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Show The M A I D V laft Trayer: Grang. The Ladies? There lies the Secret: When yoB defign a Bank, you fnft confider what Beauties you fhall get tc draw in Cuftom : And I could tell you, as a cer. tain Lord did, when ask'd, w h y he newer play'd at my L>dy Fawpockett's.-i < day. As hows pray ? '-'. Grang. Why- fmcc you prcfs m e - - I 'don t like your "Women. Gay. Sure you forget m y Charming Lady Trickitti And that's Inhofpitable in her o w n Houfe. Grang. No, faith, I have her in m y Thoughts, a frcft Idea or her, and her little Cheats; her naufeous Tofs, and all thofe Affectations that ought to make a W o m a n odious to Men of Senfe. Gay. Gad a mercy, St, George for England! Now wou'd your Man of Travel and true Drefs be tranfported, with what your right born Britain finds fwch fault with; " and think thefe little Agreemens of abfolute neceiTity to make a Miftrcfs relifh. Grang. T o make a Miftrefs relifh! T o make a Miftreii ftink of the familiarity of half the T o w n : I muft own m y want of good Breeding; the Hogo's much too ftrong for me. Gay. Thou Monfler of Ingratitude! I heard this verj W o m a n , within this Month, fay. there was not fo agree-able a M a n in T o w n as Mr. Granger-, fo generous a Friend, and fo good-humour'd a Gentleman, efpeciaily upon a winning hand.- Grang. W h y there's the Devil on't: O n e Night, about that time, m e loft her Money, and I wis lucky: She, to m y Face, cried up the Generoiity of thofe w h o make their Friends Partakers of their good Fortune : And I was too well fatisfied with mine to contradict her: Next Morning fhe fent to fpeak with me on earned BJ-finefs, which was to borrow 5-00 Guineas. promifing to repay m e with fuch a Grace, that no one w h o had not the Honour to k n o w her Ladyfhip, cou'd hive had the Heart to refufe her. Gay. And h o w cou'd you retire like a M a n of Honour f Gmh Or, Anyy rather than Fail. 13 Grant I told her, mine was a younger Brother's Fortune- not to be ventur'd but on good Security; (he indeed kindly proffer'd m e the beft (he had about her. Gay. And fo you Sign'd and Seal'd? Grang. N o faith, without adviung with Counfel, I knew 'twas fo encumber'd with Fops a-d Blockheads, there was nothing in remainder for a rcafomble Man: There's not a Rogue fo naufeous, but is welcome to her for his Mony: All that will be Lofers, Lenders, or Givers, have an equal Claim to her good Graces: From the grinning (linking Lord, to the tat Booby Squire, whole un-favoury Vapours wou'd offend the Ladies Nofes, in any Ruel but her Lady (hip's. Gay. But what lay you to m y lovely Lady Malepert? She's more particular, one Man at once fuffices there. Grang. Would it were always to be her Husband. That a W o m a n at'eighteen, an Age when Love and Pleasure us'd to rule, (hou'd in the midft of Plenty, value her felf upon the Reputation of a Publican, and always (it at the Receit of Cuftom! Rot her, fhe has lefs Mercy than a Mountebank's Bill: N o Cure, no Mony, is a moral Ho-nefty in the Surgeon; bat no Mony, no Cure, is only the Conf ienceof a Whore. Gay. Prejudice of Education,Granger-. Her Inclinations may be good, and Wijhvoell's Influence over-rule 'em: She governs there, and Intereft governs her. Grang. Nay, Mrs. Wijhwell's the very Flower of M o dern Induftry, and mews a Mafhr-ftroak in all (he does: Firft, to infrnuate, at her Age, in'o the Inclinations of this young Lady; then, with htr Character, to perfwade the Familv fhe was a fit Inftrj&cr for hen and which is more, to make Lord Lofty, tho' turn d of Fifty, agreeable to almoft Fifteen. Gay. But above all, to break the League 'cwixt her and her Lord's Aunt, m y Lady Sufrn, w k ) tho' a Friend to the Proje&ion, cou'd not eniure to hive it brought about by any bur the Family. Grang. Yes, that youthful Virgin of five and forty, with a iwelling Rump,'bow Legs, a mining Face, and colly'd Eyebrows (oLwhat Breath (ke pleafes) fu.e (he's aa |