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Show I* Love and a Bottle, Lov. No; to the innocent and charming Converfation oJ your vertuous Miftrefs ; by which means, the two moft exorJ bitant Debaucheries, Drinking and Whoring, will be reJ trench'd. Roeb. A very fine Retrenchment truly ! I muft firft dflfi fpife thehoneft jolly Converiation at the Tavern , for the foi piih, affected, dull, infipid Entertainment at the Chocolate* houfe; muft quit m y freedom with ingenious Company, tot harneismy felf to Foppery among the fluttering crowd of Cm pid's Livery-boys. Thefccond Article is, That I mult ts>; fign the Company of lewd W o m e n for that of m y innocent] Miftrefs; that is, I muft change m y eafie natural fin oil Wenching, to that conftrain'd debauchery of Lying ani Swearing. The m a n y Lies and Oaths that I made to thil Sifter, will go nearer to d a m n me, than if I had enjoy'dhet a hundred times over. Lov. O h Roebuck! your Reafon will maintain the contra*. ry, when you're in Love. ^ ' Roeb. That is, when I have loft m y Reafon ; Come, come, a Wench, a W e n c h ! a fofc, white, eafie, confenting Gear turc! Prithee, Ned, leave Muftinefs, and fhew me the Varieties of the T o w n . ! Lov. A Wench is the leaft Variety Look out See what a numerous Train trip along the Street there. 1: [ Pointing outwariil Roeb. O h Venus! all thefe fine ftately Creatures! Fair you well, Ned. [Runs out • Lovew. catches and pulls him back. Prithee let m e go: Tis a Deed of Charity; I'm quite] ftarv'd. I'll ;uft take a fnap, and be with you in the twil ling As you're m y Friend I muft go. Lov. Then w c muft break for altogether. [Oidts him\ He that will leave his Friend for a W h o r e , 1 reckon! Commoner in Fricndfhip as in Love. Roeb. If you faw how ill that ferious Face becomes a Fellow of your Years, you wou'd never wear it again. Youth is taking in any Mafqucrade but Gravity. Lov. Tho' Lewdnefs fuits much worfe with your Circutn-fiances, Sir. Roeb. Ay, thefe Circumftances'! D a m n thefe Circumftan-ce=. There he has Hamllring'd inc. This Poverty ! how it makes a M a n fneak! Well, prithee let's know this dfr| vihlh Vertuous Lady. By theCncumftan.es of m y Body, I inall loon be oft or on with her. IM, |
