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Show 20 Sir Harry Wildair 5 being I. La. And I. (Exit. 2. La. And I. (Crying, and Exit. Wild. WThat, forfwear Cards! W h y , Madam, you'll ruin our Trade.-•- I'll maintain, that the Money at Court circulates more by the Baffet-Bank, than the Wealth of the Merchants by the Bank of the City. Cards ! the great Minifters of Fortune's Power; that blindly fhuffle out her thoughtlefs Favours, and make a Knave morepow'rful than a King. . W h a t Adoration do thefe Pow'rs receive [Lifting up a Card.] from the bright Hands and Fingers of the Fair, always lift up to pay Devotion here ! And the pleafing Fears, the anxious Hopes, and dubious Joy that entertain our Mind ! The Ca-pot at Picket, the Paroli at Baffet; And then Ombre! W h o can refift the Charms of Mattadors ? Lure. Ay, Sir Harry; and then ihzSept le Va, Ouinze le Va, tfrTranteleVa! Wild. Right, right, Madam. Lure. Then the Nine of Diamonds at Comet, three Fives at Cribbidge, and P a m in Lanteraloo, Sir Harry! Wild. A y , Madam,thefe are Charms indeed. Then the pleafure of picking your Husband's Pocket over-night, toplay at Baffet next D a y ! Then the advantage a fine Gentleman may make of a Lady's Neceffity, by gaining a Favour for fifty Piftols, which a hundred Year's Courtfhip cou'd never have produe'd. Lure. Nay, nay, Sir Harry, that's foul play. Wild. Nay, nay, M a d a m , 'tis nothing but the G a m e ; and I have rjlay'd it fo in France a hundred times. Lure. Come, come, Sir, no more on't. I'll tell you in three words, That rather than forego m y Cards, I'll forfwear my Vifits, Fafhions, m y Monkey, Friends, and Relations. Wild. There fpoke the Spirit of true-born Englifh Quality, with a true French Education. Lure. Look ye, Sir Harry, l a m well born, and I was well bred; I brought m y Husband a large Fortune; he fhall Mortgage, or I will Elope. Wild. N o , no, M a d a m ; there's no occafion for that. See here. M a d a m! Lure. What, the Singing-Birds; Sir Harry! Let me fee. Wild. Pugh, Madam, thefe are but a few. But I cou'd* wifh, de tout mon ceur; for quel que Commoditie, where I might handfomely plunder'd of 'em. Lure. Ah! Chevallier! tout jour obligeant Engageant & tou* fa.W ild. Allans, Allons, Madam, tout a votreferviceL,u r(eP*u lls |
