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Show ~~~6 "" ~' An Evening sUM'. iltA w<0, fori****** let thee alone. TVll heart &££. Where's the Money <*,, Wc will not quarrel; Where s tnc Money •Will By your favour we will quarrel- Beat. Money, Money . ^ U m ^ r y i a i m ^ n h e a r ' n o t h m g. fr*. aMoney, Money, Money, Money out on t w 0 difguifes in a Night. WtlL ^ S ^ H e f o m l 1 A d ^ K l ^ m Argument? abominably) I >. He begins to anger me in B^«r«el£'Modcfty . fo undecent a thing. Mask Athing fo much agtiinftt ^ ° ^ c ^ d c r at m y felf for being 3«S^5d^5?~^airaultcdby tcmPtatl0ns> Iam enrag'd at that ^ for ^ ing y 0u the Money / feKVgr^gingtoyoll^: (Maskal,theMoney,Maskal; now help, °r J^ fodd the otter to bring Money to you? Firft, to affront your Po- ^(^T^o affront my Poverty But, >^f*£f* andthen~' iS fe £ hefSreftaiS^weet of all Temptations; and to think you couldVefift it; being alfo aggravated bv her W " * J ^ ^ & 3 Will Refift it? No, I would fhe would underftand it, I know bcttci what belongs to FleQi and Blood than fo- S °to 5 U ) This is plain confederacy ; I fmoak it; he came on purpofe to ouurei with you; break firft with him and prevent it. . q C Btt be come to that once, the Devil take thelnndmoft ; I'll not be laft in love ; for that will be a difhonour to m y Sex. ^Hold, *Sir, "there needs no more; you fhall fall out; and Fll gratine you with anew occafion: I only try'd you, in hope you would betalie ; and rather than fail of m y defign, brought Gold to bribe you tot. Beat. As People when they have an ill bargain, are content to lofe by t, that they may get it off their hands. . "'• '. TT Mask. Beatrix, while our Principals are engag'd, I hold it not for our Honour to ftand idle. ^ ' . , Beat. With all my Heart; pleafe you let us draw onto fome other ground. Mask. I dare meet you on any Spot, but one. *" t W/</. I think we fhall do well to put it to an iffue; this is the laft time you {hall ever be troubled with my Addreffes. Jac. The favour had been greater to havefpar'd this too.- Mask. Beatrix, let us difpatch; or they'll break off before us. Beat. Break as fait as thou wilt, Iam as brittle as thou art for thy Heart. Wild. Becaufe I will abfolutely break off with you, I will keep nothing that belongs to you; theretoretake back your Picture, and your Handkerchief. Jac I have nothing of yours to keep : therefore take back your liberal Pro-mifes. Take 'em in imagination. Wild. Not to be behind hand with you in your frumps, I give you back your Purfe of Gold; take you that in imagination- Jac. To conclude with you, take back your Oaths and Proteftations; they arc never the worfe for the wearing, 1 allure you ; therefore take 'em, fpick and fpan new, for the ufe of your next Miftrefs. Mask. Beatrix, follow your Leader; here's the fixpenny Whittle you gave me, with the Mutton-Halt: 1 can fpare it, tor Knives are of little ufe in Spain. Beat. There's your Sciifars with the ftiuking Brafs Chain to'em : 'Tis well there was no Love betwixt us; for thev had been too dull to cut it. Mask. Or, i be Moc-^ Aftrologer. 317 Mask, there's the Dandriff-Comb you lent me- Brat, 'there's your Ferret Riboning for Garters. Mask. I would never have come fo near as to have taken 'em from you. Beat. For your Letter I have it not about m c •, but upon reputation I'll burn it. Mask. And for yours, I have already put it to a fitting imployment. Courage, Sir, how goes the Butk^on your Wing? Wild, full drawing off on both fides. Adieu Spain. Jac. Farewel old F.ngland. Beat. Come away in Triumph; the day's your own, Madam. Mask. I'll bear you off upon m y Shoulders, Sir; w e have broke their Hearts. Wild. Let her go firft then; fll ftay and keep the Honour ofthe Field. Jac. Fll not retreat, ifyou ftay till midnight. Wild. Are you fure then we have done-loving ? Jac. Yes, very fure; I think fo. Wild. 'Tis well you are; for othcrwife I feel m y Stomach a little maukifh. I fhould have doubted another fit of Love were coming up. Jac. N o , no; your inconftancy fecures you enough tor that. Wild. That's it which makes m e fear m y o w n returning- nothing vexes me but that you fhould part with m e fo flightly, as though I were not worth your keeping ; well, 'tis a fign you never lov'd me. Jac. Tis the leaft of your care whether I did or did not; it may be it had been more for the quiet of m y felf, if I - but 'tis no matter, I'll not give you that fatisfaction. Wild. But what's the reafon you will not give it m e ? Jac For the reafon that w e are quite broke off. Wild. W h y , are we quite broke off. Jac. W h y , are w e not ? Wild. Well, fince 'tis paft, 'tis paft ; but a pox of all foolifh quarreling, for m y part. Jac. And a mifchief ofall foolifh difguifements, formypart. Will But if it were to do again with another Miftrefs, I would e'en plainly confefs, I had loft m y Money. Jac. And if I had to deal with another Servant, I would learn more wit than to tempt him in difguifes; for that's to throw a Venice Glafs to the Ground, to try if it would not break. Wild. If it were not to pleafe you, I fee no neccffity of our parting. Jac I proteft I do it only out of complaiiance to you- Wild. But if I fhould play the Fool, and ask your pardon, you would refute it. Jac. No, never fubmit, for I fhould fpoil you again with pardoning you. Mask. D o you hear this, Beatrix; they are juft upon the point of accommodation ; we muft make hafte, or they'll make a Peace by themfelves ; and exclude us from the Treaty. Beat. Declare your felf the Aggreffor then; and I'll take you into Mercy. / VUd. The worit that you can lay of m e is, that I have lov'd you thrice over. Jac. The prime Articles between Spain and England are feal'd ; for the reft, concerning a more ftrict Alliance; if you pleafe w e 11 difpute them in the Garden. Wild. But in the firft place, let us agree on the Article of Navigation, I befeech you. Beat. Thefe Leagues offenfive and defenfive will be too ftrict for us, Maskal: A Treaty of Commerce will ferve our turn. Mask. With all m y Heart; and when our Loves are veering, We'll make no Words, but fall to Privateering. [Exeunt the Men leading the Women. AC T V. Lopez, Aurelia, and Camilla- Lop. 'TT*IS true, if he had continued conftant to you, I fhould have JL thought m y felf oblig'd in Honour to be his Friend j but I could no longer fuffer him to abufe a Perfon of your worth and beauty with a feign'd affection. Aur. |