The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy
SCENE IV. Pizalto's _Lodgings_.
_Enter_ Pizalto _with a Bond in his Hand_.
_Piz._ Well--My Wife's a fine Woman! a very fine Woman! But a Pox she's a Wife still, and this young Jade runs in my Head plaguily: Well----here 'tis under my Hand; a Thousand Pistoles----A great Sum for a Maidenhead, as Maidenheads go now-a-days----Ah, had I been young now.
_A Fiddle and a Treat had bore the Prize away,_ _But when we old Fools doat, they make us pay._
_Enter_ Lucy.
Oh! are you come! Here, here, _Lucy_: Here's a Fortune for thee, worth twenty Maidenheads, adod! I have not so much Money by me at present, but there's Security. [_Gives her the Bond._
_Lucy._ Your Lordship's Bond's sufficient----Well, but that I am satisfied my Reputation is safe with your Lordship, or twice the Sum should not have prevail'd--Go to my Chamber, my Lord, I'll but step and see if my Lady wants any thing, and I'll be with you instantly.
_Piz._ You won't stay, _Lucy_? Ah, Girl, buss thy Lady's Chucky; now, do now----
_Lucy._ Oh! Lord! not here, we shall be discovered.
_Piz._ Well, thou art a cunning Sinner: make haste, _Lucy_, dost hear? [_Exit_ Pizalto.
_Lucy._ You're in mighty Haste, old Gentleman! but I shall deceive you,
_My End is gain'd; I have my Fortune made,_ _Man has not me, but I have Man betray'd._
_The End of the_ THIRD ACT.