Every Man in His Humour
by Ben Jonson

Every Man in His Humour: Act 5, Scene 1 Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
Justice Clement, Knowell, Kitely, Dame Kitely, Cash, Tib, and Cob assemble at Justice Clement’s house. Clement is trying to get to the bottom of the “false” messages allegedly given by Roger Formal.
Justice Clement is portrayed as a shrewd judge of character—the task thus falls to him restore some sense of order and, by extension, stability of self to those involved.
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Clement questions Dame Kitely and Kitely, getting them both to realize that each of them was convinced to search for the other at Cob’s house by Wellbred. He points out that it has all been a “mere trick.”
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