LOCKIT. And so, after all this Mischief, I must stay here to be
entertain'd with your Catterwauling, Mistress Puss!----Out of my Sight,
wanton Strumpet! you shall fast and mortify yourself into Reason, with now
and then a little handsome Discipline to bring you to your Senses.----Go.
Scene 2.
LOCKIT.
Peachum then intends to outwit me in this Affair; but I'll be even with
him.----The Dog is leaky in his Liquor, so I'll ply him that way, get the
Secret from him, and turn this Affair to my own Advantage.----Lions, Wolves
and Vultures don't live together in Herds, Droves, or Flocks.----Of all
Animals of Prey, Man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon
the other, and yet we herd together.----Peachum is my Companion, my
Friend.----According to the Custom of the World, indeed he may quote
thousands of Precedents for Cheating me----And shall I not make use of the
Privilege of Friendship to make him a Return.
Air XLIII.--Packington's Pound.
Thus Gamesters united in Friendship are found,
Though they know that their Industry all is a Cheat;
They flock to their Prey at the Dice-Box's Sound,
And join to promote one another's Deceit.
But if by mishap
They fail of a Chap,
To keep in their hands, they each other entrap.
Like Pikes, lank with Hunger, who miss of their Ends,
They bite their Companions and prey on their Friends.
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