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Show AiarriagefA^aMo^ ^ - " T ^ d « ^ d S r ^ b c t w i X t t h e t W o S e X e S ; but Heaven ^^SASWa my Lifc on,, rhat you miSht as „* mate ) \ , You thought ^\lilS?7yoar.Miftfi& ^ ^ ^ J ^ n r e a f o n a b l e ^ f f ^ ^ Juftte j th n < n 1 then vou wickedly in err d, that^tnere ^ ro that j^WttWH^W-y*by the du" P./,. I confefs I was thi k^r Vfore me that you will let me tnin _ & fore-frail d all your Argu- Dor ^ s the very thing that I deflgr id. 1 M for ]f have JE a^leny^outa^n^J^^ ^ . ^ I brought you any thing farther to offer e r Sentenc. P hither only for my ^erfrm, ufe rf m e the right < rf I tell Pali That you may have, H yfu thee, W o m a n , I am now p a f l ^ ^ ^ w h a t fine things you c.. fay for Dor. But it may be, 1 came nun your felf. J. , ,flffrv to m y knowledge, if I mould lofe fo , * Pala. You would be veryangry, to m y ^ ^ ^ |b^SW»S?RI a Man of Honour-yet I have one fcruple of Confcience-- nighty Argument or other to fatis* Dor. I warrant you will not ^ J ^ ™ ^ , * Friend > you. _ ,l#- ti.. nnr cex • You Men are like Cocks, you 5 Do, O you te&S£%R*S. ^crow when you have done never make Love bur you clap your „, ^ cacUe Pa/a. Nay rather, yon Women are mc_rici , > for once. an hour after, ro * f i ^ ^ ^ ^ n ^ " , ^ n retire into the dark you to find me. Pa/a. But if 1 find you . ..,, t y o u to fearch in more cor- Dor. Ay, if you. find me But 111 put 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ fe ^ ^ ners than yon imagine. ^ ^ ^ ^ A « Let me die, but this Solitude, and that; G™», are fcandalous , 111 go more fweet. Me/. I hope you will not force me * faU nfittft vXre^ Devil are you, Madam? Sta hi begin tobe weart of tins ISide and Seek: Ifyou ftay a little longer, till the Fit's over, 111 Hide in m y turn, and put you to the finding me. He Enters, and fees Rhodophil ^Melantha. How t Rhodophil and my Miftrifs! . Mel M y Servant to apprehend me I This is Surprenant au dermer. Rho. 1 muft on , there's nothing but Impudence can help me out. Pala. Rhodophil, How came you hither in fo good company? Rho. As you fee, Palamede, an effeft of pure Friendfhip , I was not able to live without you. Pala. But what ma1<es my Miftrifs with you? > u *i • Rho. W h y , I heard you were here alone, and could not in Civility but bring her to you. ( r Mel. You'll pardon the effeds of a Paffion which I may now avow tor you, if it tranfported me beyond the Rules of bien fame. Pala! But who told you I was here? They that told you that, may tell you more, for ought I know. R"c' Marriage A-k-Modc. ^9 j fl R ft that m,?tter' vve had Intelligence. hof trace "us. °* * ° y ° U ' W e *** " * » fo ™ > V****** *& Y™ could Rho. Us? What Us? Yon are alone. >ou art mc or I you, as we are friends: that's us. Dor. Palamede, Palamede. \W T Rho I fhould know that Voice ? who's within there, that calls you > ' Pala. Fa th I can t imagine , I believe the Place is haunted. * -LW. lalamedc, Palamede, All-cocks hidden. r Withi* to be\.^1' Lor.Vv,hat f*11 * i°} Wdl'dearFriend>to i* y°u <* »SS would not willingly have her frighted, and I am refolved to fee who's there , 111 not be daunted with a Bug-bear, that's certain : prithee difpute it not, it lhall befo, nay, do not put me to Swear, but go quickly : there's an eneft of pure Friendfhip now. o r, r>t rx , E"tCr Doml'Ice^ and looks amaz'd, feeing them. Rho. Doralicc] 1 am Thunder-(truck to fee you here. Pala So am I ! quite Thunder-ftruck. Was it you that call'd me within? ( I muft be impudent.) Rho. How came you hither, Spoufe : Pala. Ay, How came you hither? And, which is more, How could you be here without my knowledge ? Dor. ( To her Husband. J O, Gentleman, Have I caught you i'faith ! Have I broke forth in Ambufh upon you ! 1 thought my Sufpicions would prove true- Rho. Sufpicions! This is very fine, Spoufe! Prithee, What Sufpicions ? Dor. O, you feign Ignorance: W h y , of you and Melantha, here have I ftaid thefe two Hours, waiting with all the Rage of a Paffionate, Loving Wife, but infinitely Jealous, to take^youtwo in the manner , for hither I was certain you would come. Rho. But you are miftaken, Spoufe, in the occafion, for we came hither on purpofe to find Palamede, on intelligence he was gone before. Pala. I'll be hang'd then if the fame Party who gave vou Intelligence I was here, did not tell your Wife you would come hither :' Now I fmcll the Malice on't on both fides. Dor. W a s itfo, think you ? Nay, then, 111 confefs m y part of the Mafice too. As foon as ever 1 fpy'd my Husband and Melantha come together, I had a ftrange temptation to make him jealous in Revenge, and that made me call Palamede, Palamede, as though there had been an Intrigue between us. Mel. Nay, I avow, there was an appearance of an Intrigue betujen us too. Pala. To fee how things will come about ! Rho. And, was it only thus, my dear Doralice ? [ Embraces. Dor. And Did I wrong none Rhodophil with a falfe fufpicion ? Pala. [Afide. ] N o w am I confident we had all Four the fame Defign : 'tis a pretty odd kind of Game this, where each of us plays for double Stakes: this is juft Thruft and Parry with the fame Motion , I am to get his Wife, and yet to guard my own Miftrifs. But I am vilely fufpicious, That while I Conquer in the Right Wing, I fhall be Routed in the Left: For both our Women will certainly betray their Party, becaufe they are each of them for gaining of Two, as well as we, and 1 much fear, If their Ncceffities and ours were known, They have more need of Two, than we of One, [Exeunt embracing one another. A C T IV. SCENE!. Enter Leonidas, mufing, Amalthea following him. Amal. \ 10nder he is, and I muft Speak, or Die : J And yet 'tis Death to fpeak, yet he muft know I have a Paffion for him, and may know it With a lefs blufh, becaufe to offer it To his low Fortunes, fhows I lov'd befoie, His Perfon, not his Gieatne's. Leon. Firft Scorn'd, anc i ow Con minded from the Court! The |
