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Show &* Sir ANTONY LOVE: Or, m ATaT 1hG0Ut and the Pox take ^im for't-1 of r h e m S '' * f*y' w h ° ' ^ from thcirOpinion ot hemfelves, are encouragd to meddle in other M Z Matters, without ever bringing any thing about tf fe 5/> ^. Ay, thofe medling Fools, llford! who are In all Places, yet ever out of their way L. 3il 7//. And Hot only out of their o w n wav b»t ,1 in other Mens- . y' but alwa)'s J£ ^A D °rd fti" M rfdicuIous as a Fe«ow of thy Se venty and Referve wou'd be in the fantaftical Figure'ofa AnfonT0™ ^ thC W°man > 7°U haVC y°Ur W«>Sir Sir Ant. They go together, Sir You'll find it fo. Enter a Pilgrim. Val. W h o m have w e here ? Sir Ant-A broken Brother of Bethlehem, witk all his Frippery about him ! Val One of that travelling Tribe, without their Cir-cumcifion. Sir Am. Of Chriftian Appellation, a Pilgrim, Val. 'Tis a fenfelefs Confiitution ot Men ! S/r -rfwf. W h o make themfelves Mad, to make the reft of the World Fools, by finding a Faith for all their Fopperies. Val. H o w can they pafs upon the World ? Sir Ant. As other Conftitutions and Orders of Men, as fenfelefs, pafs; that are founded too in as much Cozenage and Roguery as this can be. Ilfi You are an Enemy of Forms, Sir Anton)'. Sir Ant. Oh, Sir, the Virtue of the Habit often covers the Vices of the Wan ; There's Field enough in Etigfand to find this in, without the Abhy- Lands, Gentlemen. llf. Weeds are the general Growth of every Soil. Val. H o w many Fools in the State, and Atheifts in the Church, carry themfelves cumnt thro' their Congregations and Clients, to great Employments ; and, being arm'd orJy with the Authority and Countenance of their Cioathing, The RAMBLING LADY. \6J ' Cioathing, fecure themfrTves from the Difcovery and Cen-fure of the Court and T o w n ? Sir Ant. Thefe are Difguifes, I grant you, worth a fen-flble Man's putting on ; but a Pilgrim's Habit is as ridiculous as his Pretence ; and I wou'd no more wear a Fool s Coat, to be thought devout ; than be devout for the fake of the Livery. , llf. Fools are the Guts of all Bodies, and make the Bulk of every Opinion. [Ex<* ^tlgrtm, Val Hang him, let him pafs; fpare him for the like of the Church, and fpare the Church for the fake of our Abbe. c Sir Ant. W h o is, indeed, a moft considerable Pillar ot it, to his o w n Prcfir, and our pleafurable Living in this Town. ///. He is a very Pope in Mompelier, the Head h e r e -- Sir Ant. And a fit Head he is for fuch finful Members as w e are. llf. W e Members! you are a Proteftant, Sir Antony. Sir An± You may be furly enough to tell 'em you are one j but I a m always of the Religion of the Government I am in ' Val. And of the W o m e n you converfe with, Knight. Str Ant. And when I can't convince 'em, 1 conform. llf A very civil Charafter of a fafhionable Confcience. Val. O f a fenfible Man, I think : W h y muft your Capacity be the Meafure of another Man's Underftanding >* ' And all Men be in the Wrong, w h o don't dance i'th Circle of your Thoughts ? Sir Ant. Every Man a Villian, or a Fool, w h o does not fall into your Notion of Things ? Vd. N o Opinion ever fprung out of an Univerfal Confent ; Truth can no more be comprehended, than Beauty: W e have our feveral Reafons for the one, and Fancies for the other. And as Beauty has not the fame Influence upon all Complexions ; fo Reafon has not the fame Force upon ail Underftandings: W e embrace what pleafes us in both, fecure our {elves in a Probability, and guefs out Sir |