PERSONS REPRESENTED.

LORD RAINEBOW.

SIR AMBROSE LAMOUNT.
SIR MARMADUKE TRAVERS.

COLONEL Winfield.

MR. BOSTOCK.

MR. FRESHWATER.

MR. BARKER.

MONSIEUR LE FRISKE.

GUDGEON, Servant to Freshwater.

SOLOMON, Servant to Lucina.

Servants, &c.

LADY LUCINA.

LADY ROSAMOND.

LADY HONORIA.

MISTRESS SCUTILLA.

Venus, Diana, Cupid.

THE BALL.

ACT I. SCENE I.

Enter SIR MARMADUKE TRAVERS and MR. BOSTOCK.

Bos. WHITHER so fast, Sir Marmaduke? a word. Mar. My honorable blood! would I could stay To give thee twenty: I am now engag'd

To meet a noble gentleman.

Bos. Or rather

A gentlewoman; let her alone, and go

With me.

Mar. Whither?

Bos. I'll shew thee a lady of fire.

Mar. A lady of the lake were not so dangerous.

Bos. I mean a spirit; in few words, because I love thee, I'll be open; I am going

To see my mistress.

Mar. I'll dispense with my

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Occasion to see a handsome lady,

I know you'll chuse a rare one.
Bos. She is a creature

Worth admiration; such a beauty, wit,

And an estate besides-thou canst not chuse
But know her name, the Lady Lucina.
Mar. Is she your mistress?

Bos. Mine! whose but mine?

Am I not nobly born? does not my blood

Deserve her?

Mar. To tell you truth, I was now going thither, Though I pretended an excuse, and with

A compliment from one that is your rival.
Bos. Does she love any body else?

Mar. I know not,

But she has half a score, upon my knowledge,

Are suitors for her favour.

Bos. Name but one,

And if he cannot shew as many coats—

Mar. He thinks he has good cards for her, and likes

His game well.

Bos. Be an understanding knight,

And take my meaning; if he cannot shew

As much in heraldry

Mar. I do not know how rich he is in fields,

But he is a gentleman.

Bos. Is he a branch of the nobility?

How many lords can he call cousin? else
He must be taught to know he has presum'd
To stand in competition with me.