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Show + o The Wild Gallant. Ifa. Nora whit the more for that : Coufin mine, our Sex is not fo eafily put out of conceit with our own Beauties. Con. Thou haft loft the Opinion of thy honefty, and got nothing m i ecdmpence. N o w that's fuch an overfight in a Lady. , //.. You are deceiv'd ; they think m e too virtuous for then purpofe , but I have yet another'way to try, and you fhall help me. Enter Loveby new habited. Con. Mr. Loveby, welcome, welcome: Where have you beenithis Fortnight. Lov. Faith, Madam, out of T o w n to fee a little thing that's fallen to m e upon the Death of a Grandmother. . . Con. You thank Death for the Windfal, Servant: But why aie you not in IT Troth, Madam, it came upon me fo foddenly I had not time : 'Twas a fortune utterly unexpected by me. c . ., Ifa. Why,was your Grandmother fo Young you could not look for her Deceafe ? Lov. Not for that neither; but I had many other Kindred w h o m fhe might have left it to, only file heard I liv'd here in Fafhion, and fpent m y Money in the Eye of the World. , T> t Con. You forge thefe things prettily; but I have heard you are as Poor as a decimated Cavalier, and had not one Foot of Land m all the World. Lov. Rivals Tales, Rivals Tales, Madam. Con. Where lies your Land, Sir? Lov. I'll tell you, Madam, it has upon it a very fair Mannor-Hcufe ; from one. fide you have in Profpect an hanging Garden. Ifa. W h o was hang'd there ? Not your Grandmother I hope f Lov. In the midft of it you have a Fountain: You have feen that at Hampton- Court; it will ferve to give you a flight Image of it. Beyond the Garden you look to a Perfpeftlve of Fruit-Trees; and beyond the River you fee a Mead fo Howry: Well I fhall never be at quiet, till w e two make Hay there. Conft. But where lies this Paradice ? Lov. Pox on't; I am thinking to fell it, ithasfuchavillanousunpIeafantName j it would have founded fo harfh in a Ladies Ear. But for the Fountain, M a d a m - Con. The Fountain's a Poorexcufe, it will not Water ; come the N a m e , the Name. , r . v, Lov. Faith it is come fo lately into m y hands, that I have forgot the N a m e on t. Ifa. That's much, now, you fhould forget the Name, and yet could make fuch an exact defcription of the Place. Lov. If you will needs know the Name's Bawdy; fure this will give a ftop to their Curiofi ty. [Afide. Ifa. At leaft you'll tell us in what County it lies, that m y Coufin may fend to enquire about it i come, this fhall not ferve your turn , tell us any T o w n that's near it. Lov. 'Twill be fomewhat too far-to fend; it lies in the very North of Scotland. Ifa. In good time, a Paradice in the Highlands ; is't not fo, Sir t Con. It feems you went Pott, Servant: In troth you are a rank Rider, to go to the North of Scotland, ftay and take PofTeffion, and return again, in ten days time. Ifa. I never knew your Grandmother was a Scotch W o m a n : Is fhe not a Tartar too : Pray whittle for her, and lets fee her dance : C o m e - whift Granne ! Co'n. Fie fie Servant; what no invention in you? All this while a ftudying for a Name of your Mannor ? Come, come, where lies it ? tell me. Lov. N o faith, I am wifer than fo ; I'll difcover m y Seat to no M a n ; fo T '. have fome darnn'd Lawyer keep a prying into m y title to defeat m e of it. Con. H o w then fhall I be fatisfied there is fuch a thing in Nature? Lov. Tell m e what Jewel you would wear, and you fhall have it: Enquii to m y Money, there's the trial. Con. Since you are fo flufh, Sir , you fhall give m e a Locket of Diamonds of three hundred pounds. Ifa. That was too fevere; you know he has but 250 /. to beftow. [To Her. Lov. Well you fhall have it, Madam: But I cannot higgle: I know you'll fay-it did not coft above 200 pieces. Ifa. I'll be hang'd if he does not prefent you with a parcel of melted Flints fet in Gold, or Norfolk Pebbles. Lov. Little Gentlewoman pointed bufinefs, to Morrow yFollu waariet f ou pkoene ny:o u witMha idt.a m, this Ni[gEhxti It hLIaofvave.e abBpvy. The Wild Gallant. ^ ney will be gone. But, Do you mean toprofecmeyour Plot, to fee hi,. Con. Yes, and that very privately, if my Father know it I am und, ir T. ... Enter Setftone. v ,' u n ,U m k y this Xi"ht hc had appoined bufinefs. ft' why that was,t, Madam; according to your Order 1 t w „„' nAT T and found him in the 7VW/>/,-Walks : Havingdrawn himaflde m M SvfC' expected happinefs, he muft mectme in a blind Alley I 3 t o n m On ^ ifi6 fideof Mr. Trice's Houfe, juft at theclofe of; ^TtvVhtCm^^A from w h o m he had his fupplies of Money S d J fttlsfied Con. And how did he receive the Summons 3 ton. Sure he was afraid to come then ? t0& Ite?^ Safe "ci^Ji^z^T^ i P ^f^tssssstiss^on him "c wouW ™£% Sy f-l™ h°Id'ng ^ h'S M°',ey : **!*"« '•**« *• ^5SS £ If*. H o w dare yon truft this Fellow ? C£J"'' SetftoiK- (UmfeithM* f o m e B o d > ' ; S^i" Las made him mine, and now fo will keep To them, Burr, Failer, Timorous, Trice, Nonfuch. Fat Pray, my Lord, take no pick at it: 'Tisnoteiven to all Men to I, thi£* A°n Wh?£ 3re y°Urbut an °Id B°^ 0f five ™d fiftV'; I All w m 7 ^ ~ T I W a l ' T ^ 0 U ' S i r 7 W ^ , I'lrfpeakfor^ou- ^ * M Z i 1 / thou have me be Friends with him ! For thy 4iike firm r^ on k add five hundred a Year to her Jointure, and I'll be fatisfied:3 Come you hither' [Here T net, and Nonfuch, W Timorous, talk privately ; Burr ;»/>/, Failer-^ Conftance w>/, Ifabelle. • pable^ndopen"0^11'1 ^ a C C ° U n t m thistrick t0 §et F ^ b ^ e n ; 'ristoo bal-f I warrant you 'twill pafs.upon.Bwr for a time: So m y revenge, and vour intereft will go on together. y 57 a, >our * £ 1 A ^r r'/t h e r e's™y^f a b lfwing, I know it by their Whifp'rin-; \ V ow am alte^ " *** ' ?£ £Sf °n ^ J, f°r ™y £** *™ a »^ 7 W t o T r ^ B u t then you muft fpeak for me Mr.Trice; and you too m v lord, Non. If you deny't again,'I'll beat you; look to't Boy. i t Trice. Come on; I'll makefile Bargain. i . ' Ifa. You were ever good in a Flefl^-Marker. Trice. Come you little Harlotry; What fatisfacTion can you give me for ru; mng away before the Rurts came in? ' * , J ? T ^ h y I left you to u'ni, that ever invite your own Belly to the greateft part of all your Feafts. ' v b. 7 W . I have brought you a Knight here Hufwife,'with a plentiful Fortune to Heav °?Ut"" ' ' W h c U W ° U l d y ° U m ° r C ? W O U t d y9U bc an ln Ifa. Your minds ever upon your Belly. utJrc>^?^fomc^wup(toyours: But>what ^^^ tf,°u r° s^%^w, Conft. Would you have m e Married to that King JV/^'sFaee ? xL>I]™Pnf'UtmCn0?dit'' !^^kK he ulid^<^'^^Eating and Drinking well. Pwr* coauus, the HeathenPhilofopher, could tell you that C M . Come on, Sir; What's your will with m e ? [Laughs. F 2 " "'-r |