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Show 14 Sir Harry Wildair $ being be reclaim'd from your flovenly Campaign Airs? 'Tis the moft unmannerly thing in nature to make a Aiding B o w in a Lady's Chamber with dirty Shoes; it writesRudenefs upon the Boards. Stand. A very odd kind of Reception this, truly ! I'm very forry, Madam, that the Offences of m y Feet fhould create an Averfion to m y Company : But for the future I fhall honour your Ladyfhip's Apartment as the Sepulchre at Jeru-falem, and always come in bare-foot. Lure. Sepulchre at Jerufaleml Your Complement, Sir, is very far fetch'd : But your Feet indeed have a very Travel- .ling Air. Stand. Come, come, m y dear, no ferious Difputes upon Trifles, fince you know, I never contend with you in Matters of Confequence. You are ftill Miftrefs of your Fortune, and Marriage has only made you more abfolute in your Pleafure, by adding one faithful Servant to your Defires Come, clear your Brow of that uneafie Chagrin, and let that pleafing Air take place that firft enfnar'd m y Heart. I have invited fome Gentlemen to Dinner, whofe Friendfhips deferve a welcome Look. Let their Entertainment fhew how blefs'd you have made m e by a plentiful Fortune, and the Love of fo agreeable a Creature. Lure. Your Friends, I fuppofe, are all M e n of Quality? Stand, Madam, they are Officers, and M e n of Honour. Lure. Officers, and Men of Honour! That is, they will daub the Stairs with their Feet, ftain all the Rooms with their Wine, talk Bawdy to m y W o m a n , rail at the Parliament, then at one another, fall to cutting of Throats, and break all m y China. Stand. Admitting that I kept fuch Company; 'tis unkind in you, M a d a m , to talk fo feverely of m y Friends But my Brother, m y Dear, is juft come from his Voyage, and will be here to pay his Refpects to you. Lure. Sir, I fhall not be at Leifure to entertain a Perfon of bis Wapping Education, I can affure you. Enter Parley, and whifpers her. Sir. I have fome Bufinefs with m y W o m a n ; you m ay entertain your Sea Monfter by your felf; you may command a Difh of Pork and Peafe, with a Bowl of Punch, I fuppofe; and fo, Sir, much good m a y do you.- Come Parley. {Exeunt Lure, and Par. Stand. Hell and Furies 1 Ein fti |