Ld. Sparkish. Because they say, he was curs’d in his Mother’s Belly, that was kill’d by a Cannon-Bullet.
Miss. I suppose, the Colonel was cross’d in his first Love, which makes him so severe on all the Sex.
Lady Answ. Yes; and I’ll hold a hundred to one, that the Colonel has been over Head and Ears in Love with some Lady, that has made his Heart ake.
Col. Oh! Madam, We Soldiers are Admirers of all the fair Sex.
Miss. I wish, I could see the Colonel in Love, till he was ready to die.
Lady Smart. Ay; but I doubt, few People die for Love in these days.
Neverout. Well, I confess, I differ from the Colonel; for I hope to have a rich and a handsome Wife yet before I die.
Col. Ay, Tom; live Horse, and thou shalt have Grass.
Miss. Well, Colonel; but whatever you say against Women, they are better Creatures than Men; for Men were made of Clay, but Woman was made of Man.