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Show The Twin-Rivals. <jx Rich. This Night! __ Man. The Lady's Aunt is very near her time fhe goes abroad this Evening a vifiting; in the mean time I fend to your Miftrefs, that her Aunt is fallen in Labour atmy Houfe^ She comes in a hurry, and then Rich. Shall I be there to meet her ? Man. Perhaps. Rich. In a private R o o m? Man. Mftm. Rich. N o Creature to difturb us ? Man. M u m , I fay, but you muft give me your Word not to ravifh her; nay, I can tell you, fhe won't be ravifh'd. Rich. Ravifh ! Let m e fee, I'm worth five thoufand Pound a Year, twenty thoufand Guineas in m y Pocket, and may not I force a Toy that's fcarce worth fifteen hundred Pound ? I'll dot. Her Beauty fets my Heart on Fire, befide The injurious Blow has fet on fire m y Pride; The bare Fruition were not worth m y Pain, The Joy will be to humble her Difdain; Beyond Enjoyment will the Tranfport laft In Triumph when the Extafy is paft. (Exeunt'. The End of the Fourth A C T. A C T V. SCENE, Lord WoudbeV Houfe. Toung Wou'dbe folus. Y. W. OHew me that proud Stoick that can bear Succefs and ^ Champaign, Philofophy can fupport us in hard Fortune, but who can have Patience in Profperity? The Learned may talk what they will of human Bodies, but I am fure there is not one Atom in mine, but what is truly Epicurean. My Brother is fecur'd, I guarded with m y Friends, my lewd and honeft Midnight Friends-^-holla, who waits there ? 4 Enter |