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Show The Twin-Rivals. 7 With Money that has always been fo extravagant under my Eye ? whofe Profufenefs I have feen, I have felt, I have handed? Have not I known you, Sir, throw away Ten Pound of a Night upon a Covey of Pit-Partridges, and a Setting- Dog ? Sir, you have made m y Houfe an ill Houfe ; my very Chairs will bear you no longer. In fhort, Sir, I defire you to frequent the Grown no more, Sir. Y.W. Thou fophifticated Tun of Iniquity; havelfatned your Carkafs, and fwelfd your Bags with m y vital Blood ? Have I made you m y Companion to be thus faucy to m e ? But now I will keep you at your due diftance. (Kicks him. Ser. Welcome, Sir! Y. W. Well faid, Jack. (Kicks him again. Ser, Very welcome, Sir! I hope w e fhall have your company another time. Welcome, Sir. (Hes kick'd off. Y. W. Pray, wait on him down Stairs, and give him a welcome at the Door too. ( Exit Servant. ) This is the Punifh-mentof Hell; the very Devil that tempted me to Sin, now upbraids me with the Crime. - - 1 have villainoufly murder'd my Fortune ; and now its Ghoft, in the lank fhape of Poverty, haunts me: Is there no Charm to conjure down the Fiend ? Re-enter Servant. Ser. Oh, Sir, here's fad News. Y. W. Then keep it to thy felf, I have enough of that already. Ser. Sir, you will hear it too foon. Y. W. W h a t ! is Broad below ? . Ser. No, no, Sir; better twenty fuch as he were hang'd. Sir, your Father's dead. Y. W. M y Father ! Good night, m y Lord; has he left m e any thing? Ser. I heard nothing of that, Sin, Y.W. Then I believe you heard all there was of it; let me fee. My Father dead ! and m y elder Brother abroad ! - If Neceffity be the Mother of Invention, fhe was never more pregnant than with me. (Paufes.) Here, Sirrah, run to Mr?. Mandrake, and bid her come hither prefently. ( Exit Servant. ) That W o m a n was m y Mothers Midwife when I was born, and has been m y Bawd thefe ten Years. I hav« had her Endeavours to corrupt m y Brother's Miftrefs; and now her Affiftance will be necefiary to cheat him of his Eftate; for fhe's famous for under/landing the right-fide of a VW o mSaCnE, NaEud the wrong-fide of the Law. ( Exit. |