The devil to pay: or, The wives metamorphos'd: An opera. . ^H sfe. ^^^^a My little Spirits now appear,Nastin and Ablfhcg draw near* The Tfo TFives Metamorphos d. i $ The Time isjhort, make no Delay,Then aukkly bajie and come away:Nor Moonj nor Stars afford their Light,But all is wrapt in gloomy Night:Both,Men andBeafts to Reft incline,And all things favour my Defign* Spirits. [Within.] Say, Mafter, what is to be done? Do&. My ftricl Commands be fur e attend, For ere this Night jhall have an end, You muft this Coblers Wife transform, And to the Knight9 s the like perform: With all your moft fpe
The devil to pay: or, The wives metamorphos'd: An opera. . ^H sfe. ^^^^a My little Spirits now appear,Nastin and Ablfhcg draw near* The Tfo TFives Metamorphos d. i $ The Time isjhort, make no Delay,Then aukkly bajie and come away:Nor Moonj nor Stars afford their Light,But all is wrapt in gloomy Night:Both,Men andBeafts to Reft incline,And all things favour my Defign* Spirits. [Within.] Say, Mafter, what is to be done? Do&. My ftricl Commands be fur e attend, For ere this Night jhall have an end, You muft this Coblers Wife transform, And to the Knight9 s the like perform: With all your moft fpecifick Charms, Convey each Wife to different Arms; Let the Delufion befoftrong, That none may know the Right from Wrong.^ All this we will with Care perform,c In Thunder, Lightning, and a Storm. [Thunder* [Exeunt. SCENE changes to the Cobkrs Houfe. Jobfon atwork. The Bed in view. Job. What Devil has been abroad To-night? I never heardfuch Claps of Thunder in my Life. I thought my little Hovelwould have flown away; but now all is clear again, and a fineStar-l
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