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Show Cuckolds make Themfelves. 3*9 yir. Fri. I think the Ladies ought to take it very ill of if you dd: But if fhe proves Hbneft to the laft, that s Jtftainj 'tis more than the Fellow deferves. A very pret- Cfca'ra&er this, faith and troth. [To Wilding* wild. And very well k n o w n in this T o w n. Mr. Fri. Gad, I believe, I can help you to a great many hints, that may be very ferviceable to you. Well. I defign to make ufe of you: W e , w h o write piays, muft fometimes be beholden to our Friends. But Jre of this at leifure. Mr. Fri. Will you walk, Gentlemen? the Ladies arebe- 3*4 The W I V E S EXCUSE: Or, m confident; but one thing or other always kickMi) °u t again; But I promife you, I'll write a Scene for y011, Wild. Before you k n o w the Subjed? » * * . Pr'yiee, whatis't? But be what itwill.hj *,<%<*«** « > £ « * « • *• m y Hand upon it, I'll write it for you. Well. You muft k n o w then, Sir, I a m fcandaliz.'d ex treamly to fee the W o m e n upon the Stage make Cuck olds at that infatiable Rate they do in all our modern Co medies: Without any other Reafon from the Poets, but becaufe a Man is married he muft be a Cuckold: Now Sir, I think, the W o m e n are moft unconfeionably injur' hy this general Scandal upon their Sex; therefore to d fore us. .'_ \ _ . ' 'em what Service I can in their Vindication,! defign I Well I have a little Bufinefs with Gilding. ^ellM write a Play, and call it Mr. Fri. Ay, what, I befeech you, I love to knowt N a m e of a n e w Phy. Well. The Wives Excufe: Or, Cuckolds make Themfika, M r Fri, A very pretty N a m e faith and troth;andn like to be popular among the W o m e n. Wild. And true among the Men. Mr. Frt. But what Characters have you? Well. What Charaaers? W h y I defign to ibew a fi young W o m a n marry'd to an impertinent, nonfenfi filly, intrigueing, cowardly, good-for-nothing Coxconi Wild. This Blockhead does not know his own Pidm [4 Mr.Fri Well, and h o w ? She muft make him a Cud ©Id I fuppofe. Weil. 'Twas that I was thinking on when you came to Mr. Fri. O , Yes, you muft make him a Cuckold. Wild. By all means a Cuckold. Mr. Fri. For fuch a Character, Gentlemen, will via cate a Wife in any thing lhe can do to him. He mull Cuckold. Well. I a m fatisfied he ought to be a Cuckold; andi deed if the Lady would take m y Advice, fhe mould d him a Cuckold. Mr Fri. She'd hear Reafon, I warrant her Well. I have not yet determinedi how to difpofe o But in regard to the Ladies, I believe I (hall m j Honeft at laft. kw you. [£*#f.FriendaiL Tild. Bufinefs with me, Wellvile ? rell. About a fair Lady, I'll tell you as w e walk. [Ex, iter Lovemore with Mrs. Friendall, Mrs. Sightly, Mrs, Witwoud, and Mrs. Teazall. Tent. Nay, indeed, Mr. Lovemoret as matters are m a - ig'd between the M e n and W o m e n of the T o w n , 'tis mo lefs a BlelTing for a Lady to have a Husband that wiJ ut fo much as offer to fight for her and her Honour' an 'as for a Husband to have a Lady, that has any Ho» our to defend: There's fuch a depravity in Matrimony* 'both fide?, now-a-days. > \k. Why, good Madam, is* it fuch a Bufinefs, for a n to offer to fight for his Wife? Wit. Ail that I k n o w is, the M a n that would not fight [for me, fhou'd do nothing eKe for me. Tent. You'll have your Wit, let who's will blufh for'f. Love. As you fay, Madam, [to Mrs. Teazall] a M a n of lonour is a great Bleffing in a Husband; fuch as Mr. has fhown himfelf to be. And here's a Lady M l value the Bleffing as it deferves. Mrs.fri. I muft indeed defpife him in m y Thoughts.[^7//e. Wit. Fulfom and foolifh ! let's hear no more on'c:Ther lent think this can blind us ? [Walking of with Sightly. love. If you were not inclin'd to it before, Madam* bis laft Behaviour of his would engage you to Value fuch Bleffing as you ought, p * > Mrs. Fri, JWf| |