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Show «S? Tie R E L A P S E ; or, „ i! M foon Youngfter. In fhort, you le^ot;.^r^:;TndmemSarriedagain. r.f. I''saLye T-Cod- if I were a young Fellow, I'd \jOUp. •."."••mmm , W?y WJ^be ati§ryj for rmasmad a$ T T i . TntTl' had fitted you with a Wife,, you (hou'd ^S.^Butisit poftible the young Strumpet cou'd ^;S^ Sh' ^ P1^ ^emy Trr!CF. But prithee inftru* me a little farther ; whence comes thy Intelligence ? fi r««* From your Brother, in this Lettet, tneie, you Coup, riom )«ui f YoungFafhion r w & may read iu ^ D Dear Coupler, *>*-., Pulling off I T H a w *tf/y ri»* » "M J*" » *** his Hat. H £«"', " ffonw*^,. ^ *«" he, been the Devil: That Rafcal Tam, having fiole the Let- Ver then hadfi formerly writ for me to hrmgteto Tunbelly, forntd * damnable Defign upon my Miflrefh and was in a fair veay ofSuccefswhenlarrivd But after having fufer'd fime Indignities (m whichlhavt all danb'd my embroidered Coat) I put him to flight. I fent out a Party of Horfe after him, w hopes to ham made him my Prifiner, which if I had done, 1 woutt have qualify>d him for the Seraglio, flap my Vitals. The Danger 1 have thus narrowly 'fcap% has made me fortify my felf againft further Attempts, by entry immediately into an Affectation with the young Lady, by which we engage to ftand by one another, as long At we both (Ijall live. a • In fhort, the Papers are feafd, and the Contrail u fign'd, fa the Bufinefs of the Lawyer is acheye 5 but 1 defer the divine part of the thing till I arrive at London, not being willing H confammaiem any other** but my own*. ^ Virtue in Dangeri^^^ 89 Poftfcript, 'Us poffible I may be in the Tawn as foon as this Letter, far 1 find the Lady is fo violently in love with me, I have determined to make her happy with all the Difi tatch that is practicable, without difardering my Coach* Harfes. So, here's rare Work, 1'faith \ Lo. I gad, Mifs Hoyden has laid about her bravely. Coup. I think m y Country-Girl has plaid her part as well as if fhe had been born and bred in St. James's Parifb. X. F. •--That Rogue the Chaplain. Lor. And then that Jade the Nurfe, Sir. Y. P. And then that drunken Sot, Lory, Sir ; that cou'd not keep himfelf fober to be a Witnefs to the Marriage. • Lo. Sir---with refpecl I know very few drunken Sots that do keep themfelves fober. Y. F. Hold your prating, Sirrah, Or I'll break your Head $ dear Coupler, what's to be done ? Coup* Nothing's to be done, till die Bride and Bride* groom come to T o w n. r. F. Bride and Bridegroom ! Death and Furies! I can't bear that thou fhouldft call them fo. Coup. W h y , what fhall I call them, Dog and Cat ? T. Faflj. Not for the World, that founds more like Man and Wife than t'other. Coup. Well, if you'll hear of them in no Language, we'll leave them for the Nurfe and the Chaplain^ r. F. The Devil and the Witch. Coup. W h e n they come to T o w n - * Lo. W e fhall have ftormy Weather. Coup. Will you hold vour tongues, Gentlemen, or not? Lo. Mum. Coup. I fay when they come, w e muft find what Stuff they are made of, whether the Churchman be chiefly compos'd of the Fleflh, or the Spirit; I prefume the fbr-feer- • .For as Chaplains n o w go, 'tis probable he eats |