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Show 24 The Conftant Couple. you may oblige me infinitely by • • I am veryforry that I'm forc'dto be troublefome ; but Neceffity, Mr. Alderman. Smug. Ay, Sir, as you fay, Neceffity. But upon my word, Sir, I a m very fhort of Money atpreient, but Wild. That's not the matter, Sir, I'm above an Obligation that way; but1 the Bufinefs is, I a m reduc'd to an indifpen-fible neceffity of being oblig'd to you for a Beating. -Here, take this Cudgel. Smug. A Beating, Sir Harry! ha, ha; ha; I beat a Knight Baronet! an Alderman turn Cudgel-Player! ha, ha, ha. Wild. U p o n m y word, Sir, you muft beat me, or I cudgel you ; take your choice. Smug. P'fhaw, p'fhaw, you jeft. Wild. Nay, tis as fure as Fate : fo, Alderman, I hope you'll pardon m y Curiofity. Smug. Curiofity! Duce take your Curiofity, Sir; what d'ye mean. Wild. Nothing at all ; I'm but in jeft, Sir. Smug. O , I can take any thing in jeft; but a M a n might imagine by the fmartnefs oftheStroak, that you were in down-right earneft. Wild. Not in the leaft, Sir; [Strikes him.] not in the leaft indeed, Sir. Smug. Pray, good Sir, no more of your Jefts; for they are the blunteft Jefts that I ever knew. Wild. [Strikes.] I heartily beg your Pardon, with all my Heart, Sir. Smug. Pardon, Sir ! well, Sir, that is fatisfadtion enough from a Gentleman : but fet ioufly now, if you pafs any more of your Jefts upon me, I fhall grow angry. Wild. I humbly beg your permiijon to break one or two more. ('Striking him. Smug. O Lord, Sir, you'll break m y Bones: Are you mad, Sir? Murder, Felony, Manflaughter. (Wild, knocks him down. Wild. Sir, I beg you Ten thoufand Pardons; but 1 a m ab-folutely compell'd to't, upon m y Honour, Sir; nothing can be more averfe to m y Inclinations, than to jeft with m y honeft, dear, loving, obliging Friend, the Alderman. ('Striking him at this inhile, Smuggler tumbles over and over, and [hakes his Pocket-Book on the Floor; Lurewell enters, takes it Lure The old Rogue's Pocket-book; this m a y be of ufe. [Afide. O Lord, Sir Harrys murdering the poor old M a n. Smug. derL'udr ei.n WgOeo'lodlde, a erwa,er lMnlea,f dtI.'al lm b,r Ii nwga yso bue oaftfe,n Sijnn jieofrt,- -'tFirlla pIc za,Sm,m umFgur.ar p-ez,: |
