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Show ^^6 Sir ANTONY LOVE: Or, Abb. What, make a N u n of her, againft her Will! Can. T o cut off all Pretenders; but to prove how I regard your Friend, Chariot you know, inferior in nothing but her Years, if Valentine likes her, fhe has my leave, and fhall receive his Vifits at the Grate: Let him but conquer her, he has gain'd me. [Extti Abb. Let him get Flortante, and he conquers thee. Palmer enters in another Difguife. A h m y little Palmer I Y o u lye as clofe as a Man in a Proclamation; but you are a Pilgrim of Honour, I find - Palm. Where I a m engag'd,* Sir- Abb. Sir Antony can never difcover thee. [Turns him about. Palm. I warrant I do your Bufinef - - . Abb. And your o w n Bufinefs Palm. My o w n Bufinefs to be fure, and Sir Antony's too, or I (ball lofe m y Labour. Abb. About it, about it inftantly, and profper, m y little Palmer. [Exit Palmer, Enter Valentinevw/V& Sir Antony and Sir Gentle. Abb. Valentine! I have fome News for you: [Walks eff with him. Sir Ant. But you amaze me, Sir Gentle- Sir Gent. It would amaze one indeed, Sir Antony. Sir Ant. 'Tis the oddeft piece of Roguery and Impu. dence that I have heard of. Sir Gent. Ay, fo 'tis, 'tis pretty odd, and impudent in- C Sir Ant. A cheating Gypfie; I warrant fhe has had her Eye upon you, from your firft coming to Town. Sir Gent. Nay, ndt unlikely. Sir Ant. I began to fufpeft her m y felf, fhe f>reft me fo otten to bring you. , Sir Gent. A h ? »f * had known that, Sir Antony! si* Ant Why, what if you had? S t o W b , 1 would ha' (laid away* but rf you had been with me, it had been the better (or « . sir Ant Much at one (or that, I believe. But is IK gone ott of Town, do you fay? You fhould have apprehended net- '• -. sit The RAMBLING LADY, W L i, <Ws eone from her Lodging. Sir Gent. Pugh, p u g h - « * » 8 o n e ' fte mull not ftay long in a P h * ,. Sir Ant. 'Tis very w e ! ihe« gone ^ fc ^ &> Gem. Ay, fo it is. Ana 1 nuy ^^ T* A I dare fwear for him, he fpeaks his Heart. Inter Palmer to him. Well, sir_your Bufinefs with mej > b e g £ . - wife, keep it for your o w n Ufe; 1 never app "tT Si^ot^y ^ you pleafe, or ca.1 me ™t AZ. tf "^ThTnour you, *&$* Palm. Then I a m ode, and one emp?yd w y ° * - fflr .**. Begin your Employment, that I may go *. b°pX!nwhy then, Sir, in few Words, there'* a Lady Wfi?**** the Sick, let her die in Peace: But don'r let a Prieft come near her; hell ask her bawdy Queftions, when (he has a Mind to be ferious. Pa/w. She's onlv dying for you, Sir. Sir <4i*. Were flic living for me, I could fay fomething to her; if (he make a Will, as far as the Legacy goes, I may remember her. Palm. Your Mirth becomes you, Sir; but the Lady .« in very good Health, and, in fhort, only dying in love with you. Sir Ant. Short and fweet. Palm. And has a Mind • Sir Ant. I know her Mind; and what (he has a Mind to. Palm. You know the World enough, Sir; to excufea L^dy in L o v e - - - Sir Ant. And abfolve her too. Palm. Tho' fhe fhould have a Husband « Sir Ant. For making him a Cuckold •• Palm. Not to make a Practice of it. Sir Ant. The oftner the better, Talm, * |