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n._ What shall I say or do now? [Aside. _Euph._ Come, come, no study, Sir; this must be done, And quickly too, or you will lose me. _Alon._ Two great Evils! if I had but the Grace to chuse the least now, that is, lose her. [Aside. _Euph._ I'll give you but to night to consider it. _Alon._ Short warning this: but I am damnably in love, and cannot withstand Temptation. [Kisses her Hand. _Euph._ I had forgot to tell you my Name's _Euphemia_, my Father's you'll find on the Letters, and pray show your Love in your haste. Farewel. _Alon._ Stay, fair _Euphemia_, and let me pay my Thanks, and tell you that I must obey you. _Euph._ I give a Credit where I give a Heart. Go inquire my Birth and Fortune: as for you, I am content with what I see about you. _Alon._ That's bravely said, nor will I ask one Question about you, not only to return the Bounty, but to avoid all things that look like the Approaches to a married Life. If Fortune will put us together, let her e'en provide for us. _Euph._ I must be gone: Farewel, and pray make haste. [Looks kindly on him. _Alon._ There's no resisting those Looks, _Euphemia_: One more to fortify me well; for I shall have need of every Aid in this Case. [Look at one another and go. SCENE III. _A Street._ Enter _Antonio_ in haste with _Hippolyta_; weeping as passing over the Stage. _Ant._ Come, let us haste, I fear we are pursu'd. _Hip._ Ah, whither shall we fly? _Ant._ We are near the Gate, and must secure our selves with the Darkness of the Night in _St. Peter's_ Grove, we dare not venture into any House. [Exeunt. Enter _Clarinda_ and _Dormida_ above in the Balcony. _Clar._ Can'st thou not see him yet? _Dorm._ Good lack a-day, what an impatient thing is a young Girl in love! _Clar._ Nay, good _Dormida_, let not want of Sleep make thee testy. _Dorm._ In good time-- are you my Governess, or I yours, that you are giving me Instructions? Go get you in, or I shall lay down my Office. _Clar._ Nay, wait a little longer, I'm sure he will come. _Dorm._ You sure! you have wondrous Skill indeed in the Humours of Men: how came you to be so well acquainted with them? you scarce ever saw any but Don _Marcel_, and him too but thro a Grate or Window, or at Church; and yet you are sure. I am a little the elder of the two, and have manag'd as many Intrigues of this kind as any Woman, and never found a constant just Man,
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