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Show 2 2 The C O N F E D E R A C Y. Flip. Ne'er fear, I'll take care of /em. Vml. H o w he traps 'em ; kf Dick alone. [Afik Dick. Your Servant, good Madam. {To his Mothtr, {Exit Dick, Ami. Your Honour's moft devoted.- A pretty, civil, well-bred Gentleman this, Mrs. Flippanta. Pray w h o m a y h e b e ? . /?///>. A Man of great Note ; Colonel Shapely. ^ Ami Is it poffible ! I have heard much of him & dtad but never faw him before : One may fee Quality in every Limb of him : He's a fine M a n truly. Flip. I think you are in love with him, Mrs. Amlet. Ami. Alas, thofe Days are done with m e ; but if I were as fair as I was once, and had as much Money as fome Folks, Colonel Shapely fhould not catch Cold for want of a Bedfellow. I love your M e n of Rank, they have fomething in their Air does fo diftinguifh'em from the Rafcality. Flip. People of Quality are fine Things indeed, Mrs, Amlet, if they had but a little more Money ; but for want of that, they are forc'd to do Things their great Souls are afham'd of. For example, . here's my Lady (he owes you but fix and fifty P o u n d s - - - Ami. Well ! Flip. Well, and fhe has it not by her to pay you. Ami. H o w can that be ? Flip, I don't knowj her Cafhkeeper's out of to raour, he fays he has no Money. Ami. What a prefumptuous piece of Vermin is a Cafhkeeper ! Tell his Lady he has no Money ! -- Now, Mrs. Flippanta, you may fee his Bags are full, by his being fo faucy. Flip. If they are, there's no help for't; he'll do what he pleafes, till he comes to make up his yearly Accounts. Ami. But Madam plays fometimes, fo when fhe has nin gsg.o od Fortune, fhe m a y pay m e out of her WinFlip. O ne'er think of that, Mrs. Amlet ; if fhe had won a thoufand Pounds, fhe'd rather die in a Goal, ± than The C O N F E D E R A C Y . 23 than pay off a Farthing with it: Play-Mon^y Mrs. Amlet, amongft People of Quality, is a facred Thin? and not to be profan'd. The deux , >t{s conft! crated to their PJeafures, 'twould be Sacrilege to pay their Debts with it. 7 Ami. W h y what (hall w e do then ? For I han't one penny to buy Bread. Flip. -I'll tell you it juft n o w comes in m y Head: I k n o w my Lady has a little occafion for Money, at this time ; fo. if you lend her a hundred Pound . do you fee, then (he may pay you your fix and fifty out of it. Ami. Sure, Mrs. Flippanta, you think to make a Fool or me. Flip. N o , the Devil fetch m e if I do You fhall have a Diamond Necklace in Pawn. Ami. O ho, a Pawn ! That's another Cafe. And when muft fhe have this Money ? Flip. In a quarter of an Hour. <*™l. Say no more. Bring the Necklace to m y Houfe, it fhall be ready for you. Flip. I'll be with you in a moment. Ami. Adieu, Mrs. Flippanta. Flip. Adieu, Mrs. Amlet. [Exit Amle t. Flippanta fola. So- this ready Money will make us all happy. This Spring will fet our BafTet going, and that's a Wheel will ^ t w e n t y others. My Lady's young and handfome; ihen.nave a dozen Intrigues upon her hands, before ihe has been twice at her Prayers. So much the better; the more the Grift, the richer the Miller. Sure never Wench got into fo hopeful a place : Here's a Fortune to be fold, a Miftrefs to be debauch'd, and a Mafter to . f ' T If,I /,don't father m y Neft, and get a good Husband, I deferve to die, both a Maid and a Beg- O * i ACT |
