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Show The Conftant Couple. 57 by and by. Go to Prayers, you Rogue, go to Prayers- (Exit. Smug. Clin. Prayers! 'Tis a hard taking, when a M a n muft fay Grace to the Gallows. - - Ah, this curfed Intriguing! Had I fwung handlbmely in a filken Garter now, I had died in m y Duty ; but to hang in Hemp, like the Vulgar, 'tis very ungenteel. Enter T o m Errand. A Reprieve! a Reprieve! thou dear, dear damn'd Rogue. Where have you been ? Thou art the moft welcome Son of a Whore ; where's m y Cloaths ? Erra. Sir, I fee where mine are: Come, Sir, ftrip, Sir, ftrip. Clin. What, Sir, will you abufe a Gentleman ? Erra. A Gentleman! Ha, ha, ha. D'ye know where you are, Sir ? We're all Gentlemen here ; I ftand up for Liberty and Property. Newgate's a Common-wealth. No Courtier has Bufinefs among us; come, Sir. Clin. Well, but flay, ftay till I fend for m y own Cloaths: I fhall get out prefently. Erra. N o , no, Sir ; I'll ha' you into the Dungeon, and un-cafe you. Clin. Sir, you can't mafter m e ; for I'm Twenty thoufand ftrong. (Exeunt ftruggling. The SCENE changes to Lady Darling'; Houfe. Enter Wildair with Letters, Servants following. Wild. Here, fly all around, and bear thefe as directed; you to Weflminfter, you to St. James's, and you into the City. . Tell all m y Friends, a Bridegroom's Joy invites their Pretence. Look all of ye like Bridegrooms alfo: All appear with hofpitable Looks, and bear a Welcome in your Faces. Tell'em I'm marry'd. If any ask to whom, make no Reply; but tell'em that I'm marry'd, that Joy lhall crown the Day, and Love the Night. Begone, fly. Enter Standard. A thoufand Welcomes, Friend: m y Pleafure's now corn-pleat, fince I can fhare it with m y Friend : Brisk Joy fhall bound from m e to you. Then back agen ; and, like the Sun, grow warmer by Reflexion. Stand. You're always pleafant, Sir Harry ; but this tranf-cends your felf: Whence proceeds it ? Wild. Canft thou not guefs, m y Friend ? Whence flows all Earthly Joy ? What is the Life of M a n , and Soul of Pleafure? Woman. What fires the Heart with Tranf-port, |