_Bel._ I have all I can expect, to be admitted as eldest servant; as preferment falls, I hope you will remember my seniority. _Cam._ Ma'am, Don Melchor. _Aur._ Cavaliers, retire a little; we shall see to which of us he will make his court. [_The men withdraw._ _Enter_ DON MELCHOR. Don Melchor, I thought you had been a-bed before this time. _Mel._ Fair Aurelia, this is a blessing beyond expectation, to see you again so soon. _Aur._ What important business brought you hither? _Mel._ Only to make my peace with you before I slept. You know you are the saint to whom I pay my devotions. _Aur._ And yet it was beyond your expectances to meet me? This is furiously incongruous. _Theo._ [_advancing_.] Don Melchor, whither were you bound so late? _Mel._ What shall I say? I am so confounded, that I know not to which of them I should excuse myself. [_Aside._ _Theo._ Pray answer me truly to one question: Did you ever make any addresses to my cousin? _Mel._ Fie, fie, madam, there's a question indeed. _Aur._ How, monster of ingratitude! can you deny the declaration of your passion to me? _Mel._ I say nothing, madam. _Theo._ Which of us is it, for whom you are concerned? _Mel._ For that, madam, you must excuse me; I have more discretion than to boast a lady's favour. _Aur._ Did you counterfeit an address to me? _Mel._ Still I say nothing, madam; but I will satisfy either of you in private; for these matters are too tender for public discourse. _Enter_ LOPEZ _and_ BELLAMY _hastily, with their swords drawn_. Bellamy and Lopez! This is strange! _Lop._ Ladies, we would not have disturbed you, but as we were walking to the garden door, it opened suddenly against us, and we confusedly saw, by moonlight, some persons entering, but who they were we know not. _Bel._ You had best retire into the garden-house, and leave us to take our fortunes, without prejudice to your reputations. _Enter_ WILDBLOOD, MASKALL, JACINTHA, _and_ BEATRIX. _Wild._ [_To Jacintha entering_.] Do not fear, madam, I think I heard my friend's voice. _Bel._ Marry hang you, is it you that have given us this hot alarm? _Wild._ There's more in it than you imagine; the whole house is up: For seeing you two, and not knowing you, after I had entered the garden-door, I made too much haste to get out again, and have left the key broken in it. With the noise, one of the servants came running in, whom I forced back; and, doubtless, he is gone for company, for you may see lights running through every chamber. _Theo. Jac._ What will become of us? _Bel._ We must have recourse to our former resolution. Let the ladies retire into the garden-house. And, now I think on it, you gentlemen shall go in with them, and leave me and Maskall to bear the brunt of it.