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Show Mantle n ^ - - ^ -- -S^s^=» ^ ""-1 '""" Our Shapes are ^.^^me for him. She may miftake. and IpeaK K > ™ - I am refolvM, I'll fatisfie m y Doubts, Though to be more tprmented. SONG. i. W H i l f t Alexis lay preft In hr Arms be lov d beft, With his Hands round hr Neck, And his Head on her Breaft, He found the fierce pleafe I00 %£'. " £ * And his Soul in the Tempeft juft fang **V-Whn Cadia faw this, ^isZlfndtoyir Uve, and unfaithfully done, To leave me behind you, and die all alone. %• The Touth, though in hafte, And breathing his laft In pity dydftowly, while fix dy d more foft h TiU at length fix crfd, Now, my Dear, now let us go, Now die, my Alexis, and I will dte too. 4- THUS intrancd thy did lie, Till Alexis did try To recover new Breath, that again he might die . Thn often thy d?d; but the more they did Jo, [Another Dance. After it Argteon re-enters ondftands by th Prmcejs. Palm. Leonidas, what means this quick return ? I & Arga. O heav'n ! 'tis what I fear'd. Palrm Is ought of moment happen'd fince you went ? Arga. No, Madam, but 1 under ftood not tully Your laft Comands. Pahn. -And yet you anfwerd to em. Retire , you are too indifcreet a Lover : (Exit. I'll meet you where I promis'd. •' Arga. 0 m y curft Fortune ! what have I difcover d> But I will be revengd. . • L ^ Po/j. But are yon certain you are not deeeiv d f Ana. Upon m y Life. Poiy.^1 • Her Honour is concern d. Somewhat I'll do , but I am yet diffracted. And know not where to fix. I wifh'd a Child, And Heav'n, in anger, granted m y Requeft. So blind we are, our Wifties are fo vain, That what we moft Defire, proves moft our Pain. {Exeunt cmnes. SCENE III. An Eating-houfe. Bottles of Wine on th Table. Palamede , and Doralice in Mans Habit. Dor. (Afide) N o w cannot I find in m y Heart to difcover m y felf, though I long he mould know me. Pala. I tell thee, Boy, now I have feen thee fafe, I muft be gone: I have no leifure Marriage A-la-Mode. 501 erne? thing™ ** °" % ™W Conveifatio11: * 4*4 Perfon that underftand Dor Were la Woman, Oh how you'd admire me! Cry up every Word I S * 2 U r F-e **>• fobmiffive Smile, as I hive Pfeen \ dull Gal K p l ^ r c T ^ 1 Pleafintncfs, when he whifpers to a great Perfon hini ?;7 VSnnleiand look briskly, when the other anfwersf as if fome nn ? t3° r t ; r y had paft betwixt 'em> w h e n > H e a ven knows there was T ,f ^ ^ p \ Q ° C k d0eS^Ur L o r d { h iP think !t is? « d * Y Lor'd S i ! "f8 * ^ or' at m o f t> Sha11 we outof ^ Pit, and go behind the Scenes for an Aft or two> And yet fuch fine things as thefe would be Wit in a Miftriffes Mouth. i H ^ ^ B o X v t h c r e s D a m c N a t u r e i n t h c c a f e : He w ho cannot find W i t in a Miltrtft, deferves to find nothing elfe, Boy. But thefe are Riddles to thee, Child, and 1 have no leifure to inftruct thee, I have Affairs, to difpatch, great Affairs, I am a M a n of Bufinefs. Dor Come, you fhall not go : you have no Affairs but what you may difpatch here, to m y knowledge. Pala. i find now, thou art a Boy of more underftand'mg than 1 thought thee-a very lewd wicked Boy: O'my Confcience thou would'ft debauch me, and haft fome evil defigns upon m y Perfon. Dor. You are miftaken, Sir, I would only have vou fhow me a more lawful reafon why you would leave me, than I can, w h y yon Ihould not, and Til not ftay you, for I am not fo young, but I underftand the neceffities of Flefh and Blood, and the preffing occafions of Mankind, as well as you. Pala. A very forward and underftand'mg Boy ! Thou art in great danger of a Page's Wit, to be brisk at 14. and dull at 20. But I'll give thee no farther account, I muft, and will go. Dor. M y life on't, your Miftrifs is not at home. Pala. This Imp will make m e very angry. I tell thee, young Sir, fhe is at home, and at home for m e : And, which is more, fhe is abed for me, and Sick for me. Dor. For you only ? Pala. Ay, for me only. Dor. But how do you know fhe's fick abed ? Pala. She fent her Husband word fo. Dor. And are you fuch a Novice in Love, to believe a Wive's Meflage to her Husband ? Pala. W h y , what the Devil fhould be her meaning elfe ? Dor. It may be, to go in Masquerade as well as you ; to obferve your haunts, and keep you company without your knowledge. Pala. Nay, I'll truft her for that: Ihe loves me too well, to difguife her felf from me. Dor. If I were fhe, I would difguife on purpofe to try your W i t , and come to m y Servant like a Riddle, read me, and take me. Pala. I could know her in any fhape I M y good Genius would prompt me to find out a handfome W o m a n : There's fomething in her that would attract mj; to her without m y Knowledge. Dor. Then you make a Load-ftone of your Miftrifs? Pala. Yes, and I carry Steel about me, which has been fo often touch'd.,that it never fails to point to thc North Pole. Dor. Yet ftill m y Mind gives me, that you have met her difguis'd to night, and have not known her. Pala. This is the moft pragmatical conceited little Fellow, he will needs underftand m y Bufinefs better than m y felf. I tell thee once more, thou doft not know my Miftrifs. Dor. And I tell you, once more, that I know her better than you do. PJa. The Boy's refolv'd to have the laft word. I find 1 muft go without Reply. . [Exit. Dor. Ah mifchief, I have loft him with m y fooling. Palamede, Palamede. [ He returns. She plucks off her Peruke, and : her. Pala. O Heavens ! Is it you, Madam } Dor. Now, where was your good Genius, thai : you to find 1. nPiaulsa,. Why, ycu &c i was KCt deceiv'd, you, your felf, were my good < |