SCENE the First.
OH, my dear Teresia, I'm lost in Love! I've seen a Man,— or ra∣ther 'tis Angel! so gay, so soft, so charming, and so witty; so dress'd! so shap'd! and Danc'd with such an Air!
Hey day! Prithee where's this Wonder to be seen?
Why dost thou ask? Hast thou not seen a man of Dress, and Move∣ment of uncommon Fashion?
A great many, very odd, and Fantastick, I'm sure my dear Man is none of 'em.
Thy Heart when fir'd burns easily, and soft, but I am all impatient, darts, and flames, all the effects of Love are panting in my Heart, yet never saw his Face; but see, he comes, and I must find a way to let him know the mischiefs he has done.
Endimion, where's Sir Morgan?
At his usual Diversion, Madam, Drinking.
Do you wait near me to Night, I may perhaps have kinder business for you e'er the morning.
You heap too many Blessings on me, Madam.
Oh, turn thy lovely Eyes upon thy Slave, that waits and watches for a tender look.
Oh, Sir, why do you press a yielding heart too much, undone by what you've said already.
Those soft Addresses must be those of Love.
My Honour was in danger when I promis'd — and yet I blush to tell you I was pleas'd, and blest the dear necessity that forc'd me.
Ha! 'tis the man I love — and Courts Mirtilla, and she receives him with inviting looks. 'Sdeath, she's a common Lover! already I'm arriv'd to Jealousie!
What gilded thing is that? — I must disturb 'em—
'Tis I, Mirtilla, languishing for the appointed Happiness, while you, perhaps, are taken up with different thoughts—