Th’ Officious Tell-tale Fool, (he shou’d repent it.)
Parts three kind Souls that liv’d at Peace contented,
Some with Law Quirks set Houses by the Ears;
With Physick one what he wou’d heal impairs. 
Like that dark Mob’d up Fry, that neighb’ring Curse,
Who to remove Love’s Pain, bestow a worse. 
Since then this meddling Tribe infest the Age,
Bear one a while, expos’d upon the Stage. 
Let none but Busie-Bodies vent their Spight! 
And with good Humour, Pleasure crown the Night!_

Dramatis Personae.

Men.

Sir George Airy.  A Gentleman of Four Thousand a Year
in Love with Miranda. 
    Acted by Mr. Wilks.

Sir Francis Gripe.  Guardian to Miranda and Marplot,
Father to Charles, in Love with Miranda. 
    Mr. Estcourt.

Charles.  Friend to Sir George, in Love with Isabinda. 
    Mr. Mills.

Sir Jealous Traffick.  A Merchant that had liv’d sometime
in Spain, a great Admirer of the Spanish Customs,
Father to Isabinda. 
    Mr. Bullock.

Marplot.  A sort of a silly Fellow, Cowardly, but very Inquisitive to know every Body’s Business, generally spoils all he undertakes, yet without Design. 
    Mr. Pack.

Whisper.  Servant to Charles. 
    Mr. Bullock jun.

Women.

Miranda.  An Heiress, worth Thirty Thousand Pound, really
in Love with Sir George, but pretends to be so with her
Guardian Sir Francis. 
    Mrs. Cross.

Isabinda.  Daughter to Sir Jealous, in Love with Charles, but design’d for a Spanish Merchant by her Father, and kept up from the sight of all Men. 
    Mrs. Rogers.

Patch.  Her Woman. 
    Mrs. Saunders.

Scentwell.  Woman to Miranda. 
    Mrs. Mills.

[Transcriber’s Note:  The scenes within each Act are not numbered.  Their descriptions are listed here for convenience: 

ACT I [scene i] The Park
ACT II [scene i] [Sir Francis Gripe’s house]
        [scene ii] Sir Jealous Traffick’s House
        [scene iii] Charles’s Lodging
ACT III [scene i] [outside Sir Jealous Traffick’s house]
        [scene ii] the Street
        [scene iii] Sir Francis Gripe’s House
        [scene iv] a Tavern
ACT IV [scene i] the Out-side of Sir Jealous Traffick’s House
        [scene ii] Isabinda’s Chamber
        [scene iii] a Garden Gate open
        [scene iv] the House [of Sir Jealous Traffick]
ACT V [scene i] [Sir Francis Gripe’s house]
        [scene ii] the Street before Sir Jealous’s Door
        [scene iii] Inside the House [of Sir Jealous Traffick] ]