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'd again. _Will._ Fear not. [Draws. _Aria._ Oh God, Sir, haste a way, you are already wounded: but I conjure you, as a Man of Honour, be here at the Garden Gate to night again, and bring a Friend, in case of Danger, with you; and if possible I'll put my self into your Hands, for this Night's Work has ruin'd me-- [Speaking quick, and pushing him forwards runs off. _Abev._ My Master sure not gone yet-- [Peeping advancing. _Will._ Rascals, tho you are odds, you'll find hot Work in vanquishing. [Falls on 'em. _Abev._ Hold, Sir, I am your Page. Do you not know me? and these the Musick you commanded-- shall I carry 'em where you order'd, Sir? _Will._ They take me for some other, this was lucky. [Aside.] O, aye-- 'tis well-- I'll follow-- but whither?-- Plague of my dull Mistakes, the Woman's gone-- yet stay-- [Calls 'em. For now I think on't, this Mistake may help me to another-- stay-- I must dispose of this mad Fire about me, which all these Disappointments cannot lay-- Oh for some young kind Sinner in the nick-- How I cou'd souse upon her like a Bird of Prey, and worry her with Kindness. [Aside.] --Go on, I follow. [Exeunt. Scene changes to _La Nuche's_ House. Enter _Petronella_ and _Aurelia_ with Light. _Aur._ Well, the Stranger is in Bed, and most impatiently expects our Patrona, who is not yet returned. _Pet._ Curse of this Love! I know she's in pursuit of this Rover, this _English_ Piece of Impudence; Pox on 'em, I know nothing good in the whole Race of 'em, but giving all to their Shirts when they're drunk. What shall we do, _Aurelia_? This Stranger must not be put off, nor _Carlo_ neither, who has fin'd again as if for a new Maidenhead. _Aur._ You are so covetous, you might have put 'em off, but now 'tis too late. _Pet._ Put off! Are these Fools to be put off think ye? a fine Fop _Englishman_, and an old doating Grandee?-- No, I cou'd put the old trick on 'em still, had she been here but to have entertain'd 'em: but hark, one knocks, 'tis _Carlo_ on my Life-- Enter _Carlo_, gives _Petronella_ Gold. _Car._ Let this plead for me. _Pet._ Sweet Don, you are the most eloquent Person. _Car._ I would regale to night-- I know it is not mine, but I've sent five hundred Crowns to purchase it, because I saw another bargaining for't; and Persons of my Quality must not be refus'd: you apprehend me. _Pet._ Most rightly-- that was the Reason then she came
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