Steenkirk, who supplies me with Linen,—Oh! this Visit may be put off for a new Intrigue—And so I'll acquaint the Messenger. —— —— —— —— —— —— —— [Exit Ludovico. The End of the First Act. ACT II. SCENE I. ACT II. SCENE I. CONTENTS A Chamber in Signior Pizalto's House. Enter Lady Pizalta, Lucy. A Chamber in Signior Pizalto's House Lady Piz. Did you deliver my Letter to Ludovico, Lucy? Lucy. Madam, I did; I found him in his Study, reading the Lover's Watch, which he swears does not at all agree with his Constitution. He hates Injunctions of Love, like those of Penance: For the one, says he, is no more pleasurable to the Body, than the other beneficial to the Soul. L. Piz. What a fine Gallant I'm like to have with these Principles! Well——what did he say to a Summons from a Woman of my Quality? Did it not make him wish the Time of Assignation were sooner than the Appointment in the Letter?
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