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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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