A room in Lady Wishfort's house.
       LADY WISHFORT at her toilet, PEG waiting.
       LADY
       Merciful! No news of Foible yet?
       PEG
       No, madam.
       LADY WISHFORT
       I have no more patience. If I have not fretted myself till I am pale again, there's no veracity in me. Fetch me the red--the red, do you hear, sweetheart? An errant ash colour, as I'm a person. Look you how this wench stirs! Why dost thou not fetch me a little red? Didst thou not hear me, Mopus?
       PEG
       The red ratafia, does your ladyship mean, or the cherry brandy?
       LADY WISHFORT
       Ratafia, fool? No, fool. Not the ratafia, fool--grant me patience!--I mean the Spanish paper, idiot; complexion, darling. Paint, paint, paint, dost thou understand that, changeling, dangling thy hands like bobbins before thee? Why dost thou not stir, puppet? Thou wooden thing upon wires!
       PEG
       Lord, madam, your ladyship is so impatient.--I cannot come at the paint, madam: Mrs. Foible has locked it up, and carried the key with her.
       LADY WISHFORT
       A pox take you both.--Fetch me the cherry brandy then.

Prologue--Spoken by Mr. Betterton.
Dramatis Personae.
act i
   Scene I.
   Scene II.
   Scene III.
   Scene IV.
   Scene V.
   Scene VI.
   Scene VII.
   Scene VIII.
   Scene IX.
act ii
   Scene I.
   Scene II.
   Scene III.
   Scene IV.
   Scene V.
   Scene VI.
   Scene VII.
   Scene VIII.
   Scene IX.
act iii
   Scene I.
   Scene II.
   Scene III.
   Scene IV.
   Scene V.
   Scene VI.
   Scene VII.
   Scene VIII.
   Scene IX.
   Scene X.
   Scene XI.
   Scene XII.
   Scene XIII.
   Scene XIV.
   Scene XV.
   Scene XVI.
   Scene XVII.
   Scene XVIII.
act iv
   Scene I.
   Scene II.
   Scene III.
   Scene IV.
   Scene V.
   Scene VI.
   Scene VII.
   Scene VIII.
   Scene IX.
   Scene X.
   Scene XI.
   Scene XII.
   Scene XIII.
   Scene XIV.
   Scene XV.
act v
   Scene I.
   Scene II.
   Scene III.
   Scene IV.
   Scene V.
   Scene VI.
   Scene VII.
   Scene VIII.
   Scene IX.
   Scene X.
   Scene XI.
   Scene XII.
   Scene XIII.
   Scene the Last.
Epilogue--Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.