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Show ESOP. -I'm fure there's no body knows better than you> Ladyflrip what Allowances are to be made to Fleft; and Blood; i" therefore hope this from your Juftice, that what you have done three times your felf, you'll pardon cnce in your Daughter. The Dickens! Amin. Now, Sir, what do you think of the Bufinefs ? Efop. W h y truly, Lady, I think it one of the moft natural BufinefTes I have met with a great while. I'll tell you a Story. A Crab-fift) once her Daughter told, {In terms that favour'd much of Scold) She cou'd not bear to fee her go, Sidle, fidle, to and fro ; The Devil's in the Wench, quoth fhe, When fo much Money has been paid, To poliffj you lilee m e; It makes me almoft mad to fee 1'are fill fo awkard, an ungainly Jade. Her Daughter fmil'd and looted a-skew, She anfwerd (for to give her her due J Verily, as moft Folks Daughters do : Madam, your Ladyfiup, quoth fi:e Is pleas'd to blame in me What, on Enquiry, you may find Admits a paffable Excufe, From a Proverb much in ufe, That Cat will after kind. Amin. Sir, I took you to be a Man better bred, than to liken a Lady to a Crab-fifh. Efop. What I want in Good-breeding, Lady, I have in Truth and Honefty : As what you have wanted in Virtue, you have had in a good Face. " Amin. Have had, Sir ! What I have had, I have ftill-'$ and fhall have a great while, I hope. I'm no Grandmother, Sir. Efop. But in a fair way for't, Madam, Amin. } u- i ru n. 77 . "/ lce- Ayouno ner think ft,e fhou'd b,ow f0 m u c h >t ^ £ Efop. Good Matters make quick SrlJ? ' T J „ has learn'd her Exercife from you. > ^ ' °1( Amin. But Where's the Remedy, Sir ? Efop. In trying if a good Example w as an ill o n e ' h a * d e b ^ ^ " ^ ved>lm K void Scandal. m* LlVe Pnv*e, and a- Amin. Never fpeak it • I cnn no more retire than I can go to Church twice of a Sunday ' * riSnnT11" ! y°Ur y°lUhful B1°°d ^i!s ^" your Veins, Amin I have Warmth enough to endure the Air old Gentleman. I need not fhut m y felf up in a V fe thefe twenty Years. : p a iiou!e 'Efop Afide] She takes a long Leafe ofLeudnef-fhe 11 be an admirable Tenant to Luft ' Amin. walking haftily to and fr'o.l People think When a W o m a n is turn'd Forty, ftie's J old enough !, turnout of the World : But I fay, when a W o m a n is turn d Forty, fhe's old enough to have more ^ k . The moft can be faid is her Face is the worft for wearing - 111 anfwer for all the reft of her Fabrick. The Men woudbetobe pity'd, by my Troth, wou'd thev, ifwe ihoudqu.t the Stage, and leave 'em nothing but a pared of young pert Sluts that neither know how to fpeak aenie, nor keep themfelves clean. But don't let 'em fear, w e a'n't [Efop fares ut> n going y e t . - - H o w now! What, her, and , Left a one! An unmannerly Piece turns from / ofDeformhy ! Methinks he might runs off the $n nave had Senfe enough to have made Love to me. But I have found Men ftrangely dull tor the laft tenor twelve Years: Sure they'll n end in time, or the World won't be worth livingm. For let Philofophers fay all they can, the Source of Woman's Joys is plac'd in Man. [Exit. M 5 r |
