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Show 5 l \ _ _ « _ - - - ^ ^ ' ~ - r . . .ir inve"non7on't. To the next. ~Fred Away with that dry ^ ^ £ " where ever^ Curtizan is your Cat. Love^alone,, is ^ ^ W $ f c f l "orfe, plain Whining after Miftrifc, and every Man your Rival* ^ D and haunting her Street one W o m a n 5 that is, walking W g e ne Kondaches. bv Nfeht, with Guittars, dark Lan^orns^ ^ ,:i;v,.,.4ht Punk>, P^<* «"*J? ""Si and, to fum Up all, Punic : S S S & & £S8& ^nt W » KCme - new Mb tv^:rv^:^die«;i:»xi:-is **» a**** *** >™tarof * ro Savorily. , „;nfinltl fort of Love and Converfation : As for ^/Thertls y^another more mfipd tort o [ft ^ qualifie 'em. u i J eafie t0 COme by * and if you'll ' C » But yet. they - « - a h, d, ^ » ^ Jfr ^ ^ believe an cxpenencd Sinner, eanntis ot ir' T1 • f runner nlnfes me- for Debauchery, I hate it * and, to J r i l ^ ^ M l r ^ c ^ ' S y Friends. Pra,. What do you call °f £ t^ uVonder ", -e r^lSM%*»* tf - • * £ • *you £ S lull yourfelf in.oa Platonkk Dream, you may: But, confider -J&i to a Sous Love, nor I believe can be. Farewell, Gentlemen; at th,s S e T ( t a U difpenfe with your Attendance: Nay, without Ceremony, becaufe • 1 would be Incognito. .. . , r*m,11n fc*. Come then, ;_*«&«, to our own affairs. rExeiorf Aur' md <^™]]o' The Prince < W Afcano approach. Fred, to I//. For what Crime, fair Creature, were you condemn'd to this ^Luc? Tor Chaftity and Devotion, and two or three fuch rhelancholly Virtues: They firft brought me hither, and now muft keep me Company. Fred 1 Ihould rather have guefs'd it had beenMurdar, and that you are Veil d, for fear of doing more Mifchief with thofe Eyes: For, indeed, they are too ftiarn to be trufted out of the Scabbard. Luc Ceafe, I befeeh you, to accufe my Eyes, till they have done fome Execution on your Heart. Fred. But I am out of reach, perhaps. Luc. Truft not to that* they may moot at a diftance, though they cannot ftrike you near at hand. _ ike you near at nana. Fred. But if they mould Kill, you are n'er the better: There's a Grate betwixt and you cannot fetch in the dead Quarry. .,/. Vrr\\r\A,A \w;> Ap(\m\T thp Fnptm: U7P (\< you cannot ietcn in ine ucau v^uany. . Provided we deftroy the Enemy, we do not value their dead Bodies: BJt you, perhaps, are in your firft Error, and think we are rather Captives than Warriours* that we come like Prifoners to the Grate, to beg the Charity of Pallengers for their Love. Fre. to Afianio. Enquire as dext'roufly as you can, what is the Name and iQuatity of this Charming Creature. Afio. ' • • - A . . _____ Love in a Nunnery* 5 2 -> Afca By this thy Queftion, and by that Whifper with thy LadWoV Nymph of Devotion !) I find I am to impart a Secret, and not to ask 01 Therefore,eithercontefs thou art yet a mere W o m a n under tfiat Veil and by confe quence moft horribly Inquifitive, or thou (halt lofe thy Longing, and know nothina of m y Mafter. ^00 5 Hip. By m y Virginity, you (hall tell firft. Afca. You'll brea^ your Oath, on purpofe to make the Forfeit. Hip. Your Mafter is call'd Afca. Your Lady is Yclip'd Hip. For Decency, in all Matters of Love, the Man fhould offer firft - know. ' y Afca. That needs not, when the Damfel is fo willing. Hip. But I have fworn not to difcover firft, that her Name is Madam Lucretia • fair, as you fee, to a Miracle, and of a moft charming Converfation * of Royal Blood, and Neece to his Holinefs * and, if fhe were not efpous'd to Heaven, a Miftrifs for a Sovereign Prince. Afca. After thefe Encomiums, 'twere vain for me to praife m y Mafter : He is only poor Prince Frederic^, otherwife call'd the Prince of Mantouah Liberal and Valiant, Difcreet and Handfome, and, in m y fimple Judgment, a fitter Servant for your Lady than his old Father, who is a Sovereign. ' Hip. Dare you make all this good you have faid of your Mafter? Afca. Yes, and as much more of m y felf to you. Hip. I defy you upon't, as m y Lady's Second. Afca. As m y Matter's, I accept it. The time ? Hip. Six this Evening. Afca. The Place ? Hip. At this Grate. Ajca. The Weapons ? Hip. Hands, and and it may be Lips. Afca. 'Tis enough : Expect to hear'from me. f Tlxy withdraw, and whifper to their Prinrip.. \_Atcrthe Whifper] Fred, to Luc. Madam, 1 am glad I know m y Enemy* for fince it is impoflible to fee, and not admire you, the Name of Lucretia is the beft Excufe for m y Defeat. Luc. Perfons, like Prince Frederick^, ought not to aflault Religious Houfes-or to purfue Chaftity and Virtue to their laft Retreat. Fred. A Monaftery is no Retreat for Chaftity * 'tis only a hiding Place for bad Faces, where they are thruft in Crowds together, like heaps of Rubbith out of the way, that the World may not be Peopl d with defornfd Perfons: And that fuch who are out of Play themfelves, may pray for a Bleffing on their Endeavours, who are getting handfome Children, and carrying on the Work for Publick Benefit. Luc. Then you would put off Heaven with your Leavings, and ufe it like them who play at Cards alone, take the Courts for your felves, and give the Refufe to the Gentlemen. Fred. You miftake me, Madam* I would fo contrive it, that Heaven and we might be ferv'd at once: W e have occafion for wit and Beauty; now Piety and Uglinefs will do as well for Heaven* that plays atone Game, and we at another., and therefore Heaven may make its hand with the fame Cards that we put out. Luc. I could eafily convince you, if the Argument concern'd me* but I am one of thofe, whom, for want of Wit and Beauty, you have condemn'd to Religion: And therefore am your Humble Servant to pray for your handfome Wire and Children. Fred. Heaven forbid. Madam, that I fhould condemn you, or indeed any handfome W o m a n , to be Religious. No, Madam* the Oecafions of the Worii are great and urgent for fuch as you: And, for m y part, I am of opinion, that it is as great a Sin for a Beauty to enter into a Nunnery, as for an ugly W o m an to ftay out of it. Luc. The Cares of the W7orld are not yet upon you * but as foon, as ever you come to be afflicted with Sicknefs, or vilited with a Wife, you'll be content I fhould pray for you. Fre. Any where, rather than in a Cloyfter * for, truely I fuppofc, all your Prayers there, will be how to get out of it * and upon that Suppofkion, Madam, X X X 2 I am |
