The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, in Five ActsFarquhar, George
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The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, in Five Acts
Farquhar, George
Comedy plays; English drama (Comedy)
_Clinch. sen._ No matter for that, he's dead; and am not I a young,
powdered, extravagant English heir?
_Clinch. jun._ Very right, sir.
_Clinch. sen._ Why then, sir, you may be sure that I am going to the
Jubilee, sir.
_Clinch. jun._ Jubilee! What's that?
_Clinch. sen._ Jubilee! Why, the Jubilee is----'Faith I don't know what
it is.
_Dicky._ Why, the Jubilee is the same thing as our Lord Mayor's day in
the city; there will be pageants, and squibs, and raree-shows, and all
that, sir.
_Clinch. jun._ And must you go so soon, brother?
_Clinch. sen._ Yes, sir; for I must stay a month at Amsterdam, to study
poetry.
_Clinch. jun._ Then I suppose, brother, you travel through Muscovy, to
learn fashions; don't you, brother?
_Clinch. sen._ Brother! Pr'ythee, Robin, don't call me brother; sir will
do every jot as well.
_Clinch. jun._ Oh, Jupiter Ammon! why so?
_Clinch. sen._ Because people will imagine you have a spite at me.--But
have you seen your cousin Angelica yet, and her mother, the Lady
Darling?
_Clinch. jun._ No; my dancing-master has not been with me yet. How shall
I salute them, brother?
_Clinch. sen._ Pshaw! that's easy; 'tis only two scrapes, a kiss, and
your humble servant. I'll tell you more when I come from the Jubilee.
Come along. [_Exeunt._
[Illustration: SIR HARRY WILDAIR.--HERE IS A NEST OF THE PRETTIEST
GOLDFINCHES, THAT EVER CHIRPED IN A CAGE. ACT. II. SCENE. II.]
SCENE II.
LADY DARLING'S _House_.
_Enter_ SIR H. WILDAIR _with a Letter_.
_Sir H._ Like light and heat, incorporate we lay;
We bless'd the night, and curs'd the coming day.
Well, if this paper kite flies sure, I'm secure of my game----Humph!--the
prettiest _bourdel_ I have seen; a very stately genteel one----
FOOTMEN _cross the Stage_.
Heyday! equipage too!----'Sdeath, I'm afraid I've mistaken the house!
_Enter_ LADY DARLING.
No, this must be the bawd, by her dignity.
_Lady D._ Your business, pray, sir?
_Sir H._ Pleasure, madam.
_Lady D._ Then, sir, you have no business here.
_Sir H._ This letter, madam, will inform you farther. Mr. Vizard sent
it, with his humble service to your ladyship.
_Lady D._ How does my cousin, sir?
_Sir H._ Ay, her cousin, too! that's right procuress again. [_Aside._
_Lady D._ [Reads.] _Madam----Earnest inclination to serve----Sir
Harry----Madam----court my cousin----Gentleman----fortune_----
_Your ladyships most humble servant_, VIZARD.
Sir, your fortune and quality are sufficient to recommend you any where;
but what goes farther with me is the recommendation of so sober and
pious a young gentleman as my cousin Vizard.
_Sir H._ A right sanctified bawd o' my word! [_Aside._
_Lady D._ Sir Harry, your conversation with Mr. Vizard argues you a
gentleman, free from the loose and vicious carriage of the town. I shall
therefore call my daughter. [_Exit._
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