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Show The Conftant Couple. ^f the N a m e of Whore, with m e can wanton, and laugh at the deluded World. Smug. H o w have I been deceiv'd! Then you are very great among the Ladies. Viz,. Yes, Madam, they know that like a Mole in the Earth, I dig deep but invisible, not like thofe fluttering noifie Sinners, whofe Pleafure is the Proclamation of their Faults* thofe empty Flafhes who no fooner kindle, but they muft' blaze to alarm the World. But come, Madam, you delay our Pleafures. Smug. He fiirely takes me for the Lady Lurewell fhe ha* made hi n an Appointment too but I'll be reveng'd of both-Well, Sir, what are thefe vou are fo intimate with ? Viz,. Come, come, Midam, you know very well-:-4f thofe who ftand fo high, hat the vul?ar envy C T P heir Crimes, whofe Fisure adds privilege to their S>n, ar tkea it pals unqueftioud fair. h:,fi, pamper'd Females whofe fpeaking Eyes, and piercing Voice, u-ou'd arm the Sta ue of a Stoick, and animate his cold Marble with the Soul of an Epicure, all ravifhing, lovely, foft, and kind, Tike you. Smug. I'm very lovely and foft indeed, you fhall find me much harder than you imagine, Friend Well, Sir, but I fuppofe your Diffmiulation has fome other Motives befides Pleafure. Viz,. Yes, M a d a m , the honefteft Motive in the World, In-tereft you mult know, Madam, that I have an old tmcle, Alderman Smuggler, you have feen him, I fuppofe. Smttg4 Yes, yes, I have fome fmall Acquaintance with him. Viz,. Tis the moft knavifh, prccife, covetous old Rogue/ that ever died of a Gout.- Smug. A h ! The young Son of a Whore. Well, Sir, and what of him ? Viz,. Hell hungers not more for wretched SouTs, than he for ill-got Pelf and yet (what's Wonderful; heth.it Wou'd flick at no profitable Villainy himfclf, loves Holinefs in another-hepraysall Sunday for the Sin? oF the Week paft-r_ he fpends all Dinner-time in too tedious Graces, and what he defigns a Bleffmg to the Meat, proves a Curfe to his Family -he's the moft Smug. Well, well, Sir, I know him very well. Viz.. Then, Madam, he has a fwinging Eftate, Which I defign H e got tiot pbuyr cchhaefaet iansg a, Saanidn tf,h oaunK'd d 2lf opfeen idt blyik eD eac eGietn. tprlBeeytm eatnhnce.e |