The New Inn. Act 4. Scene 1. lyrics

by

Ben Jonson


                Jug, Barnabe, Jordan.

O Barnabe!     Jor. Welcome, Barnabe? Where hast thou been?
    Bar. I' the foul weather.
    Jug. Which has wet thee, Ban.
    Bar. As dry as a chip! Good Jug, a cast o' thy Name,
As well as thy Office: two Jugs!
    Jug. By and by.
    Jor. What Lady's this thou hast brought here?
    Bar. A great Lady!
I know no more; one that will try you, jordan.
Shee'll find your Gage, your Circle, your Capacity.
How do's Old Staggers the Smith, and nTree the Sadler?
Keep they their Penny-Club still?
    Jor. And th' old Catch too,
Of whoop barnaby.     Bar. Do they sing at me?
    Jor. They are reeling at it the Parlour now.
    Bar. I'll to 'em: Gi' me a drink first.
    Jor. Where's thy Hat?
    Bar. I lost it by the way -- Gi' me another.
    Jug. A Hat?     Bar. A drink.
    Jug. Take heed of taking cold, Ban --
    Bar. The wind blew't off at High-gate, and my Lady
Would not endure me light to take it up,
But made me drive bare-headed i' the Rain.
    Jor. That she might be mistaken for a Countess?
    Bar. Troth, like enough! She might be an ore-grown Dutchess,
For ought I know.
    Jug. What! with one Man!     Bar. At a time,
They carry no more, the best of 'em.
    Jor. Nor the bravest.
    Bar. And she is very brave!
    Jor. A stately Gown!
And Petticoat, she has on!
    Bar. Ha' you spy'd that, Jordan?
You are a notable Peerer, an old Rabbi,
At a Smocks-hem, Boy.
    Jug. As he is Chamberlain,
He may do that by his Place.
    Jor. What's her Squire?
    Bar. A toy, that she allows Eight Pence a day.
A slight Man-net, to port her up and down.
Come, shew me to my Play-fellows, Old Staggers,
And Father tree.
    Jor. Here, this way, Barnabe.

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