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Show 16 T ^ R E H E A R S A L. Bayes. 'Tis an Allufion of Love. So Boar and Sow, when any Storm is nigh, Snuff up, and fmell it gathering in the Sky ; Boar beckons Sow to trot in Chefnut-Groves, And there confummate their unfinifh'd Loves: Penfive in M u d they wallow all alone. And fnore and gruntle to each other's Mean. H o w do you like it now, ha ? Johnf. Faith, 'tis extraordinary fine ; and very applicable to Thunder and Lightning, methinks, becaufe it fpeaks of a Storm. Bayes. I'gad, and fo it does, now I think on't: Mr. Johnfon, I thank you ; and I'll put it in prof eclo. Come out Thunder and Lightning. Enter Thunder and Lightning, Thun. I am the bold Thunder. Bayes. Mr. Cartwright, prithee fpeak that a little louder, and with a hoarfe Voice. I am the bold Thunder : Pfhaw ! fpeak it me in a Voice that thunders it out indeed : I am the bold Thunder. Thun. I am the bold Thunder. Light. The brisk Lightning I. Bayes. Nay, but you muft be quick and nimble: The brisk Lightning I. That's m y Meaning. Thun. I am the braveft Hedor of the Sky. Light. And I fair Helen that made Heclor die. Thun. I ftrike M e n down. Light. I fire the Town. Thun. Let Criticks take heed how they grumble, For then I begin for to rumble. Light. Let the Ladies allow us their Graces, Or I'll blaft all the Paint on their Faces, And dry up their Peter to Soot. Thun. Let the Criticks look to't. Light. Let the Ladies look to't. Thun. For Thunder will do't. Light. For Lightning will fhoot. Thun. I'll give you dafh for dafh, Light. I'll give you flafh for flam. Gallants, I'll finge your Feather. Thund. I'll thunder you together. 1 b Both, The R E H E A R S A L . *7 Both. L o o k to't, look to't; we'll do't, we'll do't, Look to't, we'll do',t. [Twice or thrice repeated. [Exeunt ambo. Bayes. There no more. 'Tis but a Flafh of a Prologue : A Droll. Smith. Yes, 'tis fhort indeed, but very terrible. Bayes. Ay, when the Simile's in, it will d o to a miracle, I'gad. C o m e , come, begin the Play. Enter firft Player. ifl Play. Sir, M r . Ivory is not c o m e yet, but he'll b e here prefently, he's but two doors off. Bayes. C o m e then, Gentlemen, let's g o out and take a Pipe of Tobacco. [Exeunt. m&E^*& A C T II. S C E N E I. n Bayes, Johnfon, and Smith. OW Sir, becaufe I'll do nothing ..ere that ever was done before, in-ftead of beginning with a Scene that difcovers fomething of the Plot, I begin this Play with a Whifper. Smith. Umph ! very new indeed. Bayes. tu.ne, iak:e your Seats. Begin, Sirs. Enter Gentleman-Ujher and Phyfician. Phyf Sir, by your Habit, I fhould guefs you to be the Gentleman-Ufher of this fumptuous Place. UJh. And by your Gait and Fafhion, I fhould almoft fufpect you rule die Healths of both our noble Kings, under the Notion of Phyfician. Phyf You hit m y Function right. V/h. And you mine. Phyf Then let's embrace. UJh. Come. Phyf Come. Johnf Pray, Sir, who are thofe fo very civil Perfons ? Ba \es. |