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Show :LIO Sir ANTONY LOVE: Or9 Sir Ant. A little too young indeed to be trufted Val. In an Affair of this nature, by any W o m a n that has a Reputation to fecure with her Pleafure. Sir Ant. I have been afraid of his talking indeed a great while. Val. You muft expeft it, Madam; he has not Experience enough to value you: All W o m e n are like to the young Fellows; as indeed all Fellows are like to the young W o m e n ; neither Sex chufes well, till they come to an Age of Difcretion. Sir Ant. There I a m with you indeed. Val. There is a maturity requir'd in Love, as in other Fruits, to recommend the true Relifh of it to the diftin-guifhing Palate of an Epicure. I am fome-thing a better ludge of that Pleafure than he can be: And I think fit-ter, a great deal, for an Intrigue with your Ladyfhip, both in Difcretion and Performance Sir Ant. Than Sir Antony can be. [Shews her Face. Val. Sir Antony in Petticoats, m y good Friend Mrs. %HCSirAnt. But are not you a Rogue, Valentine! Not to receive a Courtefie from a Lady by the favour of your S , but you muft abufe your Truft, and fupplant the verv Intereft that rais'd you to her? ValTlam confounded indeed! But are you Sir Mm Love? . Sir Ant. All but m y Petticoats. Val. And are you lure you re a Woman? sir Ant Are not you fure of that, birt . & U » , and cLrm-d with the C e r t a m t y - - ^ Now every Pleafure paft come* o'er my Thoughts: Sir Jhet. There are as many to come, you xmnd 'em all. farher'd a Baftard for me, Val. N o w I remember; you tatner u a D ^ _ at Paris Refutation ef it indeed; and fhould Sir Ant. I had the Reputatiou rfd have had the C o w with the Call, tor uer The RAMBLING LADY, »f Ambaffador.- before Val This you never tcld m e before, ^ ^ S,r Ant. He W ^ . fe y £ t a o w , he was Family, as long as I ftaid there, ior y a Man of ^ ^ 7 G „• ^ t00j Madam, that knew Pi/. And a Man of GaUantry too, ^ which way to improve fuch a^p*^ < » & did Vakntine: Sir Ant. As well as any Body , andtoneo ^ By his Generofity and goodMJfig ^ ^ J ™ . Y J far, that not being able to anfwe-the u g m him Shaving you in m y Head at tnar very T H MJ was7oJcI to ru/away from him, to get nd of him.. A / H o w could you keep this from m e fo long? Sir Ant. N o w 'tis more welcome to you. JW HaJ I known it before, it had been m m y P o w e r- Sir 'Ant. Not to marry me, I hope, Valentine] But it YOU could be in that Miod ("which I neither defire, nor defcrve) I know you too well, to think of fecunng you that way. fci lf . Val. But I would not have engag'd m y felf, any where elfe Sir Ant. I know your Engagements to Flortante; and you fhall marry her. That will difengage you, I warrant you. Val. You continue your Opinion of Marriage. Sir Ant. Flortante, I grant you, would be a dangerous- Rival in a Miftrefs Val. Nothing can Jlival thee. Sm Ant. And yotf might linger out, a long liking of her, to my Uneaiinefs, and your own; but Matrimony,. that's her Security, is mine: I can't apprehend her in a Wife. Enter Waitwell. Sir Ant. Well, Governor, what think you of m y Ma* nagement ? Wait. Why, if you take but half the Pains in your Profit, that you have fpent in your Pleafure, I think w e m ay expect a very good accomtt of the Knight-- L 3 Vah |