one side,--so,--fold your Arms,--good,--now
and then heave your breast with a sigh,--most excellent.--
[_He groans_.
_Fran_. Bills for so many thousands.
_Jac_. He has you in his eye already.
_Isa_. Ah, _Jacinta_, thou flatterest me.
_Jac_. Return him some kind looks in pity.
[_She sets her Eyes, and bows, &c_.
_Car_. That other's my Mistress,--couldst thou but keep this old Fellow
in discourse whilst I give her the sign to retire a little.--
_Guil_. I'll warrant you I'll banter him till you have cuckolded him, if
you manage matters as well as I.
_Fran_. My Lord, I ask your pardon for my rudeness in not knowing you
before, which I ought to have done in good manners I confess; who the
Devil does he stare at so?--Wife, I command you to withdraw, upon pain
of our high displeasure.--my Lord, I shall dispatch your affairs,--he
minds me not,--Ay, 'tis my Wife, I say, Minion, be gone,--your Bills, my
Lord, are good, and I accept 'em;--why a Devil he minds me not yet,
[Julia _goes to t'other side to_ Carlos.]--and though I am not at my
proper home,--I am where I can command Money,--hum,--sure 'tis my
Daughter,--Ay, ay,--'tis so, how if he should be smitten now; the plaguy
Jade had sure the Spirit of Prophecy in her; 'tis so--'tis she--my Lord.
_Guil_. Prithee, old Fellow, Peace,--I am in love.
_Fran_. In love,--what, shall I be the Father of a Lord? wou'd it become
me, think ye?--he's mighty full of Cogitabund--my Lord,--sure his Soul
has left the Tenement of his Body--I have his Bills here, and care not
if it never return more.
[_Looks over the Bills_.
_Car_. Dear _Julia_, let's retire, our time's but short.
_Jul_. I dare not with you, the venture wou'd be too bold in a young
beginner in the Thefts of Love.
_Guil_. Her Eyes are Suns, by _Jove_.
_Car_. Oh, nothing is so ventrous as Love, if it be true.
_Guil_. Or else, two Morning Stars, All other Beauties are but Soot
to her.
_Jul_. But shou'd my Husband--
_Car_. He's safe for one dear half hour, I'll warrant you, come.
_Fran_. Um--my Wife here still, must I begin to thunder.
_Jul_. Lord, and you be so froward, I'll be gone.--
_Car_. So, her Husband, kind heart, lest she should be cruel, has
himself given me the dear opportunity.--[_Aside_.--Be sure you keep the
old Fellow in discourse awhile.
_Guil_. Be you as sure to cuckold him.-- [_Ex_.
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