Cap.  Let him to Bedlam_ then; what makes he here?  Clean straw and a good whip are held restoratives.

Tho.  He walkes and talkes the madliest; twenty midwives
Are nothing to him, he drownes all their noise. 
His tongue is twenty ring of Bells, and yett
He seemes so merry.

    Enter Engine.

En.  Save you, gentlemen, gallants, Cavalliers.  How farre travell you:  me thinkes you are very finely accomodated.  Are you a Doctor, sir?

Cap.  No, but I can tell you how to purge, and please you.

En.  You say very well.  Troth, gentlemen you must pardon me:  cry you mercy, your name is Captaine Underwit.

Un.  Yes, sir, but my mother came of the Over-muches by the Peake.  She broke my father’s hart, and Sir Richard buried her:  things must be as please the starres.

En.  What thinke you of the blazeing starre in Germany? according to Ptolmy tis very strange.  Does the race hold at Newmarket for the Cup[254]?  When is the Cocking, gentlemen?  There are a parcell of rare Jewells to be sold now, and a man had money.  I doe meane to build a very fine house next summer and fish ponds.  What did you heare of the new play.  I am afraid the witts are broke; there be men will make affidavit that [they] have not heard a good jest since Tarleton[255] dyed.  Pray, may I crave your name, sir?

Cou.  My name is Courtwell, sir.

En.  In your eare; I have a cast of the best Marlins[256] in England, but I am resolv’d to goe no more by water but in my Coach.  Did you ever see the great ship?[257]

Cap.  I have been one of twenty that have dind in her lanterne.

En.  It may be so; she is a good sailer.  But ile tell you one thing:  I intend to have the best pack of hounds in Europe; Sir Richard loves the sport well.  And then if I can but find out the reason of the loadstone I were happie and would write Non Ultra.

Cap.  The philosophers stone were better in my opinion.  Have you no project to gett that?

Cou.  That has startled him:  I doubt this fellow does but counterfeit.

Un.  What thinke you of the Dromedary that was to be seene at the back side[258] of the Bell.

En.  I have seene a stranger beast.

Cap.  So have I; I have seene you before now, sir.

En.  Why then, ile tell you:  the strangest beast that ever I saw was an Ostridge that eate up the Iron mynes.  But now you talke of birds I saw an Elephant beat a Taylor in the fenceing schoole at his owne weapon.

Tho.  The Spanish needle?

En.  He did out eat him in bread, and that was miraculous.  I have seene a Catamountaine[259] once; but all was nothing to the wench that turnd round and thred needles.