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Show J- \ 4° J/VANTONY LOVE: Or, I Char. Tte very fame. But Floriante is oblig'd to you; Y°u meant this Favour to her: But by this time fhe has Put her felf into the Care of a Gentleman, w h o will fin<j a kinder way of difpofwg her, than into the Hands of her Father. ' Can. DiHonourable Girl! „ I Ver. If it be pofftble, I'll recover her, and yet revenue m y Love. ^ Can. But Chariot, h o w came you to think of running away with Valentine, when you k n o w I defign'd you to marry him? 5 ; C W . Why, I thank you, Sir, you defign'd very well tor m e ; but I was too well acquainted with Valentine, and m y Sifter's Thoughts, to depend over much upon - that Hope: 1 k n e w there was no parting them; there-fore confented the eafier to aflift her, in getting out of the Nunnery. Abb. Very well. Can. Very well Brother! Abb. Let her go on. Char. I began to apprehend the Danger of flaying be-hind in a Place, and ProfcfTion, wholly difagreeable to iny Humour. Abb. And well you might. Char. I thought fit to provide for m y felf. Abb. In good time you did, Neice. Char. And accordingly, in m y Sifter's Name, 1 fentto Count Verole; he came at the time appointed, expecting Floriante: hut Valentine, by what accident I know not, coming before his time, knowing nothing of me, or my Plot upon the Count, took m e for her, call'd me floriante, upon which his Bravo s fell upon Valentine'. But thc Count in a more gentle-manly regard to his Perfon, en-countred me, and brought m e where you find me. Alb. But methinks the Count, taking you for Floriante, his old Miftrefs, might ha' made another ufe of his Viao- Ty, than to have brought you in triumph to your Fa- Char I expefted he would indeed; but by what he faid to me, I found he had little or no defign in coming 1 The RAMBLING LADY, a49 there; but to revenge himfelf upon my Sifter, and her SCCan. I'm glad he has no other Defign upon her. char And fo am I indeed, Sir. , lb Why. Ckarbt! You are not in Love with the °£J Not fo much in love with the County U* out of love with a Nunnery. Any Man had been as well C°Zn. Well, well; if hfr*» be not hurt, this matter will clear of it felf rFMierf Abb, And fo it will, I warrant you. \Exttmt.. | SCENES Street. Enter Sir Gentle Golding. Sir Gent. Why, h o w a Man may be miftaken inJur Friends! I could not ha'belfev'd it; (had not one of their underling Rogues told m e fo himfelf) that any one cculd ha'been fo cheated, as I have been, by m y o w n Countrymen If I durft but fend any of 'em a Challenge, I might get fome of m y Mony again; but that may draw me into a worfe Premunire, than I have yet been iri.. Let m e fee; can't I have a fafer Revenge upon 'em ? V$r Imtine has ftoiJ'n a Fortune, and entrufted m e to bring a Father to marry 'em; n o w if I fhould go wilfully, ia a miftake, to the Gentlewoman's o w n Father, for a Licence to marry 'em. The truth on't is, I have a Mind" to forbid the Banes, and get her m y felr, if.I can; to? Floriante is a W o m a n of Quality Count Verole in purfuit of her, enters with his Brav^'o, Ver. D o you know her, Sir ? Sir Gent. Yes Sir, I think I do. Ver. Then as you are a Gentleman, affift m e ; thus far I have News of her. Sir Gent. I a m a Gentleman, Sir; you fhall find m e 3 Gentleman: And I'll tell you more N e w s of her; I'd carry you to the very Place where fhe is, Sir; and that's as much as you can exped from a Gentleman, when a Friend is concern'd. M ; . |