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Show IJ<5 The FALSE FRIEND; Jacin. But if I do fpeak, fhan't I be dead for all that ? f D o n Ped. Speak, and thou art late. Jacin. Well O Lard Vm fo frighted But if I muft fpeak then O dear heart giYC xne the Purfe. D o n Ped, There. Jacin. W h y truly, between a Purfe in one s hand-^ a n j a Sword in one's Guts, 1 think there's little room left for debate. D o n Ped. Come, begin, I'm impatient. Jacin. Begin ! let m e fee \ where fhall I begin ? at D o n Guzman, I think. D o n Ped. What of him ? Jacin. W h y he has been in love with my Lady thefe fix Years. D o n Ped. I know it; but h o w has fhe receiv'd him ? Jacin. Receiv'd him! W h y • as young Maids ufe to receive handfome Fellows -, at fiift ill, afterwards better. D o n Ped. afide.] Furies ! Did they ever meet? Jacin. A little. D o n Ped. By D a y or Night ? Jacin. Both. D o n Ped. Diftraftion! Where was their Rende-vous ? Jacin. Where they cou'd not do one another much good. D o n Ped. As how ? Jvcin. As through a Hole in a Wall. D o n Ped. The Strumpet banters me : Be ferious, Infolence, or 1 fhall fpoil your Gaiety; I'm not difpos'd to Mirth. , Jacin. W h y I a m ferious, if you like my Story the better for't. D o n Fed. afide.] H o w raiferable a Wretch am II Jacin. I tell you there's a Wall parts their two Hou-fes, and in that Wall there's a Hole, H o w the Wa - * - - -- -- •'- - - - - ' came The FALSE FRIEND. I?T came by the Hole, I can't tell; m a y hap by chance, may hap by no chance ; but there'tis, and there they ufe to prattle. ' Don Ped. And this is Truth ? Jacin. I can't bate* you a word on't, Sir. Don Ped. When did they meet there laft ? Jacin. Yefterday 5 I fuppofe 'twas only to bid one another Adieu. Don Ped. Ah, Jacinta, thou haft pierced m y Soul. Jacin. afide.] And yet I han't told you half I cou'd tell you, m y Don. Don Ped. Where is this place you fpeak of? Jacin. There 'tis, if you are curious. Don Ped. W h e n they wou'd fpeak with one another, what's the Call ? Jacin. Tinkle, Tinkle. Don Ped. A Bell ? Jacin. It is. Don Ped. Ring. Jacin. What do you mean, Sir ? Don Ped. hafiily. ] Ring. Jacin. 'Tis done. Don Ped. afide.] I'll make ufe of her to examine him. Does he come ? * Jacin. Not yet. Don Ped. Pull again.:*. Jacin. You muft give him time, Sir: M y Lady always does fo. Don Ped. I hear fomething. Jacin. 'Tis he. (Don GUT, within?) Who's there ? (Don Ped. foftly.) Say you are Leonora. [Dumb (how of her unwillingnefs, and his threatning.] (Jacin. foftly.') 'Tis Leonora. D o n Gu%. What are your Commands, Madam ? Is it poffible fo unfortunate a Wretch as I, can be capable of ferving you ? [Don Ped. whifpers Jacinta, who feems backwards to fpeak.] Jacin. |