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Show The Beaux Stratagem. 55 Sull. I think fo too, Friend But I'm a Juftice of Peace, and muft do nothing againft the Law. Sir Ch. L a w ! as I take it, Mr. Juftice, no body obferves L a w for Law's fake, only for the good of thofe for w h o m it was made. Suit. But if the L a w orders m e to fend you to Goal, you muft lie there, m y Friend. Sir Ch. Not unlefs I commit a Crime to deferve it. Sull. A Crime! Oons, a'n't I marry'd ? • SitCh. Nay, Sir, if you call Marriage a Crime, you muft: r difown it for a Law. ! Sull. Eh ! 1 muft be acquainted with you, Sir But, Sir, I fhou'd be very glad to know the truth of this matter. Sir Ch. Truth, Sir, is a profound Sea, and few there be that dare wade deep enough to find out the bottom on't. Befides, I Sir, I'm aftraid the Line of your Understanding mayn't be long enough. Sull. Look'e, Sir, I have nothing to fay to your Sea of Truth," but if a good Parcel of Land can intitle a M a n to a little Truth, I have as much as any He in the Country. . Bon. I never heard your Worfhip, as the Saying is, talk lb much before. Sull. Becaufe I never *mct with a M a n that I lik'd before Bon. Pray, Sir, as the Saying is, let m e ask you one Queftion ; Are not M a n and Wife one Flefh ? Sir Ch. You and your Wife, Mr. Guts, may be one Flefh,' becaufe ye are nothing elfe • but rational Creatures have Minds that muft be united. Sull. Minds! Sir Ch. A y , Minds, Sir; don't you think that the Mind takes place of the Body ? Sull. In fome People. Sir Ch. Then the Intereft of the Mafter muft be confulted before that of his Servant. Sull. Sir, you fhall dine with m e to Morrow. Oons, I always thought that w e were naturally one. Sir Ch. Sir, I know that m y two Hands are naturally one, becaufe they love one another, kifs one another, help one another in all the Actions of Life, but I cou d not fay fo much, if they were always at Cuffs. Sull. Then 'tis plain, that w e are two. Sir Ch. W h y don't you part with her, Sir ? Sull. Will you take her,Sir? Sir Ch. With all m y Heart. J i 3 Sullt |
