L. _Ful_. Idle Fancies, what makes you from your Bed? and you, Sir, from
your Bride?
_Enter_ Dick _with Sack_.
Sir _Feeb_. Oh! that’s the business of another day, a mistake only,
Madam.
L. _Ful_. Away, I’m asham’d to see wise Men so weak; the Fantoms of the
Night, or your own Shadows, the Whimseys of the Brain for want of Rest,
or perhaps _Bredwel_, your Man--who being wiser than his Master, play’d
you this Trick to fright you both to Bed.
Sir _Feeb_. Hum--adod, and that may be, for the young Knave when he let
me in to Night, was drest up for some Waggery--
Sir _Cau_. Ha, ha, ha, ‘twas even so, sure enough, Brother--
Sir _Feeb_. Ads bobs, but they frighted me at first basely--but I’ll
home to Pupsey, there may be Roguery, as well as here--Madam, I ask your
Pardon, I see we’re all mistaken.
L. _Ful_. Ay, Sir _Feeble_, go home to your Wife.
[_Ex. severally_.
SCENE VI. _The Street_.
_Enter_ Bellmour _at the door, knocks, and enter to him
from the House_, Phillis.
_Phil_. Oh, are you come, Sir? I’ll call my Lady down.
_Bel_. Oh, haste, the Minutes fly--leave all behind.
And bring _Leticia_ only to my Arms.
[_A noise of People_.
--Hah, what noise is that? ‘Tis coming this way,
I tremble with my fears--hah, Death and the Devil,
’.is he--
_Enter Sir_ Feeble _and his Men arm’d, goes to the door, knocks_.
Ay, ‘tis he, and I’m undone--what shall I do to kill him now? besides,
the Sin wou’d put me past all Hopes of pardoning.
Sir _Feeb_. A damn’d Rogue to deceive me thus.--
_Bel_. Hah--see, by Heaven _Leticia_, Oh, we are ruin’d!
Sir _Feeb_. Hum--what’s here, two Women?--
[_Stands a little off_.
_Enter_ Leticia _and_ Phillis _softly, undrest, with a Box_.
_Let_. Where are you, my best Wishes? Lord of my Vows--and Charmer of my
Soul? Where are you?
_Bel_. Oh, Heavens!--
[_Draws his Sword half-way_.
Sir _Feeb_. Hum, who’s here? My Gentlewoman--she’s monstrous kind of the
sudden. But whom is’t meant to? [_Aside_.
_Let_. Give me your hand, my Love, my Life, my All--Alas! where are you?
Sir _Feeb_. Hum--no, no, this is not to me--I am jilted, cozen’d,
cuckolded, and so forth.--
[_Groping, she takes hold of Sir_ Feeb.
_Let_. Oh, are you here? indeed you frighted me with your Silence--here,
take these Jewels, and let us haste away.
Sir _Feeb_. Hum--are you thereabouts, Mistress? was I sent away with a
Sham-Plot for this!--She cannot mean it to me. [_Aside_.
_Let_. Will you not speak?--will you not answer me?--do you repent
already?--before Enjoyment are you cold and false?
Sir _Feeb_. Hum, before Enjoyment--that must be me. Before Injoyment--
Ay, ay, ‘tis I--I see a little Prolonging a Woman’s Joy, sets an Edge
upon her Appetite. [_Merrily_.
_Let_. What means my Dear? shall we not haste away?
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