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Show • • • *7°* The WIVES EXCUSE: Or SJ"in&- Very often an Occafion for a Miftrefs Oc«fio£U f3y f° ^ fdf' l kn°W n°thin8 of * %/»£. Shall I bring you acquainted with fome o f J I have great Variety, and have, every Day, a ne! 1 m. Hom^h^ g° ^ With »- 1 S/>r/*£. O r h o m e with me, will do m v R„r r f > But it won't do mine, Sir Y ^fmtki& * . tyw*. Then let it be h o m e with von th • , m g is very convenient. y° ' tho m? H Wr. Why, this is fudden indeed, upon fo fm,l! . nev^ou"kno°JePr f' * h°PC' Madam? Bc^r *M oXWCk rec0eTv'dC O m e j " ^ ' haVC k' ° - * » J ? ^ *?.°& r°u will make to every Won,, .till it be receiv'd, I dare anfwer for you S£i»*. That's more than you can do for your felf ft refufing it. But the Folly fall upon your o w n H ea have done m y part, and 'tis your fault if you're idle! Sight. You have been entertainU, Coufin--1"* „,. „ [Sightly to k Wit By a very pretty prating Fellow, Coufin • and! could be contented to let h-m fhow his Parts this way as of en as he pleas'd. Sight. What 1 like a Man of Honour, he's for maki good what he fays-*---• Wit. And comes fo quick upon that Bufinefs, hewoi'i afford a W o m a n a reafonafcfe liking-time, to make accent Excufe to her felf, if fhe fhou'd allow him a Favour, ^ Sight. T h e youn; Officer has heard enough of youi Character, I fuppofe, not to put it too much into youi power of laughing at him. Wit. I'm forry for'r : I would have a Man know juS •enough of m e , to make him a Lover j and then, in a Cuckolds make Themfelves. ±79 time, I flioold know enough of him, to make him ?ti* This will come home to you one day. J M n any fhape but a Husband, Coufin But m e thinks E^^-^SU • Husband is in ^Ke Men will always defign upon our Sex, but I ttiZ^lT^t if (he fhould fall from the LIv of the FTefh, into that Folly, fhe will appear no ^ L r wlat ever her Husband may be. What fay you , a ramble after the Mufick? Sight. I fay nothing to't. Wit. A Hackney jaunt, from one end of the T o w n to (•other ? Skht. 'Tis too late. . . ffrt 1 k n o w two ieveral Companies gone into the City, ,neto Pontaeks, and t'other to the Rummer, to Supper : ' want to difturb, ftrangelyj what fay you, Cot? Let's jtonour Mafques, draw up the GlalTes, and fend up ror the Men, to make their W o m e n uneafie: There's one of'em to be marry'd, it m a y do good upon her, by fhew- 'ng what fhe muft truft to, if fhe will have a Husband. Sight. And can yon be fo mifchievous? Wit. Can you refift the Temptation? Sight. I came with Mn». Friendall, and muft go h o me jith her. Look to your Charge there. Wit. I have an Eye that way. Sight. Wefliallfec you to-Morrow, Coufin? Wit. At your Toylet, Coufin j you are always m y £rft Vifit. [Goes to Wilding and Fanny, Mn. Fri. Is this your Friendfhip to Mr. Friendall? I muft not hear it. L*vt. You fee he gives you leave. ^ Mn.Fri. Therefore I can't take it; the Confidence is fo generous, that ev'n that wou'd iccurc m e to him. ILovel m • |