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is Soul for that too. _Chris._ I doubt 'twill be all laid out in _Bacon's_ mad Lieutenant General _Daring_. _Ran._ Faith, I think I could lend it the Rogue on good Security. _Chris._ What's that, to be bound Body for Body? _Ran._ Rather that he should love no body's Body besides my own; but my fortune is too good to trust the Rogue, my Money makes me an Infidel. _Chris._ You think they all love you for that. _Ran._ For that, ay, what else? if it were not for that, I might sit still and sigh, and cry out, a Miracle! a Miracle! at sight of a Man within my Doors. Enter _Maid_. _Maid._ Madam, here's a young Gentleman without wou'd speak with you. _Sure._ With me? sure thou'rt mistaken; is it not _Friendly_? _Maid._ No, Madam, 'tis a Stranger. _Ran._ 'Tis not _Daring_, that Rogue, is it? _Maid._ No, Madam. _Ran._ Is he handsome? does he look like a Gentleman? _Maid._ He's handsome, and seems a Gentleman. _Ran._ Bring him in then, I hate a Conversation without a Fellow,--hah,--a good handsome Lad indeed. Enter _Hazard_ with a Letter. _Sure._ With me, Sir, would you speak? _Haz._ If you are Madam _Surelove_. _Sure._ So I am call'd. _Haz._ Madam, I am newly arriv'd from _England_, and from your Husband my Kinsman bring you this.-- [Gives a Letter. _Ran._ Please you to sit, Sir. _Haz._ She's extremely handsome. [Aside--sits down. _Ran._ Come, Sir, will you smoke a Pipe? _Haz._ I never do, Madam. _Ran._ Oh, fie upon't, you must learn then, we all smoke here, 'tis a part of good Breeding.--Well, well, what Cargo, what Goods have ye? any Points, Lace, rich Stuffs, Jewels; if you have, I'll be your Chafferer, I live hard by, any body will direct you to the Widow _Ranter's_. _Haz._ I have already heard of you, Madam. _Ran._ What, you are like all the young Fellows, the first thing they do when they come to a strange Place, is to enquire what Fortunes there are. _Haz._ Madam, I had no such Ambition. _Ran._ Gad, then you're a Fool, Sir; but come, my service to you; we rich Widows are the best Commodity this Country affords, I'll tell you that. [This while _Sure._ reads the Letter. _Sure._ Sir, my Husband has recommended you here in a most particular manner, by which I do not only find the esteem he has for you, but the desire he has of gaining you mine, which on a double score I render you, first for his sake, next for those Merits that appear in
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