Act 5
SCENE I
Enter Brighella.
Supposing Silvio and Cintio to be in the House.
SCENE II
Enter Pantalon.
Driving Cintio Silvio and Harlequin. [Exeunt.
Brighella observing Pantalon, says he is at a loss what Precautions to take to guard his House.
SCENE III
Enter Argentina.
Hears the Hardships Pantalon is under; she tells him what she had foreseen and done for him, promises to hazard her Life for his good. He takes her into his Service, and commits the Care of his House to her. [Exit Pantalon.
SCENE IV
Enter Brighella.
Submits to Argentina; renounces his Pretensions of her Love to Harlequin, provided she’ll assist the Flight of the Women with their Lovers, and her own with Harlequin. He desires her to propose to Pantalon the entertaining the Grand Bashaw of Algiers, lately come over for change of Air to recover his Health, with the offer of a large Reward, not doubting but thro’ Covetousness he would snap at the Bait. Argentina consents. [Exit Brighella.
She calls Pantalon.
SCENE V
Enter Pantalon.
She makes her Proposal. He likes it; bids her settle the Agreement whilst he gets the House in order. [Exeunt severally.
SCENE VI
Prospect changes to a great Hall.
Enter Diana, Victoria and Pantalon.
He bids them be merry, their Fortune is made. [Somebody knocks.
SCENE VII
Enter Doctor.
Proposes to marry Diana himself, since Sempronio is not come. Pantalon tells him, he has a better Match in view, and makes a Narration of his good Fortune in entertaining the Bashaw.
SCENE VIII
Enter Argentina.
Tells them, the Turk is at the Door with a Retinue of a hundred Persons. Pantalon says he cannot entertain so many.
SCENE IX
A March beats.
Enter several Turkish Men and Women, Silvio and Cintio in Turkish Habits, Brighella as a Drummer, and Harlequin as Grand Bashaw, carried by four Turks, seemingly very sick of an Asthma.
Pantalon and Doctor wonders. Silvio and Cintio discover themselves to Diana and Victoria, telling them the proper Time of their Flight will be when Harlequin quits his Busto. He often runs in and out looking for Argentina; and whilst Pantalon and the Doctor discourses about the Bashaw’s Distemper, the Lovers steal away the Women. Pantalon missing his Guest in the Busto, runs his Head in it, but not seeing his Daughters, calls for them. Brighella discovers himself, and laughing at Pantalon, he draws. Cintio and Silvio run to take Brighella’s Part. Pantalon abuses them. They advise him to be easy, for his Daughters were their own. Doctor persuades him to it. He complies. They call.
SCENE X
Enter Diana and Victoria.
Takes Silvio and Cintio by the hands, saying these are our Husbands. Harlequin coughing in Pantalon's Ear, as if troubled with the Asthma, tells him he is married to Argentina, and that they were all agreed. The three Marriages are confirm’d, which compleats the Comedy in Mirth and Dancing.
FINIS.
