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Wine. Not so much as Gentlemen dishonour themselues, to turne 

 common pipers : but if you haue any more conditions, pray enrich vs 

 with the story. 



Tob. I am medicinall. 620 



Be. How? 



To. And preserue the health of man. 



Wine. I hope they are not come to drinke healthes in Tobacco. 



To. I repaire the bodies which your immoderate cups haue tumd 

 to fennes and marishes. The wisest Phisitians prescribe my vse, and 

 acknowledge me a salutary herbe. 



Ale. Phisicians are no fooles, they may commend you for their 

 profit, you are one of their herbingers to prouide for a disease; yet 

 howsoeuer you call them wise, and glorie in their flatteries, they make 

 but a very simple of you. 630 



Wine. Methinkes this should cut Tobacco. 



Tob. Not at all, I am aboue their poore derision; at my pleasure I 

 could reuenge their malice, for I am in fauour, and growne to be the 

 delight of poets and princes. 



Bee. How poets and princes? Ego &° Rex mens, a stopper for 

 Tobacco, wee shall haue pretty treason anon else. 



Tob. Does it scruple your iudgement Mr. small beere that I say 

 poets and Princes? I am not to learne their distinction, nor doth it 

 take from any allegiance, they are both sacred names: yet I am con- 

 fident it is easier for a poet not borne to soueraigntie to aspire to a 

 kingdome, then for a King not borne with fancie to be made a poet. 

 I mentioned these names, not in their methode and order, but to shew 

 my grace with them, that are most able to punish insolence, such as 

 your's, 644 



Ale. How the vapour rises. 



Wine. This ruffler may be troublesome, wee were best admit him 

 to our society, he is a dry companion, and you may obserue, how he 

 hath insinuated already with the greatest; the ladies begin to affect 

 him, and he receiues priuate fauors from their Ups, euery day he 

 kisseth their hands, when he appeares in a faire pipe; though wee 

 allow him not a prioritie, for our owne sakes, let vs hold correspond- 



636 pretty. Ed. of 1658, petty. 



