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Show The Conftant Couple. xy Die. No, Sir; but moft Beaux are Madmen. But now for your Coufin : Remember your three Scrapes, a Kifs, and your humble Servant. (Exeunt, as into the Houfe. SCENE, the Street. Enter Wildair, Colonel following. Stand. Sir Harry, Sir Harry. Wild. I'm in hafte, Colonel; befides, if you're in no better humour than when I parted with you in the Park this Morning, your Company won't be very agreeable. Stand. You're a happy M a n , Sir Harry, w h o are never out of humour: Can nothing move yoiif Gall, Sir Harry * Wild. Nothing but Impoffibilities, which are the fame as nothing. Stand. What Impoffibilities ? Wild. The Refurrection of m y Father to difinherit me, or an Act of Parliament againft Wenching. A M a n of Eight Thou-fand Pounder Annum to be vcxt! No, no, Anger and Spleen are Companions for younger Brothers. Stand. Suppofe one cali'd you Son of a WThore behind your Back. Wild. W h y , then wou'd I call him Rafcal behind his Back, and fo we're even. Stand. But fuppofe you had loft a Miftrifs. Wild. W h y , then I wou'd get another. Stand. But fuppofe you were difcarded by the W o m a n you love, that wou'd furely trouble you. Wild. You're miftaken, Colonel; m y Love is neither romantically honourable, nor meanly mercenary, 'tis only a pitch of Gratitude ; while (he loves me, I love her; when fhe de-fifts, the Obligation's void. Stand. But to be miftaken in your Opinion, Sir, if the Lady Lttrewell (only fuppofe it) had difcarded you • 1 fay, only fupprfe it and had fent your Difchargeby me. Wild. P'fhaw ! that's another Impolfibility. Stand. A re you fure of that ? Wild. W h y , 'twere a Soluecifm in Nature, we're Finger and Thumb, Sir. She dances with me, fings with me, plays with me, fwears with me, lies with r»e. Sta.id. H o w , Sir ? Wild. I mean in an honourable way, that is, fhe lies for me. In (hort, w e are as like one another as a couple of Guinea?. Stand. pf Vanity ,N woiwl l tIh gaitv eI yhaovue f roa misoH'r dt i3yf yoiun gt oa tFhael hli,g haesf t( hPalifny ndoaauclrlh e |