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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49875	The counterfeits a comedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre.	Leanerd, John, fl. 1679.; Castillo Solórzano, Alonso de, 1584-1648? A lo que obliga el honor. English.	1679 (1679)	Wing L794; ESTC R981	41,522	64

Vit. I wholly commit my self to your Management Clar. Which with this unexpected Success cannot possibly miscar●y Exeunt SCENE 2. Elvira's Chamber in the Inn. Gomez Elvira Violante Flora. Gom. 'T Is no more then what I promis'd Madam and was bound to perform Elv. This is too much Honour Madam and I am so perfectly a Stranger that I must despair of a Requital Viol. Your Acquaintance would doubly recompense could this be thought an Obligation Elvira and Violante talk Elvira ' s back toward the door where enters Peralta and Fabio Gom. Come Sir now I hope you will prove your self a Gentleman honest and so forth Per. I never was charg'd for otherwise by any one that understood me and question not but to unravel this Mistake Gom. Here 's your Vitelli Madam and I am thus far discharg'd of my Engagement Elvira turns towards Peralta Per. Elvira this is a Rock must split me Fab. 'T is not in the power of Impudence to save us Aside Elv. Have I once more met thee cruel false man it shall be hard to fly me Elvira lays hold of Peralta Viol. How strangely fond she is Flo. It may be the Custom in Mexico Per. Madam if my being like the man you are so well acquainted with disturbs you I had best remove the Object 't is unseemly to use a Stranger thus Elv. No Vitelli for by that Name thou won'st me thou too well know'st the wrong'd Elvira and those many Oaths that seal●d thy treacherous Love e're to disown me Canst thou forget Valentia those Tears that made me thine Is this the Recompence of too great Tokens of the ●ondest Dotage He flings from her Gom. What can all this mean Per. Heaven knows I am perfectly ignorant nor to this time e'r● beheld her face Had I Sir could you think me so cruel to despis● such Beauty Elv. Canst thou forget when languishing at my feet you lay and dying vow'd thence ne'r to stir till I had granted your Request wone then I easie Fool believ'd and p●rished Gom. There must be truth in this no Woman e're could counterfeit to such height Per. Truth all 's an evident Ch●at You see she talks no more of Mexico and Mariana but of Valentia and Elvira names I'm a perfect Stranger to Gom. Lady this sudden change of your Story is enough to give me ground of Suspicion and so forth Flo. What can you believe Madam Viol. Nothing but I naturally pity the poor Woman Elv. Consider Sir I had no other means but this Pretence to get him from your House and save your Daughter from Ruine I freely confess I am not Mariana nor a Mexican nor is he Vitelli or an Indian but Peralta a Captain of Flanders who in his Journey hither stopt at Valentia meerly to destroy the wretch'd Elvira Gom. This is something of the Story the pretended Vitelli told and so forth is it not Per. Now you have hit it the same and she without question one of Fernando's Dependants hired by this Counterfeit to defraud me of my Mistr●ss Does not this sound probable Gom. Most likely nay I knew I should smell it were it to be found above ground Let old Gomez alone for Discoveries c. Per. I hope Sir no unlucky Accident can now disturb my Joys but you will once more tell me I shall be blest Gom. Yes yes we 'll about it presently Come Vil. a little Opposition makes the Victory more welcome It will be no Rudeness to leave you alone Madam I suppose you 'll quickly ●ind your Companion Per. No question Sir she has plenty Elvira Base man re●lect upon my Honour too Stay Sir for H●aven's sake stay Here 's one can witness all I say is truth that has been the constant Messenger of our Loves Speak dear Fabio thou wert once all Honesty I 'll treble all thy past Rewards Fab. You need not bribe me to speak Truth Gom. This is Trifling and so forth but let 's hear him Fab. I know you expect nothing but Truth from me Per. Dog will he betray me yet Aside Elv. Nothing else dear Fabio this may at last be some Remedy Tedious Clara. Fab. Why then Sir upon the word of an Honest man I never before so much as heard of Valentia or Elvira and to my certain assurance my Master knows nothing either of them or Flanders This is what I can declare in short Elv. Slave were I but a minute Man thou shouldst not outlive this Lie Per. You find Sir how she studies Delays though it be to create Witnesses against her self The Rogue lies with more con●idence then the boldest of others can speak truth Aside Elv. Since I am thus basely used tremble at Antonio's Rage who shall bravely revenge my Wrongs and teach you what it is to scorn a Woman's Love Per. This must be some Player that has been used to act a Passion she does it with such Art Gom. By my troth her way of Speech and Action pleases me much And were not our Business earnest and so forth I would stay to hear her As they are going she stops● Violante Elv. As for you Madam whose Ruine I foresee equal with my own let this Sea-mark warn you and learn of her that teaches by Experience not to trust those Angel-like bewitching Lips which with such power move they might intice a Nun professing at the Altar yet are full as false and treacherous as you think me Viol. 'T is Custom rules me and a Father's Will not my own Choice Were it in my power he should be still your's if he was ever so Elv. No no I know you must love and fondly doat I 'm sure the wretch'd Elvira did Alas his Words are Charms and each Action carries such Perswasive Eloquence that were he not fal●e Flo. W●ll Madam I am confident the Lady 's wrong'd Viol. So far it works on me as could I to defer the Match a while Elv. Blessed Tongue but are you so much more then Woman to withstand his well-weigh'd insinuating Vows cannot Protestations made by subtlest art and dying Postures move for he used such to me and such must conquer But I am troublesome and you will cur●e me for speaking ill of one I should still hate her that rail'd on Viol. So much your Passion moves me that propose a way and if possible I will serve you Elv. 'T is Impudence to beg so great a Treasure It may be he 'll prove true to you and 't was Elvira onely that was born to be thus miserable Enter to them Clara Luis Vitelli. Elv. to Clara. Oh Clara still more wretched with a ●ixt Confidence he denies me and obstinately says he is the Indian Vitelli. Is there the least show of Help speak dear dearest Clara. Clar. You make me mad to be thus passionate when there is almost certainty of Relief Per. to Gomez You see how fond she is of Men and how well they are acquainted While Gomez and Don Luis talk to one another ● Elvira

Clara in mens Apparel Elvira like a Knight of Malta Elv. ARe we alone Clara each step I take I feel a Dagger at my heart Wretched Woman how am I fall'n Oh the blest time when innocently we spent our days in pitying the rest of our frail Sex Am● I not a Monster branded for my Infamy Slave that I was to perjur'd false Vitelli Clar. For Heaven's sake Madam don't weary me with Complaints I swear the long-ear'd Devil I rid has laid me up this month I fansied my self ●lying when I whipt and spu●r'd They may laugh at Scholars Tailours and Seamen but if a Chamber-maid in Breeches don't rid● with the wor●● of 'em I 'll sell my Maidenhead for four Grapes and they are cheap in this Country ●lv Thou art still all Mirth but sooner shall the Sun rest then I live and not seek the false Vitelli. Base cruel man to leave his poor Elvira so Oh! I could curse him would my Heart give leave but that belies my Tongue Clar. Well Madam you know Clara is no Flincher but I 'd sooner undertake to know a Bee amongst a Swarm then find out a Man in this Crowd whose Name you 're as uncertain of as you are certain of his Dishonesty This Will-of-the-wisp of Love wants Wit as well as Eyes Aside Elv. I 've often heard him say and sure all he said could not be false that his Attendance upon the Counc●l of State would be necessary towards the recovery of an Inheritance so that I conclude him here and were he amongst millions I have too much reason not to know him Clar. The truth is you have been pretty intimately acquainted Aside Not to fright you Madam but prepare you for the worst though the truth is we Women seldom fail at a pinch what if your Brother should come to the Celebration of the Royal Marriage and find us here how would you avoid a certain Ruine Elv. It will be impossible for him to make me more wretched But ' midst this Concourse thus disguis'd it will not be easie for to meet much less to know us Let what will come I am too miserable to fear a Danger and onely wander to find variety of Torments Clar. Nay good Madam no more Whining 'Slid did I knight you for this or will a few driveling Tears find your Lover and escape your Brother's Fury Think how ill S●iveling becomes a pair of Breeches Could I ever mistrust that You that had the courage to leave your House and Country to turn Knight-●rrant nay more plainly tell your Brother by your Letter you had yielded up your Fort to a strange Cavalier should come to talk of Danger and Wretched things fit for Boys thoughts and Womens fears not for Knights of Malta Elv. Thy Innocence maintains thy Mirth but what can wrong'd Elvira doe weigh'd down by a vast load of Shame that sinks my very Soul Clar. There 's your little imp●●tinent Nicety to call that Shame Women spend their lives to purchase Why there 's not one in hundreds that you meet that seem devout and melancholick but are contriving to throw away that Toy you wot of and 't is the first Lesson their Mothers teach them to lose it handsomely Elv. But that I know this design'd to divert my Cares thou wert past hope of Pardon Clar. Heaven knows how dear I pay for all this Mirth Aside Pardon Madam Sir I should have said I expect none whilst I am in the right 'Faith methinks this Cross becomes you Was 't gain'd by some strange Atchievement against the Musselmen or is it for fear the Women should run mad of such Sweetness that you put this Cross over your Plague-door Truth is the●e may be danger of Swelling for those come near it Elv. I shall lose all Patience and wish you miserable as my self if you persist in this Idleness Clar. That 's pleasant● you 'd perswade me you 're Woman too●●●ome Sir 't is not that Cross shall bear you harmless I know a Vow may be broke to save a Maid's longing Oh my heart whither do I ramble Aside Elv. All thy Counterfeit cannot ●aise me to a Smile Alas● it is already broke But that fond Fool dares trust a man though heightn'd with such Vows as would make the most perjur'd tremble is deservedly lost Credulous rash doating sottish Woman didst thou not know him Man how couldst thou think him then to be believ'd Clar. Base that he was to affront a person of your Honour one that wears a Sword and knows what 's what Did he refuse me to meet me in the said Field provided at all points I 'd post him Coward and hire Slaves to kick him Elv. Ah Clara hadst thou but seen his pale and ghastly Looks but heard his Sighs and Vows Then would he kneel and weep and press my Hand then ●ise and swear again with such dreadfull Imprecations nothing that was Woman could resist I 'm sure I did not false to my self and too-too-loving Brother Would I had ne'r b●●n Woman nor would I yet be Man for I should be still far worse and still more false Yet would I were any thing but what I am Clar. I 'm like to have a blest time on 't and all this for the loss of a Ma●denhead 'Faith it scares me so if there be ever a Receipt in Spain to keep one 't shall be the first thing I 'll purchase but I 'm afraid 't is very dear and hard to come by Enter Dormilon Oh here 's my Landlord never man came in better time Dor. You re welcome Gentlemen I hope your Lodgings please you Elv. Very well Landlord we are quickly pleas'd so they be private But I fear you 'll be crowded against this great Solemnity Dor. Nothing can disturb you the House is large and this the most ret●r'd part Elv. What other Strangers have you Dor. Yet onely one Gentleman and your selves Elv. Do you know from whence he came Dor. No I assure you Clar. Prithee Landlord see our Dinner be made ready and our Wine good and w●ll cool'd as hot as the weather is I must have one H●al●h to the Royal Pair Enter Boy Boy Sir a Gentleman just now alighted calls for you Dor. I 'm coming Your Dinner shall be ready with all expedition Exeunt Dormilon and Boy Elv. In the mean time we 'll take a turn in the Yard and see this New-comer Clar. I 'm glad you have so much Woman in your Passion as to be able to dissemble before Strangers Come Sir be brisk and gay strut like a young Knight new dubb'd So that becomes you and is tempting Though the Men false and cruel you may find You yet may conquer all the Woman-kind Exeunt SCENE 3. The Inn-Yard Vitelli Dormilon Dor. WIll you please to see your Chamber Vit. Not yet I 'll stay here a while for my Servants that are coming Dor. Are they much behind Vit. I guess not for coming early this morning from Iyescas my man left my