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Show Ij2 The F A L S E F R I E N D* Jacin. As much as the Conftable and the Watch might have pretended to, fomething to drink. D o n Guz. This is all Raillery, "'tis impoflible fhe can be pleas'd with fuch an Attempt. Jacin. 'Tis impoflible fhe can be pleas'd with being reduc'd to make the Attempt upon you. D o n Gu%. But was this a proper way to fave her Blufhes ? Jacin. 'Twas in the dark, that's one way. D o n GuTj. But it muft look like downright Violation. Jacin. If it did not feel like it, what did that flgnify ? C o m e , Sir, Waggery apart: You know I'm your Servant, I have given you proofs on't. Therefore don't diftruft m e now if I tell you, this Quarrel may be made up with the Wife, tho perhaps not with the Husband. In fhort, flie thinks you were firft in her Chamber, and has not the vvorfe Opinion of you for it; fhe makes allowance for your Sufferings, and has ftill love enough for you, not to be difpleas'd with the utmoft Proofs you can give, that you have ftill a warm remain for her. Don GUT^ If this be true, and that fhe thought'twas me, why did fhe cry out to expofe m e ? Jacin. Becaufe at that time fhe did not think 'twa9 you. Will that content you ? And now fhe does think 'twas you, your Bufinefs is to let her think foon ; for in a word, I can fee file's concern'd at the Danger fhe has brought you into, and I believe wou'd be heartily glad, to fee you well out on't. D o n GUT. .'Tis impoflible fhe can forgive me. Jacin. Oons Now Heaven forgive me, for I had a great Oath upon the very tip of my Tongue; you'd make one mad with your Impoffibles and your Innocence, and your Humilities. 'SdeathSir, d'you think a W o m a n makes no diftin&ion between the Aflaultsofa Man fhe likes and one fhe don't ? M y Lady hates Don John, and if fhe thought 'twas he had done this Job, fhe'd hang him for't in her o w n Garters ; fhe likes you, and if you fhou'd do fuch another, you might ftill die in your Bed like a Bifhop for her. Don GUT. Well, I'll difpute no farther. I put my felf into thy hands. Wha; a m I to do next \ i ~ - Jam, The FALSE F R I E N 5 T I« Jacin. W h y , do as fhe bi^ vmt u • i " the old R e n d J z v o u s ^ ^ ^ t ^ can to fpeak to you; and when you meet do 1?? k-3 you and inftead of your Innocent an ' Humb l e be Guilty and Refolute. Your Miftrefs is now marry^ ' sir confiderthat. She has chang'd her Situation, \ n d fo muft you your Battery. Attack a Maid gently/ aWe warmly, and be as rugged with a W i d o w as youTan Good buy t'ye Sir. [Exeunt feveral ways'. S C E N E, Don Felix's Houfe. Enter Don Pedro folus. In what diftraftion have I paft this Night ? Sure I fhall never clofe m y Eyes again. N o Rack can equal what I feel. Wounded in both m y Honour and my Love; they have piere'd m e in two tender parts Yet cou'd 1 take my juft Revenge, it wou'd in fome degree afiuage my Smart. O guide m e Heaven to that Cordial-drop Hold! A Glance of Light I think begins to Yes. . Right. When yefterday I brought Don John hither, was not D on Felix much difturb'd ?. He was ; and why ?- That may be worth enquiring. But fomething more occurs. At m y arrival in this City, was I not told two Cavaliers were warm in the purfuit of Leonora ? One I remember well they nam'd ; 'twas Guzman : The other I am yet a ftranger to. I fear I fhall not be fo long ! 'Tis Alvarada ; O the Tray tor ! yet I may wrong him much. I have GuTman's own Confeflion that he paft the Wall to come to L e o n o r a - J O , but 'twas to her Afllftance - And fo it might, and he a Villain ftill. There are Afliftances of various f o r t s - . What were her Wants ? , That's dark But whatfo-e'er they were, he came to her Afllftance. Death be his Portion for his ready Service. Enter Don Felix. Don Fel. You avoid me, D o n Pedro; his not well. A m I not your Father, have you not reafon to believe lam your Friend ? Don |