I wonder
we are not more respected.
MACHEATH. There will be deep Play to-night at Mary-bone, and consequently
Money may be pick'd up upon the Road. Meet me there, and I'll give you the
Hint who is worth Setting.
MATT. The Fellow with a brown Coat with a narrow Gold Binding, I am told,
is never without Money.
MACHEATH. What do you mean, Matt?----Sure you will not think of meddling
with him!----He's a good honest kind of a Fellow, and one of us.
BEN. To be sure, Sir, we will put ourselves under your Direction.
MACHEATH. Have an Eye upon the Money-Lenders.----A Rouleau, or two,
would prove a pretty sort of an Expedition. I hate Extortion.
MATT. Those Rouleaus are very pretty things.----I hate your Bank Bills.----
There is such a Hazard in putting them off.
MACHEATH. There is a certain Man of Distinction, who in his Time hath
nick'd me out of a great deal of the Ready. He is in my Cash, Ben;----I'll
point him out to you this Evening, and you shall draw upon him for the Debt.
----The Company are met; I hear the Dice-Box in the other Room. So,
Gentlemen, your Servant. You'll meet me at Mary-bone.
Scene 5, Peachum's Lock.
A Table with Wine, Brandy, Pipes, and Tobacco.
LOCKIT. The Coronation Account, Brother Peachum, is of so intricate a
nature, that I believe it will never be settled.
PEACHUM. It consists indeed of a great Variety of Articles.----It was
worth to our People, in Fees of different kinds, above ten Instalments.
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