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My dear Comrade, what thinkst thou? will the Gentleman we met at Madam Gravities lodging marry me, think you?
I know not.
I verily believe he will.
What reason have you to believe he will?
A very good reason, which is, he look'd upon me two or three times, and at one time very stedfastly.
If a man should marry all the women he looks on, he will have more Wives than Solomon and the great Turk, adding the number of their Concubines. But the more earnestly the Gentleman look'd on you, the grea∣ter sign he thought not of you: for thoughts are buried in fix'd eyes.
You speak out of spight, because I am thought handsomer than you.
I had rather your Beauty should lie in your own & others thoughts, than it should be visible to the view of the World, or to be inthrown on a multitude of Praises; but howoever, I am not spightful, and therefore pray think not so for telling you my opinion of your no-lover.
You love your Jest better than your Friend.
That's an old saying; but I love a plain truth better than a flatter∣ing lye.