Gl. Almost two and twenty.
Po. O happy Man!
Gl. But don't mistake the Matter; all this was not owing to Fortune neither.
Po. Why so?
Gl. I'll tell you; some love before they chuse, I made my Choice with Judgment first, and then lov'd afterwards, and nevertheless I married this Woman more for the Sake of Posterity than for any carnal Satisfaction. With her I liv'd a very pleasant Life, but not above eight Years.
Po. Did she leave you no children?
Gl. Nay, I have four alive, two Sons and two Daughters.
Po. Do you live as a private Person, or in some publick Office?
Gl. I have a publick Employ. I might have happen'd to have got into a higher Post, but I chose this because it was creditable enough to secure me from Contempt, and is free from troublesome Attendance: And it is such, that no Body need object against me that I live only for myself, I have also something to spare now and then to assist a Friend. With this I live content, and it is the very Height of my Ambition. And then I have taken Care so to execute my Office, to give more Reputation to my Office than I receiv'd from it; this I account to be more honourable, than to borrow my Dignity from the Splendor of my Office.
Eu. Without all Controversy.