright or of the - let me fee your nofe 'tis fo! ay - TINSE L. You fon of a whore! I'll run ye through the body, I never yet made the fun fhine thro' a Conjurer LADY. Oh, fy, Mr. Tinfel! you will not kill an old man ? TINSE L. An old man! the dog fays he's but five and thirty. LADY. Put up Oh, fy, Mr. Tinfel, I did not think you could have been fo paffionate; I hate a paffionate man. your fword, or I muft never see you again. TINSE L. Ha, ha, ha! I was but in jeft, my dear. I had a mind to have made an experiment upon the Doctor's body. I wou'd but have drill'd a little eyelet hole in it, and have seen whether he had art enough to close it up again. Sir GEORGE. Courage is but ill fhown before a Lady. But know if ever I meet thee again, thou shalt find this arm can wield other weapons befides this wand. Ha, ha, ha! TINSE L. LADY Well, learned Sir, you are to give a proof of your art, not of your courage. Or if you will show your courage, let it be at nine o'clock for that is the time the noise is generally heard. -- TINSE L. And look ye, old Gentleman, if thou doft not do thy bufinefs business well, I can tell thee by the little skill I have, that thou wilt be tofs'd in a blanket before ten. We'll do our endeavour to fend thee back to the ftars again. Sir GEORGE. I'll go and prepare myself for the ceremonies and Lady, as you expect they fhou'd fucceed to your wishes, treat that fellow with the contempt he deferves. [Exit Sir George. TINSE L. The faucieft dog I ever talk'd with in my whole Life! LADY. Methinks he's a diverting fellow; one may fee he's no fool. TINSE L. No fool! ay, but thou dost not take him for a Conjurer. LADY. Truly I don't know what to take him for; I am refolv'd to employ him however. When a fickness is defperate, we often try remedies that we have no great faith in. Enter A BIG AL. ABIGA L. Madam, the tea is ready in the parlour, as you order'd. LADY. Come, Mr. Tinfel, we may there talk of this fubject more at leifure. [Exeunt Lady and Tinfel. ABIGA L fola. Sure never any Lady had fuch Servants as mine has! well, if I get this thousand pound, I hope to have fome of my own. Let me fee, I'll have a pretty tight Girljust such as I was ten years ago (I'm afraid I may fay twenty) fhe shall drefs me and flatter me-for I will be |