my Lady Du Lake--the Lady Springwell--the Lady Hoyden.
[_She and_ ISABELLA _salute them_.
_Isa_. What a whiff was there came from my Lady Hoyden; and what
a garlic breath my Lady Springwell had!
_Trice_. Ha, ha, ha, ha!
_Lov_. Do not betray me, Justice; if you do--[_Aside_.
_Isa_. Oh, are you thereabouts, sir? then I smell a rat, i'faith;
but I'll say nothing. [_Aside_.
_Const_. Ladies, I am an humble servant to you all; and account
it my happiness to have met with so good company at my cousin Trice's.
_Trice_. Ha, ha, ha!
_L. Du Lake_. Are these two ladies of your acquaintance, son
Loveby?
_Lov_. Son, quoth a'! a pox of our relation! [_Aside_.
_L. Du Lake_. I shall be glad to be better known to your
ladyships.
_Const_. You too much honour your servants, madam.
_Isa_. How Loveby fidges up and down! In what pain he is! well,
if these be not they, they call whores, I'll be hanged, though I never
saw one before. [_Aside_.
_Lov_. Will your ladyship please to go, madam?
_Const_. I must beg the favour of these ladies first, that I may
know their lodgings, and wait on them.
_L. Du. Lake_. It will be our duty to pay our respects first to
your ladyship.
_Const_. I beg your ladyship's pardon, madam--
_L. Du Lake_. Your ladyship shall excuse us, madam--
_Isa_. Trice. Ha, ha, ha!
_Low_. Ah, devil grin you! [_Aside_.
_Trice_. I must go out, and laugh my belly-full.
[_Exit_ TRICE.
_Const_. But in earnest, madam, I must have no denial; I beseech
your ladyship instruct me, where I may tender my devoirs.
_L. Du Lake_. Since your ladyship commands me, madam, I dare
disobey no longer. My lodgings are in St Lucknor's Lane, at the Cat
and Fiddle.
_Const_. Whereabouts is that lane, servant?
_Lov_. Faith, madam, I know not that part o'the town.--Lord, how
I sweat for fear! [_Aside_.
_Const_. And yours, madam, where, I beseech your ladyship?
_2 Whore_. In Dog and Bitch yard, an't please your ladyship.
_3 Whore_. And mine in Sodom, so like your ladyship.
_Const_. How, Loveby! I did not think you would have used me
thus?
_Lov_. I beseech your ladyship, but hear my justification as I
lead you.
_Const_. By no means, sir; that were such a rudeness to leave
persons of quality, to wait upon me: Unhand me, sir.
_Isa_. Ha, ha, ha!--[_Exeunt_ CONST. ISA.
_Lov_. I am ruined! for ever ruined. Plague, had you no places in
the town to name, but Sodom, and Lucknor's Lane, for lod
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