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Show Love and a Bottle. 7 Love. A n d fo you left them to Grand Dada! - Ha,ha,ha» Roeb, Heaven was pleafedto leflen m y Affliction, by taking away the She-Brat; but the t'other is, I hope, well, becaufe a brave Boy, w h o m Ichriften'd Edward, after thee, Lovewell; I made bold to make m y M a n ftand for you, and your Sifter fent her Maid to give her N a m e to m y Daughter. Love. N o w you talk of m y Sifter, pray how does fhe ? Roeb. Dear Lovewelt, a very Miracle of Beauty and Good-nefs. - But I don't like her. Love. W h y ? Roeb. She's Virtuous; - and I" think Beauty and Virtue are as ill joined as Lewdnefs and Uglinefs. Love. But I hope your Arguments could not make her a Pro-felyte to this Profertion. Roeb. Faith I endeavour'd it; but that plaguy Honour - D a m n it for a w h i m . - Were it as honourable for W o m e n to be Whores, as M e n to be Whore-mafters, w e (hou'd have Lewdnefs as great a Mark of Quality among the Ladies, as 'tis now among the Lords. Love. What! do you hold no innate Principle ofVertuc in W o m e n ? Roeb. I hold an innate Principle of Love in them: Their Paffions are as great as ours, their Reafon weaker. W e admire them, and confequently they muft us. And I tell thee once more> That had W o m e n no fafe-guard but your innate Principle of Vertue, honeft George Roebuck wou'd have lain with your Sifter, Ned, and fhou'd enjoy a Countefs before night. Love. But methinks, George, 'twas not fair to tempt my Sifter. Roeb. Methinks 'twas not fair of thy Sifter, Ned, to tempt me. As fhe was thy Sifter, I had no defign upon her; but as fhe's a pretty W o m a n , I could fcarcely forbear her, were fhe m y own. Love. But; upon ferious reflection, Cou'd not you have liv'i better at home, by turning thy Whore into his Wife, than here by turning other Mens Wives into Whores ? There are Merchants Ladies in London, and you muft trade with them, for ought I fee. Roeb. Ay, but is the Trade open ? Is the Manufacture in-courag'd, old Boy ? r Love."Oh, wonderfully ! - a great many poor people live by't. Tho' the Husbands are for engroffing the Trade, the Wjoiuv ensa vaere b raolutogghett hfeorm feo rf meanlclo uSrtaogcikn tgo I lnette rulopp ewrist.h .B ut I hope |