Enter _Willmore_, below sees _La Nuche_, makes up to her, whilst the
last part of the Dance is dancing.
148 La Nu. What makes you follow me, Sir? [She goes from him, he
pursues.
Will. Madam, I see something in that lovely Face of yours, which if not
timely prevented will be your ruin: I’m now in haste, but I have more
to say— [Goes off.
La Nu. Stay, Sir—he’s gone—and fill’d me with a curiosity that will not
let me rest till it be satisfied: Follow me, _Aurelia_, for I must know
my Destiny. [Goes out.
[The Dance ended, the Bank removes, the People go off.
Feth. Come, _Ned_, now for our amorous Visit to the two Lady Monsters.
[Ex. _Feth._ and _Blunt_.
Scene II. Changes to a fine Chamber.
Enter _Ariadne_ and _Lucia_.
Aria. I’m thoughtful: Prithee, Cousin, sing some foolish Song—
SONG.
_Phillis_, whose Heart was unconfin’d
And free as Flowers on Meads and Plains,
None boasted of her being kind,
’Mongst all the languishing and amorous Swains:
No Sighs nor Tears the Nymph could move [bis.
To pity or return their Love.
Till on a time, the hapless Maid
Retired to shun the heat o’th’ Day,
Into a Grove, beneath whose Shade
_Strephon_, the careless Shepherd, sleeping lay:
But oh such Charms the Youth adorn,[bis.
Love is revenged for all her Scorn.
Her Cheeks with Blushes covered were,
And tender Sighs her Bosom warm;
A softness in her Eyes appear,
Unusual Pains she feels from every Charm:
To Woods and Echoes now she cries,[bis.
For Modesty to speak denies.
149 Aria. Come, help to undress me, for I’ll to this Mountebank, to
know what success I shall have with my Cavalier. [Unpins her things
before a great Glass that is fasten’d.
Luc. You are resolv’d then to give him admittance?
Aria. Where’s the danger of a handsom young Fellow?
Luc. But you don’t know him, Madam.
Aria. But I desire to do, and time may bring it about without Miracle.
Luc. Your Cousin _Beaumond_ will forbid the Banes.
Aria. No, nor old _Carlos_ neither, my Mother’s precious Choice, who is
as sollicitous for the old Gentleman, as my Father-in-Law is for his
Nephew. Therefore, _Lucia_, like a good and gracious Child, I’ll end
the Dispute between my Father and Mother, and please my self in the
choice of this Stranger, if he be to be had.
Luc. I should as soon be enamour’d on the North Wind, a Tempest, or a
Clap of Thunder. Bless me from such a Blast.
Aria. I’d have a Lover rough as Seas in Storms, upon occasion; I hate
your dull temperate Lover, ’tis such a husbandly quality, like
_Beaumond’s_ Addresses to me, whom neither Joy nor Anger puts in
motion; or if it do, ’tis visibly forc’d—I’m glad I saw him entertain a
Woman to day, not that I care, but wou’d be fairly rid of him.
Luc. You’ll hardly mend your self in this.
Aria. What, because he held Discourse with a Curtezan?
Luc. Why, is there no danger in her Eyes, do ye think?
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