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Show 10 The Twin-Rivals. I fhou'd be more civil to her now fhe's in miner M y Afn"- duity befbre-hand was an over-price; had fhe made a merit of the matter, fhe fhou'd have yielded fooner. Man. Nay, nay, Sir; tho' you have no regard to her Honour, yet you fhall prote6t mine : H o w d'e think I have fe-cur'd m y Reputation fo long among the People of beft Figure, but by keeping all Mouths ftopt ? Sir, I'll have no Clamours at me. Heavens help me, I have Clamours enough at my door early and late in m y t'other Capacity: In fhort, Sir, a Husband for Clelia, or I banilh you m y Prefence for ever. Rich. Thou art a necelTary Devil, and I can't want thee. [Afide. Man. Look'e, Sir, 'tis your o w n Advantage ; 'tis only making over your Eftate into the hands of aTruftee; and tho* you don't absolutely command the Premifes, yet you may exact enough out of'um for NecelTaries, when you will. Rich. Patience a little, M a d a m ! I have a young Nephew that is a Captain of Horfe: He mortgag'd the laft morfel of his Eftate to me, to make up his Equipage for the laft Cam-pagne. Perhaps you know him ; he's a brisk Fellow, much about Court, Captain Trueman. Alan. Trueman I Adfmylifc, he's one of m y Babies; I can tell you the'very minute he was born precifely at three a Clock next St. George's Day ; Trueman will be two and twenty, a Stripling, the prettieft, good-natur'd Child, and your Nephew! He muft be the M a n , and lhall be the M a n ; I have a kindnefs for him. Rich. But wre muft have a care; the Fellow wants neither Senfe nor Courage. Man. Phu, phu, never fear her part, fhe fha'n't want In-ftruclions; and then for her Lying-in, a little abruptly, 'tis m y bufinefs to reconcile matters there, a Fright or a Fall ex-, cufes that: Lard, Sir, 1 do thefe things every day. Rich. 'Tis pity then to put you out of your Road ; and Cle-^ ha lhall have a Husband. Man. Spoke like a Mar, of Honour. And n o w I'll ferve you again. Tins,Aurelia, you fay- • Rich. O fhe diftradls m e ! Her Beauty, Familf, and Virtue, make her a noble Pleafure. " Man. And you have a mind, for that reafon, to get her a Hue band. Rich. Yes, faith : I have another young Relation at Cambridge, he's juft going .into Orders; and I think fuch a fine W o m a n , with Fifteen hundred Pound, is a better Prefenttiao-n |