Fuller in _The Holy
State_, bk. ii., c. 18, says: "If he (the good yeoman) chance to appear
in clothes above his rank, it is to grace some great man with his
service, and then he blusheth at his own bravery."]
MASC. The marquisate and viscountship are at an end.
DU. CR. Ah! ah! you knaves, you have the impudence to become our rivals.
I assure you, you must go somewhere else to borrow finery to make
yourselves agreeable to your mistresses.
LA GR. It is too much to supplant us, and that with our own clothes.
MASC. O fortune, how fickle you are!
DU CR. Quick, pull off everything from them.
LA GR. Make haste and take away all these clothes. Now, ladies, in their
present condition you may continue your amours with them as long as you
please; we leave you perfectly free; this gentleman and I declare
solemnly that we shall not be in the least degree jealous.
SCENE XVII.--MADELON, CATHOS, JODELET, MASCARILLE, AND MUSICIANS.
CAT. What a confusion!
MAD. I am nearly bursting with vexation.
1 MUS. (_To Mascarille_). What is the meaning of this? Who is to pay us?
MASC. Ask my lord the viscount.
1 MUS. (_To Jodelet_). Who is to give us our money?
JOD. Ask my lord the marquis.
SCENE XVIII.--GORGIBUS, MADELON, CATHOS, JODELET, MASCARILLE, AND
MUSICIANS.
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