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d fall in love with thee, and get thy Estate again, or pay the double for't? _Lov._ I wou'd refuse it. _Free._ And this for a little dissembl'd Love, a little Drudgery-- _Lov._ Not a Night, by Heaven-- not an Hour-- no, not a single Kiss. I'd rather make love to an _Incubus_. _Free._ But suppose 'twere the new Protectress her self, the fine Lady _Lambert_? _Lov._ The greatest Devil of all; damn her, do'st think I'll cuckold the Ghost of old _Oliver_? _Free._ The better; There's some Revenge in't; do'st know her? _Lov._ Never saw her, nor care to do. _Cor._ Colonel, do you command me any thing? _Free._ Yes, I'll send thee with a Note-- Let's step into a Shop and write it; _Loveless_, stay a moment, and I'll be with thee. [Ex. _Free._ and _Corporal_. Enter L. _Lambert_, L. _Desbro_, _Gilliflower_, _Pages_ with great Bibles, and Footmen. _Loveless_ walks sullenly, not seeing 'em. [L. _Lambert's_ Train carried. _L. Lam._ O, I'm impatient to know his Name; ah, _Desbro_, he betray'd all my Devotion; and when I would have pray'd, Heav'n knows it was to him, and for him only. _L. Des._ What manner of Man was it? _L. Lam._ I want Words to describe him; not tall, nor short; well made, and such a Face-- Love, Wit and Beauty revel'd in his Eyes; From whence he shot a thousand winged Darts That pierc'd quite through my Soul. _L. Des._ Seem'd he a Gentleman? _L. Lam._ A God! altho his outside were but mean; But he shone thro like Lightning from a Cloud, And shot more piercing Rays. _L. Des._ Staid he long? _L. Lam._ No, methought he grew displeas'd with our Devotion, And seem'd to contradict the Parson with his angry Eyes. A Friend he had too with him, young and handsom, Who seeing some Disorder in his Actions, got him away. --I had almost forgot all Decency, And started up to call him; but my Quality, And wanting something to excuse that Fondness, Made me decline with very much ado. _Gill._ Heavens, Madam, I'll warrant they were Heroicks. _L. Lam._ Heroicks! _Gill._ Cavaliers, Madam, of the Royal Party. _L. Des._ They were so, I knew one of 'em. _L. Lam._ Ah, _Desbro_, do'st thou? Ah, Heav'ns, that they should prove Heroicks! _L. Des._ You might have known that by the Conquest; I never heard any one o't' other Party ever gain'd a Heart; and indeed, Madam, 'tis a just Revenge, our Husbands make Slaves of them, and they kill all their
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