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Show 6± The C O N F E D E R A C Y. T u. T K . « ™,.'H have befides her, may be fome- JE™LrteH-SS, and « ftall fee rny Kiece t,nica-- , v a e r Fidget : With her t* /• L > ^orrv the fat Curate ; and my Uncle ss^snw* -d al1 his cU-O we fhall divert our felves rarely. S£ o! for that, my dear Child, I muft be plain whh You, I'll fee none of 'em but Araminta, who has M a n n e r s of the Court j for l'U converfe with none but W o m e n of Quality. <7rtf*. Ay, ay^hey fhall all have one Quality or other, Clar. Then, m y Dear, to make our H o m e pleafant, we'll have Conforts of Mufick fometimes. Gripe. Mufick in m y Houfe 1 Clar. Yes, m y Child, w e muft have Mufick, or the Houfe will be fo dull I fhall get the Spleen, and be go. Ing abroad again. Flip. Nay, fhe has fo much Compliance for you, Sir, you can't difpute fuch things with her. Gripe. Ay, but if I have Mufick Clar. Ay, but, Sir, I muft have Mufick • flip. Not every Day, Madam don't mean. Clar. N o , blefs me, no ; but three Conforts a Wee*, three Days more we'll play after Dinner, at Ombn, Picquet, Baffet, and fo forth, and clofe the Evening with a handfome Supper and a Ball. Gripe. A Ball! , . . Clar. Then, my Love, you know there is but ow Day more upon our hands, and that fhall be the Day ot Convention, we'll read Verfes, talk of Books, invent Modes, tell Lyes, fcandalize our Friends, be pert upon Religion ; and in ftiort, employ every moment or K, in fome pretty witty Exercife or other. flip. What order you fee 'tis fhe proppfesto live in, A moft wonderful Regularity ! -, Gripe. Regularity with a Pox! - MiT Clar. And as this kind of Life, fo foft, fo tooj fo agreeable, muft needs invite a vaft deal oi C J J The C O N FE D ERA C Y. 65 pany to partake of it, 'twill be neceffary to have the Decency of a Porter at our Door, you know. Gripe. A Porter a Scrivener have a Porter Madam! Clar. Positively, a Porter. Gripe. Why, no Scrivener fince Adam ever had a Porter, W o m a n ! Clar. You will therefore be rttown'd in Story, for fcaving the firft, m y Life. Gripe. Flippanta. Flip. Hang it, Sir, never difpute a Trifle, if you ve* her, perhaps fhe'll infift upon a Swifs. [Afide to Gripe. Gripe. But, Madam Clar. But, Sir, a Porter, pofitrTOy a Porter ; without that Treaty nuH ; and I go abroad this Moment. flip. Come, Sir, never loft fo advantageous a Peace for a pitiful Porter. Gripe. Why, I fhall be hooted at, the Boys will throw Stones at m y Porter. Befides, where fhall I have Money for all this Exptnce ? Clar. M y Dear, w h o asks you fior any ? Don't be in a fright, Chicken. Gripe. Don't be ili a fright, Madam. But where, I fay? flip. Madam plays, Sir, think on that; W o m e n that play have inexhauftible Mines, and Wives who receive leaft Money from their Husbands, are many times thofe, who fpend the moft. Clar. So, m y Dear, let what Flippanta fays content you. Go, m y Life, trouble your felf with nothing, but let me do juft as I pleafe, and all will be well. I'm going into m y Clofet, to confider of fome more things to enable m e to give you the Pleafure of m y Company at home, without making it too great a Mifery to a yielding Wife. [Exit ClarifTa. Flip. Mirror of Goodnefs ! Pattern to all Wives! Well fme, Sir, you are the happieft of all Husbands. Gripe. Yes and a miferable Dog for all that too, perhaps. Flip* |