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Show p too The R E L A P S E ; or, , . , . ' kfctn all has prevail'd with m e to be-and which is more than all, na ^ 'TS^ll^^nd »££»» *. E«M. IOUI w r of Confcience anJ there i» one th.ng feenas » bind r^nnffience is a tenciei naoc. *» J > for the fake of this Living, to marry Nurfe, and ma,, I ! her afterwards, I doubt it aught be look don as, kind of Simony. sacrilege, the Living's with the IVWK? Nude *« Mw] Par lh---neie-tab ^eParLage-Houfe. 'Tis true, 'us a Uttle out of U ™ r o m e Dilapidations there are to be made good; fhe W ndows are broke, the Wamfcot ,s warp d, k tne w inouwa * crack d : but a lit- Ceilings are peel d, and the wans die , tie Glafing, Painting, Whitewafh, and Plaiftei, «fl make it laft thy time. fftnr,n,|. £«//. Well, Sir, if it muft be fo, I Ihan t contend, What Providence orders, I fubrnit to. Nurfe And fo do 1, with all Humility. S Why, that now was fpoke hke good Peopfc. CH/»/». w i ) , hei h|S oor p,, ^•U5SSPSL5H * after |£* ^ indukion, yon toll all go a C o o m g together.^ £«»• Amanda in a Scarf, &c. as jufi return d, fe Woman following her. Amand. Prithee what care 1 who has been here• Worn. Madam, 'twas m y Lady Bndle, and my 1 T¥Zand. My Lady Pi* andI my Lady »* What doft ftand troubhng m e W. h the V riu £ J rf of impertinent W o m e n ? when they ate weu World. &H.& Virtue in Danger. *" IOI / ^ « ^ Wou'd the World were on fire, and you in the middle on c. Be gone ; leave me. [ ^ I l Amanda /,/*. L vom' h,/FalftftooV.mCOnVinC,d, % EyCS ^ Tefti™»ies of Thebafe, ungrateful, perjur'd Villain B Good Gods ! _ - What flippery Stuff are Men com-pos d of ? Sure the Account of their Creation's falfe, And 'twas the Woman's Rib that they were forni'd of. But why am I thus angry ? This poor Relapfe fhould only move my Scorn. 'Tis true : The roving Flights of his unfinifht'Youth Had fh-ong Excufe from the Plea of Nature; Reafon had thrown the Reins loofe on his Neck And flipt him to unlimited Defire. * If therefore he went wrong, He had a Claim to m y Forgivenefs, and I did him riflht. But iince the Years of Manhood rein him in And Reafon, well digefted into Thought, ' Has pointed ou: the Courfe he ought to run • If BOW he ftrays, ' /Twould be as weak, and mean in m e to pardon As it has been in him t'oftend. But hold : Tfor,n ^ CaUfe indeCd> Wheie nothmS's t0 be faid % Beauty poflibly is in the Wain ; perhaps Sixteen has greater Charms for him - Yes there's the Secret. But let him know, " My Quivers not entirely empty'd yet, 1 ™l have Darts, and I can fhoot 'em too ; * hey re not fo blunt, but they can enter ftill: ™e Want's not in m y power, but in m y Will. virmes his Friendj or, through another's Heart, )« cou d find the way to make his fmart. Ha i P- L ^ « « [Going off fhe meets Worthy. ' ££ere ? pj0tea me Heave£ »this looks W: 1 Wor9 |