The mother-in-law, or, The doctor the disease : a comedy.

  • James Miller
Date:
1734
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Credit: The mother-in-law, or, The doctor the disease : a comedy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Belina. Gay Florimel loudly proclaims that Love's fweet; Prim. But Celia’s fad Silence betrays the Deceit. Belina. If the God to his Followers gives fo much Pain, IVhy are any fuch Fools as to fuffer his Chain ? Prim. But if the foft Conqueft yields nothing but Joy, PFythee who would refijl the dear amorous B ? C Vhen let us no longer unwifely decline Both gentle a Poke, and a Flame fo divine: jBut let Sighs and foft Ardors our Moments employ, VjFor if Love has fome Vorture^ it fiill has more Joy. ACT II. SCENE I. SCENE, Beaumont’.? Houfe. Beaumont folus. A MAN, I find, can’t lie under a greater Misfor¬ tune, than having the Reputation of being a Wit or a Favourite i it makes him always fur rounded with Fools and Scoundrels, and his Interefi: at Court gives him an Opportunity of doing every Body’s Bu- finefs but his own. This whole Morning, my dear Belina, have I been forc’d to throw away upon a Par¬ cel of impertinent Puppies 5 which fhould have been employed in foliciting your Father’s Confent.——But ——my Hat and Sword there. . Enter a Servant. S.erv, Sir, here’s a Gentleman-- Beau. S’death, Sir, I’m not at home — IT1 fee no body- Enter Poet. Poet. I beg pardon, Sir, for this Intrufion; this is not a proper Hour to wait on you I mud confefs, the Morning is the fitted Time to perform that Duty ^ bur, C 1 find,