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Show i2o The F A L S E F R I E N D. Jac. Married to another! well, married to another; why, if one were married to twenty others, one may oive a civil Gentleman an Anfwer. Leo. Alas! what would'ft thou have m e fay to him ? Jac. Say to him ! W h y , one may find twenty things to lay to a M a n : Say, that 'tis true you are married to another, and that a 'twou'd be a Sin to think of * ny body but your Husband, and that you are of a timorous Nature, and afraid of bem* damn'd ; and that a - You wou'd not have him die neither; •jhat a - - F o l k s are mortal, and things fometimes comeftrangely about, and a Widow's a Widow, and- Leo. Peace, Levity. (Sighing.) But fee w h o 'tis knocks. Jac. Who's there? ifa. (Behind the Scenes.) 'Tis I, ifabella. Leo. ifabella 1 What do you want, m y Dear ? Ifa. Your Succour, for Heaven's fake, Leonora. Brother will deftroy himfelf. Leo. Alas! it is not in m y power to fave him. Ifa. Permit him but to fpeak to you, that may do. Leo. W h y , have not I the Force to refufe him ? [JDonGuTj. behind the Scenes.] Is it you> I hear, my poor loft Miftrefs ? A m I fo happy once more to meet you, where 1 fo often have been bleft ? Jac. Courage, Madam, fay a little fomething to him, D o n G«^. Not one kind word to a diftracted Lover? N o pity for a Wretch you have made fo miferable ? Leo. The only way to end that Mifery, is to forget we ever thought of Happinefs. D o n Guz. And is that in your power ? Ah, Lconor^ you ne'er lov'd lik'd me. Lea. H o w I have lov'd, to Heaven I appeal! But Heaven does n o w permit that Love no more. D o n Gu%. W h y does it then permit us Life and Thought? Are w e deceiv'd in its Omnipotence? Is it leduc'd to find its Pleafures in its Creatures Pain ? Leo. In what, or where, the joys of Heaven coniiit, lies deeper than a W o m a n ' s Line can fathom: but M we know, a Wife muft in her Husband feek for m [Exit Jac. a Brace of Lovers The F A L S E FR TBV *. ihe durft not truft he,- fTany Z glf^ '*« I ^ But hufo, I hear a Noife o« vl? „ 5 c°mp.».y. cateb'd. * ° )ou 80nc> we fhall be Leo. within.'] Jacinta! Jac. I come, I come, Madam. Enter Lopez. • ,Lf, I ^ ^ n0t' ,there are a * « « ot •mend to take fome Pams about Madam, in her Husband's Abfence. Poor D o n Pedro! Well ; methinks a Man' m a very merry mood that marries a handfome Wife Whenldtfpofe of m y Perfon, it. fhall be to an ugly one. They take « fo kindly, and are fo full of Acknowledgment ; watch you, wait upon you, nurfe you, h i n o w you, are fo fond, and fo chaff* Or if the Huffi, has Preemption enough ,o think of being otherwife, away With her >nto the Mountains fifty Leagues off; no body oppofes. If fhe s mutinous, give her Difcipltae ; every ody approves on't. Hang her, fays one, he's'kinder than fhe deferves; D a m n her, fays another, why does not he ftarve her But if fhe's handfome, Ah the Brute cnes one; Ah the Turk, cries t'other: W h y don't fhe «,ckoU him, fays this Fellow ? W h y does no/fhe poifon h m, fays that ? and away comes a Pacquet of Epiftles to advfe her to r. Ah poor Don Pedro ! But enough • T« now Night, all's hufh and ftill; every body's abed and what a m I to do ? W h y as other trufty Domefticks' ft up tole, the Thief in, But I fuppofeV won' b- «e yet; with the help of a fmall Nap beforehand, I "all be m a better Condition to perform the duty of a fit I" en" lF !° ,my L P°ft- Th'S COrner w'!1 >uft to flee* . ^ M , ! * thee down, fhort Prayers, and £' T . . , [tie lies down. hnter Jacinta, with a Candle in her hand but tl, 'n? Ve put, m>' P ° o r L a d y t0 bed w'th nothing Vol h ' H ' m & e $ > 3 n d 3 Pill0W t0 m u m b l e> ^ inftead |