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Show • 29<S The W I V E S EXCUSE: Or, 1 'A i!£ a»<le the Bufinefs of the Nation, to manage hen *hls rnuft be the Letter-Lady : She comes a little unfq onable, it (he k n e w au ; if fhe has Experience enough 10 allow for fome natural Mifcarriages, which mav hap Pe n in the beginning of an Amour, I may pacific hi that way • 'Tis but fwearing heartily, damning the to deby of m y Conftitution, laying its Faults upon an 0 J * < % & to her, and promifing better Things for the FB! ture : That us'd to be a current Excufe ; but 'tis theWa men's Fault, if it pafs too often upon 'em-*--If prove an old Acquaintance, the Coldnefs ot the Enter! tainment will fecure m e from the Perfecution of herVi] fits hereafter : But it it be a Face I never faw, I may i her well enough yet, to encourage her to another k pointment. So every w a y does m y Bufinefs, whateyj becomes of the Lady's [Witwoud enttrs mask'd] Madam, I beg your Pardon Wit. N o Excufes, good Sir ; Men of Employment above good Breeding, and 1 fee you have a great dcali on your Hands. Wild. I a m a M a n of Bufinefs, indeed, Madam; j as you were pleas'd to fignifie in your Letter, my H dice lies a m o n g the W o m e n : What can I do for you? Wit. Can't you tell what, Sir ? You are not the MJI I took you for : But you are like our Fortune-telld w h o come into our Secrets more by our o w n Folly, I betraying our felves, than by any Skill or Knowledge j their o w n . Wild. Indeed I fhould ha' proceeded, as moft of tM| Fellows do, fet out impudently at firft, taken feveri things for granted (as that you were no Maid, and i forth) ventur'd briskly at every thing, and fomethifl might have happen'd to pleafe you. Wit. Did the Lady, juft gone away from you, fit Wild. She had what fbe came for: You would take ill, to lofe your Labour your felf, Madam. Wit. She ventui'd at every thing, as briskly as yc could, I fuppofe, Sir ? Cuckolds make Themfelves. *97 Wild 'Tis a to wardly Girl indeed, and comes on finely; w e no reafon to complain of lofing m y Labour upon J ? V She's ready for running away from her Relations L d v Are not you a little that w a y mchn d ? f-°fe* L / i f vou have any troubles uron your Spirits, U o u o - - jfe, You can remove 'cm into the Fleih, I warrant hM If you have ever a Husband, that lies heavy i n your Confcience, I have a Cordial will drive the liftemper from your Heart. Wit W h y that's kind indeed, to m a k e fome room for ,, Lover: But that is not m y Diftemper : I could re-ve it my felt, if I had a Husband, whether f would iak, him a Cuckold, or no : But I lye under a Dimcul-ofdifpofing of a Maiden-head. £ Wild. There I muft rcfolve you, that cafe I otten VrfBut hear it, I befeech you, before you decide it. Wild That would do well in Weftmir.Jler-Hall, I grant ,u but in Proceedings of this nature, w e are always a ihe Plaintiffs fide : Let the fober Party fay what they n to the Reafon of the thing * you are certainly in the ight, in pleafing your felf. J Wit. 'Twill come to that, I believe : For you mutt l0w, Sir, that being under the Difcretion and Tyranny an old Aunt • Wild. You will naturally run away from her. Wit. And being confiderable enough, to be followed ir my Fortune Wild. You will certainly be betray'd, and Sold by h e r- Wtt. To fome Booby of her o w n Breed, w h o paying o dear for the Purchafe, will undo himfelf, to undo ne. Wild. Come, come, you are n o w under m y Care, 'tis jy Fault, if you mifcarry-- Wit. And mine too, if I do. Wild. Let m e be your Ti uftee Wit. Indeed the W o m a n fiiould cheat the Man, as mch as fhe can, before Marriage; becaufe, after it, he b a Title of cheating her, as long as he lives, 0 j- Wildi "VHP m |