Must yet more certain Cures than Smiles impart:

—And you on Laura have the same design.

Cur. Yes, Sir, when justify’d by Laws Divine.

Fred. Divine! a pleasant Warrant for your Sin,

Which being not made, we ne’er had guilty been.

But now we speak of Laura,

Prithee, when is’t that I shall see that Beauty?

Cur. Never, I hope. Aside. I know not, Sir,

Her Father still is cruel, and denies me,

What she and I have long made suit in vain for: