The alchemist. A comedy. Acted in the year 1610 ... / The author B[enjamin] J[onson].

  • Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Date:
[1705?]
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Credit: The alchemist. A comedy. Acted in the year 1610 ... / The author B[enjamin] J[onson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    URE ~The AlchemifR: . _ Sub. He'll draw you all the Treafuré of the Realm, “; Tf it be fet him. Fac, Speak you this from Art ? Sub. 1, Sir, and Reafon too, the Ground of Art. His o° the only beftt Complexion, _ The pone of Fairy loves. Fac. What! is he! Su?, Dee eace. ’ He’llsover-hear you. Sir, fhould fhe but fee him — Fac. What? Sub. Do not you tell him. Fac. Will he win at Cards too? Sub. The Spirits of dead Holland, living Ifaac, ~ You’ld {wear, were in him; fuch a vigoious Luck As cannot be refifted. Slight, he'll put Six o your Gallants to a Cloak, indeed. Fac. A ftrange Succefs, that fome Man fhall be born Sub. He hears you, Man ‘A (to! Dap. Sir, Vl not be ingrateful. Fac. Faith, I have confidence in his good nature: You hear, he fays he will not be ingrateful. Sub. Why, as-you pleafe; my Venture follows yours, -. Fac. Troth, doit, Dottor; think him truily, and make him. | He may make us both happy in an Hour; Win fome five thoufand Pound, and fendus twoo’ it. Dap. Believe it, and I will, Sir. Fac. And you fhall,. You nave heard all? , (Si, ! Dap. No, what was’t? nothing, I, Sir. Fac. Nothing ? ‘(Face takes bin afide , Dap. A little, Sir. Fac. Weil, a rare Star Reigi’d at your Birth. Dap. At mine, Sir? No. Fac. The Doctor Swears that you are-—— Sub. Nay, Captain, you'll tell all now. Fac. Allied to the Queen of Farry. Dap. Who? that I am?, . Believe it, no fuch matter— Fac. Yes, and that Yo’ were born with a Cawl o’ your Head. Dap. Who fays fof Fac. Come, | You know it well enough, tho’ you diffemble it. Dap. I-fac, ldo not: You are miltaken. Fac. How !! Swear by your fac ? and in a thing fo known ~ Unto the Dottor? How fhall we, Sir, truft you ) . Y