ready wit

He managed the company very well.

That it will, however, cause the subscribers to wish, in their minds, for many oaths to fly about, which is a heinous crime, and to lay stratagems to try the patience of men of all sorts; to put them upon the swearing strain, in order to bring grist to their own mill, which is a crime still more enormous; and that therefore, for fear of these evil consequences, the passing of such an act is not consistent with the really extraordinary and tender conscience of a true modern politician.

Ber. […]And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law, My loue to thee is ſound, ſans cracke or flaw. Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you.