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Show Love and a Bottle. 15 Lov. Know then, for thy utter Condemnation, that fhe's Lady of Eighteen, Beautiful, Witty, and nicely Ver- 10US. Roeb. A Lady of Eighteen ! Good. - Beautiful ! Better.- Vitty !-Belt of a l l - N o w with thefe three Qualifications, fhe be nicely vertuous, then I'll henceforth adore every ling that wears a Petticoat-Witty and Vertuous! Ha, ha, a. W h y , 'tis as inconfiftent in Ladies as Gentlemen; and rere I to debauch one for a Wager, her Wit fhould be my lawd-Come, come; the forbidden Fruit was pluck'd from he Tree of Knowledge, Boy. Lov. Right.-But there was a cunninger Devil than you, to :mpt.-I'll aflure you George, your Rhetorick wou'd fail ou here ; fhe wou'd worfl you at your o w n Weapons. Roeb. Ay, or any M a n in England, if fhe be Eighteen, as ou fay : 1 Lov. Have a care, Friend, this Satyr will get you torn in ieces by the Females ; you'll fall into Orpheiu's Fate. Roeb. Orphem was a Blockhead, and deferv'd his Fate. Lov. W h y ? Roeb. Becaufe he went to Hell for a Wife. Lov. This happens right - (Afide.) - B u t you lhall go to ieav'n for a Miftrefs, you lhall court this Divine Creature-don't defire you to fall in Love with her ; I don't intend fou fhou'd marry her neither : But you muft be convinc'd of he Chaftity of the Sex : tho1 if you fhou'd conquer her, the poil, you Rogue, will' be glorious, and infinitely worth he pains in attaining. Roeb. Ay, but Ned, my Circumftances, m y Circum-lances.- Lov. Come, you fhan't want Money, Roeb. Then I dare attempt it. Money is the Smews o«. >ve as of W a r . Gad, Friend, thou'rt the bf avert Pimp ' ever heard of.-Well, give m e Directions to fail by, the Maine of m y Port, lade m y Pockets, and then for the Cape )f Good Hope. ; c n Lov. Y o u need no Direaions as to the manner of Couit- URoeb. No; I have feen fome few Principles, on which my Courtfhip's founded, which feldom fail. To let a Lady rely upon m y Modefty, but to depend m y felf altogether upon rny Impudence ; to ufe a Miftrefs like a Deity in pubhek, but like a W o m a n in private: To be as cautious hen of asking an impertinent Queftion, as afterwards of telling a §tory5 remembrms, that theC T3o ngue is the only Member |
