Servant-- One may know by your Kiss,
that your Ginn is excellent.

_Mrs. Trapes._ I was always very curious in my Liquors.

_Lockit._ There is no perfum'd Breath like it-- I have been long
acquainted with the Flavour of those Lips-- Han't I, Mrs. _Dye_.

_Mrs. Trapes._ Fill it up-- I take as large Draughts of Liquor, as I did
of Love. --I hate a Flincher in either.

AIR XLV. A Shepherd kept Sheep, &c.

[Music]

In the Days of my Youth I could bill like a Dove,
_fa, la, la, &c._
Like a Sparrow at all times was ready for Love,
_fa, la, la, &c._
The Life of all Mortals in Kissing should pass,
Lip to Lip while we're young-- then the Lip to the Glass,
_fa, la, &c._

But now, Mr. _Peachum_, to our Business. --If you have Blacks of any
kind, brought in of late; Mantoes-- Velvet Scarfs-- Petticoats-- Let it
be what it will-- I am your Chap-- for all my Ladies are very fond of
Mourning.

_Peachum._ Why, look ye, Mrs. _Dye_-- you deal so hard with us, that we
can afford to give the Gentlemen, who venture their Lives for the Goods,
little or nothing.

_Mrs. Trapes._ The hard Times oblige me to go very near in my Dealing.
--To be sure, of late Years I have been a great Sufferer by the
Parliament. --Three thousand Pounds would hardly make me amends. --The
Act for destroying the Mint, was a severe Cut upon our Business-- 'Till
then, if a Customer stept out of the way-- we knew where to have her--
No doubt you know Mrs. _Coaxer_-- there's a Wench now ('till to-day)
with a good Suit of Clothes of mine upon her Back, and I could never set
Eyes upon her for three Months together. --Since the Act too against
Imprisonment for small Sums, my Loss there too hath been very
considerable, and it must be so, when a Lady can borrow a handsom
Petticoat, or a clean Gown, and I not have the least Hank upon her!
And, o' my Conscience, now-a-days most Ladies take a Delight in
cheating, when they can do it with Safety.

_Peachum._ Madam, you had a handsom Gold Watch of us 'tother Day for
seven Guineas. --Considering we must have our Profit. --To a Gentleman
upon the Road, a Gold Watch will be scarce worth the taking.

_Mrs. Trapes._ Consider, Mr. _Peachum_, that Watch was remarkable, and
not of very safe Sale. --If you have any black Velvet Scarfs-- they are
a handsom Winter-wear, and take with most Gentlemen who deal with my
Customers. --'Tis I that put the Ladies upon a good Foot. 'Tis not Youth
or Beauty