_Scar_. The Woman’s mad--hark ye, Jade, how long have you been thus
distracted?
_Har_. E’er since I lov’d and trusted thee, false Varlet.--See here, the
Witness of my Love and Shame.
[_Bawls, and points to her Belly.
Just then_ Mopsophil _enters_.
_Mop_. How! with Child! Out, Villain! was I made a Property?
_Scar_. Hear me.
_Har_. Oh, thou Heathen Christian! was not one Woman enough?
_Mop_. Ay, Sirrah, answer to that.
_Scar_. I shall be sacrific’d.
_Mop_. I am resolv’d to marry to morrow--either to the Apothecary or the
Farmer, Men I never saw, to be reveng’d on thee, thou termagant Infidel.
_Enter the_ Doctor.
_Doct_. What Noise, what Out-cry, what Tumult’s this?
_Har_. Ha, the Doctor!--What shall I do?
[_Gets to the Door_, Scar. _pulls her in_.
_Doct_. A Woman! some Baud I am sure;--Woman, what’s your Business here?
ha.
_Har_. I came, an’t like your Seigniorship, to Madam the Governante here,
to serve her in the Quality of a _Fille de Chambre_ to the young Ladies.
_Doct_. A _Fille de Chambre_! ‘tis so, a she Pimp.
_Har_. Ah, Seignior--
[_Makes his little dapper Leg, instead of a Curt’sy_.
_Doct_. How now, what, do you mock me?
_Har_. Oh Seignior! [_Gets nearer the Door_.
_Mop_. Stay, stay, Mistress; and what Service are you able to do the
Seignior’s Daughters?
_Har_. Is this Seignior Doctor _Baliardo_, Madam?
_Mop_. Yes.
_Har_. Oh! he’s a very handsome Gentleman--indeed.
_Doct_. Ay, ay, what Service can you do, Mistress?
_Har_. Why, Seignior, I can tie a Crevat the best of any Person in
_Naples_, and I can comb a Periwig--and I can--
_Doct_. Very proper Service for young Ladies; you, I believe, have been
_Fille de Chambre_ to some young Cavaliers?
_Har_. Most true, Seignior; why shou’d not the Cavaliers keep _Filles de
Chambre_, as well as great Ladies _Valets de Chambre_?
_Doct_. Indeed ‘tis equally reasonable.--’Tis a Baud. [_Aside_.
But have you never serv’d Ladies?
_Har_. Oh yes, I serv’d a Parson’s Wife?
_Doct_. Is that a great Lady?
_Har_. Ay, surely, Sir, what is she else? for she wore her Mantuas of
_Brocade d’or_, Petticoats lac’d up to the Gathers, her Points, her
Patches, Paints and Perfumes, and sat in the uppermost place in the
Church too.
_Mop_. But have you never serv’d Countesses and Dutchesses?
_Har_. Oh, yes, Madam; the last I serv’d, was an Alderman’s Wife in the
City.
_Mop_. Was that a Countess or a Dutchess?
_Har_. Ay, certainly--for they have all the Money; and then for Clothes,
Jewels, and rich Furniture, and eating, they out-do the very _Vice-Reine_
her self.
_Doct_. This is a very ignorant running Baud,--therefore first search
her for _Billets-Doux_, and then have her pump’d.
_Har_. Ah, Seignior,--Seignior.
[Scar. _searches him, finds Letters_.
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