ith of my beauty, and for once I
take you for my servant.
_Cel_. And for once I'll make a blind bargain with you. Strike
hands; is't a match, mistress?
_Flo_. Done, servant.
_Cel_. Now I am sure I have the worst on't: For you see the worst
of me, and that I do not of you, 'till you shew your face.--Yet, now I
think on't, you must be handsome.
_Flo_. What kind of beauty do you like?
_Cel_. Just such a one as yours.
_Flo_. What's that?
_Cel_. Such an oval face, clear skin, hazel eyes, thick brown
eye-brows, and hair as you have, for all the world.
_Fla_. But I can assure you, she has nothing of all this.
_Cel_. Hold thy peace, envy; nay, I can be constant an I set
on't.
_Flo_. 'Tis true she tells you.
_Cel_. Ay, ay, you may slander yourself as you please: Then you
have,--let me see.
_Flo_. Ill swear, you shall not see.
_Cel_. A turned up nose, that gives an air to your face:--Oh,
I find I am more and more in love with you!--a full nether lip, an
out-mouth, that makes mine water at it; the bottom of your cheeks a
little blub, and two dimples when you smile: For your stature, 'tis
well; and for your wit, 'twas given you by one that knew it had been
thrown away upon an ill face.--Come, you're handsome, there's no
denying it.
_Flo_. Can you settle your spirits to see an ugly face, and not
be frighted? I could find in my heart to lift up my mask, and disabuse
you.
_Cel_. I defy your mask:--Would you would try the experiment!
_Flo_. No, I won't; for your ignorance is the mother of your
devotion to me.
_Cel_. Since you will not take the pains to convert me, I'll make
bold to keep my faith. A miserable man, I am sure, you have made me.
_Fla_. This is pleasant.
_Cel_. It may be so to you, but it is not to me; for aught I see,
I am going to be the most constant Maudlin,--
_Flo_. 'Tis very well, Celadon; you can be constant to one you
have never seen, and have forsaken all you have seen?
_Cel_. It seems, you know me then:--Well, if thou should'st
prove one of my cast mistresses, I would use thee most damnably, for
offering to make me love thee twice.
_Flo_. You are i'the right: An old mistress, or servant, is an
old tune; the pleasure on't is past, when we have once learned it.
_Fla_. But what woman in the world would you wish her like?
_Cel_. I have heard of one Florimel, the queen's ward; would she
were as like her for beauty, as she is for humour!
_Fla_. Do you hear tha
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