For if we catch thee failing once,
'Twill fall the heavier on thy bones.

What made thee venture to betray,
And filch the lady's heart away?--
To spirit her to matrimony?—

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That which contracts all matches, money.
It was th' enchantment of her riches,
That made m' apply t' your crony witches;
That in return would pay th' expense,
The wear and tear of conscience,

Which I could have patch'd up, and turn'd,
For th' hundredth part of what I earn’d.
Didst thou not love her then? fpeak true.
No more, quoth he, than I love you.—...!.
How wouldst thou've us'd her and her money?
First turn'd her up to alimony,

And laid her dowry out in law,

To null her jointure with a flaw,

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