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[To them] JEREMY with BUCKRAM.
VALENTINE
What, is my bad genius here again! Oh no, 'tis the lawyer
with an itching palm; and he's come to be scratched. My nails are
not long enough. Let me have a pair of red-hot tongs quickly,
quickly, and you shall see me act St. Dunstan, and lead the devil by
the nose.
BUCKRAM
O Lord, let me begone: I'll not venture myself with a
madman.
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