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Show 5 The T^iJappointment; or, Alb. W e did. L°u P*m e y°u aor°ad fo ^te to take the Air ? Alb. Twas Clara fummon'd me, and I obeyU Lor. Erminia was the Feaft fhe bid you to ! Alb. That was the Invitation : But I find I ftand indebted for m y Welcome here. [To Juliani Lor. That Clara too confirms. Alph. W h y does there need A farther Proof? The Circumftances join In full Confent, to clear her to the World. [Gees /oErnu O let m e thus make fure of Hippinefs \ Thus panting, fold thee in the Arms of Love, 'Till m y repenting Thoughts, and lubdu'd Fears, Confefting thy Dominion in m y Heart, Wake room to entertain thy Triumph there. Rog, Your Servant, m y Lord : Here's a flight Commo. dity, a Maidenhead here ; if your Appetite be up 3gain: W e have ftoleCuftom, and can afford you a pen'worth. Alb. I have paid for that already. Lor. Pray explain your felf. Alb. 1 bought her of that reverend Matron there, he? Mother. Rog. H e m ! h e m ! h e m \ Moth What will become of m e? Lor. Rogero ! I confefs I had defign'd T h y Daughter for m y Wife ! Rog. With all m y Heart. Lor. But fince fhe proves of fuch a virtuous Strain; - A n d on the furer Side, I\lare not truft M y Honour with her Mother's Irfamy, Rog. Ay, as you fay. 'Tis that forbids the Banes.-- Her Mother there! Lor. There is no other Caufe. Hog. Here take her then : By Jupiter, (he's yours. Lor. What doft thou mean ? •Roa Only to let you know, that the Prifoner at the Bar there, is no Mother of Angelline's; no Matrimonial Coniort of mine, but the natural Iniquity of my Youth. lor. Your Whore! The M o T H E R in Fajhion. r? tf m My Concubine, arfc fhall fef you of ftarving Memory Whom, w h e n ^ * s Mother dyd, enter- S ° f o r the Reputation of being in Fafhion, and th* Breeding of my Daughter. Lor. A hopeful Education truly, Sir ! But now fhe'is m y Cafe! ' J. |£i Rog. Amen to that, with more Devotion than ever the Parifh-Prieft faid it in his Prayers: Why, I a m young*- gain, I could caper, fing, come over a Sticky or any things in the Humour I a m in. Moth. I hope you'll pardon me. R*e Why, what did I (et you up for, but to follow your Trade ? I know a Whore runs as naturally into a' Bawd, as a young Man into Letchery and the Pox. Alb Or as an old M a n into Impotence, and L a w Suits: Come,'R^o / You muft forgive her: Ybufeeinall Civile Governments, Bawds, as well as Lawyers paft the Exercite of the Bar, are confider'd for their Experience ; and both have their Chamber- Praclice aliow'd them, for the Bene^* fit of the Publick. . Rog. Nay, then your Servant, Sir! I a m fetisfy d, it the-- Government allows it: And a m fatisfy'd 'tis a Civil G o vernment for allowing it. And fo your Servant ngain. Lor Our Joys are n o w compleat. Alph. By Heav'n they are So purely perfect, nothing can remain Worthy a Wifh : Y o u two are all the World. Erm. O h Happinefs of Life, and Innocence ! Alph. And Innocence is prov'd : O h there's the thing, For 'tis a W o m a n '<* falfeft, vaineft Pride, To boaft a Virtue, that has ne'er been try'd : - I n equal Folly too thofe Husbands live, Who peeviflily againft themfelves contrive By early Fears, to haften ou the Day ; For Jealoufie but fhews our Wives the W a y : And if the forked Fortune be our D o o m, liTiin we ftrive; T h e BlefTing will come Home." [Exeunt omnes, Hi EPI- |