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Show g 2 The Conftant Couple. Zeal to faithlefs Womens Eyes. I've heard her Falfhood with fuch preding Proofs, that I no longer fhou'd diftruft it. Yet ftill m y Love wou'd baffle Demonftration, and make Impoffibilities feem probable. (Looks up.) H a ! That Fool too! What, ftoop ib low as that Animal! 'Tis true, W o m en once fall'n, like Cowards in Defpair, will flick at nothing-, there's no Medium in their Actions. They muft be bright as Angels, or black as Fiends. But n o w for m y Revenge, I'll kick her Cully before her Face, call her a Whore, curfe the whole Sex, and fo leave her. (Goes in. Lurewell comes down with Clincher. The Scene changes to a Dining- Room. Lure. O Lord, Sir, 'lis m y Husband! W h a t will become ofyou? Clin. E h ! Your Husband! Oh, I fhall be murder'd: What fhall I do ? Where fhall I run? I'll creep into an Oven ; I'll climb up the Chimney ; I'll fly ; I'll fwim ; I wifti to the Lord I were at the Jubilee now. Lure. Can't you think of any thing, Sir ? Enter T o m Errand. W h a t do you want, Sir ? Err. MadamJ I a m looking for Sir Harry Wildair ; I faw him come in here this Morning; and did imagine he might be here ftill. Lure. A lucky Hit! Here, Friend, change Cloaths with this Gentleman, quickly : Strip. Clint Ay, ay, quickly ftrip: I'll give you Half a Crown. Come, here: So. (They change Qoaths. Lure. N o w flip you (To Clinch.) down Stairs, and wait at the Door till my Husband be gone ; and get you in there (To the Porter.) till I call you. (Puts Errand into the next Room. Enter Standard. Oh, Sir! Are you come? I wonder, Sir, how you have the Confidence to approach m e after fo bafe a Trick ? Stand. O Madam, all your Artifices won't prevail. Lure. Nay, Sir; your Artifices won't avail. 1 thought, •'. tca t * gave you C a u t i ° n enough againft troubling me with Sir Harry Wildair's Company when I fent his Letters back lbiord SLgJtu a dra ben P.dyua . »n yIu'doIlll ue eLl:xxayp pYyoeof e fmieetsy m yayesoLo uifua fc,gteaa o nyi fhdonoiua rs'ltfl oooClu oo hstiud hsrte, otin fmmayhpu eiRfirtptet ! ndi t noeCelwonl:at thC ioaomusmr aetwnf,hh eOicrapoe.tm t heIo , * |