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Show T/ . _• : T7 fcTthat'ufe of me 3 let me wait Pala. Then, Madam, 1 think you had beft ma ^ j have learnt of on you for two or three Days together aiurg x nc f t, , extraordinary in other Countreys And o * ^ d ^ ^ came home/ that is, a Lad) ° * ^ afer this, if I fhould not declare m y felf than any I have feen abroad And, atte £ lcgWlt than yet you think moft p/flionatdy in Love with you. 1 have. would not give my poor Hea« an < « ^ - ~ ^ gag cl it too ralhly, and thenc ould n otto g fofc f ftaH uft ft „ IV/<. -Your Heart tnay trnft f e f Without fair'Warning to provide for it while it ftays, and never turn it away, w felf. OiflWi with is little Confideration, on f V . firft, then, I do «*jey»«MBg « £ - £ _, wtat a miferab,e my part, as ever you gave it we, on )o wSh Tho T.X*°"^ J* fite- Give me LOTe en0l,gh'a" L f e & $ > ^ u ^ vain Imagination, know, to,hy utter Conft, ^^hTword, and^p.he^ Dor. Then, to ftrike you quite ^J_?%__J* Woman? fl*. Yes, marry'd to a Gentlen an , youn& fc]£ with all the Rood Qoaht.es tha will n ake >ou delp £J- ^ <j_t for PA. Well, in fpight ot all that, 111 love you one another; for 1 am » •*»•£_ ^ t a f a ^ M it L f go Redemption, tn a V 0 0 " ^ ' M e as I perceive yon ^0 your Husband. ^ T L ^ S t t S K W sJant yo? are only til, you %T7n 4. mean time, you are to forget you have a Husband. WaWfi^« *• at tbe end ofthe Walks, "iT C-MSf ^USTJa ^.k farther of tbe Premifes, I, the^an while, break not my firft Commandment, that is, not to follow me. Pala. But where, then, (hall 1 find you again > Dor. At Court. Yours for two Days, Sir. Pala. And Nights, I beteech you, Madam. _. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ P*/* Well Fll fay that for thee, thou 4rt a very dextrous Executioner * thou h'aft done my Bufinefs at one Stroke: Yet I muft marry another - and yet I muft love this 5 and if it lead me into fome little Inconveniences, as Jealoufies, and Duels, and Death, and fo forth, yet while fweet Love is in the Cafe, Fortune do thy worft, and avant Mortality. Enter Rhodophil, who feems jpeakdng to one within. Rbo. Leave em with my Lieutenant, while I fetch new Orders from the King, how} Palamede I [Sees Palamede. Pala. Rhodophil! Rho. W h o thought to have fe£n you in Sicilft Pala. W h o thought to have found the Court fo far from Syracufe? Rho. The King beft knows the Reafpn ofthe Progrefs. But anfwer me, 1 be-feech you, what brought you home from Travel e Pala. The Commands of an old rich Father. Rh. And the hopes of burying him ? Pala. Both together, as you fee, have prevail'd on my good Nature. In few words, M y old Man has already marry'd me:, for he has agreed with another old Man, as rich and as covetous as himfelf;, the Articles are drawn, and I have given my Confent, for fear of being dif-inherited t, and yet knovv not what kind of W o m a n I am to marry. Rho. Sure your Father intends you fome very ugly Wife 3 and has a mind to keep you in Ignorance, till you have (hot the Gulf. Palo. .,--. Marriage A-la-Mode. It TifeXnIfcmir"5^ wi»> ^ X h " J W , and p t f ^ t f y ^ * * * * * «r.s and Curthans oi ble Servant in Europe. m° l t kmd"hcarted, doting, prodigal, hum- ^^G±^^g$£ •_«*! ^ndyou, was to com- ;(/"mLi,arFr,ie"d mM ?£Sim you*™ "*** theReafon th«- in M *£&8£8SI£& ^ W ™M %?«*, "or indeed to do any upon me. F itlL §rcateft Misfortune imaginable is fain Pvt' T Prithee' whafs thc Matter? of my Vows andRefol„&%l^ha,f,ad "W°ra "*• in W* conatSonUn d y°a '!aTC folJ >-'v"for ^Ithy Lucre, fhes old, or ill-con- Jaugt; ^gs.^5 &*£*&* *? » ^ f°r "" ^ fe bout it, fo? I do the lime y ' ' wh,ch ,s more- w c W e r quarrel a-bandfomIOU'rCVeryUnf0" UmtCindccd: Th'« *• Cafe is plain, fte is not D/J,"' ^ g,r,eat ,BeJn'y too> as Seopis fay. et A*SSfc SrohW h^: y,o u f t o u l d k n o w b*t h«y°»reif. WhatTthelcen" ' ^ ^ fmdt '° a ftronS tefu™ «*» Years together, P A . But here are good Qualities enough for one Woman. I fhouldt'comeT7' **"*'"'COu)d Put'eminto *« OTf°« V^J^ carfffhe^ yZw^ f°Und ^ y0" dlflikC "" f0r no otlK1' K-'f™. M bi ^ r ».nd iS n0t !hat e n o nS, , ? All that I know of her Perfections now is only by Memory. I remember, indeed, that about two Year a £ f W d V ? S S v ^ H bUt;h°,(f g?W e " Days are gone, P ^ i Yerf o^d ner a S v ^ t * , * " * 1 " " 1 TcruTofany Miftrifs, and ttok i nrv tob,?'hn!ai could h,ave hdd r ano",cr Q.™"'-'- but *» £ Wod5 M to laugh at me, and a certain ftame of being out of Falhion, feiz'd nv- - ^ aft, we arnvd at that Point, that there was nothing left in u to make us new ^1 nf '' C0"?1!^' bl,t> when Wi are a10™. w^ «'»lk like ifflS a Room fhe one way, and 1 another: And we lie with our Backs to eachThe" Lf anfe^ntly^r/ef^ "^ ** °^ ^"^ <°^ H" Pala. The Truth is, your Difeafe is very defperate 5 but, though you can- TJf CUT ? ' /r°u TIb"v? -h'd up a ,itt,e»y°u muft §et y°u a ^h Rk-dophl That, indeed, is living upon Cordials* but, as faft as-one fails vou muft fuppiy it with another. You're like a Gamefter, who has loft his Efbke* yet, in doing that, you have learn'd the Advantages of Play, and can arrive to live upon t. J Rho Truth is I have been thinking on't, and have juft refolv'd to take vour CounleI5 and, faith, confidering thc damn'd Difadvantages of a marry'd Man I have provided well enough for a poor humble Sinner, that is aot ambitious or great Matters. Pala. What is fhe, for a W o m a n > Rho. One ofthe Stars of Syratufe, I affure you : Young enough, fair cno' and, butfor one Quality, juft fuch a W o m a n as I would wifh. Pala. O Friend, this is not an Age to be critical in Beauty: W h e n vre had good ftore of handfome Women, and but few Chapmen, you might have feen more curious in your Choice- but now the Price is enhane'd upon us, and all Mankind fet up for Miitr'nTes 5 fo that poor little Creatures, without'Beauty, Birth, or Breeding, but only impudence, gooff at unreafonable R.ir. \ a Man, in thefe hard Times, fnaps at 'em, as he does at Broad-Gold never ev>- |
