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Show f 2 4 The FALSE FRIEND. lurin* as you think you a r e - - Comb-brufh, nor I fo Sin\ove /our Maidenhead may chance to C w mouldy with your Airs -the Pox be your led fellow, there's that for you. Come, let s think no ^ore on't, Sailors muft meet with Storms; m y Matter's .^ c U tnn He may chance to fair no better with *0 i n f »*°%Z*\ have done with her Abigail: There ^ v b e ku i Weather there too. 1 reckon at prefent he ™ Z h„ W > by ander a Mizen at the Street-Door, I £ S 5 B ? S for his Comfort. What if 1 fhou'd W e him there an hour or two in frefco, and try to work off the Amour that way ? N o ; People will fee rhvfick'd their o w n way. But perhaps I might fave his tjfe w t yes, and have m y Bones broke for being {b oflicio'us •, therefore if you are at the Door, Don *lohn walk in, and take your Fortune. (Of ens the Dm. * Enter Bon John. D o n John. Hift ! hift 1 Lop. Hift! hift! T)onjohn. Lopez! Lop. [Afide.'] The Devil Tread foftly. D o n John. Are they allafteep? Lop. Dead, D o n John. Enough, fnut the Door. Lop. 'Tis done. D o n John. N o w be gone. ;. _ Lop. What J Shut the Door firft, and then be gone N o w , methinks, I might as well have gone firft, and then fhut the poor. . Don John. 1 bid you be gone, you Dog you, doyou ^m^Afide.-] Stark mad, and always fo when a W o m a n S i n ch^fe. But, Sir, will you keep your chief Minlfter out of the Secrets of your State? Pray lei * know what this night's W o r k is to be. D o n John. N o Queftions, hut march. (Lop. goes to the Door, and return* lJ^irVKl ft^>r you in the Street? BUtD0^ Join. No/ nor 4 out of the Houfe. 2"** FALSE FRIEH D . tit lop. So: Well, Sir m do juft as h ^ lie ; 1 H be gone, and I'll ftay j and & march °^d £ won t ftir, and )Uft as yoil fay, Sir. ' Von John. Well, be itfo; but you fhan't leave the Houfe, Sir ; therefore be gone to your Hog-ftve, and" wait further Orders. J' ° * ' Itf. [Afide.] But firft I'll know how you intend to difpofe of your felf. (Lop. hides behind the Door, Bon John folus. Don John. All's hufh and ftill ; aad 1 a m at the point of being a happy Villain. That Thouehe comes uninvited Then like an uninvited Gueft V it be treated : Be gone, Intruder. Leonora's Charms turn Vice to Virtue, Treafon into Truth; Nature w h o has made her the fupreme Objeft of our Defires ' muft needs have deflgn'd her the Regulator of our Morale. Whatever points at her, is pointed right. W e are ail her Due, Mankind's the Dower which Heaven has fettled on her ; and he's the Villain that wou'd rob her of her Tribute. I therefore, as in Duty bound, will in, and pay her mine. Lop. afide.] There he goes, i'faith ; he feem'd as if he had a Qualm juft n o w ; but he never goes without a D r am of Confcience-Water about him, to fet Matters right again. Don John. [_Afide.] This is her Door, 'tis lock'd j. but I have a Smith about m e will make her Staple fly. [Pulls out fome Irons, and forces the Lock. Lop. [Afide.] Hark ! hark ! if he is not equipt for a- Houfebreaker too. Very well, he has provided two- Strings to his B o w ; if he 'fcapes the Rape, he may be hang'd upon the Burglary. Don John [Afide.] There, 'tis. done. So : N o watch Light burning. [Peeping into her Chamber.] All mdarknefs ? fo much the better, 'twill fave a great deal of Blufhing on both fides. Methinks I feel m y felf ^'ghty modeft, I tremble too^ that's not proper at this time. Be firm, m y Courage, 1 have Bufinefs for ee ""__L"? So - - H o w am I now ? - ~ pretty well. F 3 Ther* |