 At the start of the play, Ingenuity, a scholar, pays court to the Lady Riches, but the two quarrel.The Lady's other suitors, Gettings and Clod (Clod represents country gentlemen, while Gettings represents the London merchant class), also quarrel — not with their Lady but with each other.The outcome of their dispute is that Clod challenges Gettings to a duel.