Dia. And immense Admirer.
Pas. And superlatively honour’d humble Servant.
(She is going to the Company but
turns short to Pasquin)
Dia. O Mr. Pasquin I had like to have forgot, I must give you a hint, as you intend to Satyrize the vicious & the ridiculous, that may be useful to you. that Lady You See there is the greatest Coquet in Town. She is the Noted Miss Brilliant that is Supposed to be well with his Grace, and the Old General— there are several others talk’d of, but the World you know is censorious— Upon my Honour I don’t believe any Body but his Grace and the General ever had any Connexion with her.
Pas. Your Ladyship is very tender in thinking so— but it is certain Sir Harry and she were least together in a Bagnio one Masquerade Night.
Dia. Why, that I knew to be true, Mr. Pasquin, but I did not care to say all I know, because I wou’d not be thought Censorious— that Young Lady with her, Miss Bashful, has a very fine Boy at Nurse, above half a year Old. but very few Knew any thing of it.— And she is now going to be marry’d to the North Country Knight— It wou’d be pity to speak of it— She will pass upon him— he’s a very great Blockhead and She is good enough for him— For he was not born in Wedlock himself.
Pas. They will be a very proper Match, Madam.
Dia. Most proper, Your humble Servant Seignior.
Pas. Your Lordships most Obedient.
Hyd. This, Mr. Pasquin, is a plain honest Citizen. He is called honest Solomon Common Sense; If you can please him, and make him Your friend, he can influence a large Number in your Favour; which will be of more Service to you than the Approbation of all the Pitt— Maitres, Critics, and Wou’d-be Witts, from St. James’s to White Chappel.