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Show The Conftant Couple. i^cy Wild. Coward, Sir! I have Eight thoufand Pounds a Year. Sir. Stand. You fought in Flanders, to m y knowledge. Wild. Ay, for the fame reafon that I wore a Red Coat; becaufe 'twas fafhionable. Stand. Sir, you fought a French Count in Paris. Wild. True, Sir; he was a Beau, like m y felf. N o w you're a Soldier, Colonel, and Fighting's your Trade : And 1 think it down-right Madnefs to contend with any M a n in his Pro-feffion. Stand. Come, Sir, no more dallying: I fhall take very un-feemly Methods, if you don't fhow your felf a Gentleman. Wild. A Gentleman! W h y there agen now. A Gentleman! I tell you once more, Colonel, that I a m a Baronet, and have Eight thoufand Pounds a Year. I can dance, fing, ride, fence, underftand the Languages. N o w , I can't conceive how running you through the Body fhou'd contribute one jot more to m y Gentility. But, pray Colonel, I had forgot to ask you; What's the Quarrel? Stand. A W o m a n , Sir. Wild. Then I put up m y Sword. Take her. Stand. Sir, m y Honour's concern'd. Wild. Nay, if your Honour be concern'd with a W o m a n, get it out of her Hands as foon as you can. An honourable Lover is the greateft Slave in Nature; fome will fay, the greateft Fool. Come, come, Colonel, this is fomething about the Lady Lurewell, 1 warrant; I can give you fatisfaction in that Affair. Stand. D o fo then immediately. Wild. Put up your Sword firft; you know I dare fight: But I had much rather make you a Friend than an Enemy. \ can affureyou, this Lady will prove too hard for one of your Temper. You have too much Honour, too much in Confcience, to be a Favourite with the Ladies. Stand. I'm affur'd, Sir, fhe never gave you any Encouragement. Wild. A M a n can never hear Reafon with a Sword in his Hand. Sheath your Weapon; and then if I don't fatisfie you, fheath it in m y Body. Stand. Give m e butDemonftration of her granting you any Favour, and 'tis enough. Wild. Will you take m y Word ? Stand. Pardon me, Sir, I cannot. }Vild. Will you believe your own Eyes ? Stand. |