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inoceros_. Gad, I'll sell the young Rogue by Inch of Candle, before he's debauch'd and spoil'd in this leud Town. L. _Youth._ Well, suppose-- Sir _Row._ Nothing under _Teresia_--Gad, I think some old Dog-Star reigns to Day, that so many old Hearts are burning in their Sockets--I'm in love with this young Tittymouse here, most damnably--Well, what say you, Widow? Speak now, or you know the Proverb. L. _Youth._ Well, Sir _Rowland_, you are too hard for me. [Ex. all but _Teresia_. Enter _Olivia_, runs to her and embraces her. _Ter._ 'Tis as you said, _Olivia_, I am destin'd to your Father. _Oliv._ What, the Sentence is past then? _Ter._ Ay, but the Devil is in us, if we stay till Execution Day: Why, this is worse than being mew'd up at _Hackney-School_--my Fortune's my own, without my Grandmother, and with that Stock I'll set up for my self, and see what Traffick this wide World affords a young beginner. _Oliv._ That's well resolv'd; I am of the same mind, rather than marry Mr. _Welborn_, whom I never saw.--But prithee let's see what we have in Stock, besides ready Money--What Toys and Knick-nacks to invite. _Ter._ Faith, my Inventory is but small--Let me see--First, one pretty well made Machine, call'd a Body, of a very good Motion, fit for several uses--one pretty conceited Head-Piece, that will fit any body's Coxcomb,--when 'tis grave and dull, 'twill fit an Alderman; when politick and busy, a Statesman; turn it to Intrigue, 'twill fit a City Wife; and to Invention, it will set up an Evidence. _Oliv._ Very well! _Ter._ _Item_, One Tongue, that will prattle Love, if you put the Heart in time (for they are Commodities I resolve shall go together) I have Youth enough to please a Lover, and Wit enough to please my self. _Oliv._ Most excellent Trifles all! As for my out-side, I leave to the Discretion of the Chafferer; but I have a rare Device, call'd an Invention, that can do many Feats; a Courage that wou'd stock a Coward; and a pretty Implement, call'd a Heart, that will strike fire with any convenient force: I have eight thousand Pounds to let out on any able Security, but not a Groat unless I like the Man. _Ter._ Thus furnish'd, we shall ruin all the _Jews_, and undo the _India_ Houses--But where shall we show? where meet with the Love-Merchants? _Oliv._ What think you of the Gallery at the Play in Masks? _Ter._ Shu, a State-Trick, first taken up by Women of Quality, and now r
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