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Show 30<s The WIVES EXCUSE: Or> * # If none of thefe Offers will ferve his Turn, [Seeing Lovemore he takes Heart «jt *,r> if your Friend will be fatisfy'd with nothing but tremities, let him look to himfelf, let what will be Confequence; I muft do as well r«s I can with him. L°ve. So, he has feen me, 1 find. [^ Spring. What the Devil he won't fight at laft fure.j^ ^Rrf. Sir, your moft humble Servant: You guefs th Gentlemens Bufinefs I fuppofe; I have offer'd 'em Satiefa&ion in reafon: But taking me, as you fee, Sir a Difadvantage, two to one, nothing wou'd content Without expofing m y felf, as a Rafcal, to all the To Sir; now, Sir, you are more a Gentleman I know, they fhall be damn'd before I give 'em any other S fa&ion, m o w I have a Man of Honour to ftand by rat Love. Gentlemen, I came to reconcile you, if I What fay you ? Spring. H e offer'd juft n o w to beg m y Brother'! don in the Play-Houfe. Ruf. Make your beft on't; I did fo. Mr. Fri. Then let it be to Night in thc Side-Box, U the L a d i e s - Ruf. With all m y Heart, Sir. Mr.Fri. For they are the part of the T o w n thataMi Pleafure fhould fecure a Reputation withal. Your Ser Sir. Lovemore, your humble Servant. [Friendall and Springam y Love. And haft thou begg'd his Pardon? Ruf. And glad to come off fo: I was never fo put to to bring m y felf off a Quarrel before; it had been im fible, if the Captain had not done a good Office betw usj but I bore up as foon as I faw you. Love. But then 'twas too late. You had fncakin bceg'd his Pardon before: If you had font to mc at I wou'd have brought you off cleverly. Suppofc he carry'd you behind Southampton Houfe, which he n intended,'twas but falling down, or dropping yourSw when you came there, to have fav'd all: But now have ruin'd your o w n Reputation, and my Debgn o him for ever. Cuckolds make Themfelves. 3«7 uf What cou'd I*do? He not only fenc m e a Chal- ;Hut came himfelf to carry m e along with him. [ ^ How? Send you a Challenge, and come, with it fcSf! that's fomething odd; pray, let's fee the Chal-f't There 'tis; make your beft on't; the Paper will ^alrnrable Crackers for a Lord-Mayor's Show, e- £ Word in'c is as hot a, Gun-Powder. I a m glabra tf If this be friendaWs Stile, 'tis mightily mended 11 have a Note of his about me, up>on Child, for U Jon It Play: H compare 'em 'Tis not his I n S r - N a y , then them's more in't-This m a y . ^ £ £ n ot his Wife's-I've feen her Hand and S n e a r it: It muft be fo: But then Friendf* J f f o sltisfaaion, is an Argument he might fend f Challenge: But coming at the fame time with it liliTin Argument agatnft him, that he k n e w no- Jft h Matfer. Forfho' he delivers his Lov*Let-ghe wou'd hardly deliver his Challenges himfe f: And his coming here, Springam might put him upon t, from •rafonable Probability that this Fellow was a Rafcal. I S n o w what to fix upon: This Challenge will be of >to me with the Lady: I'll take it for granted that (he it it, and proceed upon it accordingly. [£*•''• SCENE changes to St. James V Park. \Utr Mr. Friendall, Springam, Mrs. Friendall mi Mrs. Teazall. Siring. Brother, if you have no farther Service for m e; Lift think of employing m y felf, m y Walk lies ano-fc way. [Exit. Mrs. Fri. I'm glad you're rid of this Bufinefs fo hand-mly Mr. Friendall, and that Mr. Lovemore was by at hi* egging your Pardon. mM When I undertake things of this kind, I al-pys go thro' with 'em. iMrs.fri. This is very well over, and I hope you wiH Dee care to keep out of 'em for the future. itor.fri. Every Man has the Misfortune of 'cm fortieses, Madam. Mrs. Jcri |