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Show Tbe Jlfcnation: Or, -*"""~ *"""" r r, ,^nr felf to me. Whatever your D„ke utiH I Madam, you ^ " " ^ y ^ y your Reputation lhall be t i ^ « 7 W a % *3W. HarU 1 laft re- ^1 knownot, Sir how ^^ffi^^TfteT^d^ S ifnckle, at leaft not to ^«£ acquainted with your Flight, WnSSfi4*"1 If yon pleafe to withdrawa i,«/. I hen, sir, i pucciv , null off m y Mask, and difco- ""ru, Tis in vain, Madam, this diffembling: I proteft if you pull off your MaS, I will hide m y Face, and not look upon you, to convince you that 1 know you. J Enter Benito. , _ Be* So now the Fray is over, a M a n may appear again with Safety Oh the Rogu^re caught I fee, and the Damfels deliver'd. This was the EffecT of mv Valour at the fecond hand. ,, , , . , ^,-Lcok, look, Camillo, it was m y perpetual Fool that cans d all this, and now he ftands" yonder, laughing at his Mifchief, as the Devil is p.cTurd, grinning behind the Witch upon the Gallows. Ben. to Mario. I fee, Sir, you have got your W o m e n , and I a m glad on t: I took 'em juft flying from the Nunnery. Duke to Lau. You fee that Fellow knows you too. Mar. Were thefe W o m e n flying from a Nunnery? Ben. Thefe W o m e n ? Hey day! Then, it feems, you do not know they are your Neeces. _ „ , .-,; _ Duke. His Neeces, fay you? Take heed, Fellow, you fhajl be punifh d fe-verely if you miftake. Cam. Speak to Benito in time, Aurelian. Aur. TheDevil's in him, he's running down-Hill full fpeed, and there is no flopping him. Mar. M y Neeqes? Ben. Your Neeces ? W h y , do you doubt it ? I praife Heaven I never met but with two Half-wits in m y Life, and m y Matter's one of 'em, I will not name the other, at this time. Duke I fay they a re not they. Ben. I am fure they are Laura and Violetta, and that thofe two Rogues were running away with 'em, and that I believe with their Confent. Vio. Sifter, 'tis in vain to deny our felves, you fee our ill Fortune purfues us unavoidably. [Turning up her Mask. Yes Sir, we are Laura and Violetta, whom you have made unhappy by your Tyranny. Lau. turning up her Mask And thefe two Gentlemen are no Ravifhers, but . Ben. How, no Ravifhers? Yes, to m y knowledge, they are. As he fpeaks, Aurelian pulls off his Mask. N o Ravifhers as Madam Laura was faying, but two as honeft Gentlemen as e'er broke Bread: M y own dear Mafter, and fo forth! [_ Runs to Aurelian, who thrufts him back Enter Valerio, and whifpers the Duke, giving him a Paper: which he reads, and feems pleas'd. ^ Mar. Aurelian and Camillo I I'll fee you in fafe Cuftody, and, for thefe Fugitives, go, carry 'em to m y Sifter, and defire her to have a better Care of her Kinfwomen. Ho. W e fhall live yet to make you refund our Portions. FFaarree wel Camillo x comfort your felf, remember there's but a Wall betwixt us. Lett. And I'll cut though that Wall with Vinegar, but I'll c AHtJiat. ° * ome to you Aur. -• - " • ' "'•' • - ••• • - • •••••»• • • • * - * - * e m m > - - h * i • -II • -•• Love in a Nunnery. 5^,9 Aur. I'll cut through the Grates with Aqua-fortk, but I'll meet you. Think of thefe things, and defpair and die, old Gentleman. [ Aurelian and Camillo arc carry d off on one fide, and Laura and Violetta on the other. Ben. All things go crofs to M e n of Senfe: Would I had been born with the Brains of a Shop-keeper, that I might have thriven without knowing why I did fo. N o w muft I follow m y Mafter to the Prifon, and, like an ignorant Cufto-merthat comes to buy, muft offer him m y Back-fide, tell him I truft to his Ho-nefty, and defire him* to pleafe himfelf, and fo be fatisfy'd. [ Exit. Duke to Valerio. I am over-joy'd, I'll fee her immediately: N o w m y Bufinefs with D o n Mario is at an end, I need not defire his Company to introduce m e to the Abbefs, this Affignation from Lucretia fhows me a nearer way. Noble D on Mario, it was m y Bufinefs when this Accident happen'd in the Street to have made you a Vifit, but now I am prevented by an Occafion which calls me ano-fHpr wnv Mar. I receive the Intention of that Honour as tlie greateft Happinefs that cou'd befall me: In the mean time, if m y Attendance- Duke. By no means, Sir, I muft of neceffity go in private, and therefore, it vou pleafe, you fhall omit the Ceremony. 7 Mar A happy Even to your Highnefs. N o w will I go to m y Sifter the Abbefs before I fleep, and defire her to take more Care ot her Flock, or, tor all our' Relation, I mail make Complaint, and endeavour to eafe her of her Charge ^ Duke So now w e are alone. What faid Lucretia * Val W h e n firft I prefs'd her to this Affignation, She fpoke like one in doubt what the fhould do, She demurr'd much upon the decency of it, And fomewhat too fhe feem'd to urge ot her Fnpqgement to the Prince: In fhort, Sir, 1 nfrceiv'd her wavering, and clos'd with the Opportunity. SiSofetttS to'the l^wl^fo? bereft, 1 urg'd it andtamts, like a hunted Hare when (he's near tyt'd. The Garden, you fay, iSraMt?TiannddtheneXtha,f Hour the time, but, Sir, 1 fear the Prince ^XZSfe ttSSKJCfc N* . - he departs from Rome. The Pleafures of old Age brook no delay : f £xet^ Seldome they come, and foon they fly avva>. SCENE. III. Prince and Afcanio. Fred T.strue, he is m y Father; but when Nature Is dead in him. W h y mould it h - m me? W h a t have I done, that Iam ban.lhd.««'; TI,. World's DcliRbt, and m y Souls Joy DiceM, Ind I t to red 4 h midnight Beads in * ~ > 1 X°.m furled •* *• *f *""" " *" *"% ** ** "" Monarch, and w,l, **£*$££ ,ofc L.retU. 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