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Show 284 E S 0 P. That tho he us'd his utmoft Art, Be quickly found it was in vain, To put himfelf to farther Pain, They never more muft part. A gloomy Shade o'ercafi his Brow • He found himfelf. 1 know not how : He look'd as Husbands often do. Where-e'er he mov'd, he felt her ftill, She kifs'd him oft againft his Will : Abroad, at Home, at Bed and Board, With Favours fhe o'erwhelm'd her Lord. Oft he turn'd his Head away, And fieldom had a word to fay, Which abfolutely fpoil'd her Play, For (he^ was better ftor'd. Howe'er at length her Stock was fpent, (For Female Fires fome times may be Subjett to Mortality;) So Back to Back they fit, and fullenly repent. Eut the mute Scene was quickly ended, The Lady, for her Jhare, pretended The want of Love lay at his door ; For her part fhe had ftill in flore Enough for him, and twenty more, Which cou'd not be contended. He anfwer'd her in homely words, (For Sparrows are but ill-bred Birds) That he already had enjoy'd So much, that truly he was cloy'd. Which fo provok'd her Spleen, That after fome good hearty Prayers, •A Jofile, and fome fpightful Tears, They fell together by the ears, And ne'er were fond again. E s 0 p. 285 E s 0 p. P A R T IL Enter Players. |E L L , good People, who are all you? Omnes. Sir, we are Players ? Efip. Players! What Players? Play. W h y , Sir, w e are Stage-Players, that s our Calling: Tho we play upon other things too ; fome of us pfay upon the Fiddle ; fome play upon the Piute ; w e play upon one another ; we play upon the T o w n ; and ,we play upon the Patentees. Efop. Patentees! Prithee, what are they ? Play. Whj', they are, Sir Sir, they a r e - ! Cod 1 don't 1$now what they are Fifh or Flefh- Mafters or Servants Sometimes one. Sometimes t'other, I think Juft as we are in the Mood. Efop. W h y , I thought they had a lawful Authority OYer you. Play. |