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Show 16 Sir Harry Wildair $ being Stand. Your s, Sir. But why d'ye flare fo in my Face ? Ban. I was told, Sir, That the Lady Lure well's Husband had fomething very remarkable over his Eyes, by which he might be known. Fire. Mark that, Brother. {In his Ear. Stand. Your Information, Sir, was right: I have a crofs Cut over m y left Eye that's very remarkable. But pray, Sir, by what Marks are you to be known ? Ban. Sir, I a m dignify'd and diftinguifh'd by the N a me and Title of Beau Banter; I'm younger Brother to Sir Harry Wildair ; and I hope to inherit his Eftate with his Humour ; for his Wife, I'm told, is dead, and has left no Child. Stand. Oh, Sir ! I'm your very humble Servant; you're not unlike your Brother in the Face; but methinks, Sir, you don't become his Humour altogether fo well; for what's Nature in him looks like Affectation in you. Ban. O h , Lard, Sir! 'tis rather Nature in m e what is acquir'd by him; he's beholding to his Education for his Air: N ow where d'ye think m y Humour was eftablifVd? Stand. Where? Ban. At Oxford, SJmllAt Oxford! Fire. 3 J Ban. A y ; There have I been fucking m y dear Alma Mater thefe feven Years: Yet, in Defiance to Legs of Mutton, fmall Beer, crabbed Books, and four-fac'd Doctors, I can dance a Minuet, court a Miftrefs, play at Picket, or make a Paroli, with any Wildair in Chriftendom. In fhort, Sir, in fpightof the Univerfity, I'm a pretty Gentleman. Coll. Where's your Wife ? Fire. (Mimicking him.") In fpight of the Univerfity Tm a pretty Gentleman. Then, Coll. Where's your Wife f Hark ye, young Plato, Whether wou'd you have, your Nofe flit, or your Ears cut ? Ban. Firft tell m e , Sir, Which will you chufe, to be run through the Body, or fhot through the Head ? Fire. Follow me, and I'll tell ye. Ban. Sir, m y Servants fhall attend ye, if you have no E-quipage of your own. Fire. Blood, Sir ! Stand. Hold, Brother, hold; he's a Boy. Ban. Look ye, Sir, I keep half a dozen Footmen that i hQauveef tinoon sB:u fiNnoefws, uSpiorn, iEfa yrotuhr bfuitg httion g aSntfowmear chi mpcearnt idtinhgeeenfftet |
