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Show <Cf> LVia,,u% Marrim A-la-Mode. H o w ? Eubulus] nor time, nor they difguife, Can keep thee, undifcover'd, from my Eyes. A Guard there, feize'em all. , Rho. Yield, Sir, what ufe of valour can be fhown ? Pt^Ofo^ , !_. -I w'not lofe my breath In fruitleft Pray'rs, but beg a fpeedy Death. Palm. O fpare Leonidas, and punifli me. Pev//. Mean Girl, thou want'ft an Advocate for thee. N o w the myfterious knot will be unty'd , hether the young King lives, or where he dy d : To morrows dawn fhall the dark riddle clear, • Crown all my joys, and dilfipate m y fear. Exeunt omnes. ACT V. SCENE I. Palamede, Straton. Palamede with a Lettei> in his Hand. Pal. T H i s Evening, fay'ft thou, will they both be here? &*.?#> Sir 3 both my Old Mafter, and your Miftns s Father : the Old Gentlemen ride haTd this Journey, they fay, it fhall be the laft time they will fee the Town and both of 'em are fo pleas'd with this Marriage, which they have concluded for you, that I am afraid they will live fome years longer to trouble you with thc joy of it. • Pal. But this is futh art unreafonable thing, to impofe upon me to be Marry'd to morrow, 'tis hurrying a Man to Execution, without giving hini time to fay his pray'rs. Stra. Yet, if I might advife you, Sir, you fhould not delay it: for your younger Brother comes up with 'em, and is got already into their Favours. He has gain'd much upon my old Mafter, by finding fault with Inn-keepers Bills, and by ftarving us,'and our Horfes, to fhow his frugality, and he is very well with your Miftris's Father, by giving him Receipts for the Splene, Gout, and Scurvy, and other Infirmities of old Age. Pal. I'll rout him, and his Country Education : Pox on him, I remember him before I travclld, he had nothing in him but meer Jocky, us'd to talk loud, and make Matches,«and was all for the Crack of the Field: Senfe and Wit were as much baniih'd from his Difcourfe, as they are when the Court goes out of Town to a Horfe-Race. Go now and provide your Mafter's Lodgings. Stra. I go, Sir. {Exit Pal. It vexes me to the Heart, to leave all m y Defigns with Doralice unfinifh'd , to have flown her fo often to a Mark, and ftill to be bob'd at Retrieve : If I had but once enjoy'd her, though I could not have fatisfi'd m y Stomach with the Feaft, at leaft I fhould haverelifh'd m y Mouth a little, but now Enter Philotis. Phil. Oh, Sir, you are happily met, I was coming to find you. Pal. From your Lady, I hope. Phil. Partly from her, but more efpecially from m y felf: She has juft now receiv'd a Letter from her Father, with an abfolute Command to difpofe her felf to Marry you to morrow. Pal. And fhe takes it to the Death? Phil. Quite contrary : the Letter could never have come in a more lucky minute, for it found her in an ill humour with a Rival of yours, that fhall be namelefs, about the pronounciation of a French Word. Pal. Count Rhodophil, never difguife it, 1 know the Amour : but I hope vou took the occafion to ftrike in for me ? % r ?hiJ\-lr WaS m y §°°d Fortune to do you fome fmall Service in it, for your fake I difcommended him all over : Cloaths, Perfon, Humour, Behaviour, every thing , and to fum up all, told her, It was impoffible to find a Marri'd M an that was otherwife , for they were all fo mortifi'd at home with their Wives *^3^^xnever recover themfeIves tobe Conipanyabroad-of *££,?un 1 t0°k °,CCafl0n to, commcnd yo«r good Qualities: as the Sweetncfs of your Humour, the Comelinefs of your Perfon,/your good Meene, your Valoujr , Jflwiagc A-la-Mode. ^Tl P^°le & joor Liberality" ' if thou hSSSi i£ii!*ra meIv*^£ ?at rS°°d £»% in my felf Phil. Lord, you have the fofrel? HV„H C- I • KvC P'*Sr for thee- ^ c h H: Count R^lphkl tot hSf'fif?^" ? ° ^ d * > a w « " » n good to when he gave nre Ten lices foYTy w t ^ ^ T ' ^ " ^ ' fc,t'»««• / ot. U, 1 underftand vou Madam. ™ , icu 11 c V Count Rhodophil's ? there' are TwenTy' C . ^ ^ ^ 3S foft ^ « Retammg Fee, now I hope you'l plead for m e 7 fonner was but a i hd. Your own Merits fpeak fenonah n» r Words, and I'll warrant yo&H doTSiuiJs \^Y f° fyf Wkh F™<* for this day: ufe em to her upon aToccafions J^il*t*Wh* Phrafes pon, for fhe's like one of the Old l^T m V f°' her at h e r o w n Wea- Man'who has firft conquer'd her ' ^l "CVer M a r r y> excePt « be the Pal. I'll be fure to follow your Advice • hnr * w n c Defign. y navice- but you 11 forgit to further m y Phil. What do you think I'll be ungreatful > - -But, however,|if you diftruft m y Memorv nm (X«^ T a ger to remember it by: that Diamond tire would 5oa £ l ^ ^ ^ ** Pal. There'tis, and I ask your Pardon heirrihr f^ ir y' Queftion : I affure vou I'll truft i a n X r tllY ?"i n g y ° U r M e m o r y into trouble of another Token '' W l t h ° U t PuttinS y ° u to ** Enter Palmyra <wJArtemis. Art. Madam, this way the Prifoners are to pafs • Here you may fee Leonids. Palm. Then here I'll ftay, and follow him to Death. ,,, ^ f ,', Enter Melantha hafiih. Mela. O, here's her Highnefs! N o w is m y time to introduce m y felf, and to make m y Court to her in m v M French Phrafes. Stay, let me read m v CaraloPtir PuLl «• / • y v and let me die for theParenthefo of a'll ^ ^ 'C' ^ '****"> "**<"> Dhtea^0 D°' PerfCCUte hCr; and FU perfecUte thee asfaft * ^y own fe^P.Mfadamtthe PlinCecfS' Le5 me die' but thisis a moft horrid Spectacle to fee a Perfon who makes fo grand a Figure in the Court, without the Suitteofl Princefs, and entertaining your Chagrin all alone, (Naivete fhould W been there, but the difobedient W o r d would not come in.) r J£5 Palm. What is fhe, Artemis t J Wldg- Hilmefi " impertinent Lady' Madam 5 VCI7 ambitious of being known to your Pal (to Melantha) Let me die, Madam, if I have not waited vou here thefe two long hours, without fo much as the Suitte of a fingle Servant to attend me • entertaining m y felt with m y own Chagrin, till I had the Honour to Cee your Ladifhip, who are a Perfon that makes fo confiderable a Figure in the Court. & A R Truce with vour Douccours, good Servant, you fee I am addrefhV to v T?irS\ Prm y d ° n0t tmbarrafi m e embarrafs me! What a delicious trench Word do you make me lofe upon you too! (To the^ Princefs) Your Hignefs, Madam, will pleafe to pardon the Beveue which 17 • V n not ooner find,nS y ° u out to be a Princefs : but let me die If this Edairciffemcnt winch is made this day of your Quality, does not ravifh me- and give me leave to tell you - Pal. But firft give me leave to tell you, Madam, that I have fo great a Tender for your Perfon, and fuch a panchant to do you Service, that- !- * Mel What, muft I ftill be troubled with your Sottifes? (There's another Word loft, that I'meant For thc Princefs, with a mifchef to you) But your Highnefs, Madam J Pal. But your Ladifhip, Madam Enter Leonidas guarded, and ted over the Stage. Mel. Out upan him, how he looks, Madam! now he's'found no Prince, he is the ftr Figure of a Man 5 how could I make that Coup d'et our fy to think him on Palm. Away, impertinent' My dear Leonidas ! Leon. M y dear Palmyra ! Tft- Um. |
