_Sir Pat._ By my Integrity, Madam, I have the Honour to be of your Ladyship's Opinion. It is the prettiest Entertainment I have seen upon the English Theatre, except Orpheus and Eurydice, where the Serpent is--(_Going up to Heartly_) Sir, I have not the Pleasure of being known to you--but I should be proud to have the Honour of an Intimacy with a Gentleman of your polite Parts and Understanding. _Heart._ Sir, I am greatly obliged to you. _Sir Pat._ You must know, Sir, I am but just come into the Kingdom of London, and as I am an entire Stranger here, I should be glad to be acquainted with everybody in the Beau Monde, but with none so soon as a Gentleman of Mr.--pray Sir, what's your Name? _Heart._ Sir, my Name is Heartly. _Sir Pat._ Sir, I am your most obedient humble Servant, and your sincere Friend and Acquaintance likewise--tho' I have the Honour only to be a Stranger to you as yet. _Heart._ Sir, your humble Servant. _Lady._ What a well bred Manner he has. _Sir Pat._ I hope, Sir, you will excuse my Modesty on this Occasion. _Heart._ O dear Sir, your Modesty I dare answer for it will never stand in need of any Excuse. _Sir Pat._ O your very--Sir, I hope you will likewise pardon my Neglect of not introducing myself sooner to your Acquaintance, but I assure you, Sir, the Reason was because I never saw you before. _Heart._ Sir, your Reason is unanswerable; your Name I think is Bashfull, Sir? _Sir Pat._ Sir Patrick Bashfull at your Service. _Heart._ Of the Bashfulls of Ireland I presume, Sir? _Sir Pat._ No Sir, I am originally descended from the Fitz-Bashfulls of France--tho' indeed our Family was of Irish Distraction first of all. _Heart._ Your Title is of Ireland I suppose, Sir? _Sir Pat._ And most Courts of Europe, Sir; I have an intimate Interest with them all, and should be proud to do you any Service with any of them from the Court of Versailles down to the distressed State of Genoa. _Heart._ Sir, you are infinitely obliging. _Lady._ Well but, Mr. Heartly, you will go with us tomorrow Night? _Heart._ By all means, Madam. _Lady._ I have taken a Box for twenty Night; don't you think it will run so long, Sir Patrick? _Sir Pat._ Indeed I believe it will, my Lady, and twenty days too--for it is a charming thing. Pray Madam, is it not one of Shakespear's? _Lady._ O Lud no, Sir--it is entirely new, never was acted before. _Sir Pat._ _I protest, Madam, it is so very fine I took it for one of Shakespear's--for you must know, Madam, that I am a great Admirer of Shakespear and Milton's Comedies--they are very diverting. O they have fine long Soliloquies in them--to be or not to be, that's the Dispute--Don't you think, Madam, that's a charming fine Play--that Hamlet Prince of Dunkirk, and Othello Moor of Venus they say is a very deep Comedy, but I never saw it acted._