The Busie Body by Susanna Centlivre
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Sir _Fran._ Well, Sir _George_, Dee ye hold in the same Mind? or wou'd you Capitulate? Ha, ha, ha: Look, here are the Guinea's, (_Chinks them._) Ha, ha, ha. Sir _Geo._ Not if they were twice the Sum, Sir _Francis_: Therefore be brief, call in the Lady, and take your Post--if she's a Woman, and, not seduc'd by Witchcraft to this old Rogue, I'll make his Heart ake; for if she has but one Grain of Inclination about her, I'll vary a Thousand Shapes, but find it. (_Aside._ _Enter _Mirand_._ Sir _Fran._ Agreed--_Miranda._ There Sir _George_, try your Fortune, (_Takes out his Watch._) Sir _Geo._ So from the Eastern Chambers breaks the Sun, Dispels the Clouds, and gilds the Vales below. (_Salutes her._ Sir _Fran._ Hold, Sir, Kissing was not in our Agreement. Sir _Geo._ Oh! That's by way of Prologue:--Prithee, Old Mammon, to thy Post. Sir _Fran._ Well, young _Timon_, 'tis now 4 exactly; one Hour, remember is your utmost Limit, not a Minute more. (_Retires to the bottom of |
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