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Show I cr, r A n/r T, . ~ I The Bfir? of George Barnwell ij * \ v , w T ^ . ? ' , ttridge move a mighty Defire in th, H a w k to be the her looks, her Words, her flowing 1 ears confefs it. AjLftr? dion of it. can I leave her then ! Oh never!- •MvtrfjVy Why Birde are their Prey, as M e n are ours; - Madam, dry up your Tears -You ftaiov»?h as you obferv'd, we are fometimes caught our command me always; I will ftay here for everEvs •'---- But what /dare fay will never be the if you wou'd have me. rf(T with our Miftrefs. Lucy. So! m e has weadled him out of his Virtue m Blunt: I wifh it may prove fo / for you k n o w w e all Obedience already, and ftrip h im of all the reft, one afarlpend upon her: should fhe trifle away her T i m e with "1 " ' '""" "" "" T ' orlyoung Fellow, that there's nothing to begot by, w e ill all ftarve. another, till fhe has leic him as few as her Ladyfliip, myfelf. ( Mill. N o w you are kind, indeed ; but I mean not t detain you always: I would have you make off all flay] Obedience to your M a er ; but you may ferve hi ftill. Lucy. Serv^.him ftill * - - Aye, or he'll have no ponunity of fingering hi* Cafh, and then hell not fer your End, I'll be fworn. Enter Blunt. Blunt. M a d a m , Supper's on the Table. Mill. C o m e , Sir, you'll excufe all Defects. M y Tho r were too m u c h employ'd on m y Gucft to obferve tk Entertainment. , [ Exeunt Barnwell and Millwood Blunt. What's all this Preparation, thisdegant Suppe:! Variety of Wines and Mufick, for the EntertainmentJ that young Fellow ? Lucy. So it feems. .,, Blunt. W h a t k our Miftrefs turn'd Fool at laft. Sfacj in love with him, I fuppofe. Lucy. I fuppofe not, Love with her, if fhe can. <L £&*f. W h a t will fhe get by that. Hefeems d eF A g e , and can't befuppofed to have much Money Lucy. But his Mafter has, and that's the lame T h l f y e f [ " ^ ; ^ ^nfe of Beauty, and Def. zsfhe'il manage it. . f vulture - , w ' and hii naPPyi is Cr elty to' N a to. I don't like this Fooling with a handfome yon * re •--_. H 1VC we , affl0n Q^ fQ Y o iNa- Fellow; whileIhe'sendeavouring toenfnaremm, ^ ^ ^ - o hear you talk, i thb> m ^ ^ of be caught hertelf. _ ^ cejtainly»^d fee ^r sSowS^o^^^8 y?Ur I*rv. There's no Danger of that, for I a m fure fhe is'no View in this Affair but Intereft. Blunt. Well, and what Hopes are tfyere of Succefs in lac ? Lucy. T h e moll promifing that caa b e - - ' T i s [rue, the Youth has his Scruples ; but fhe'll foon teach kirn to anfwer them, by ftining his Confcience--- O h ! 'he Lad is in a hopeful way depend upon't. [ Exeunt. \cene draws, and dfcovers Barnwell and Millwood at Supper. An Entertainment of Mufick and Singing. Alter which they cofne forward. Barn. What can I anfwer ; All that I know is, lat you are fair and I am miferable. Mill. W e are both fo, and yet the Fault is ii in our- •am. Mill Barn. T o eafe our prefent Angnifh by plunging into tailt, is to buy a Moment's Pleafure with ajn Age of I fhou'd have thought the Joys of Love as laft-butfhe defigns to make h u » * g as they are great; if our* provesother wife, 'tis your Inconftancy mult make him fo ' * Barn The Law of Heaven will not be revers'd • and Jvllll. 10 Piv- nc <^™r^ _r r, that res, and Lucy. N a y , were (he like m e , t.h-a-t. .w-o u-l hl the Confequence ; lor I confefs, there is om Youth and Innocence that moves m e m « ' ^ i i Blunt. Yc§. fo does the fmotthwfc and PiuJ»PD >!g^> heave a J 7 fall, "*7&ifo are"air^TmyPul^^t ^flames my Wiines^ m a hu rry, and l a m on II • |