(1693)Quem tulit ad scenam ventoso Gloria curru,Exanimat lentus spectator; sedulus inflat:Sic leve, sic parvum est, animum quod laudis avarumSubruit, and reficit.--HORAT. Epist. I. lib. ii.Dramatis Personae:MEN.HEARTWELL, a surly old bachelor, pretending to slight women, secretly in love with Silvia--Mr. Betterton.BELLMOUR, in love with Belinda--Mr. PowellVAINLOVE, capricious in his love; in love with Araminta--Mr. WilliamsSHARPER--Mr. VerbruggenSIR JOSEPH WITTOL--Mr. BowenCAPTAIN BLUFFE--Mr. Haines.FONDLEWIFE, a banker--Mr. DoggetSETTER, a pimp--Mr UnderhillSERVANT to Fondlewife.WOMEN.ARAMINTA, in love with Vainlove--Mrs. BracegirdleBELINDA, her cousin, an affected lady, in love with Bellmour--Mrs. MountfortLAETITIA, wife to Fondlewife--Mrs. BarrySYLVIA, Vainlove's forsaken mistress--Mrs. BowmanLUCY, her maid--Mrs. LeighBETTYBOY and FOOTMEN.