_Fil_. I have better diversion, Sir, I thank you--come, _Julio_, are you
for a Walk in the Garden of _Medices Villa_, ‘tis hard by?--
_Jul_. I’ll wait on you--
[_Ex_. Fil. _and_ Julio.
Sir _Sig_. How in the Garden of _Medices Villa_?--but, harkye,
_Galliard_, will the Ladies be there, the Curtezans, the _Bona Roba’s_,
the _Inamorata’s_, and the _Bell Ingrato’s_, hah?
_Gal_. Oh, doubtless, Sir.
[_Exit_. Gall.
Sir _Sig_. I’ll e’en bring my Governour thither to beg his Pardon, on
purpose to get an opportunity to see the fine Women; it may be I may get
a sight of my new Mistress, _Donna Silvianetta_, whom _Petro_ is to bring
me acquainted with.
[_Exeunt_.
ACT II.
SCENE I. _The Gardens of the Villa Medici_.
_Enter_ Morosini _and_ Octavio.
_Oct_. By Heaven, I will not eat, nor sleep, nor pray for any thing but
swift and sure Revenge, till I have found _Marcella_, that false
deceiving Beauty, or her Lover, my hated Rival _Fillamour_; who, wanton
in the Arms of the fair Fugitive, laughs at my shameful easiness, and
cries, these Joys were never meant for tame _Octavio_.
_Enter_ Crapine.
_Mar_. How now, _Crapine_! What, no News, no News of my Nieces yet,
_Marcella_ and _Cornelia_?
_Crap_. None, Sir.
_Oct_. That’s wondrous strange, _Rome’s_ a place of that general
Intelligence, methinks thou might’st have News of such trivial things as
Women, amongst the Cardinals Pages: I’ll undertake to learn the Religion
_de stato_, and present juncture of all affairs in _Italy_, of a common
Curtezan.
_Mar_. Sirrah, Sirrah, let it be your care to examine all the Nunneries,
for my own part not a Petticoat shall escape me.
_Oct_. My task shall be for _Fillamour_. [_Aside_.
_Mor_. I’ll only make a visit to your Sister _Donna Laura Lucretia_, and
deliver her a Letter from my Nephew _Julio_, and return to you
presently.--
[_Going out, is staid by_ Octavio.
_Oct_. Stay, Sir, defer your visit to my Sister _Laura_, she is not yet
to know of my being in Town; ‘tis therefore I have taken a Lodging in an
obscure street, and am resolv’d never to be my self again till I’ve
redeem’d my Honour. Come, Sir, let’s walk--
_Enter to them, as they are going out_, Marcella _and_ Cornelia,
_drest like Curtezans_, Philippa, _and Attendance_.
_Mor_. Stay, stay, what Women are these?
_Oct_. Whores, Sir, and so ‘tis ten to one are all the kind; only these
differ from the rest in this, they generously own their trade of Sin,
which others deal by stealth in; they are Curtezans.
[_Exeunt_.
_Mar_. The Evening’s soft and calm, as happy Lovers Thoughts;
And here are Groves where the kind meeting Trees
Will hide us from the amorous gazing Croud.
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