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Show 188 Secret-Love : Or, '. I require no Oath 'till we come to Church; and then . z Prieft, I hope; for I find it will he m y Deftiny to Marty thee. FL C Flor. I but ify none ready made. C~*erl, . W..h.a..t. ^f..a.jy yTo~u«.,, s^haml,l. I. M^ a. r. r. y, F*l.a-t. Flor. N o , she'll be too cunning for you. (.>/. W h a t fay you to Olinda then ? She's Tall, and Fair, and Boi Flor. And Foolish, and Apish, and Fickle. •I. But Sabina, there's Pretty, and Young, and Loving, and Innocent. Ind Dwarfish, and Childish, and Fond, andFlippant: If you Marry her Sifter, you will get May-Poles ; and if you Marry Her, you will get Fairies to Dance about them. J Cel. Nay, then the cafe is clear, Florimel: If you take'cm all from m e 'tis be caure you referve m e for your felf. ' Flor But this Marriage is fuch a Bugbear to m e ; much might be if w e conM invent but any way to make it eafy. Cel. Some Foolish People have made it uneafy, by drawing the knot fafter than they need ; but w e that are wifer will loofen it a little. Flor. 'Tis true, indeed, there's fome difference betwixt a Girdle am I Cel. Asfor the firft Year, according to the laudable cuftom of n e w Married P ™ pie, w e shall follow one another up into Chambers, and down into Garden* and think w e shall never have enough of one another fo far 'tis pleafant enough, Flor. But after that, when we begin to live like Husband and Wife, and never come near one another what then, Sir ? ' GZ. W h y then our only Happinefs muft'bc to Lave one Mind, and one Will, K6r. One Mind if thou wilt, but prithee let us have two Wills • for I finf( nne oiltf Cn° U g h formeal°ne ; bUt h 0 W if t,,0fe Wills * * « meet and "th' • I warrant thee for that: Husbands and Wives keen their Will, r i afo„<for for ever meeting , One thing let us be fure l ! % 2 Z X ? £ 3 & wh/c";,LteCnon,o^r°nean0theraSl0nS 3S ?«"* ™d confefs the truth fbr "whan'iT **£ "at K^ >0U shr,il never ask me what Money Ihaveloft ' ' / I , I n T a,bu°ad J™5'"1 1 ™ver enquire w h o treatedI m c my CR;P /oa^;:,|;:^dV4c„1te,XvSep a" N's"'' •*" y™ * £ » * « lr^'vem\ The,n y 0U shalJ bld m e § 0 0 a Night before you Sleen • S ^ g ^ ^ f f 8 1 " b ~ Mother People, we rff'r An,l',r^,Ti" c°n<iftwitha l'lcafnit Life. cl^^cloS^un^fjf^^ a",d Wife hM fortl> nothing but abolished foreveffivixt Us ' "d &'"t,K& ln thcir location; they shall be ofM^tSnf"' WC Wi" be M^'edby themoreagreeabfo Names ofa^MomToflZg^ghts" t0bci"f™S'« *V thee, Fieri*,,, under the penalty of CuckoM°om.°f ^ PriV"CSCS t0 •" «**'<< °r ** U^ under thepenalty ?S S.t^2SSS£ bl„radafoe r a Cl?k°W f' ! '"d, ra*er thou should* tlian any of thy Servants. An d for m y Comfort, I shall have thee oftner v £?. Now fet meforward to * A# K! ''' YouPromifeCoufipy or^n h t ? A f f-b,y. o i,Ut,m,oftunwillinglv. Tlfo Maiden-Queen. 189 Lv/! Madam but one word more; fince you are fo refolv'd, That you may fee, bold as m y Paffion was, 'Twas only for your Perfon, not your Crown j I fwear no fecond love Shall violate the flame I had for you, But in ftrict imitation of your Oath I v o w a fingle Life. Qu. to Afteria.'] N o w , m y Afteria, m y Joys arc full; the Pow'rs above that fee Ihe innocent love I bear to Philocles, Have giv'n its due reward ; for by this means The right of Lyfimantes will devolve Upon Candiope; and I fhall have This great content, to think, when I a m dead, M y Crown may fall on Philocles his head, [Exeur.. E P I L O G "TJET Written by a Perfon of Honour. OV R Poet fomething doubtful of his Fate, Made choice of me to be his Advocate, Relying on my t\nowledge in the Laws, And I as boldly undertook the Caufe. I left my Client yonder in a rant Againft the Envious, and the Ignorant, Who are, he fays, his only Enemies : But he contemns their Malice, and defies The fharpeft of his Cenfurers to fay Where there is one grofs fault in all his Play. The Language is fo fitted for each Part, The Plot according to the Rules of 'Art; And twenty other things he bid me tell ye, But I cry'd e'en go do't your felf for Nelly. Reafon with fudges, urg'd in the defence Of thofe they would condemn, is lnjolence ; I therefore wave the Merits of hit Play, And think it fit to plead thisfafer way. If when too many in the pur chafe fbare Robbing's not worth the danger nor the care ; The Men of bufinefs, muft in Policy, ^ Cherifh a little harmlefs Poetry, •» AH Wit wou'd elfe grow up to Kjiavery. ]> Wit is a Bird of Mufick, or of Prey, Mounting fhe ft rikes at all things in her way; But if this Birdlime once but touch her Wings, On the next Bufh fhe fits her down, and fings. I have but one word more; tell me I pray What you will get by damning of our Play ? A tvhipt Fanatick who does not recant Is by his Brethren caiPd a Suff'ring Saint ; And by your hands fhou'd this poor Poet die Before he does renounce his Poetry, His Death muft needs confirm the party more Than all his fcribling Life could do before. Where fo much Zjaldoes in a Sell appear, 'Tu to no purpofe, 'Faith, to be fever e. But Mother day I heard this Rhyming Fop Say Criticks were the Whips, and he the Top; For, as aTop fpins beft the more you baft e her. So every lafh you give, he writes the fafter. |