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Show i A-b-Modc. I PaW beathfbail never pft us, L*f r ^ V £ 8 £* IV. (.' fa") And fctwe aie, ^ ^ ^& *-* >»»' '**> H^I'out^ufrhe'^od Grac« of the Man is coming up, and all that, and i am ;g di'finherited, and all that. fo W, / 4 W « , when you knew I was Me/. H o w durft you interrupt me 10 r t add rclTing to the Princefs ? f f h a contnttmps then ? PA. But why would you addrels your ieu Mel. A\\walpejh\ Pal. Ah Tcnragc. fa hkn m colere pour pen de Phil. Radoucijsez vous, de gi * ™" t chafe. Vous 'n entendez pas la ^ f " e £ ^ t e ' m Qc he abufes m e : A h Mel. Ad autres, adautrcs: H< I bimieil oi mc, ^ , unfortunate I he does but accommodate, his Phrafe to Ptt You miftake him Mau m ne no fue Pomtj vour Refin'd Language, i*, H # «• u^'er " [To tow. Sir , , £$«««»$• P</. ^/A frf/jf«r A M « dans ces boccoges, ^/» que le del donne un beau jour . There I was with you, w ."«*• d tream1y j ^ in him. ' ,W. Let me die now, butthis Sm«ng is fane,^nd «tream y {Laughs'} But then that he fhould ufe m y own Words, a, it were ^ ^ of me, I cannot bear it. Pal. Ces beaux fejours, ces doux r mages - ^ C« beanx fejours, nous invttent a I amour I Let me (lie out D [L^%. fo humours the Cadence. fSineine again. Pal. Voy ma Clymene, voy fif^echefi, £ ^ . 5 entrebaifer ces oifeaux amoreux I Let me die novi, out u»t , for three or four brisk > > ^ W , to be put into Mafquing Habits, and to ting '0 h T Jam hew witty it would be ! and then to dance helter skelter to a Chacon !t£?J£k terre'toute laterre eftamoy! what's n ^ ^ ^ t w g c made, and fung, two or three years ago in Cabarets how it would attract the Admiration efpeciallv of every one that's an eveille ! S Well 1 begin to bavl a Tender for you, but^ f , ^ condition, that when we are Marry'd, yom [Pal- fng* while fie fpeaks. Phil. You muft drown her Voice: If (he makes her French Conditions, you are a Slave for ever. I. Firft, will you engage that d. Fa. la, la, la, &c. O*^' Me/. Will you hear the Conditions? P../. N o , 1 will hear no Conditions! I am refolv d to win you en Francois : io ! y, with abundance of noife, and no fenfe: Fa, la, la, la, &c. Mel. Hold, hold: I am vanquilh'd with your gay etc d'efpnt.^ 1 am yours, and will be yours, fans nuSe referve, ny condition: and let me die, if I do not think m y felf the happieft Nymph in Sicily My dear Erench Dear, ftay but a minuite, till I raccommode m y felf with the Princefs, and then I am yours, juft]u a la mort. ,',,;;.- , {Exeunt Mel. Philot. s, fanning himfelf with his hat) I never thought before that Wooing Marriage A-la-Mode. 5 Oi had a fweet Dream of her, and, Gad, the I have once dreamdof, I am fhrft Mad till I enjoy her, let her be never fo ugly. Enter Doralice, Doralice. Who's that you are fo Mad to Enjoy, Palamede? Pal. You may eafily imagine that, fweet Doralice. Dor. More eafily than you think I can: I met juft now with • who came to you with Letters, from a certain old Gentleman, yclipoed your Father, whereby I 4m given to underftand, that to morrow you are to take an Oath in the Church to be grave henceforward, to go ill-drefs'd and flovenly to get Heirs for your Eftate, and to dandle 'em for yourDiverfion, and in fhort' that Love and Courtfhip are to be no more. Pal. N o w have I fo much fhame to be thus apprehended in the manner, lean neither fpeak nor look upou you , I have abundance of Grace in me, that Ifind: But if youhave any fpark of true Friendfhip in you, retire alittlewifh me to the next Room, that has a Couch or Bed in't, and beftow your Charity upon a poor dying M a n : A little Comfort from a Miftris, before a M a n is going to give himfelf in Marriage, is as good as a lufty Dofe of Strong-water to a dying Male-factour, it takes away the fenfe of Hell and Hanging from him. Dor. No, good Palamede, I muft not be fo injurious to your Bride: 'Tis ill drawing from the Bank to day, when all your ready Money is payable to morrow. Pal. A Wife is only to have the ripe Fruit, that falls of it felf, but a wife Man will always preferve a making for a Miftris. Dor. But a Wife for the firft Quarter is a Miftris. Pal. But when the fecond comes. Dor. W h e n it does come, you arefo given to variety, that you would make a Wife of m e in another Quarter. Pal. No, never, except I were married to you: Marry'd People can never oblige one another, for all they do is Duty, and confequently there can be no Thanks: But Love is more frank and generous than he is honeft, he's a liberal Giver, but a curfed Pay-mafter. Dor. I declare I will have no Gallant, but, if I would, he fhould never be a marry'd M a n , a marry'd Man is but a Miftris's half-fervant, as a Clergy-man is but the King's half-fubjedt: For a M a n to come to me that fmells o'th \\ 'slife, I wou'd as foon wear her old Gewn after her, as her Husband. Pal. Yet'tis a kind of Fafhion to wear a Princefs's caft Shoes, you fee the Countrey Ladies buy 'em to be fine in 'em. Dor. Yes, a Princefs's Shoes may be worn after her, becaufe they keep their Fafhion, by being fo very little us'd, but generally a marry'd Man is the Creature of the World the moft out of Fafhion, his Behaviour is dumpiflh his Difcourfe his Wife and Family, his Habit fo much neglected, it looks as if that were marry'd too , his Hat is marry'd, his Peruke is marry'd, his Breeches ai e marry'd, and if we could look within his Breeches, we fhould find him marry'd there too. Pal. A m I then to be difcarded for ever? Pray do but mark how terrible that W o r d founds, For ever1 It has a very damn'd Sound, Doralice. Dor. Ay, for ever! It founds as hcllilhly to me, as it can do to you, but there's no help for't. Pal. Yet if we had but once enjoy'd one another: But then once only, is worfe than not at all, it leaves a Man with fuch a lingring after it. Dor. For ought I know 'tis better that we have not, we might upon T, have lik'd each other lefs, as many a M a n and W o m a n , that have lov'd as def-perateiv as wc, and yet when they came to Pofleiuon, have Ggh'd and cri d to themfelves, Is this all? Pal. That is onlv, if the Servant were not found a Map of this World j but if, upon Trial, we had not lik'd each other, we had certainly left loving, and faith, that's the greater Happinefs of the two. Dor 'Tis better as 'tis; we have drawn off alreadv ag much ot our Love as would run clear, after poflelling, the reft is but Jealoufies, and Difquiets, and Quarrelling, and Piecing. . . PA. Nay, after one great Quarrel, there's never any found Piecmgj the Lcve is ant tob die. fame place again. ,,..,. , -J Dor I dcclai Id Coach for ten Years togeth enre,v ehre r maihgehwt ab Luyo vae ,n ethwa to nse l ibkeet theUrr is hweh*o] trims a/n tth |
