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Show s&f Sir ANTONY LOVE: Qr% ArcL^T' VH* 20od Chriftian, Valentine, clearing 0u CoSe!hatI ^ bCgin * nCW *«* With a K IJfi ConfefTing, and repenting paft Enormities • ttrAnt. About the pitch of thy Piety, llford- reoenH*,. only, becaufe they are paft. J ' rePentlBg Fa/. So far you may repent with Honou- Sir Ant. Nay, I confefs m y felf a Child of this World. for at this Moment I have a Hint from m y C w f t S that tells m e the Pleafure of thy E x a m p l e - U°n' Val. Thou art above Example, or Imitation Sir Ant. Will go near to overthrow the Wifdomof his Precepts; the Morality of thy Beard, Governor Watt. But, Sir, it wou'd be well. Sir Ant. It wou'd be better, Sir, thou pitiful Preacher w o u dft thou but follow thy Pimping; 'tis a better Trade* and becomes thy Difcietion as well: You'll find me here' •boat*-- --. [Thrufti out Wait-well, val. Y o u have compounded for Whoring then, Sir Antony t D Sir Ant. Any thing but Fighting; he has fwing'd me away for m y Quarrel Yefterday i'th' Tennis-Court. iff You deferv'd to be fwing'd for't Val. I ftiou'd chide you too, though'twas upon my Account. llf. T o run a Gentleman thro' the Arm, for not wit-nefTmg all you faid in Commendation of Valentine- Val. W h e n he was not fo much as acquainted with m y Perfon llf. Was • •• Sir Ant. Something more bold than welcome, I grant you ; but I had not fought a great while, my Hand was in, and I was pufhingat Reputation. For, I 'Gad, I look upon Courage to proceed more from Habit and Practice, than any Virtue of the Mind. Val. H o w , how, Sir Antony* There's fomething in Family fure- Sir Ant. Wooden Legs, in a great many, Valentine. llf. Courage often runs in a B l o o d - Si? The RAMBLING LADY. \6f Sir Ant. They fay fo of the Pox, indeed. The Sins of the Fathers may run in the Blood fometimes, and vifit to the third and fourth Generation : But their Virtues die with the Men. And if the Example and Cuftom of the World (fupported by good eating and drinking) had not infus'd a nobler Spirit into the Blood, than any deriv'd from the Father; moft M e n had continued like thofe, w h o ftay with their Fathers ; Elder Brothers all; and had never ofter'd at an Intrigue, above a red Petticoat; or a Quarrel, above a Rubber at Cuffs. llf. 'Tis fenfibly extravagant, and wild ! -Vol. Inimitably n e w ! But h o w do you to avoid Drink-if g ? Sir Ant. W h y that avoids m e , thanks to the Cuftom of the Country, and the better Diverfions of this Place; not but I can arrive at a Bottle too. llf. If you were in London • Sir Ant. There I grant you Where the young Fellows begin the Reputation of their H u m o u r and Wit in a Pint Glafs, carrying 'em, without intermifTion of Senfe or J eft, to the end of the third Bottle ; and then thro' the publick Places, and Folly of the T o w n. Val. There you wou'd be at a lofs. Sir Ant. I fhou'd indeed; where they go to Taverns, to fwaliow a Drunkennefs j and then to a Play, to talk over their Liquor. llf. I thought that Folly fell off with their Fathers-- val The Entertainment of it did indeed. ///. Who, as they began it in their Frolick, fupported it in tfteir Wit. Sir Ant. And fince the Sons are fo plainly difinherited of the Senfe, they have no Title to the Sins of their Father.*. *W. UnleTs they kept 'em more in Countenance. llf Yet they would do fomething, like their Fathers. Val. As an ignorant Player in England, w h o m I faw undertaking to Copy a Mafter A S o r of his time, began at his Infirmity in his Feet; and growing famous forThe imitation of his Gout he cou'd walk like him, w h e n he coud do nothing elfe like him. Sir |
