shiers him--Come, let's in--Here, my Lady
_Youthly_, take _George_ by the hand; but have a care of the young
Rogue, if he comes once to touch so brisk a Widow, he sets her Heart on
fire.

_Geo._ Which will burn like a snuff of a Candle; no body will be able to
endure it.
[Aside.
--So Fortune, I see, provides for me:
On this hand Wealth, on that young Pleasures lie;
He ne'er wants these, who has that kind Supply.

[Exeunt.

_The End of the First Act._

ACT II.

SCENE I. Sir _Rowland's_ Lodging.

Enter Sir _Rowland_, _Teresia_, and Lady _Youthly_, &c.

L. _Youth._ Well, Sir _Rowland_, if I should be inclin'd to cast away my
self on your Son _George_, what wou'd you settle?

Sir _Row._ Settle! not a Souse, Madam; he carries the best younger
Brother's Fortune in _Christendom_ about him.

L. _Youth._ Why, the young Man's deserving, I confess. But he's your
Son, Sir _Rowland_, and something ought to be settled upon the Heirs of
our Bodies, lawfully begotten.

Sir _Row._ All _Hercules_ his Labours were a Jig to his that shall beget
'em.
[Aside.
If you like him upon these terms, to make him Master of your Fortune--

L. _Youth._ For that, let him trust to me, and his own deservings.

Sir _Row._ No trusting in these fickle Times, Madam--Why, I'll let the
young sturdy Rogue out to hire; he'll make a pretty Livelihood at
Journey-Work; and shall a Master-Workman, a Husband, deserve nothing?

L. _Youth._ Ay, these Husbands that know their own Strength, as they
say, set so high a value on their conjugal Virtues. And if he be
disloyal, again o't'other side he gives a Wife so ill an Example--for we
are all liable to Temptations.

Sir _Row._ Well said; if thou beest so, it must be the old Tempter
himself.
[Aside.
Look ye, Madam, I'll propose a fair Swap; if you'll consent that I
shall marry _Teresia_, I'll consent that you shall marry _George_.

L. _Youth._ How, my Grand-daughter? Why, I design'd her for your eldest
Son, Sir _Merlin_; and she has a good Fortune of five hundred a year
that I cannot hinder her of; and is too young for you.

Sir _Row._ So is _George_ for your Ladyship; and as for his Fortune,
'tis more than likely I shall make him my eldest Son.

L. _Youth._ Say you so, Sir, well, I'll consider, and take Advice of my
Friends.

Sir _Row._ Consider! alas, Madam, my House will be besieged by all the
Widows in Town; I shall get more by shewing him, than the _Rh