ELDER EEL
BONES. An’ was she rebukit?
EEL. Nay] she cried back on me: “There’s no eunuchs
here, Chairlie, nor none wanted.
Throw it up
I ”
CHIPS. The brazen, forward, sculduddery wench!
The
flytin’, sweerin’ harlot 0’ Babylon
!
EEL. An’ then she picks up her fiddle that she’s lured
thousands 0’ men to their doom wi’, and she plays, ”We are
na fou, we're no that fou.”
ALL. Shame on her!
GRAB, Hark! wha’s that?
[Τhe inning of a m'a/in is heard, !#
EEL. There she is!
There‘s the Hear 0’ Babylon]
[LILITH, offlay: a lively thangn elassz‘mlpz'ete of music.
ΕΕι. Το your tents, O Israel!
Το your hames, men
0‘
Houghmagandie!
On to the marrow-bones o' your knees,
and pray that the curse may be removed from us
!
ALL. Amen
l
BEL. As for me,
I’ll wrastle wi' this deevil, and maybe
have strength given me to owercome
it.
Here comes the
meenister; I’ll hae twa wurrds wi’ him on the matter!
ALL. Guid guide ye and preserve ye
!
[All ga oj" R., in consz‘ernaz‘z‘an.
EEL. An‘ noo to wrastle wi’ the demon
!
[Enter L., ΜΕΕΚ and DOSE.
DOSE is an educati/ed man,
well dressed]
EEL. Gude—mornin’, meenisterl
Gude—mornin’, doctor!
MEEK [Very humble and quid]. Gude-mornin', Elderl
DOSE. Morning, Elder]
EEL. I wad hae twa wurrds wi’ ye, meenisterl
ΜΕΕΚ. Ay! Ay!
What is it, n00?