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Show 294 An. Evenings Love:. Or, Theo. By your favour, Sir, you fhall ftay a little; the happincls of fo rare an acquaintance, ought to be cherifh'd on m y fide, by a longer converfation. Alon. Theodofia, what bufinefs have you with this Cavalier ? Theo. That, Sir, which will make you as ambitious of being known to him as I have been : under the habit of a Gallant he conceals the greateft Aftrologer this day living. Alon. You amaze m e Daughter. Theo. For m y own part I have been confulting with him about fome particulars of m y Fortunes paft and future ; both which he has refolv'd m e with that admi rabuliee kKinioowwlieedaggee.. Bell. Yes, faith, Sir, I was foretelling her of a difafter, that feverely threatenM r: and (one thing I forefee already by m y Stars, that I muft bear un boldh/ I a m loft. J v "umiy, li^St9' NeVer feai'him' Sir; ^s an ignorant Fellow, and credulous Alon. Daughter be not too confident in your belief; there's nothing more nn certain than the cold Prophecies of thefe Noftradamuffe; but ofwl C the queftion which you ask'd him? JJ uut or wilat Nature was Theo. What fhould be m y Fortune in Marriage. Alon. And, pray, what did you anfwer, Sir ? Bell. I anfwer'd her the truth, that fhe is in danger of Marri/ino-, r i without a Fortune. s Marrying a Gentleman Theo. And this, Sir, has put m e into fuch a fright Alon. Never trouble your felf about it, Daughter; follow m v adv.~ A T warrant you a rich Husband. y advice, and I Belt. But the Stars fay, fhe fhall not follow your advice- ifitk^y I'll burn m y Folio Volumes, and m y ManufJptsTo? I affu y o ^ t ^ ' Alon. Be not too confident, young M a n ; I know fomewhat £ , ™ S ^ felf, for in m y younger years I ftudied it; and thotigh IfavIt \£A f ° l o g l m? proficience in it. ' LV°ub" * lay it, made fome fmdi\\ Bell. Marry Heaven forbid. M Now my ignorance will certainly come out! •&*LiS22^£f %?«"*> *S -dif theEvenmg Arrfltould moft gravels me. concerning a difficult queftion in that Art, whiff 5- IP^J^T^*^ -dmy felf too, who have brought him -o^X^^nC; ^ °Ur °ld Ma" •««** aBurr to you *fi^ theTrine AfpecL J queftfon1 hat S 3 T 0pn0dri* Sir i * t-n my Man loofe to you for fuch a Mmk Me"1' fc' ^ ' ™ the ^rent- ^ Maskal>W. ^^Wr6 WinSi6^ andy°UrWor%fenowsit, Inever j* ttdk S^^ Rogue you queftion, when there's not a Mafter inTo m ? f t * be Peftei''d with every trivial tor thefe mean Omces ? Ma(ter * T o v ™ of any Science, but has his Ufj£ forth^ThLh,minf0medee^ queftion, Si /our Car- [Afide to Maskal. Alon. Or, The Moc^-Aftrologer. 295 Alon. You feem not to underftand the Terms, S> ? Belt. By your favour, Sir, I Know there are five of'cm ; do not 1 know your Michaelrrns, yonr Htlhry, your Fafter, your Trinity^ and your U>*g Vacation term, Sir ? ' >#/o*. I do not underftand a word oftfais j«ga . M It may be not, Sir • I believe the terms arc not the fame in $p im they are in Engla ' Mask. Did one ever hear fo impudent an Ignorance? AUm. The terms of Art are the iamc ever/where. Bet. Tell m e that! you are an old M a n , 'and they are alter'd fince vou ftudied them. Alon. That may be I muft confefs; however, if you pleafe to difjourfe fomething ofthe Art to me, you fhall find m e an apt Scholar. Enter a Servant to Alonzo. Sir. Sir- [Whifpers. Alton. S;r, lam forry a bufinefs of importance calls m e hence ; but I'll wait on you fome other time, to difcourfe more at large of Jflrohgy. Bell. Is your bufinefs very preffing ? \ Alon, It is, I affure you, Sir. B<'.'. I a m very forry, for I fhould have inftructed you in fuch rare fecrets ; I have iio fault, but that I a m too communicative. Ah/!. I'll difpatch ray bufinefs, and return immediately ; come away Daughter. [Exeunt Alonzo, Theodofia, Beatrix, Servus. Bell. A Devil oil's Learning; he had brought m e to m y laft Legs; I was fighting as low as ever was Squire Widdringtan. . Mask. W h o would have fufpected it from that wicked Elder? Bell. Sufpected it? why 'twas palpable from his very Phyfnomy; he looks like ITIy, and the Spirit Fircu in the Fortune-Book. Enter Wildblood. Wild. H o w now Bellamy, in wrath 1 prithee what's the matter ? . The ftory is too long to tell you ; but this Rogue here, has made m e pafs for an errand fortune-teller. Mask. If I had nor, I'm fure he muft have pafs'd for an errand Mad-man ; he had difcovered, in a rage, all that Beatrix bzA corifefs'd to me concerning her Miftreffes Love ; and Iliad no other way to bring him off, but to fay he knew it by the Planets. Wild. And art thou fuch an Oph to be vex'd at this ? as the adventure may be il. fhall the Trade o\ La'[L\<id within a Month. Bell. And do you think it reafonable forme to ftand defendant to all the impertinent Queftions that the 1 own can ask m e ? Wild, 'fhou fhalt do't Boy, pox on thee, thou doft not know thine own happinefs; thou wilt have the Ladies come to thee; and if thou doft not fit them with Fortunes, thou art bewitch'd. Mask. Sir, 'tis the eafieft thing in Nature; you need but fpeak doubtfully, or keep your felf in general terms, and for the moft part tell good rather than bad fortune. . , , 1 Wild. And if at an v time thou ventur'ft at particulars, have an evahon ready, like Lilly; as thus, It will infallibly happen if our Sins hinder not. I would undertake, with one of his Almanacks, to give very good content to all Chriften-dom and what »ood luck fell not out in one Kingdom, fhould in another. ' Kiasi. The pleafure on't will be to fee how all his Cuftomers will contribute to their o w n deceiving; and verily believe he told them that, which they told BefL Umh.' nowl begin to tafte it; I am like the drunken Tinker in die Play, a great Prince, and never knew it. . •. C. Wila, A g W Prince, a great Turk, w e /hall have thee within thete two days, do grace to the Ladies, by throwing out a Handkerchief; sh.e, 1 could Feaft upon thy Fragments , , 1 1 1 Beft If the W o m e n come, you fhall be lure to help me to undergo the bui- P p o\^ |