_Jul_. Fill’d with hopes of Success, at night I made her a Visit, and under her Window had a skirmish with some Rival, who was then serenading her. _Gal_. Was’t he that fought us then.--[_Aside_.-- But it seems you were not mistaken in the House-- On with your Story pray--Death, I grow jealous now-- [_Aside_.] You came at Night you said? _Jul_. Yes, and was receiv’d at the door by the kind _Silvianetta_, who softly whisper’d me, come to my Bosom, and be safe for ever! and doubtless took me for some happier Man. _Lau_. Confusion on him, ‘twas my very Language! [_Aside raving_. _Jul_. Then led me by dark into her Chamber. _Cor_. Oh, this damn’d lying Rascal! I do this? [_Aside_. _Jul_. But oh, the things, the dear obliging things, the kind, the fair young Charmer said and did. _Gal_. To thee! _Jul_. To me. _Gal_. Did _Silvianetta_ do this, _Silvianetta_ the Curtezan? _Jul_. That passes, Sir, for such, but is indeed of Quality. _Cor_. This Stranger is the Devil, how shou’d he know that Secret else? _Jul_. She told me too ‘twas for my sake alone, whom from the first Minute she saw she lov’d, she had assum’d that Name and that Disguise, the sooner to invite me. _Lau_. ‘Tis plain, the things I utter’d!--Oh, my Heart! _Gal_. Curse on the publick Jilt, the very Flattery she wou’d have past on me. _Cor_. Pox take him, I must draw on him, I cannot hold. [_Aside_. _Gal_. Was ever such a Whore? _Lau_. Oh, that I knew this Man, whom by mistake I lavisht all the Secrets of my Soul to! [_Aside_. _Jul_. I prest for something more than dear Expressions, And found her yield apace; But sighing, told me of a fatal Contract, She was oblig’d to make to one she never saw; And yet if I wou’d vow to marry her, when she cou’d prove To merit it, she wou’d deny me nothing. _Lau_. ‘Twas I, by Heaven, that heedless Fool was I. _Jul_. Which I with Lover’s’ eager Joy perform’d, And on my Knees utter’d the hasty Words, Which she repeated o’er, and gave me back. _Gal_. So, he has swallow’d with a vengeance the very Bait she had prepar’d for me, or any body that wou’d bite. [_Aside_. _Jul_. But e’er I cou’d receive the dear Reward of all my Vows, I was drawn upon by a Man that lay hid in her Chamber; Whether by chance or design I know not; who fought me out, And was the same you found me engag’d with. _Cor_. A pleasant Rascal this, as e’er the Devil taught his Lesson to. _Gal_. So, my Comfort is, she has jilted him too most damnably. _Cor_. Slife, I have anger enough to make me valiant; why shou’d I not make use on’t, and beat this lying Villain whilst the Fit holds? _Gal_. And you design to keep these Vows, though you’re contracted to another Woman? _Jul_. I neither thought of breaking those, or keeping these; My Soul was all employ’d another way. _Lau_. It shall be so, _Silvio_,--I’ve thought upon a way that must redeem all:--hark and observe me. [_Takes_ Sil. _and whispers to him_.