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Show ,06 The M I S T A K E. fcfdina them all day they .ire Angels and Goddeflis, in order to ufe them at night like human Creatures j we are like to fucceed truly. •.>.•_ C4r. For m y part, I never yet cou d bear a .light from any thing, nor will I now. There . but one way however to refent it d o m a W o m a n •, and thats to drive her bravely from your Heart, and place a worthier in her vacant Throne. Z*. M o w with Subm.mon to m y Betters, I have a-nother way, Sir; I'll drive m y Tyrant from my Hurt, and place m y felf in her Throne. Yes; I w.l be Lord of m y o w n Tenement, and keep m y Houfhold in order Wou'd you wou'd do fo too, Mafter; tor, look vou I have been Servitour in a College uSalamancha, iod'read Philofophy with the Dorters , where I found that a W o m a n , m all times, has been obferv d to be an Animal hard to underftand, and much indm d to Mifchief. N o w as an Animal is always an Animal, and a-Captam always a Captain, fo a W o m a n is always a •Woman : Whence it is that a .certain Greek fays, her Head is like a Bank of Sand-, or, as another, a folid Rock; or, according to a third, a dark Lanrhorn. Pray, Sir, obferve for this is clofe Reafoning ; and fo as the rtad is the Head of the Body ; and that the Body without a Head is like a Head without a Tail ; and that where there'is neither Head nor Tail, 'tis a very ftrange Bo-dv • So I fay a W o m a n is by Companfon, do you ee (tor nothing explains things like Companion,) 1 fay by Comparifon, alutri/htU has often faid before me, one may compare her to the raging Sea ; for as .he Sea *hen the Wind rifes, knits its Brows like an ang.y Bull, and that Waves mount upon Rocks, and Roks mount upon Waves-, that PorpufTes leap; IIIM> Trout, Tnd Whales skip about like Gudgeons; that Ships roll Ike Beer-Barrell and Mariners pray like Sa.nts; ,uftfo, T fav a W o m a n - A W o m a n , I fay, »ult 10, I h e n C Reafon is fhipwreck'd upon her Pafflon and A«S£5 her Undemanding ^**fe*g*& Rock of .her Fury ; then it is, I fay, that by cei m Immotion% wjuch um-caufe, as one may ^ The MISTAKE. 197 pofe, a fort ofConvulfive yes hurricanious > urn-like. m'n fhort, a W o m a n is like the Devil. Car. Admirably reafon'd indeed, Sancho. San. Pretty well, I thank Heav'n j but here come the' Crocodiles to%weep us into Mercy. Enter Leonora and Jacinta. Mafter, let us fhew our felves Men, and leave their briny Tears to wafh their dirty Faces. Car. It i? not in the power of Charms to move me. San. Nor me, I hope; and yet I fear thofe Eyes will look out fharp to match up fuch a Prize. [Pointing to Jacinta. Jacin. He's coming to us, Madam, to beg Pardon ; but fure you'll never grant it him ? Leo. If I do, may Heav'n ne'er grant m e mine. Jacin. That's brave. Car. You look, Madam, upon me, as if you thought I came to trouble you with m y ufual Importunities ; 1*11 cafe you of that Pain, by telling you, m y Bufinefs n ow is calmly to afliire you, but 1 allure it you with Heav'n and Hell for Seconds; for may the Joys of one fly from m e , whilft the Pains of t'other overtake me, if all your Charms difplay'd e'er fhake m y Refblution ; I'll never fee you more. San. Bon. Leo. You are a M a n of that nice Honour, Sir, I k n ow you'll keep your W o r d ; 1 expected this Aflurance from you, and came this way only to thank you for't. Jacin. Very well. Car. You did, imperious Dame, you did : H o w bale is Woman's Pride ? H o w wretched are the Ingredients it is form'd of. If you faw Caufe for juft Difdain, why-did you not at firft repulfe m e ? W h y lead a Slava in Chains, that cou'd not grace your Triumphs ? If I a m thus to be contemn'd, think on the Favours you have done the Wretch, and hide your Face for ever. San. Wellargu'd. Leo. I o w n you have hit the only Fault the World can chame m e with ; the Favours I have done to you, I 3 * |