Part 4

_Quicksett._ Well but you know I am a downright Englishman, and I can never think of marrying my Daughter to a ridiculous ape of _those perfidious Frenchman who have always been_ the Disturbers of Europe--_and now have put the Nation to such an Expense_.

(_Enter_ HARRIET)

_Harriet._ Did you send for me, Sir?

_Quicksett._ Yes child; you must pack up all your things, and to get ready to go with me into the country to-morrow Morning.

_Harriet._ I shall be ready to obey you, Sir.

_Sir Robert._ Well, but Mr. Quicksett believe me, when he is got off this folly, the young Man may still make a figure.

(_Enter_ ROGER)

_Roger._ Odds my heart! He'll be downstairs presently; a has taken another frolick, as he calls it, but if he sticks to it, it will be the best frolick I ever knew un to take.

_Sir Robert._ What's the matter Roger?

_Roger._ It will do your Heart good to see un--but here a comes.

(_Enter_ JACK _in an English Dress_)

_Jack._ There Gentlemen, behold me once more an honest Englishman.

_Quicksett._ Why now, indeed, he looks like something.

_Sir Robert._ Can this be in earnest Lad?

_Jack._ In downright Earnest, I assure you, Sir. I consider'd my French Manners as an Incumbrance after the many disasters of this day, and so I resolv'd at one bold fling, to discharge my whole Retinue of follies, and since my heart is in fact engag'd to this Lady, I hope Mr. Quicksett, you will now give her hand to an undisguised Briton.

_Quicksett._ The Name and Look of a Briton warms my Blood, and if I thought you in earnest--

_Jack._ Sir, you may depend I shall have sense enough never to despise my own country again.

_Quicksett._ Here, here, take her hand, she's yours from this Moment.

_Roger._ Ay, I knew there was true blood at the Bottom.

_Sir Robert._ This is so unexpected a change I am transported with joy--Mr. Wildfire--Mr. Foxchase, come up and be partners of my Happiness.

_Jack._ They'll be glad to see me an honest fellow again.

(_Enter_ WILDFIRE _and_ FOXCHASE)

My dear Boy Wildfire give us your hand.

_Wildfire._ Can I believe my Eyes?

_Jack._ Nay, never stare, man. Foxchase, I am glad to see thee. Here's to your old friend Jack Broughton. I'll on with my Buckskins, and take a hunt with you to-morrow morning.

_Wildfire._ That's right my boy--away with the ridiculous outside of a Frenchman; take honest Nature for your guide, and be only what she intends you.

_Jack._ Ay, we'll all reform; you shall for the future Endeavor be polite Englishmen--and I will only imitate the sensible Frenchman.

_Wildfire._ Come, come, I own it to be wrong, and acknowledge I have been in the opposite Extream to you, an absurd Imitation of a Modern Blood.

_Jack._ You shall go down with me to Broughton Hall where you shall be the terror of all the Foxes for twenty Miles round, and in time we'll get a Girl to reform you too.

_Foxchase._ I don't care if I try the Experiment.

_Quicksett._ And now Sir Robert since your Son is so hopeful a young Man I'll sign the marriage Settlement as soon as you please.

_Sir Robert._ The lawyers will be here immediately.

_Jack._ And in the mean time here come two Persons to whom I must speak a few words, towards compleating this day's Business.

(_Enter_ ABBÉ _and_ FLORID _very drunk_)

_Abbé._ (_Sings_) Quand je suis a Table, tout me rejouit--ah! Pardie! You are ver fine Party dere altogether.

_Florid._ Had not you better come and indulge the Social Affections over the remainder of the Bottle?

_Jack._ A very pretty condition for a travelling Governor.

_Florid._ That amazing connexion between the Organs of bodily Sensation, and the faculties of Moral Perception.

_Jack._ Take him out of the Room; he shall be discharg'd to-morrow morning, as a vain Pretender to a Philosophy which his conduct shews him to be incapable of relishing. I remember when I was at the University I heard that several Men of distinguished Genius, were admirers of that System, and in their hands it may have its lustre, but Mr. Florid's principles, shew that he is very little enamour'd with the Ideas of Beauty and Nature.

_Harriet._ And pray Sir, when you dismiss him, give him back this Letter.

_Jack._ (_Reads_) "To Miss Harriet Quicksett--Ideas of Beauty and Virtue--good and beautiful are the same--enjoy with me Order, Harmony, and Proportion, O--sweetest of Sensations--Moral Sense--Eternal admirer, with the most enthusiastic Imagination. Florid." A very honest design, and agreeable to his moral fitness of things.

_Florid._ Why, there is no Incongruity in the Claim. Let me try it upon my Muscles, that's the way I always try a Proposition--for Ridicule being the Test of Truth--if the incongruous appearances provoke my Muscles to the Sensation of Laughter, my mind is urged to reject the claim with a gay contempt.

_Jack._ Take him out of the Room.

_Florid._ The Pleasures of a mislike Apprehension--thou Plastic Nature--empower'd Creatures etc. (_Exit_)

_Abbé._ Mais mon Chevalier de Broughton, what sort of dress is dat?

_Jack._ Ecoutez Monsieur l'Abbé, I brought you over to write Remarks on the English Nation, but shall no longer harbour a conceal'd Enemy to my Country. As the frolick was mine it's fit that I pay for it and you shall be supply'd with Money to carry you back to your own Country.

_Abbé._ Il faut que je retourne donc?

_Jack._ You must, Sir, and when you are arriv'd, divest yourself of your Prejudices; don't follow the Example of Voltaire and Abbé Le Blanc, but dare to speak the Truth. Tell your countrymen _you heard here of a King determin'd to prosecute a vigorous War, but more desirous of an honorable Peace--tell 'em we have Ministers who understand the true Interest of their country, and are determin'd to maintain the just rights of Great Britain--tell 'em_ that plain good Sense, honor, honesty, and a regard for our word, are the characteristicks of the English Nation--and tell 'em the most ridiculous object you saw in this country is a Frenchify'd Englishman.

_Abbé._ Mais, Monsieur, est-il possible!

_Jack._ No more Monsieur l'Abbé--I wish you well, and take my leave.

_Abbé._ Pardie! Den I must go back. I shall now go play a game at Trick-Track with my friend Monsieur d'Eschallot, and den I look over my little Memorandum. To-morrow Morning, I take my Party to go back to Paris. I assure you Monsieur de Broughton, you have now give me ver pretty Memorandum--and so Messieurs and Mesdames, à l'honneur. I shall represent your liberalité--and love Shakespeare more than ever. (_Exit singing_)

_Quicksett._ Wounds! Sir Robert, what a pity it had been, this young fellow shou'd be lost, and I believe I shall rejoice in him for a son-in-Law.

_Jack._ I hope it will prove so, and now since we are happy together let mirth conclude the Evening, and let us my dear Wildfire celebrate our Reformation with an English Country Dance.

_Wildfire._ With all my Heart, and in good time; here come some other visitors that will joyn us.

_Jack._

The wide Extremes of modern Life, you've seen, The home-bred, Blood, the travel'd Coxcomb's mien, But let not riot, Virtue's place supply, Nor Gallic affectation mock the Eye. So shall all politeness grow from Sense alone, And the fair smile with Beauties all their own.

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