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Show ri • • tm 334 The W I V E S EXCUSE: 0 r. I Cuckolds make Themfelves. 33? Fn. Are, y o u the Confident of the Gentleman's es ? fUrrf Methinks a Friend fhould have warn'd m e o P e m , r^wS^no'wiSS^Sl to do 111 Offices, cfpeci- • Marriage, Madam. y,D Fri I don't think you would; would Mr. Friendall % tender of wronging m e - [#^. £ You have had a handfome Account of their E x - ? n And w e are both oblig'd to M r . Friendall. E f t i i a m very well paid for m y Curiofity of c o m - M r . Fri. Gad fo, Lo-vemore, pr'ythee bring the Lad, ™ y Mafquerade to Night ; there's no body but PeopjJI"f'lcs ? %M . Quality to be there, for Pleafure is m y Bafmefs, ,fZve, I ^vc nfl? betray'd'em, M a d a m. k n o w ; and I a m very well pleas'd, to allow my Wife Liberties (he takes, in favour of m y o w n ; for to tell the Truth, the chief End of m y Marrying her, (n^ having the Eftate fettled upon rrc) was to carry on Intrigues m o r e fwimmingly with the Ladies. Love. That's a Convenience in Matrimony, I flj think of. ! Mr. Fri. O n e of the greateft, upon m y Word, Sir being feen fo often abroad, and vifiring with m J W pafs upon the formal Part of the T o w n for a very ft Husband ; and upon the Privilege of that Charaftl, g r o w intimate with all her Acquaintance, (and, by w a y , there's hardly a Family in T o w n , but I can trive to c o m e acquainted with, upon her account) t I pick and chufe in the very Face of their reverend htions, and deliver m y Billets m y fdf. Mrs. Fri. Y o u have 'em ready then ? Mr. Fri. T w o or three always in m y Pocket:-pj '«».] 1 write half a Dozen in a Morning, for the Ser of that Day. Love Hard Service, I aflure ycu. Mr. Fri. N o t at all : the Letters are but Copies one another ; and a Love-letter mould be a Love-letter, j k n o w , psmonate ar.d tender, who-ever 'tis de(:gn'd H a ! yonder are t w o W o m e n in Masks! I muft not feen with you : Ladies, you k n o w when you're well, fuppofe, by the Choice of your Man ; make much him, he's m y Bofom-frknd, and Confident of my P fures. Mrs. Fri. A n d you of his, I fuppofe ? There's no Pi fure without a Confident. Mr. Fri. Faith, M a d a m , I a m of your Mind : But more\ a little too refer ved, 'tis, at piefent, his Fault, I a want of knowing the T o w n ; but ! ' ^end of I hope, w h e n he ccmes to h?ve a Woroai orth talk: of Lovemore, not a W o r d at home of feeing m as you value the Fortune of your Friend; A. rGm , T fuppofe w e fhall have a Rendezvous of his & ' « the Mafquerade. pray lefs be « a d y to^re-ive'effl. S C E N E Mr. FriendallV Houfe. Men and Women in Mafquerading Habits. ur Wellvile, Wilding, Courtali, Springam, W i t w o ud and Betty. L WAding has his E y e upon us I fee : I have f o m e. L'to fey to him, in m y o w n Perfon, and then I muft ; L Scarfs with y o u : Be fure you areith w a y W I thought I had k n o w n you ; [To Betty.] I beg m Pardon, Madam, for the Miftake. torn You're very welcome to't, Sir, I would have y ou W e n ; and that you will always be, w h e n you judge on the Outfides of the W o m e n . % m You are for a ftrider Examination, I find: There iConveniencies for a full Difcovery, in the next R o o m, Body will fhow you the w a y . [Leaves her. Ii That's Sightly in the Scarf, and Witwoud with her, Fpofe; I muft not be miftaken. 'mt.l like the Freedom of a Mafquerade, very well* it confounds a Man's Choice. j. Why, Faith, I have a M i n d to be particular, if ould but hit upon the W o m a n . i And that you fhall prefently, little Captain, I'll it my felf in your Way. Spring. |
