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Dapper is a greedy gambler and law clerk who has aspirations above his station. He met Face in a pub and has been primed to believe that Subtle, a ‘ masterful apothecary’, will show him how to engage with a gambling spirit. Dapper truly believes that this spirit will boost his gambling fortunes and allow him to quit the law forever. Here, Face asks Dapper if he has performed the strange vinegar splashing/shirt changing ritual that Face promises will bring the Fairy Queen to him. After handing
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FACE. Come on, master Dapper, You see how I turn clients here away, To give your cause dispatch; have you perform'd The ceremonies were enjoin'd you?
DAP. Yes, of the vinegar, And the clean shirt.
FACE. 'Tis well: that shirt may do you More worship than you think. Your aunt's a-fire, But that she will not shew it, t' have a sight of you. Have you provided for her
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