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Show Love and a Bottle, i^ ! Rig. O Lard, Sir ! Pythagoras was a Dancing-Mafter; he (hews the Creation to be a Country-Dance, where after fome Antick Changes, all the Parts fell into their places, and there :hey ftand ready, till the next fqueak of a Philofopher's Fid-dle fetsthem a dancing again. f Club, Sir, here comes the Pufhing-mafter. i Rig. Then I'll be gone. But you muft have a care of pufhing, 'twill fpoil the Nicenefs of your Steps. Learn a Flourifh or two ; and that's all a Beau can have Occafion for. Enter Nimblewrift. Mock. Oh, Mr. Nimblewrifl! I crave you ten thoufand Pardons, by the Univerfe. Nimb. That was a home Thruft. Good Sir, I hope you're for a Breathing this Morning. {Takes down a'Foyl.~] -111 af-fure you, Mr. Mockmode, you will make an excellent Swordf-man ; you're as well fhap'd for Fencing as any M a n in Europe. The Duke o£ Burgundy is jutt of your Make ; he pufhes the fineft of any M a n in France, Sa, fa like Lightning. Mock. I'm much in love with Fencing: But, I think, Back-fword is the beft Play. I Nimb. O h Lard, Sir ! Have you ever been in France, Sir? • Mock. No, Sir; but I underftand the Geography of it.- France is bounded on the North with the Rhine. Nimb. No, Sir; a Frenchman is bounded on the North with Quart, on the South with Tierce, and fo forth. 'Tis a Noble Art, Sir; and every one that wears a Sword isoblig'd by his Tenure to learn. The Rules of Honour are engrav'd on m y Hilt, and m y Blade muft maintain 'em. My Sword s m y Herald, and the bloody Hand m y Coat of Arms. Mock. A n d how long have you profefs'd this Noble Art, Sir? Nimb. Truly, Sir, I ferv'd an Apprenticefhip to this Trade, Sir. Mock. What are ye a Corporation then ? Nimb. Yes, Sir ; the Surgeons have taken us into theirs, becaufe w e make fo much Work for 'em. But, as I was telling you, Sir, I profefs'd this Science till the Wars broke out: But then, when every body got Commiffions, I put in for one, ferv'd the Campaigns in Flanders; and when the Peace broke out, was disbanded; fo among a great many other N o w tphoeo pru bRioigcku eQsu,a rareml 'sfo recn'ddc a*t,o Ib eltiavk^e btyo pmryi vaotled oTnreasld.ie ve. Is |