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Show 52 The R E H E A R S A L. at its full Range, without the leaft Check or Controul upon it. When once you tye up Spirits and People in Clouds, to fpeak plain, you fpoil all. Smith. Blefs m e , what a Monfter's this! [The two Kings light out of the Clouds, and fiep into the Throne. l King. Come, now to ferious Counfel we'll advance. 2 King. I do agree ; but firft, let's have a Dance. Bayes. Right, you did that very well, Mr. Cartwright. But firft, let's have a dance. Pray remember that; be fure you do it always juft fo : for it muft be done as if it •were the EffecL of Thought and Premeditation. But firft, let's have a Dance: pray remember that. Smith. Well, I can hold no longer, I muft gag this Rogue, there's no enduring of him. Johnf. N o , pridiee make ufe of thy patience a little longer, let's fee the End of him now. [Dance a grand Dance. Bayes. This, now, is an ancient Dance, of right belonging to the Kingj of Brentford; but fince derived, with a little Alteration, to the Inns of Court. An Alarm. Enter two Heralds. i King. What faucy Groom molefts our Privacies ? I Her. T h e Army's at the Door, and in difguife, Defires a W o r d with both your Majefties. 2 Her. Having from Knights-bridge hither march'd by Health. 2 King. Bid 'em attend a while, and drink our health. Smith. H o w , M r . Bayes, the A r m y in difguife ! Bayes. A y , Sir, for fear the Ufurpers might difcover them, that went out but juft now. Smith W h y , what if they had difcovercd them ? Bayes. W h y , then they had broke the Defign ! King. Here take five Guineas for thofe warlike Men. 2 King. And here's five more ; that makes the Sum juft ten. i Her W e have net feen fo much the Lord knows en< [Exeunt Heralds. i King. Speak on, brave Amaryllis. Ama. Invincible Sovereigns, blame not m y Modeil), it atth:= errand Conjuncture- [Drums heatsbelwdthe^age-i King. What dreadful Noife is this that comes and £ocs ? Mr The R E H E A R S A L . 53 Enter a Soldier with his Sword drawn. Sold. Hafte henc^ great Sirs, your Royal Perfons fave, For the Event of W a r no Mortal knows : The A r m y wrangling for the Gold you gave, Firft fell to Words, and then to Handy-blows.[Exit. Bayes. Is not that n o w a pretty kind of a Stanza, and a handfome C o m e off ? 2 King. O dangerous Eftate of Sovereign Power ! Obnoxious to the Change of every Hour. 1 King. Let us for fhelter in our Cabinet flay : Perhaps thefe threatning Storms may pafs away. [Exeunt. Johnf. But, Mr. Bayes, did not you promife us juft now, to make Amaryllis fpeak very well ? Bayes. Ay, and fo fhe would have done, but that they hinder'd her. Smith. H o w , Sir, whether you would or no ? Bayes. Ay, Sir, the Plot lay fo, that I vow to gad, it was not to be avoided. Smith. Marry, that was hard. Johnf But pray, who hinder'd her ? Bayes. Why, the Battle, Sir, that's juft coming in at the door : and Vll tell you n ow a flrange thing; tho' I don't pretend to do more than other M e n , I'gad, I'll give you both a whole W e e k to guefs h o w Til reprefent this Battle. Smith. I had rather be bound to fight your Battle, I af-fure you, Sir. Bayes. W h o o ! there's it now: fight a Battle ! there's the common Error. I knew prefently where I fhould have you. W h y , pray, Sir, do but tell m e this one thing : Can you. think it a decent thing, in a Battle before Ladies, to have Men run their Swords thro' one another, and all that ? johnf. N o , faith, 'tis not civil. Bayes. Right; on the other fide, to have a long Relation of Squadrons here, and Squadrons there: what is it but dull Prolixity ? Johnf. Excellently reafon'd, by m y troth ! Bayes. Wherefore, Sir, to avoid both thofe Indecorums, I fum up the whole Battle in the Reprefentation of two Perfons only, no more; and yet fo lively, that, I vow to gad, you would fwear ten thoufand M e n were at it really engag'd. Do you mark m e ? C 3 Smith. |