Alon. Wait them in, they are those Friends of mine I told you of. [He
goes and brings them in.
Enter _Marcel_ and _Clarinda_, _Silvio_ and _Cleonte_, _Antonio_ and
_Hippolyta_, _Dormida_ and _Francisca_; all salute _Euphemia_.
Enter _Haunce_ and _Gload_ in Masquerade to the Company, _Olinda_ and
_Dorice_ masked.
Hau. Well, the Devil’s in’t if we shall not appear ridiculous enough,
hah, _Gload?_
Glo. Ay, Sir, the more ridiculous the better.
Hau. I was always of that mind.—Ha, ha, Boys, who be all these Dons and
Donnas?—Harkye, _Lovis_, I hope the Wife you promis’d me is amongst
these fair Ladies, for so I guess they are both, fair and Ladies.
Lov. You guess right, Sir.
Alon. Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, command your Musick, and do what likes
you best.
Lov. Here’s the Lady I recommend to you, take her, Sir, be thankful.
[Gives him _Olinda_.
Olin. This is the Fool that I am to manage.
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Dor. And this is my Lot. [Takes _Gload_.
[Musick plays, they all dance.
Lov. There is within a young Father ready to join your Hands: take this
opportunity, and make sure of a Wife.
Hau. I warrant you, Sir.
[Exeunt _Haunce_, _Olinda_, _Gload_, and _Dorice_.
Enter _Pedro_.
Ped. Your Mother, Sir, whom I found more dead than living, for the loss
of your Sister, was very near dying outright with Joy, to hear of your
Arrival, and most impatiently expects you.
Dorm. And are we all forgiven, _Pedro?_
Ped. Yes, you and I are like to be Fellow-Servants together again,
_Dormida_.
Dorm. And Fellow-Lovers too I hope, _Pedro_.
Ped. The Devil’s in’t if Age have not allay’d Flames of all sorts in
thee; but if you contribute to my allowance—
Dorm. Thou know’st I could never keep any thing from thee, _Pedro_.
Alon. Come, Ladies, there is a small Banquet attends you in the next
Room.
Silv. We’ll wait on you, Sir.
Enter _Haunce_, _Gload_, _Olinda_, and _Dorice_.
Hau. Hold, hold, and give me Joy too, for I am married, if she has not
mistaken her Man again, and I my Woman.
Olin. No, you are the Man I look for, and I no Cheat, having all about
me that you look for too, but Money. [Discovers her self.
Alon. How, _Olinda!_
Olin. Yes, indeed, Sir, I serv’d my Lady first, and then thought it no
Offence to take the Reward due to that Service.
Hau. Here’s a _Spanish_ Trick for you now, to marry a Wife, before one
sees her.
329 Euph. What, _Dorice_ married too?
Dor. After your Example, Madam.
Glo. Yes, indeed, forsooth, and I have made bold too after the Example
of my Master.
Hau. Now do they all expect I should be dissatisfied; but, Gentlemen,
in sign and token that I am not, I’ll have one more merry Frisk before
we part, ’tis a witty Wench; faith and troth, after a Month ’tis all
one who’s who; therefore come on, _Gload_. [They dance together.
Alon. Monsieur _Haunce_, I see you are a Man of Gallantry. Come let us
in, I know every Man here desires to make this Night his own, and
sacrifice it to Pleasure.
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