SCENE London.
THE
CITY BRIDE:
OR, THE
Merry Cuckold.
ACT I. SCENE the I.
The Curtain draws up, and discovers several sitting at a Banquet. An Entertainment of Instrumental Musick, Compos'd by Signior Finger: Then a Song, set by Mr. John Eccles, and Sung by Young La Roche.
SONG.
Many I’ve lik’d, and some Enjoy’d,
But if I said I Lov’d, I ly’d.
Inconstant as the wandring Bee,
From once touch’d Sweets I us’d to flee;
Nor all the Power of Female Skill,
Cou’d curb the freedom of my Will:
Clarinda only found the Art,
To Conquer and so keep my Heart.
[After this a Dance, and then the Scene shuts.
Enter Friendly and Clara.
Friend. This is a Day of Mirth and Jollity my Clara.