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Show fjfei fomc to HMnv Service for your Redemption. Come faith be perfwaded* die Church (hall lofe nothing by it: 111 take you out, and putm d or three Crooked Apoftles in your place. [^ ™ g rtfcr. £w. Hark, the Bell rings, I muft leave you; 'tis a fummons to our Devot.ort. .'. Will you leave me for your Prayers, Madam ? You may have enough of them at any time* but remember you cannot have a M a n lo eaiily Luc. Well, I'll fay m y Beads for you, and thats but Charity * for I believe I leave von in a moft deplorable Condition. [_hxeitntU omen. Fred.'Kot deplorable neither, but a little alter'd: If I could be in Love,as I am fure I cannot, it mould be with her \ for I like Her Converfation ftrangely. Afca. Then, as young as I am, Sir, I am before-hand with you* for Iam in Love already. I would fain make the firft Proof of m y Manhod upon a N u n : I find I have a mighty grudging to Holy Flelh. Fred. I'll ply Lucretia again, as foon as ever her Devotion's over. Methinks fnefe Nuns divide their Time moft admirably : From Love to Prayers* from Prayers to Love: That is, juft fo much Sin, juft fo much Godlinefs. Afca. Then I can claim that Sifter's Love by Merit : Half Man, half Boy* for her half Flelh, half Spirit. [Exeunt. S C E N E II. A Street. Aurelian and Camillo. Aur. I'll proceed no farther, if Benito goes: I know his Folly will produce fome Mifchief. Cam. But Violetta defir'd me, in her Note, to bring him, on purpofe to pafs the Time with her W o m a n Beatrix. Aur. That Objection's eafily remov'd: I'll fuppiy Benito's Place * the Darknefs will prevent Difcovery; and, for m y Difcourfe, I'll imitate the half Wit, and patch'd Breeding of a Valet de Chamhre. Cam. But how fiiall we get rid of him ? Aur. Let m e alone for that. Enter Benito. Ben. Come, Are we ready, Gallants ? the Clock's upon the ftroke of Eight. Aur. But we have alter'd our Refolution: W e go another way to Night. Ben. I hope you have not broke m y Affignation. Aur. W h y do you hope fo? Ben. Becaufe m y Reputation is engag'd in't: fave ftipulated upon m y Honour that you fhall come. Aur. I fhall beat you, if you follow me. Go, Sirrah, and adjourn to the great Looking-glafs* and let m e hear no more from you till to morrow Morning Ben. Sir, m y Fidelity,, and, if I may be fo vain, m y Difcretion, may ftand you m fome ftead. J v A'"d )iV,e11' come alongt»en * they are brave Fellows w h o have challeng'd us: You lhall have Fighting enough, Sir. Ben. How, Sir, ^Fighting ? LitntT Y°U may fCapC thC ,0fS°f aLeg' °r an Arm'orfomc fuch tr3nntory v,m hr^?'™ r } haVC thiVbfolutC 0bediencc t0 your Commands, that I will bridle m y Courage, and ftay at Home. r^- lam. You took the only way to be rid of him. There's the Wall • Behind yond Pane of it we'll fet up the Ladder. ' SCENE III. A Night-piece of a Garden Enter Laura and Violetta. / to Remember your Waiting-Womans Part Vl HarTIC r" I"?™ H* K'Sht' as *» « I governd you by Day log us. ' ' heai *** StCpS' and 00W' methlnk*> » feliomethinl a p p W l l lau. They are certainly the Men w h o m we expect r, ii ,,, , E,7ter ^relian and Camillo lam. I hear W o m e n s Voices Aur. W e are right, I warrant you. ' am. I toletta, m y Love ' VD. M y dear Clmilln f -;-. Love in a Nmined Cam. Speak thofe Words ic^'m . K™» ~ v-thus to meet you ' *"* 'a-vs' ' was <oo forward in v never trufted „,y Virtue and" n,v l"fon to ft^ y°U ™a>' °r' ' vita may Claim ™ frot the :£>""' "*" ft' Vto. I fear you'll cenfure me. LA Cam. Yes, as the Bleft above tax Heaven for making them fo happy. Aur ftepping towards La,. Damfel of Darknefs, *m^££^ /!,? w^^^'^F^?^' ^^'ove the vehement. wifhout Ligh^.° Wdl C° f e C e a d l ° t h e r firft'• You know 'tis 111 taking Money y///r. O, kit the Coyn of Love is known by the Weight onlv and vo„ L feel ,t m the Dark: Befides, you know 'tis Prince-like to W ^ i l o J t S c Lau. But then you may be ferv'd as Princes are fometimes. vjtZ: j US-/nakC haftf i ™ e ™ i and difptach a little Love out of the wav W e may do it n o w with Eafe, and fave our felves a great deal of Trod wee take it m time, before it grows too foft upon our Hands ' i*. .Fie, no* letusLovedefcreetly, w e muft manage our Paffion and not love all our Love out at one Meeting, but leave fome for another time better? am SPP ymg th£ Plaifte1'Whilft the Woimd is §!'<*n> ,'tw'«'l' heal the r ' T ... [Tikes her by the Hand Lau. Let go m y Hand : W h a t Crime has the poor Wretch committed tha you prefs it thus ? I remember no Mifchief it has done you Aur. Otis a Hainous Malefactor, and is prefs'd by Law, becaufe it will con-ttls nothing. Come, withdraw a little farther, we have urgent Bufinefs with one another. & Lau. Twere a fhame to quit m y Ground upon the firft Charge ; yet if vou pleafe to take Truce a little, I will confent to go behind the Lovers, and liften with you. Aur. 1 wonder you deferr'd the Propofition fo long. I were neither true Valet nor you true W'oman, if w e could not Eves-drop. f J h retire behind the other two, who come forward upon the Stage Lam. killing I tolettas Hand. Give me another yet, and then Vio. And then will you be fatisfyd ? Cam. And then I'll ask a Thoufand more, and n'et be fatisfy'd. Rifles are but thin Nourilhment, they are too foon digefted* and hungry Love crave-more. J Ilo. You feed a W o l f within you. Cam. Then feaft m y Love with a more folid Dyct: He makes us now a Mill Feaft, and we forbear to take our Fill. The filent Night, and all thefe downy Hours were made for Lovers : Gently they tread, and foftly meafure Time, that no rude Noife may fright the tender Maid, from giving all her Soul to melting Joys. Vio. You do not love me* if you did, you would not Thus urge your Satisfaction in m y Shame. At beft, I fee you would not love m e long, For they who Plunder do not mean to ftay. Cam. I hafte to take Pofleffion of m y own. Vio. E'er Heaven and Holy Vows have made it fo? Cam. Then witnefs Heaven, and all thefe twinkling Stars » Vio. Hold, hold; you are diftemper'd with your Love : Time, Place, and ftrong Defires now fwear, not you. -. Is not Love love, without a Prieft and Altars? The Temples are inanimate, and know not \\ |