She Would if She Could
by George Etherege at East 15
“I have been so often balk’d with these Vizard Masks, that I have at least a dozen times forsworn ‘em; they are a most certain sign of an ill face, or what is worse, an old acquaintance.”
“And here and there I had her,
And every where I had her,
Her toy was such, that every touch
Would make a lover madder”
“I suppose your mistress, Mr. Courtal, is always the last woman you are acquainted with.”