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Show 776 " T V ^ W ^ Qr> . - ' ' T T A >C lu-pokina. the Handy-craft's Shops be- Luc O unfortunate that we are! Day s breakup tlren ) ^ . ^ gin o open. within this half Hour we fliall be call'd up to D H,. The Clock ftnkcs two: ^ ^ ^ f . 1 Alafs hc,s g o n e too! w e are left our Devotions. Now, good Afamo miferable, and forlorn. . , T n fora Retreat. Inc. W e havenotfomuch as on^ P ^ n fome kind good natur'dSaint Hi,, O.foraMiracle in % ^ ^ $ £ * Z Cel.s.& would take us up, and heavens over the v fo ... leaving cZ^*&dfiF&& =m>d to trouble my Friends ab°ve"hdp i E„,-0 ^^ T n n v then' Yours were but little rhe/lk Wet iff were free from this Difgrace, I would never more fet Foot *g SSftS. tfj Kgmv Cell, 1 will not thin, of Man again thefe feven Years. D Afcanio Re-enters. Afca. Hold, H # < ^ , and make no more rafh Vows: ifyou do, as I live, you fhall not have the Key. /-i,>. The Key! why, Have it you, Brother ? Luc He does but mock us: 1 know you have it not, Afcanio. Afa. Ecce fignum \ Here it is for you. Hip. O, fweet Brother let me kifs you. 4/L. Hands off, fweet Sifter, you muft not be forfworn : You v o w d you wou'd not think of a M a n thefe feven Years. fl?/> A y Brother, but I was not fo hafty, but I had W i t enough to cozen the Saint to w h o m I vow'd: For you are but a Boy, Brother, and will not be a Man thefe feven Years. Luc But, where did you find the Key, Afcamo * ,,„_*__ Afca. To confefs the Truth, Madam, I ftole it out of Hippohtas Pocket, to take the Print cf it in W a x * for I'll fuppofe, you'll give m y Mafter leave to wait on you in the Nunnery-garden, after your Abbefs has walk'd the Rounds. Luc Well, well, good morrow : W h e n you have flept, come to the Grate for a Letter to your Lord. N o w will I have the Headach, or the Meagrim, or fome Excufe, for I am refolv'd I'll not rife to Prayers. Hip. Pray, Brother, take care of our Masking-habits, that they may be forthcoming another time. Afca. Sleep, fleep, and dream of me, Sifter: I'll make it good, ifyou dream not too unreafonably. Luc. Thus Dangers in our Love make Joys more dear, And PleaAfurCes fTw eetefIt,V w.h eSn 'CtisE miNxtE withI .Fe arA. Vrefing Chamber.[ Exeunt The Maskjng-habits of Lucretia and Hippolita laid in a Chair. Fred, and Afcanio. Fred. ' ' Never thought I mould have lov'd her. Is't come to this, after all my 1 Boaftings and Declarations againft it? Sure I lov'd her before, and did not know it, till I fear'd to lofe her: There's the Reafon. I had never de-fir'd her if m y Father had not. This is juft the longing of a W o m a n : fhe never finds the Appetite in her felf, till fhe fees the Meat on anothers Plate. I'm glad however, you took the Impreffion ofthe Key * but'twas not well to fright them. Afca. Sir, I could not help it* but here's the Effect on't: The W o r k m a n fate up all Night to make it. £ Qives a ^ Fred. t Love in a Nunnery. %L* S^f ^UKn tte S^al thercforc 'tis JS ^ f ^ r t r u r o p ^ ; ^ fijgji. t U Hippolita that Forces have been ftoutly drawn up o X h fid' A T 8 f ° r a BattcI' bm ^ I come juft n o w from the Monaftery a n d W n i f ™ Y ° U r C o n c e ™ e n t, ftnfs to tell you, fhe,expects you this' Even n ? £ few y T Phtonick Mi~ withal , fhe deliver'd m e thisLetter for v o S h° Garden of thc N™e'y * bred. Give it me. y Afca. O, Sir, the Duke your Father ' Duke. Now Frederick.! not abroad yet > rn^th?s lMof„ithtSEnK"ai"mentkft«- ^ % tte '-r-neP and reftlefs. '°r ^ own Part. ' <pent the Night waking Night in Mafquerade V } ' ' am ,n Love with a **fy I S™ laic Fred. 'Tis ftrange Ihe ftiould conceal her felf i*lftlt» Wilted-* «*•«•* fU„in Vizor was a Mw's Face. § ge S,Iver R,bbantf and the £. , , Frfd' R » » ™ g *° the Chair where the Habits are, fits down h W . ° \ ° f r r Highnefs for this Rudenefs, l ' a m l - 0 Oh Duke. What s the Matter > ' Ul1 ^ g r i I a m taken fo extreamly ill o'the fudden, that I am fore'd to fit before Duke. Alafs, What's your Diftemner> Fred. Anioftviolentgriping, which pulls m e together on a heap. Duke. Some Cold, I fear you took laft N > h t rpF ii"*. W h o waits there ? Call Phyfitians to the Prince C*"" * *'D°°r- Fred Afcanio, remove thefe quickly. [ Afcahio takes away tbe Habits and Fxit Duke, returning. H o w do you find your felf > Fred.arifing. Much better Sir: That which pain'd m e is remov'd * as it camr unexpectedly, fo it went as fuddenly. ' m§ Enter Valerio. Dukg. The Air perhaps, will do you good. Ifyou have Health, you mav fee thofe Troops drawn out, which I defign for Millan. } ™J Fred. Shall I wait on your Highnefs ? J?,WA r n V n 1 ^ °,e 'ierC w . i t h f * ^ 5 I have a little Bufinefs, which difpatch d, III follow you immediately. Well, W h a t Succefs, Valeria* [£«/Frederick Val. Our Endeavours are in vain, Sir: There has been Enquiry made about all thc Palaces m Rome, and neither of the Masking-habits can be difcover'd Duke. Yet, it muft be a W o m a n of Quality. W h a t Paper's that at m y Foot > Val. taking up tbe Letter. 'Tis Seal'd, Sir, and directed to the Prince. Duke, taking thc Letter. 'Tis a Woman's Hand. Has he got a Miftrifs in Town fo foon ? I a m refolv'd to open it, though I do not approve m v o w n Curiofity- [Opensand reads it. N\ 0 W my Fear is over J can laugh at my lafl Night's Adventure: Lfind that at Fiftj all Men grow incorrigible, and Lovers ejpecially * for, certainly, mver any Creature could be worfe treated than your Father. (How's this Valerio* Iam amaz'd.) and yet thc good, old, out of Faflnon Gentleman beard himfelf Raillied, end bore it with all the Patience of a Chrijliw Prince. ( N o w 'tis plain, the Lady in Mafquerade is a Miftrifs of m y Son's, and tbe undutiful Wretch was in the Plot to abufe me.y t Z Z A |
