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Show 298 E S 0 P. Beau. A Fool. Efop. That's impoffible ; • .for if thou wer'f thou'd'ft think thy felf a wife Man. * Beau. So I do This is m y own Opinion . the t'other's m y Neighbours. [Walking airily about. Efop gating after him.'] Have you any Bufinefs with me, Sir ? Beau. Sir, I have Bufinefs with no body p]ea-fure's m y Study. Efop afide.'] An odd Fellow this ! .Pray, Sir, who are you ? Beau. I can't tell. Efop. - D o you know who I a m ? Beau. N o , Sir: I'm a Favourite at Co«rr, and I neither know m y felf, nor any body elfe. Efop. Are you in any Imployment ? Beau, Yes Efop. What is't ? 2&2i I don't knOw the N a m e on'f. Efop. You know the Bufinefs on't, I hope? Beau. That I do the Bufinefs of it is---. to-~ put in a Deputy, and receive the Money. Efip. Pray what may be your N a m e ? Beau. Empty. Efop. Where do you live ? Beau. In the Side-Box. Efop. What do you do there ? Beau. I ogle the Ladies. Efop. T o what purpofe ? Beau. T o no purpofe. Efop. W h y then do you do it ? Beau. Becaufe they like it, and ] like it. Efop. Wherein confifts the Pleafure ? Be'hu. In playing the Fool. Efop. Pray Sir, what Age are you ? Beau. Five and twenty m y Body ; m y Head's about fifEtefeonp.. Is your Father living ? Beau. Dead, thank God. Efip. ESOP. 2n Efip. Has he been long fo ? Beau. Pofitively, yes. Efop. Where Were you brought up > Beau. At School. Efop. What School ? Beau. The School of Venus. Efip. Were you ever at the Univerfity ? Beau. Yes. Efop. What Study did you follow there ? Eeau. My Bed-maker. Efop. H o w long did you ftay ? Beau. Till I had loft my Maidenhead. Efip. W h y did you come away ? Beau. Becaufe I was expell'd. Efop. Where did you go then ? Beau. T o Court. Efop. W h o took care of your Education there ? Beau. A Whore and a Dancing-Mafter. Efop. What did you gain by them? Beau. A Minuet, and the Pox. Efop. Have you an Eftate ? Beau. I had. Efop. What's become on't ? Beau. Spent. Efop. In what ? Beau. In a Twelvemonth. Efop. But how ? Beau. Why, in Drefling, Drinking, Whoring, Claps, Dice and Scriveners. What do you think of m e now, old Gentleman ? Efop. Pray what do you think of your felf? Beau. I don't think at all: I know how to beftow m y time better. Efop. Are you married ? Beau. N o have you ever a Daughter to beftow upon me ? Efop. She wou'd be well beftow'd, Beau. Why, I'm a ftrong young Dog, you old Put you: fhe may be worfe coupled- |
