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vereign's Image, so as it may be as soon taken for the Grand Signior's, I may suspect the Metal too. _Oliv._ What say you if I tender it before these lawful Witnesses? _Wel._ I'll take it for good Payment--I _Charles Welborn_-- _Oliv._ Ha, _Welborn_! [Aside. _Wel._ Take thee--whom?--Gad, if the Parson of the Parish knew your Name no better than I--'twill be but a blind Bargain. _Geo._ _Olivia Marteen_-- _Wel._ My destin'd Wife! _Geo._ The very same: Have you the Parson ready? _Wel._ He waits in my Chamber. _Oliv._ Madam, I beg you'll lend me something more becoming my Sex. _Mir._ _Manage_ will furnish you from my Wardrobe. [Exit _Olivia_ with _Manage_. Enter _Teresia_. _Geo._ And see my good Genius appears too. _Ter._ See, Sir, I am resolv'd to be welcome to your Arms; look, here are the Writings of the Estate my Grandfather left me, and here's three thousand Pound my Grandmother has settled on me, upon her Marriage with you. [Gives him the Writings. _Geo._ And here's my Father's Estate settled on me--Come, let's put them together--and go in, and let the Parson do as much for us. [Puts 'em in her Case. _Ter._ But have you very well considered this Matter? _Geo._ Teresia, we'll do like most Couples, marry first, and consider afterwards-- [Leads her in. Enter a Footman. _Foot._ Sir, here's Sir _Merlin_, with a Lady mask'd, wou'd speak with you. _Wel._ Carry 'em into the Dining-Room, I'll wait on 'em anon. [Exeunt _Omnes_. SCENE IV. _My Lady _Youthly's_; Discovers her, and _Lettice_ dressing her._ L. _Youth._ Hold the Glass higher, _Lettice_; is not this Tour too brown?--Methinks it does not give a youthful Aire to my Face. _Lett._ That's not in Nature. L. _Youth._ Like Nature! Ay, but Nature's self wants Art, nor does this Fontange suit with my Complexion--put on a little more red, _Lettice_, on my Cheeks, and Lips. [She does so. _Lett._ Ay, for they are but a little too much upon the _Coventry_-Blue--This Tour must come more forward, Madam, to hide the Wrinkles at the corners of your Eyes-- [Pulls it. L. _Youth._ Ay, _Lettice_, but there are others, that neither Tours, nor Paint, nor Patches will hide, I fear--yet altogether, _Lettice_-- [Puts on her Spectacles, and looks in the Glass. Enter _Sir Rowland_. Sir _Row._ What, no Bride yet, nor Bridegroom? L. _Youth._ Ay, what can be the meaning of this?
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