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Cutter of Coleman-street.
Come away, William, I'l give you instructions within, it must be done in a moment.
[Exeunt.

Scene 3.

Enter Aurelia, Jane.

Jane.Ha, ha, ha! this is the best Plot o' yours, dear Madam, to marry me to Mr. Truman in a Veil instead of your self; I cann't chuse but laugh at the very conceit of't; 'twill make excellent sport: My Mistris will be so mad when she knows that I have got her Servant from her, ha, ha, ha!

Aur.Well, are you ready? Veil your self all over, and never speak one word to him, what ever he says, (he'l ha' no mind to talk much) but give him your hand, and go along with him to Church; and when you come to, I take thee——— mumble it over that he may n't distinguish the voice.

Jane.Ha, ha, ha! I cann't speak for laughing——— dear hony Madam, let me but go in and put on a couple o' Patches; you cann't imagine how much prettier I look with a Lozenge under the Left Eye, and a Half Moon o' this cheek; and then I'le but slip on the Silver-lac'd Shoes that you gave me, and be with him in a trice.

[Exeunt.Aur.Don't stay, he's a fantastical fellow, if the whimsey take him he'l be gone.

Scene 4.

Lucia.

They say he's to pass instantly this way
To lead his Bride to Church; ingrateful Man!
I'l stand here to upbraid his guilty Conscience,
And in that black attire in which he saw me
When he spoke the last kind words to me;
'Twill now befit my sorrows, and the Widow-hood of my Love;
He comes alone, what can that mean?

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