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Show 64 The Conftant Couple. or not, whofe Juftice will never fuffer your fmuggling to unpunifh'd. Smug. O m y poor Ship and Cargo! Gin. fen. Hark'e, Mafter, you had as good come along with m e to the Jubilee, now. Angel. Come, Mr. Alderman, for once let a W o m a n ad-vife^ Wou'd you be thought an honeft M a n , banilh Cove-toufnefs, that worft Gout of Age ; Avarice is a poor pilfering Quality of the Soul, and will as certainly Cheat, as a Thief wou'd fteal Wou'd you be thought a Reformer of the Times; be lefs fevere in your Cenfures, lefs rigid in your Precepts, and more ftrict in vour Example. Wild. Right, Madam, Vertue flows freer from Imitation, than Compulfion; of which, Colonel, your Converfion and mine are juft Examples. In vain are mufty Morals taught in Schools, By rigid Teachers, and as rigid Rules, Where Virtue with a frowning Afpetl ftands, And frights the Pupil from its rough Commands. But Woman Charming Woman can true Converts make, We love the Precepts for the Teachers fake. Virtue in them appear fo bright, fo gay, We hear with Tranfport, and with Pride obey. The End of the Fifth ACT. FINIS. |