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Good friends, Winwife and Quarlous, have found themselves to be rivals in the pursuit of love. Winwife has abandoned his plans to pursue the wealthy widow, Dame Purefoot, in favour of Grace Wellborn, the young, genteel ward of Justice Overdo. Unfortunately, Quarlous desires Grace also and the mend are determined to fight it out. However, Grace becomes the voice of reason, acknowledging that she knows neither of them particularly well. Instead, she has a plan as to how she can resolve their love
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Grace: Gentlemen, this is no way that you take; you do but breed one another trouble and offence, and give me no contentment at all. I am not she that affects to be quarrell’d for, or have my name or fortune made the question of men’s swords.
Quar: ’Sblood, we love you.
Grace: If you both love me, as you pretend, your own reason will tell you, but one can enjoy
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