_Piz._ Why, what makes this young Jade stay so long? Adod, this is to pay before hand----Ha----methinks I hear a Laughing and Giggling in my Wife's Apartment; I must know whence their Mirth proceeds. Ho! here's _Lucy_ coming----Harkee you, pray, why did you make me wait so long? Nay, I'm resolved you shan't escape me now----[_Goes to the Door, and pulls in_ Ludovico _in_ Lucy'_s Cloaths, whose Commode falls off in the Struggle, and discovers his bald Head_.] Oh! Benedicite! What have we here? A Man disguis'd in my Wife's Chamber! and I unarm'd! Oh! Curst Minute!----Speak, thou wicked Prophet, thou Son of Iniquity, what camest thou here for? Ha----Thou Priest of _Baal_, to offer Sacrifices on the Altar of my Wife? Oh! my Head! my Horns weigh it down to the Ground already----Within there, bring me my Sword and Pistols. _Lud._ A Pox on all Petticoats----What a Devil shall I say now? Oh! for a Sword! that would be of more Use to me now than my Tongue. _Enter Lady_ Pizalto. _Piz._ Oh! thou wicked fallacious Woman! L. _Piz._ What ails my dear Chucky? Why dost thou call for Arms, Deary? _Piz._ To cut down that vile Creeper which over-runs thy Garden of Virtue---- L. _Piz._ [_aside._] Now Impudence assist me. Ah! Heavens! What's here? A Man in Disguise? A Thief it must be----Raise the Servants----Oh! Heaven! we might have had all our Throats cut in our Beds----Now for _Lucy_, for I am at a Loss to come off. [_Aside._ _Piz._ No, no, I warrant, you know he is more gentle in Bed. _Lud._ [_aside._] Oh! the Devil, what does she mean? Death, Hell and Furies! if I come off now, catch me at this Sport again, and hang me---- _Enter_ Lucy. L. _Piz._ Oh! are you there. Mistress? How came this Man here in your Cloaths? Ha! Gentlewoman-- _Lucy._ [_aside._] How confidently she asks the Question, poor Lady? as if she knew nothing of it! Now must I bring her off--For Reasons you must not know, Madam. _Piz._ Ah! Thou wicked Pair of Bellows to blow the Fire of Iniquity! Why, thou art the very Casement thro' which thy Mistress sucks the Air of Abomination--Tell me, I say, how he came here, and for what----and be sure it be a substantial Lie, or 'twill not pass. _Lucy._ [_aside_] All my Hopes are in her Impudence. _Lucy_ to _Pizal_. Harkee, Sir, one Word with you----Do you remember our Agreement To-night? _Piz._ Why, what of that? ha---- _Lucy._ Then imagine what I design'd that Gentleman for; I'm honest, Sir, that's all---- _Piz._ I'm honest, Sir, that's all--[_Mimicking her Tone._] Honest! with a Pox----What! and so you honestly provided a Companion for my Wife in my Absence--ha---- _Lucy._ No, Sir, I design'd him for your Companion in my Absence----This is the Business he was drest for: Therefore no more Words, but believe my Lady honest, or all shall out.