d, and so set for Conquest out,
Would make me kind even to another Man;
Could I but thus imbrace and hide my Eyes,
And call him my _Antonio_.
[She leans on his Bosom, he the while gets her Dagger.

_Ant._ Stand off, false Woman, I despise thy Love,
Of which to every Man I know thou deal'st
An equal share.

_Hip._ I do not wonder that I am deceiv'd,
But that I should believe thee, after all thy Treachery.
But prithee tell me why thou treat'st me thus?
Why didst thou with the sacred Vows of Marriage,
After a long and tedious Courtship to me,
Ravish me from my Parents and my Husband?
For so the brave _Alonzo_ was by promise.

_Ant._ Why, I will tell thee; 'twas not love to thee,
But hatred to thy Brother Don _Marcel_,
Who made Addresses to the fair _Clarinda_,
And by his Quality destroy'd my Hopes.

_Hip._ And durst you not revenge your self on him?

_Ant._ His Life alone could not appease my Anger;
And after studying what I had to do--

_Hip._ The Devil taught thee this.

_Ant._ Yes, and you I chose,
Because you were contracted to _Alonzo_,
That the disgrace might be more eminent.

_Hip._ I do believe thee, for when I reflect
On all thy Usage since thou hast betray'd me,
I find thou hast not paid me back one Sigh,
Or Smile for all that I have given thee.

_Ant._ Hear me out.

_Hip._ Most calmly.

_Ant._ From Town to Town you know I did remove you,
Under pretence to shun your Brother's Anger:
But 'twas indeed to spread your Fame abroad.
But being not satisfy'd till in _Madrid_,
Here in your native Town, I had proclaim'd you;
The House from whence your Brother's Fury chas'd us,
Was a Bordello, where 'twas given out
Thou wert a _Venice_ Curtezan to hire,
Whilst you believ'd it was your nuptial Palace. [Laughs.

_Hip._ Dost think I did not understand the Plot?
Yes, and was mad till some young Lovers came.
But you had set a Price too high upon me,
No brisk young Man durst venture,
I had expos'd my self at cheaper Rates.

_Ant._ Your Price, I pray, young Sinner?
[Pulls off his Hat in scorn.

_Hip._ Thy Life; he that durst say _Antonio_ lives no more,
Should have possest me _gratis_.

_Ant._ I would have taken care none should have don't;
To show, and offer you to Sale, was equally as shameful.

_Hip._ Well, what hast thou more to do? this is no
Place to inhabit in, nor shall thou force me further;
And back into t