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Show An Evenings Love: -^^^^n^ this Cavalier is comc~o7purpofe to perform the c, liticsofhis Houfe to you. Alon. But, good Sir--- ^ ^[h d Maskai. Bell, rkwrwte ou wouWfay *n L opportunity to move ^^KtftoSiW of ml; ifyou pleaVeto allow me the hearing of it-l^ IteJtftSi tf Wo5 and Vertue, and is infinitely ambitious of the °5/S Of being known to me ; I underftand you, Sir. L ^ If you wTll pleafe to favour m e with your Patience, which I beg of you a fecond time. Alon. I a m dumb, Sir. !<?/> This Cavalier, ot w h o m I was fpeaking, is in Love - Alon. Satisfie your felf, Sir, I'll not interrupt you- Lop. Sir, I a m fatisfied ot your promife. ^//L. If I fpeak one fyllable more, the Devil take m c : Speak when you pleafe. Lop. I a m going, Sir. . y#Jw. You need not fpeak twice to m e to be filent; though I take it fomewhat ill of you to be tutor'd Lop- This eternal old M a n will make m e mad. [Afitk. Alon. W h y when do you begin, Sir? H o w long muft a M a n wait for you ? Pray make an end of what you have to fay quickly, that I may fpeak in m y turn too. Lop- This Cavalier is in L o v e - Alon. You told m e that before, Sir: D o you fpeak Oracles, that you require this ftrict attention ? Either let mefhare the talk with you, or l a m gone. Lop. W h y , Sir, I a m almoft mad to tell you, and you will not fuffer me. Alon. Will you never have done, Sir: I muft tell you, Sir, you have tatled long enough; and 'tis now good manners to hear m e fpeak. Here's a Torrent of Words Indeed ; a very impetus dicendi, Will you never have done ? Lop. I will be heard in fpight of you. This next Speech of Lopez, and the next of Alonzo'/, with both their Replies, are to bejpoken at one time; both raifing their Voices by little and little, till they haul, and come up clofe to fhoutder one another. Lop. There's one Don Melchor de Guzman,a. Friend and Acquaintance of mine, that is defperately in Love with your eldelt Daughter Donna Theodofia. Alon. (at the fame time-•) 'Tis the Sentence of a Philofopher, Loquere tit te vi-dtxm : Speak that I may know?thce; n o w if you take away the power of fpeaking from m e - < Both paufie a little, then fpeak together again. Lop. I'll try the Language of the L a w ; fure the Devil cannot out-talk that Gibberifh-For this Don Melchor of Madrid aforefaid, as premifed, I requeft, move, and fupplicate, that you would Give, Beftow, Marry, and give in Marriage, this your Daughter aforefaid, to the Cavalier aforefaid not yet, thou Devil of a M a n thou fhalt be filent- [Exit Lopez running. Alon. at the fame time with Lopez his laft Speech, and after Lopez is run outf Oh, how I hate, abominate, deteft and abhor, thefe perpetual Talkers, Difpu-tants, Controverters, and Duellers of the Tongue! But, on the other fide if it be not permitted to prudent M e n to fpeak their minds, appofitely, and to tlie purpofe, and in few words-If, I fay, the Prudent muft be Tongue-ty'd • then let Great Nature bedeftroy'd ; let the order of all things be turn'd topfy-turvy • let the Goote devour the Fox ; let the Infants preach to their Great Grandfires: let the.tender Lamb purfue the Wolf; and the Sick prefcribe to the Phvfi-cian. Let Fifties live upon dry Land, and the Beafts of the Earth inhabit in the Let the fearful Hare- Enter Lope/, witha Bet, and rings it in his Ears. Alon. Help, help, murder, murder, murder. [Exit Alon. t I here was noway but this to be rid of him. Or, The Moc^A/tro/o'er. W Enter a Servant. Serv. Sir, there are fome W o m e n without in Mafquerade; and, I believe, Perfons ot Quality, w h o are come to play here. Lop. Bring 'em in with all refpedt. Enter again the Servant, after him Jacinta, Keatrix,and other Ladtes and Gentle 'all Mafqued. Lop. Cavaliers, and Ladies, you are welcome: I wifh Iliad more company to entertain y o u : - O h , here comes one iooner than I expected. Enter Wildblood and Maskal- Will I have fwept your Gammg-houfe, i'faith, Ecce fienum. [Shows Gold Lop. Well, here's more to be had ot thefe Ladies, ifit be your Fortune Wild. T h e firft Stakes I would play for, fhould be their Veils and Vifor- Mafqucs. Jac. (to Beat.) D o you think he will not know us? Beat. Ifyou keep your defign of palling for an African. Jac. Well, now I fhall make an abfolute trial of him; for, being thus incognita, I fhall difcover if he make Love to any of you. As for the Gallantry of his Serenade, w e will not be indebted to him, for w e will make him another with our Guittars. Beat. I'll whifper your intention to die Servant, w h o fhall deliver it to Don Lopez. [Beatrix whifpers to the Servant. Serv. (to Lopez) Sir, the Ladies have commanded m e to tell you, that they are willing, before they play, to prefent you with a Dance,- and'to give you an ElTay of their Guittars. Lop. 'they much Honour me. A 'DANCE After the Dance the Cavaliers take the 1 .adies, and Court them, Wildblood takes Jacinta. Wild. While you have been Singing, Lady, I have been Praying: I mean, that your Face and Wit may not prove equal to your Dancing, tor, if they be, there's an Heart goneaftrav to m y knowledge- Jac. Ifyou pray againft m e before you have feen me, you'll curfe m e when you have look'd on me- Wild* I believe I fhall have caufe to do fo, if your Beauty be as killing as I imagine it. Jac 'tis true, I have been flatter'd in m y o w n Country, with an Opinion of i little handfomenels; but, h o w it will pafs in Spain is a Queftion. Wild. W h y , M a d a m , Are you not of Spam ? Jac. N o , Sir, of Morocco : I only came hither to fee fome of m y Relations w h o are fettled here, and turn'd Chrifttans, fince the cxpullionof m y Countrymen, the Moors. Wild. Are you then a Mahometan? Jac. A Muffulman at your Service- Will A Mujfulwomanfay you ? I protcft by your Voice I fhould have taken you for a Chriftian Lady of m y acquaintance. Jac It feems you arc in love then ; if fo, I have done with you. I dare not invade the Dominions of another Lady ,- eipecially in a Country where m y An-ceftors have been lb unfortunate. Will Some little tiking I might have, but that was only a Morning-dew, tis drawn up by the Sun-ihine of vour Beauty : I find your African Cupidisa much finer Archer, than ours of Europe. Yet would I could fee you; one look would fecure your Victory- . , . , J.xc I'll referve'my Face to gratitie your imagination with it, make what Head you pleafe, and fet it on m y Shoulders. ' Wild. Well, Madam, an Eve, a Note, or a L.p fhall break no fquares; the Face is but a Span's breadth of Beauty; and where there is lo much betides, 111 never Hand with you for that. foe Rur iucanieft, Do vou love m e ? Wild. I, by M o , do I, moll extreamly : You have Wit in abundanc^you |