Beau. He’s in the right; and shall I waste my Youth and powerful
Fortune on one who all this while has jilted me, seeing I was a lavish
loving Fool?—No—this Soul and Body shall not be divided— [Gives her to
_Will._
Will. I am so much thy Friend, another time I might be drawn to take a
bad Bargain off thy Hands—but I have other Business at present: wo’t do
a kind thing, _Harry_,—lend me thy Aid to carry off my Woman to night?
’tis hard by in the Piazza, perhaps we may find Resistance.
Beau. My self and Sword are yours. I have a Chair waits below too, may
do you Service.
Will. I thank ye—Madam—your Servant.
La Nu. Left by both!
Beau. You see our Affairs are pressing. [Bows, and smiles carelesly.
Ex. _Will._ singing, and _Beau._
La Nu. Gone! where’s all your Power, ye poor deluded Eyes? Curse on
your feeble Fires, that cannot warm a Heart which every common Beauty
kindles. Oh—he is gone for ever.
Enter _Petronella_.
Pet. Yes, he is gone, to your eternal Ruin: not all the Race of Men
cou’d have produc’d so bountiful and credulous a Fool.
La Nu. No, never; fetch him back, my _Petronella_: Bring me my wild
Inconstant, or I die— [Puts her out.
Pet. The Devil fetch him back for _Petronella_, is’t he you mean?
you’ve had too much of him; a Curse upon him, he’as ruin’d you.
La Nu. He has, he shall, he must compleat my ruin.
Pet. She raves, the Rogue has given her a _Spanish_ Philtre.
196 La Nu. My Coach, my Veil—or let ’em all alone; undrest thus loosely
to the Winds commit me to darkness, and no Guide but pitying _Cupid_.
[Going out, _Pet._ holds her.
Pet. What, are you mad?
La Nu. As Winds let loose, or Storms when they rage high. [Goes out.
Pet. She’s lost, and I’ll shift for my self, seize all her Money and
Jewels, of which I have the Keys; and if Seignior Mountebank keeps his
Word, be transform’d to Youth and Beauty again, and undo this _La
Nuche_ at her own Trade— [Goes in.
Scene II. The Street.
Enter _Willmore_, _Beaumond_, Chair following.
Will. Set down the Chair; you’re now within call, I’ll to the
Garden-Door, and see if any Lady Bright appear—Dear _Beaumond_, stay
here a minute, and if I find occasion, I’ll give you the Word.
Beau. ’Tis hard by my Lodgings; if you want Conveniences, I have the
Key of the Back-way through the Garden, whither you may carry your
Mistress. _Will._ I thank thee—let me first secure my Woman. [Goes out.
Beau. I thought I’d lov’d this false, this jilting Fair, even above my
Friendship; but I find I can forgive this Rogue, tho I am sure he has
rob’d me of my Joys.
Enter _Ariadne_ with a Casket of Jewels.
Aria. Not yet! a Devil on him, he’s Dear-hearting it with some other
kind Damsel—Faith,’tis most wickedly done of me to venture my Body with
a mad unknown Fellow. Thus a little more Delay will put me into a
serious Consideration, and I shall e’en go home again, sleep and be
sober. [She walks about.
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