What, go in
Masquerade? 'twill be a fine farewell to the World I take it- pray
what wou'd you do there? Hell. That which all the World does, as I am
told, be as mad as the rest, and take all innocent Freedom- Sister,
you'll go too, will you not? come prithee be not sad- We'll out-wit
twenty Brothers, if you'll be ruled by me- Come put off this dull
Humour with your Clothes, and assume one as gay, and as fantastick as
the Dress my Cousin Valeria and I have provided, and let's ramble.
Flor. Callis, will you give us leave to go? Call. I have a youthful
Itch of going my self. [Aside. -Madam, if I thought your Brother might
not know it, and I might wait on you, for by my troth I'll not trust
young Girls alone. Flor. Thou see'st my Brother's gone already and
thou shalt attend and watch us. Enter Stephano. Steph. Madam, the
Habits are come, and your Cousin Valeria is drest, and stays for you.
Flor. 'Tis well- I'll write a Note, and if I chance to see Belvile,
and want an opportunity to speak to him, that shall let him know what
I've resolv'd in favour of him. Hell. Come, let's in and dress us.
[Exeunt. SCENE II. A Long Street. Enter Belvile, melancholy, Blunt and
Frederick. Fred. Why, what the Devil ails the Colonel, in a time when
all the World is gay, to look like mere Lent thus? Hadst thou been
long enough in Naples to have been in love, I should have sworn some
such Judgment had befall'n thee.
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