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Show 28 The R E L A P S E ; or, Lov. By all that's facred then, I did not ask. Aman. Nor do you know what Company was with her! L:v. I do not. Amand. Then I am calm again. Lov. Why were you difturb'd? Aman. Had I then no caufe ? Lov. None, certainly. Aman. 1 thought 1 had. Lov. But you thought wrong, Amanda : For turn the Cafe, and let it be your Story •, fhould you come home, and tell me you had feen a handfome Man, fhou'd 1 grow jealous becaufe you had Eyes ? Aman. But fhou'd I tell you he were exquifltely fb ; \ that I had gaz'd on him with Admiration ', that 1 had look'd with eager Eyes upon him, fhou'd you not think 'twere pofhble 1 might go one Step further, and enquire his Name ? Lov. afide.] She has Reafon on her fide, I havetalk'd too much ; but I muft turn it off another way. [To A-mand.'] Will you then make no Difference, Amanda, between the Language of our Sex and yours ? There is a Modefty reftrains your Tongues, which makes you fpeak by halves when you commend ; but roving Flattery gives a Loofe to ours, which makes us ftill fpeak double what we think: You fhou'd not therefore, in fo ftricl: a Senfe, take what I faid to her advantage. Aman. Thofe Flights of Flattery, Sir, are to our Faces only ; When W o m e n once are out of hearing, you are as mod eft in your Commendations as we are. But I fhan't put you to the trouble of farther Excufes, if you pleafe this Bufmefs fhall reft here. Only give me leave to wifh, both for your Peace and mine, that you may* never meet this Miracle of Beauty more. y. Lov. I am content. Enter Servant. Serv. Madam, there's a young Lady at the Door in a Chair, defires to know whether your Ladyfhip fees Company. I think her Name is Berinthia. Am^ | - Virtue in Danger. 29 Aman. O dear! Yis a Relation I have not fern this hve- Years : Pray her to walk in. [Exit Serv. To Lov.'] Here's another Beauty for you. She was young when I faw her laft; but I hear fhe's grown extremely handfome. * Lov. Don't you be jealous now ; for I fhall gaze up. on her too. r Enter Berinthia. Lov. afide,~\ Ha ! By Heavens the very Woman' Ber. Jaluting Aman.'] Dm Amanda, I did not expecT: to meet with you in Town. Aman. Sweet Coufln, I'm overjoy'd to fee you. (To Lov.] Mr. Lovelefs, here's a Relation and a Friend of mine, I defire you'll be better acquainted with. Lov. faluting Ber.] If my Wife never defires a bar-der thing^adam, her Requeft will be eafily granted. Ber. to^0und.] 1 think, Madam, I ou^ht to wifh you Joy. Amand. Joy! Upon what ? Ber. Upon your Marriage : You were a Widow when I faw you laft. Lov. You ought rather, Madam, to wifh me Joy up-on that, flnce I am the only Gainer. Ber. If fhe has got fo good a Husband as the World reports fhe has gain'd enough to expert the Compliment or her Friends upon it. 1 A°J' If 1,then-M0l'lclLis f° favourable to me, to allow 1 deferve that T.tte, I hope 'tis fo juft ,o m y Wife to own I derive it from her. ranTd J''!- " '? (° ,'"1t0 y°U both> to own vou are (and defe.vetobe) the happieft Pair that live in 'it. whtnL m I'3"1 W ""!' ,ofe that C^'^er, Madam, Whenevei you happen to change your Condition. Enter Servant. vice to ™ m ) ' L ° r d . i r W ^ » prefems his humble Ser-lft now 1,'e, H CU" '° k n ° W h o w 5ou do- H e b"< wait upon y^" ^ "0t "-lent, he'll. come and Lov. Lord l,ffi,ft„, 1 ,, k n o w him ^ C 3 Ber. |