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Show 178 Sir ANTONY LOVE: Or, ill, as you cou*d defire from your Revenge; or the T o w n cxpe& from their Hopes of a Libel. Val. Then I honour her. Sir Ant. She has robb'd him of five hundred Pounds, run away from him j and fo expos'd him, that he has been the c o m m o n Rhyming Theam, the Hackney Pega* fas for the puny Poets to fet out upon, in their vaft Ambition of arriving at a Lampoon. llf. And that perhaps has fent him into France. Val. Well, I will have her Knighted. Sir Ant. O f what Order ? A Knight Errant, or an Errant Kftight ? Val. A Knight Errant, of thy Order, fhe muft be. Wait. That the is already. [Afide* Val. And thee a Right Honourable, for thy News. Sir Ant, Y o u may depend upon it. Val. If ever 1 light on her, I'll thank her for this Juftice to us all. ///. Golding m a y tell us more of her. Val. So he may ; you, Sir, wait at our Lodgings for him, and dire& him to the Abbe\ if he comes! [To a Servant^ We'll laugh at him, if w e do nothing more. Sir Ant. But he and I muft clear another fcore. [Ex. A C T II. S C E N E I. SCENE a Garden. Count Canaile, and the Abbe. ~ VSR .«..'"£ S# - •== „,„, • I to. »,hi.g » d. w,.h to, to » »,«, to well. H Xlr^tardian, Her Perfon, her Fortune, and her Conduft are in your Care. Abb. 1*11 take Care of em. c„„. The RAMBLING LADY. W C^Younvuftanfwerfor'em. Abb. I will anfwer for e m Government ; Cm. But m y Daughtersjare under^my ^ and whilft they are, they muft, nay man nrTh'y^ill do nothing to diftonou;•you_ Can. I'll put it out of their Power, had tney Abb. They ha' no fuch Mind. ;. ... Can That's more than I can tell, from the Liberties you give thefe Englifh-men in cur Family- ' Abb. They are Gentlemen. Cm. I apprehend a Danger, tho you w o n t. Abb. Pugh, pugh, there is no Danger. Can. I'll prevent it, if there were. Abb. All Men of Fortune, in their Country. Cm. They are not Men of Quality. Wou'd Count Verole were come, [Walking about. Abb. Don't do forafh a thing. Can. 1*11 rid m y felf of all m y Fears at once ; difpofe my youngeft Daughter in a Nunnery, and inftantly marry Floriante Abb. T o make her more miferabk. Can. Suitable to her Birth. Abb. To a Fool, the worft of Fools ; a lingular, opinionated, obftinate, crooked-temper'd, jealous-patcd Fool Can. If he were fo, that Fool's a Count; and the Count Kiakes amends for the Fool, Abb. Then he is welcome - [Count Verole enters to 'em.] Virtue created firft Nobility; but in our honourable Ignorance Nobility makes Virtue. Ver, What fays the Abbe .* Can. Sir, you are moft welcome. Ver. I fhall be glad to find it from the Man I fo much Abb. For his Title, that's all this Fellow thinks worth honouring. Hang em, they make m e Grave- But that a Brother of m y Blood fhou'd chufe a Coxcomb out -fitt if m y Brother prove a Coxcomb too, that W o n - du's |
