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man of honour, there's your note

it.

-Take it and tear

Mar. (Taking the note.) This generofity fubdues me. -Come, my children! (embracing them.) friend Jarvis and I will couple you together; and while you are fhaking your legs for joy, tofs off bumpers to your future happiness.

AIR and CHORUS.
When in the tub I fat me down,

Too busy with my work, I own,

I never once thought of what might be doing;
But I'm not the first that was bubbl'd in wooing..
Then hence all gloomy difcontents;.
With work and wine

I'll banish mine,

And quite forget all past events.
Let drink and labour be your care,

For joy and profit centre there.

Let, &c.

CHORUS.

Jarvis.

'Tis only for the young and gay

In love to dally time away.

When filly old men to young girls are inclin❜d,
They reap up the corn which they never can grind ::
If one, by chance, fuccefsful prove,

He's but the tool

Of ridicule,

For all young rogues have pow'r to love.

CHOR U S..

Let drink, &c.

Fanny.

Now, thanks to Heav'n! young

My deareft lad, I'm wholly thine.

Colin's mine

Yet we muft not fondle away all our days,
But learn by hard labour our fortune to raise.
Then, left thy toilfome days feem long,
At work with thee,

My love, I'll be,

And cheer the time with many a fong.
CHOR U S.

Let_drink, &c.

Colin.

Let wedlock, with its filken bands,

Unite our hearts as well as hands.

Each fmile of my Fanny's a smile fhall requite,
Her beauty my treasure, her peace my delight.
Tho' worldly cares attend thro' life,
E'en they have sweets,

To him who meets

A lovely, kind, and virtuous wife.

CHORUS.

Let drink, &c.

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Altered from LOVE IN THE CITY, by Mr Bickerstaff.

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SCENE, a Grocer's shop with a compting-house, to which there is an afcent by fteps; a glass-door with curtains, which opens to a back parlour. When the curtain rifes, Young Cockney is difcover'd in the compting-house writing, and men behind the counter weighing tea,

&c.

c. Near the front, Priscilla and Penelope are feated

at work.

H

CHORU S.

AIL, London, nobleft mart on earth, Unrival'd still in commerce reign; Whence riches, honours, arts, have birth, And industry ne'er toils in vain.

r. Cock. (Comes forward.) Come, pray, ladies, go somewhere else with your work; is not there the parlour for you, but you must bring your litter into the fhop? Who do you think can come into the shop when you take up the room in this way?

Pen. I wish, brother, you would let us alone. Prif. Ay! mind your figs and your raifins, and your brown fugar, and let us alone, will you.alone, will you. Now, Mifs Penny, if you'll go in for your work-basket, we will take out the canvas, and begin the flowers immediately. r. Cock. Come, Mifs Priffy, get off that ftool: I want to put it behind the counter.

Prif. I won't give it you.

r. Cock. If you won't, Mifs, I'll call my Papa, and fee what he'll fay to you?

Prif. There, take your ftool,

ceited, ill-natured

you nafty, ugly, con

(Throws it at him.

r. Cock. Look there now, did you ever see any thing fo unmannerly? Mifs Priffy, I wonder you are not afhamed of yourself; but this is the breeding you got in the plantations. You know you was turned out of Hackney boarding-school for beating the governess and knocking down the dancing-mafter-I believe you think you have got among your blackamoors-But you are not got among your blackamoors now, Miss.

Prif. Indeed, Mifs Penny, it is very hard he fhould
believe me,
me; if you

invent fuch ftories of
touched the governofs in all my life.

I never

Pen. Upon my word, I with you two would never come together; you are always fighting and fquabbling. r. Cock. Then why does fhe play such tricks?

Prif. Then why do you ever come near me? I neither love you nor like you, nor never fhall, that's more; I have told you fo a hundred times.

Pen.

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