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Show 6 The Beaux Stratagem. Arch. Why 'faith, if this Profpect fail^ it muft e'en come to that. I a m for venturing one of the Hundreds, if you will, upon this Knight-Errantry j but in cafe it fhould fail, we'll refefve the other to carry us to fome Counterfcarp, where we may die as w e liv'd in a Blaze. Aim. With all m y heart; and w e have liv'd juftly, Archer; we can't lay that we have ipent our Fortunes, but that we have enjoy d 'cm. Arch. Right; fo much Pleafure for fo much Money; we have had our Pennyworths; and had I Millions, I wou'd go to the fame Market again. O London,London! well; w e have had our fhare, and let us be thankful : Paft Pleafures, for ought 1 know, are beft,f uch as w e are lure of; thofe to come may difappoint us. Aim. It has often griev'dthe Heart of me, to fee how fome inhumane Wretches murther their kind Fortunes; thofe that by facrificingall to one Appetite, fhall ftarve all the reft.-- You lhall have fome that live only in their Palates, and in their fenfe of Tailing lhall drown the other Four: Odiers are only Epicures in Appearances, fuch who fhall ftarve their Nights to make a Figure a Days, and famifh their o wn to feed the Eyes of others: A contrary fort confine their Pleafures to the Dark , and contract their fpacious Acres to the Circuit of a Muff-ftring. Arch. Right; but they find the Indies in that Spot where they confume 'em, and, I think, your kind Keepers have much the beft on't; for they indulge the moft Senfes by one Expence, there's the Seeing, Hearing, and Feeling, amply gratify'd ; and iome Philofophers will tell you, that from fuch a Commerce, there arifes a fixth Senfe, that gives infinitely more Pleaiure than the other five put together. Aim. And to pafs to the other Extremity, of all Keepers, I think thofe the worft that keep their Money. Arch. Thole are the moft miferable Wights in Being, they deftroy the Rights of Nature , and difappoint the Blcflings of Providence : Give m e a M a n that keeps his Five Senfes keen and bright as his Sword , that has em always drawn out in their juft Order and Strength, with his Reafon, as C o m m a n der at the Head of 'em, that detaches 'em by turns upon whatever Party of Pleafure agreeably offers, and commands 'em to letreat upon the leaft Appearance of Difadvantage or D a n ger : • For m y part, I can (tick to m y Bottle, while my Wine, b y C o m pan v, and m y Reafon, holds good; I can be charm'd with SapphoH Singing, without falling in Love with her Face: I luve Hunting, but wou'd not, like Atlcoena,t ebne |
