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Show The Conftant Couple. if • Stand. T o Morrow Morning, early, Madam. Lure. So fuddenly! Which way are you defign'd to travel ? Stand. That I can't yet refolve on. Lure. Pray, Sir, tell me, pray Sir, I intreat you, W h y are you fo obftinate? Stand. W h y are you fo curious, M a d a m ? Lure. Becaufe Stand. W h a t? Lure. Becaufe, I, I, Stand. Becaufe ! What, M a d a m ? pray tell me. Lure. Becaufe 1 defign to follow you. (Crying. Stand. Follow m e ! By all that's great I ne'er was proud Before, but Love from luch a Creature might Swell the Vanity of the proudeft Prince ; follow me! By Heavens thou fhalt not. What! expofe thee to the Hazards of a C a m p Rather 1*11 flay, and here bear The Contempt of Fools, and worft of Fortune. Lure. You need not, fhall not, m y Eftate for both is fuf-ficient. Stand. Thy Eftate! N o , I'll turn a Knave and purchafe one m y felf; I'll cringe to that proud M a n I undermine, and fawn on him that I wou'd bite to Death; I'll tip m y Tongue with Flattery, and fmooth m y Face with Smiles; I'll turn, Pimp, Informer, Office-broker, nay Coward, to be great; and facrifice it all to thee, m y generous Fair. Lure. A n d I'll difTeinble, lye, fwear, jilt, any thing but I'd reward thy Love, and recompence thy noble Paffion. Stand. Sir Harry, ha, ha, ha ; poor Sir Harry, ha, ha, ha. Rather kifs her hand than the Pope's Toe, ha, ha, ha. Lure. W h a t Sir Harry ? Colonel, W h a t Sir Harry! Stand. Sir Harry Wildair, Madam. Lure. What! Is he come over ? Stand. Ay, and he told me but I don't believe a Syllable on't. Lure. W h a t did he tell you ? Stand. Only cali'd you his Miftrefs, and pretending to be extravagant in your Commendation, would vainly inlinuate the Praife of his o w n Judgment and good Fortune in a Choice Lure. H o w eafily is the Vanity of Fops tickled by our Sex! Stand. W h y , your Sex is the Vanity of Fop?. Lure. O' m y Confcience I believe fo; this Gentleman, becaufe he danc'd Paris, and eve rw efliln,c Ie phiet chha'ds ofno pfeorrf eac uPtaerdt nmeer awti tah B LaSelotlnt geisrn,? , |
