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Show Marriage A-l^Moda I hcvtt could refolve to part with him. [ To ArgaIeom Leon. You ask too many Queftions, and are I Too Saucy for a Subject. Arga. You rather over-aft your para, and are Too foon a Prince. ^ find me ofte> Po/y. Enough, >?rffcw j.i I have declared him mine : And you, Leonidas, T ive well with him lLo\ ,• \ Sir if he be your Son, I may have leave To^think your Queen had Twins: Look on this Virgin ; Hernmems would envioully deprive you Of half your Treafure. jj£ J , Sir, fhe is m y Daughter. I could, perhaps, thus aided by this Lord, Prefer her to be yours; but Truth forbid I fhould procure her Greatnefs by a Lie. Poly. Come hither, Beauteous Maid : Are you not forry, Your Father will not let you pafs for mine ? Palm. I am content to be what Heav'n has made me. Poly. Could you not wifh your felf a Princefs then > Palm. Not to be Sifter to Leonid*. Poly. W h y , my fweet Maid? pjM, Indeed I cannot tell; But I could be content to be his Hand-maid. Area. I with I had not feen her. {Ajicie. Palm. I muft weep for your good Fortune ; [Io Leonidas. Pray Pardon me, indeed I cannot help it, Leonidas, (alas, I had forgot, N o w I muft call you Prince;) but muft I leave you? Leon. I dare not fpeak to to her, for if I fhould, {Afide. I muft weep too. Poly. No, you mall live at Court, fweet Innocence, And fee him here. Hermogencs, Though you intended not to make m e Happy, Yet you fhall be rewarded for th* event. Come, m y Leonidas, let's thank the Gods; Thou for a Father, I for fuch a Son. [ Exeunt all but Leon, and Palm. Leon. M y dear Palmyra, many Eyes obferve me, And I have Thoughts fo tender, that I cannot In publick fpeak 'em to you: Some Hours hence I mill make off thefe Crowds of fawing Courtiers, And then ; f Exit Leoni das. Palm. Fly fwift, you Hours, you meafure Time for m e in vain, Till you bring back Leonidas again. Be fhorter now; and to redeem that wrong, W h e n he and I are met, be twice as long. [ Exit. A C T II. S C E N E I. Melantha and Philotis. Phil. /~>Ount Rhoclophil's a fine Gentleman indeed, Madam, V 1 and I think deferves your Affeftion. Mel. Let me die, but he's a fine M a n ; he Sings and Dances en Francois, and writes the Billets doux to a Miracle. Phil. And thofe are no fmall Talents, to a Lady that underftands, and values the trench Ayr, as your Ladyfhip does. Mel. H o w charming is the French Ayr ! and what an etourdybete is one of our untravi ndersl W h e n we would make his Court to me.let m e die, but he is juft Ikfop's Afs, that would imitate the Courtly French in his Addrefles, but inftead ot thofe, comes pawing upon me, and doing all things fo mal a i4- lirri,1're A--h\-M(. . Phil. 'Tis great pity Rhodophils a Married Man, tliat you may not h\ Honourable Intrigue with him. Mal. Intrgue, Philotis I that's ah oldPhrafe • I have laid that word by : Amour founds better. But thou art Heir to all m y Caft words, as thou art to m y old • Wardrobe. Oh Count Rbodopbilf A n miri chr ! I could Livr and Die with him. :tcr Palamede and a Servant. Serv. Sir, This is m y Lady. Paid. i this is Ihe that is t o * with both iv •; 1 ' Ml. YOU lately irOrff PaUrW, Sir ? Pala. But yefterday, Mel. -[Reading the 1 foe the bearer oft!,} ileman whom, I hdv chofen to ; l thfpfi, (O fenas, a and let me die, but lie has the Avre of a gallant J ) hk I Lord Clcodcmus,. our Neighbour : I jl/ppofe you// find Jon or hs Converft ; /•• >pfovdb) concluded, and I fhall i th thefe Three days • ft com-but to obey your car, [ToPala.] Sir, ffl for whdrri I have a blind C lw> manded me to receive your paffionate AddrefieS; but you muft a!fo give .leave to Avow, that I cannot merit'em from fo accomplifh alter. Pala. I want many things, Madam, to render mc aecompliftY.!; and ; and greateft of 'em, is your Favour. Mel. Let m e die, Philotis, but this is cxtreamly French; but yet Count Rmdo-phil A Gentleman, Sir, that underftands the Grand mond lo well, who has haunted the beit'Converfattohs, ahd who ( in fhort ) has Voyag pretend to the good Graces of any Lady. Pala. {Afide.) Hey day.! Grand mond! Converfation! Voya'gd! and Good' be/7 I find m y Mift'rifs is one of thofe that run mad in new French words. Mel. I fuppofe, Sir, you have made theTour Of France; and having feen all that's fine there, will make a confiderable Reformation in the Rudehefs pi Court: For, let m e die, but an unfafhion'd, untravell'd meer Sicilian, is a . and has nothing in the World of an honete homme. Pala. I muffconfefs, Madam,,that- . . • -v. Mel And what hew Minduets have you brought over you? Their Nb-are to a Miracle! and our Sicilian }\{ nouets _ Pali. Fot Minouets, Madam lgs are fo dull and fad to 'em ! Pala. lor ivunouers, iviauaiu ^ Mel And what new Plays are there in Vogue? And who Dane d beft mthe laft Grand Ballet ? Come, fweet Servant, you fhall tell m e all. Pala '{Afide.'] Tell her all? W h y , fhe asks all, and will hear nothing-- To Anfwer in order, Madam, to your Demands-^- • Mel I a m thinking what a happy Couple wefhall be! For you lhall keep up your Correfpondence abroad; and every thing that's new writ, in , and fine, I mean, all that's delicate, and bien loume, we will haVfefirln Pala. But, Madam, our Fortune Mel. I underftand you, Sir; you'l leave that to me: For the mennage of a Family, I know it better than any Lady in Sudy. Pala. Alas, Madam, we • n .-..,,., Mel Then We will never make Vifits together, nor fee a Play, butUTvva>S apart-' you fhall be everyday at the King, I ere, and I at the Queens ; and we will never meet, but in the Drawing-Room. Phil Madam the new Prince is juft paft by the Mid of fhe \\i Mel "fhe^w' Prince, fiy'ft thou ? Adieu, dear Servant; a C r /J m him thefs two Ion" Hours. O, tis the fweeteft P 2 S a m " t" R vlfint tSt'0'vV'ell, 111 make haflc to ki! 2 f f i fcore Vifits more, and hewith you again 1m.t« M r r & t e T N o w , Heaven, of thy Mercy, Blefs n n,^ Tongue fit may keep the Field againfi a whole . , and al .'ntl^rnu-nl'inmifC trench Gibber ifo. IlStrue, I 1S 1<J |