Good husband, let us every one go home,
And laugh this fport o'er by a country fire,
Sir John and all.

Ford. Let it be fo: Sir John,

To master Brook you yet fhall hold your word;
For he, to night, fhall lye with mistress Ford.

[Exeunt omnes.

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Dramatis Perfonæ.

VINCENTIO, Duke of Vienna.
Angelo, Lord Deputy in the Duke's abfence.
An ancient Lord, join'd with Angelo in the

Efcalus,} Deputation.

Claudio, a young Gentleman.

Lucio, a Fantastick.

Two Gentlemen.

Varrius, a Gentleman, Servant to the Duke.
Provost.

SCALUS,

Efcal. My Lord.

Duke. Of Government the properties
t'unfold,

Would seem in me t'affect speech and dif-
course.

Since I am not to know, that your own Science
Exceeds, in that, the lifts of all advice

My ftrength can give you: then no more remains:

Put

x The story is taken from Cinthio's Novels, December 8. Prife has

November 5.

Mr. Pope.

2 Since I am not to know, that your own Science
Exceeds, in that, the lifts

My ftrength can give you

of all advice

then no more remains :

Put that to your fufficiency, as your worth is able,

And let them work.] To the integrity of this reading Mr. Theobald objects, and fays, What was Elcalus to put to his fufficiency! why his fcience: But his fcience and fufficiency were

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