I’ ll do it for the splendor won. If poets starve to stun mankind, Then rogues, no less, should be inclined.
ACT II— THE TOWN OUTSIDE THE CLUTTERBUCK ESTATE. SCENE I— SCAPIN.
SCAPIN( COUNTING MONEY): Gold, silver, promissory notes; coin, cash, notarized receipts; such are relations of the human race. Stock markets and speculator’ s fees; goods trafficked with indemnifying rates; debts and bonds civilize the savage man.