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Show %6 Sir Harry Wildair 5 being Devil had rais'd the Phantom, and my more confcious Re;r* fon had given m y Eyes the Lie. Lure. Very well! Then I a'n't to be believ'd,itfecms. But, d'ye hear, Sir? Wild. Nay, M a d a m j do you hear ? I tell you, 'tis not in the power of Malice to caft a Blot upon her Fame; and tho* the Vanity of our Sex, and the Envy of yours, confpir'd both againft her Honour, I wou'd not hear a Syllable. (Stopping his Ears. Lure. W h y then ,• as I hope to breath , you fhall hear it.- The Picture! the Picture ! the Picture ! (Bawling aloud. Wild. Ran, tan, tan. A Pittol-bullet from Ear to Ear. Lure. That Picture which you had juft n o w from the French Marquis, for a thoufand Pound; that very Picture did your very Vertuous Wife fend to the Marquis as a Pledge of her very vertuous and dying Affection. So that you arc botfi robo'd of your Honour, and cheated of your Money. (Aloud. Wild. Louder, louder, Madam. Lure. I tell you, Sir; your Wife was a Jilt; I know it, I'M fwear it. She Vertuous! She was a Devil. Wild. [Sings.] Fal, al, deral. Lure. W a s ever the like feen! He won't hear m e . - I burft with Malice, and n o w he won't mind" m e 1 Won't you hear m e yet? Wild. No, no, Madam. Lure. Nay, then I can't bear it. [Bur/is out a Crying.] Sir, I muft fay that you're an unworthy Perfon, to ufe a W o m a n of Quality at this rate, when fhe has her Heart full of Malice; 1 don't know but it may make m e Mifcarry. Sir, I fay again and again, that fhe was no better than one of us, and I know it; I have feen it with m y Eyes, fo I have. Wild. Good Heav'ns deliver me, I befeech thee. H o w fhall I 'fcape! Lure. Will you«hear me yet ? Dear Sir Harry, do but hear me ; I'm longing to fpeak. Wild. O h ! I have it.--Hulh, hufh, hufh. Lure. Eh ! What's the matter ? Wild. A Moufe! a Moufe! a Moufe ! Lure. Where? where? where? Wild. Your Pettycoats, your Pettycoats, M a d a m . (Lure, fhrieks, and runs off. Wild. O h m y Head ! I was never worfted by a W o m an before. But I have heard fo much as to know the Marquit [toR ubnes ao uVti jl laanidn .r et[uKrnnosc.k]i ng_. ] •N_a yT hteh eEnn,t rIy misu fftt orputnc b oyfmo ira'n tCg.h air |