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"Good-bye, Muckluck."
"Goo'-bye? Boat Canada way no go till Thursday."
"Thursday, yes," he said absently, eyes still on the American ship.
"Then why you say goo'-bye to-day?"
"Lot to do. I just wanted to make sure you were all right."
Her creamy face was suddenly alight, but not with gratitude.
"Oh, yes, all right her... | The Magnetic North | Robins, Elizabeth | 1862 | 1952 | ['en'] | 22 | {'Yukon -- Fiction'} | PG10038 | |
Again the Boy was delaying the upward swing of the gangway: the nun's
trunk must come on board. Two men rushed for it while he held down the
gang.
"Mustn't cry," he said to Muckluck. "You'll see Sister Winifred again."
"Not for that I cry. Ah, I never shall have happiness!"
"Yes, that trunk!" he called.
In the babel o... | The Magnetic North | Robins, Elizabeth | 1862 | 1952 | ['en'] | 22 | {'Yukon -- Fiction'} | PG10038 | |
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THE WORKS OF APHRA BEHN, VOL. III
EDITED BY MONTAGUE SUMMERS
MCMXV
CONTENTS:
THE TOWN-FOP; OR, SIR TIMOTHY TAWDREY
THE FALSE COUNT
THE LUCKY CHANCE; OR, AN ALDERMAN’S BARGAIN
THE FORC’D MARRIAGE; OR, THE JEALOUS BRIDEGROOM
THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON
NOTES
THE TOWN-FOP; OR, SIR TIMOTHY ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
SOURCE.
_The Town-Fop; or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey_ is materially founded upon
George Wilkins’ popular play, _The Miseries of Enforced Marriage_ (4to,
1607, 1611, 1629, 1637), reprinted in Dodsley. Sir Timothy himself is
moulded to some extent upon Sir Francis Ilford, but, as Geneste aptly
remarks, he may be considered a ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
MEN.
Lord _Plotwell_.
_Bellmour_, Nephew to the Lord _Plotwell_, contracted to _Celinda_.
_Charles_, Brother to _Bellmour_.
_Friendlove_, Brother to _Celinda_, in love with _Diana_.
Sir _Timothy Tawdrey_, a Fop-Knight, design’d to marry _Celinda_.
_Sham_, | Hangers on to Sir _Timothy_.
_Sharp_, ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Sharp_. Well, Sir, we will follow you--but as dolefully as People do
their Friends to the Grave, from whence they’re never to return, at
least not the same Substance; the thin airy Vision of a brave good
Fellow, we may see thee hereafter, but that’s the most.
Sir _Tim_. Your Pardon, sweet _Sharp_, my whole Design in ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Friend_. Sir _Timothy Tawdrey!_--
Sir _Tim_. The same, by Fortune, dear _Ned_: And how, and how, Man, how
go Matters?
_Friend_. Between who, Sir?
Sir _Tim_. Why, any Body, Man; but, by Fortune, I’m overjoy’d to meet
thee: But where dost think I was going?
_Friend_. Is’t possible one shou’d divine?
Sir _Tim_. Is’t pos... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Friend_. Sir, I assure you, it shall be so great a Secret for me, that
I will never ask you who the happy Woman is, that’s chosen for this
great Work of your Conversion.
Sir _Tim_. Ask me--No, you need not, because you know already.
_Friend_. Who, I? I protest, Sir _Timothy_--
Sir _Tim_. No Swearing, dear _Ned_, for ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Friend_. You speak more Truth than you are aware of. [_Aside_.]
Well, Sir, I’ll bring you to my Sister; and if she likes you, as well as
My Father does, she’s yours; otherwise, I have so much Tenderness for
her, as to leave her Choice free.
Sir _Tim_. Oh, Sir, you compliment. _Alons, Entrons.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Nur_. Very fine!
_Cel_. There we wou’d practise such degrees of Love,
Such lasting, innocent, unheard of Joys,
As all the busy World should wonder at,
And, amidst all their Glories, find none such.
_Nur_. Good lack! how prettily Love teaches his Scholars to prattle.--
But hear ye, fair Mrs. _Celinda_, you have forgot... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. Oh, dear Nurse, what shall I do?
_Nur_. I that ever help you at a dead Lift, will not fail you now.
Sir _Tim_. What a Pox, not a Word?
_Cel_. Sure this Fellow believes I’ll begin.
Sir _Tim_. Not yet--sure she has spoke her last--
_Nur_. The Gentleman’s good-natur’d, and has took pity on you, and will
not troubl... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. Would that please you in a Wife?
Sir _Tim_. Please me! Why, Madam, what do you take me to be? a Sot?--
a Fool?--or a dull _Italian_ of the Humour of your Brother?--No, no,
I can assure you, she that marries me, shall have Franchise--But, my
pretty Miss, you must learn to talk a little more--
_Cel_. I have not W... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. Why, thou damnable confounded Torment, wilt thou never cease?
_Nur_. No, not till you raise your Siege, and be gone; go march to your
Lady of Love, and Debauch--go--You get no _Celinda_ here.
Sir _Tim_. The Devil’s in her Tongue.
_Cel_. Good gentle Nurse, have Mercy upon the poor Knight.
_Nur_. No more, Mis... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. Agen, that was out of a Play--Hark ye, Witch of _Endor_, hold
your prating Tongue, or I shall most well-favour’dly cudgel ye.
_Nur_. As your Friend the Hostess has it in a Play too, I take it, Ends
which you pick up behind the Scenes, when you go to be laught at even by
the Player-Women.
Sir _Tim_. Wilt tho... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. No, no, thou’rt modest; that is to say, a Country Gentleman;
that is to say, ill-bred; that is to say, a Fool, by Fortune, as the
World goes.
_Bel_. Neither, Sir--I can love--and tell it too--and that you may
believe me--look on this Lady, Sir.
Sir _Tim_. Look on this Lady, Sir--Ha, ha, ha,--Well, Sir--Well... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Bellmour.
Oh, are you come--Your Hour was Twelve, and now ‘tis almost Two.
_Bel_. I could not get from _Friendlove_--Thou hast not told _Celinda_
of my coming?
_Nur_. No, no, e’en make Peace for me, and your self too.
_Bel_. I warrant thee, Nurse--Oh, how I hope and fear this Night’s
Success!
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Nur_. Come, come, ne’er stand asking of Questions,
But follow your Inclinations, and take him at his Word.
_Bel_. Celinda, take her Counsel,
Perhaps this is the last opportunity;
Nay, and, by Heaven, the last of all my Life,
If you refuse me now--
Say, will you never marry Man but me?
_Cel_. Pray give me till to morr... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. Ha, _Friendlove!_
_Friend_. Was it so kindly done, to gain my Sister
Without my knowledge?
_Bel_. Ah, Friend! ‘Twas from her self alone
That I wou’d take the Blessing which I ask.
_Friend_. And I’ll assist her, Sir, to give it you.
Here, take him as an Honour, and be thankful.
_Bel_. I as a Blessing sent from H... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. No, no, there’s no need of that--Good-morrow, my best Friend.
_Friend_. But e’er you go, my dearest Friend and Brother,
Now you are sure of all the Joys you wish
From Heaven, do not forgetful grow of that great Trust
I gave you of all mine; but, like a Friend,
Assist me in my great Concern of Love
With fair Dia... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. Ay, if there were no more in’t than Exercise; if a Man cou’d
take a Breathing without breathing a Vein--but, _Sham_, this Wounds, and
Blood, sounds terribly in my Ears; but since thou say’st ‘tis nothing,
prithee do thou meet _Bellmour_ in my stead; thou art a poor Dog, and
’.is no matter if the World were ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Sham_. What, Sir, then it seems you doubt us?
Sir _Tim_. How do you mean, your Honesty or Judgment? I can assure you,
I doubt both.
_Sharp_. How, Sir, doubt our Honesty!
Sir _Tim_. Yes--why, I hope neither of you pretend to either, do you?
_Sham_. Why, Sir, what, do you take us for Cheats?
Sir _Tim_. As errant, as an... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. Well, let’s about it then; for I am for no fighting to
day--D’ye hear, Boy--Let the Coach be got ready whilst I get my
self drest.
_Boy_. The Coach, Sir! Why, you know Mr. _Shatter_ has pawn’d the
Horses.
Sir _Tim_. I had forgot it--A pox on’t, this ‘tis to have a Partner in
A Coach; by Fortune, I must marr... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lord_. Not so; but I confess, _Frank_, unless the Lady be fair, and
there be some Love too, ‘tis not altogether so well; therefore I, who
am still busy for thy good, have fix’d upon a Lady--
_Bel_. Ha!--
_Lord_. What, dost start? Nay, I’ll warrant thee she’ll please; A Lady
rich, and fair, and nobly born, and thou sh... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lord_. But, _Frank_, you must needs suppose--
_Bel_. Oh, I am ruin’d, lost, for ever lost.
_Lord_. What do you mean, Sir?
_Bel_. I mean, I cannot marry fair _Diana_.
_Lord_. Death! how’s this?
_Bel_. She is a thing above my humble wishes--
_Lord_. Is that all? Take you no care for that; for she loves you
already, and... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. Oh, pity me, my Lord, pity my Youth;
It is no Beggar, nor one basely born,
That I have given my Heart to, but a Maid,
Whose Birth, whose Beauty, and whose Education
Merits the best of Men.
_Lord_. Very fine! where is the Priest that durst dispose of you without
my Order? Sirrah, you are my Slave--at least your ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lord_. Was I call’d back for this? Yes, I shall take it, Sir;
do not fear.
[_Offers to go_.
_Bel_. Yet, stay, Sir--Have you lost all Humanity?
Have you no Sense of Honour, nor of Horrors?
_Lord_. Away with him--go, be gone.
_Bel_. Stay, Sir. Oh, God! what is’t you’d have me do?
--Here--I resign my sel... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. Oh my _Celinda_!--
_To preserve thee, what is’t I wou’d not do?
Forfeit my Heaven, nay more, I forfeit you_.
[_Exit_.
SCENE V. _The Street_.
_Enter Sir_ Timothy Tawdrey, Sham _and_ Sharp.
Sir _Tim_. Now, _Sham_, art not thou a damn’d lying Rogue, to make... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Page_. Yes, Sir.
_Sharp_. Well, your News.
_Page_. News, Sir? I know of none, but of my Master’s being this
Morning--
Sir _Tim_. Ay, there it is--behind _Southampton_ House.
_Page_. Married this Morning.
Sir _Tim_. How! Married! ‘Slife, has he serv’d me so?
_Sham_. The Boy is drunk--_Bellmour_ married!
_Page_. Yes, i... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Exeunt.
ACT III.
SCENE I. _A Room in Lord_ Plotwell’s _House_.
_Enter Lord_ Plotwell, Bellmour _leading in_ Diana, _follow’d by
_Charles Bellmour, Phillis, _and other Ladies and Gentlemen_.
[_Musick plays, till they are all seated_.
_Lord_. Here, Nephew, I r... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter Sir_ Timothy, Sham, _and_ Sharp, _in Masquerade_.
Sir _Tim_. The Rogue is married, and I am so pleas’d, I can forgive him
our last Night’s Quarrel. Prithee, _Sharp_, if thou canst learn that
young Thing’s Name, ‘tis a pretty airy Rogue, whilst I go talk to her.
_Sharp_. I will, Sir, I will.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Page_. Yes, e’er she read the Letter, ask’d your Health,
And Joy dispers’d it self in Blushes through her Cheeks.
_Bel_. Her Beauty makes the very Boy adore it.
_Page_. And having read it,
She drew her Tablets from her Pocket,
And trembling, writ what I have brought you, Sir.
_Bel_. Though I before had loaded up my S... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phil_. I find, Sir, you and I shall never agree upon this matter;
But see, Sir, here’s more Company.
_Cel_. Oh Heaven! ‘tis true, these Eyes confirm my Fate.
Yonder he is--and that fair splendid Thing,
That gazes on him with such kind Desire,
Is my blest Rival--Oh, he is married!
--Gods! And yet you let him live;
Liv... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Friend_. Here are too many to encounter, and I’ll defer my Vengeance.
_Char_. Stay, Sir, we must not part so.
[_Ex. Drawing at the same Door, that Sir_ Tim. _is sneaking out at_.
Come back I say. [_Pulls in Sir_ Tim.
Slave! Dost thou tremble?--
Sir _Tim_. Sir, I’m not the Man you look for--
By Fortune, _Sham_,... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. Sir, I believe those happy ones that know you
Had been far kinder, but I’m indeed a Stranger.
_Bel_. Mayst thou be ever so to one so wretched;
I will not ask thy Name, lest knowing it,
(I’m such a Monster) I should ruin thee.
_Cel_. Oh, how he melts my Soul! I cannot stay,
Lest Grief, my Sex, my Bus’ness shou’d... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Dia_. Dost thou not love me then?
_Bel_. Love thee! No, by Heaven: yet wish I were so happy,
For thou art wondrous fair and wondrous good.
_Dia_. Oh, what a Defeat is here!
The only Man, who from all Nature’s store
I found most charming, fit for my Desires;
And now after a thousand Expectations,
Such as all Maids tha... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Dia_. Come, Sir, you must forget _Celinda’s_ Charms,
And reap Delights within my circling Arms,
Delights that may your Errors undeceive,
When you find Joys as great as she can give.
_Bel_. What do I hear?--is this the kind Relief
Thou dost allow to my Despair and Grief?
Is this the Comfort that thou dost impart
To my... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter Sir_ Timothy, Sham _and_ Sharp, _with Fidlers and Boy_.
Sir _Tim_. I believe this is the Bed-chamber Window where the Bride
and Bridegroom lies.
_Sham_. Well, and what do you intend to do, if it be, Sir?
Sir _Tim_. Why, first sing a Baudy Song, and then break the Windows,
in revenge for the Affront was put ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
II.
_And now the amorous Youth is all undrest,
Just ready for Love’s mighty Feast;
With vigorous haste the Veil aside he throws,
That doth all Heaven at once disclose.
Swift as Desire, into her naked Arms
Himself he throws, and rifles all her Charms_.
Good morrow, Mr. _Bellmour_, and to your lovely B... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. Thou art mistaken, I hate all Woman-kind--
Sir _Tim_. How, how!
_Bel_, Above an Hour--hark ye, Knight--I am as leud, and as debaucht
as thou art.
Sir _Tim_. What do you mean, _Frank_?
_Bel_. To tell a Truth, which yet I never did.
--I whore, drink, game, swear, lye, cheat, rob, pimp, hector, all,
all I do that’... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. Oh, how numerous are her Charms
--How shall I pay this generous Condescension?
Fair lovely Maid--
_Dia_. Why do you flatter, Sir?
_Cel_. To say you’re lovely, by your self I do not,
I’m young, and have not much convers’d with Beauty:
Yet I’ll esteem my Judgment, since it knows
Where my Devotions shou’d be justl... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. Because I love, is that a Wonder, Madam?
Have you not Charms sufficient at first sight
To wound a Heart tender and young as mine?
Are you not heavenly fair? Oh, there’s my Grief--
Since you must be another’s.
_Dia_. Pray hear me out; and if you love me after,
Perhaps you may not think your self unhappy.
When Ni... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Dia_. Look on my Wrongs--
Wrongs that would melt a frozen Chastity,
That a religious Vow had made to Heaven:
--And next survey thy own Perfections.
_Cel_. Hah--
_Dia_. Art thou so young, thou canst not apprehend me?
Fair bashful Boy, hast thou the Power to move,
And yet not know the Bus’ness of thy Love?
_Cel_. How i... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Friend_. Lady, I am a Soldier--yet in my gentlest Terms
I humbly beg to kiss your lovely Hands--
Death! there’s Magick in the Touch.
By Heaven, you carry an Artillery in every part.
_Dia_. This is a Man indeed fit for my purpose. [_Aside_.
_Friend_. Nay, do not view me, I am no lovely Object;
I am a Man bred up to... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Dia_. I am that Maid he loves, and who hates him.
_Friend_. Hate him!
_Dia_. To Death.
_Friend_. Oh, me unhappy! [_Aside_.
_Dia_. He sighs and turns away--am I again defeated?
Surely I am not fair, or Man’s insensible.
_Friend_. She knows me not--
And ‘twas discreetly done to change my Shape:
For Woman is a strang... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Flaunt_. _Driver_, though I do recreate my self a little sometimes,
yet you know I value my Reputation and Honour.
_Jenny_. Mrs. _Driver_, why shou’d you send for us where _Flauntit_ is?
a stinking proud Flirt, who because she has a tawdry Petticoat, I warrant
you, will think her self so much above us, when if she we... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Flaunt_. No matter for his Handsomness, let me have him that has
most Money.
[_Exeunt_.
SCENE III. _Another Chamber in the Brothel, a Table with Box and Dice_.
_Enter_ Bellmour, _Sir_ Timothy, Sham _and_ Sharp.
_Bel_. Damn it, give us more Wine. [_Drinks_.
Where stands the Box and ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. By Fortune, I’ll do thee reason--give me the Glass, and,
_Sham_, to thee--Confusion to the musty Lord.
_Bel_. So--now I’m like my self, profanely wicked.
A little room for Life--but such a Life
As Hell it self shall wonder at--I’ll have a care
To do no one good deed in the whole course on’t,
Lest that shou’... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. I’ve won Money to Night, _Betty_, to buy thee Clothes--hum
--hum--Well said, _Frank_, towse the little Jilts, they came for that
purpose.
_Flaunt_. The Devil confound him, what a Prize have I lost by his being
here--my Comfort is, he has not found me out though, but thinks I came
to look for him, and accord... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. ‘Tis wondrous strange;
Why was not I created like the rest,
Wild, and insensible, to fancy all?
_Flaunt_. Come, Sir, you must learn to be gay, to sing, to dance, and
talk of any thing, and fancy any thing that’s in your way too.
_Bel_. Oh, I can towse, and ruffle, like any Leviathan, when I begin--
Come, prove ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Driv_. Ay, Sir, one she makes a very Ass of.
Sir _Tim_. Ay, so methinks--but she’s kind, and will do reason for
all him.
_Driv_. To a Friend, a Man of Quality--or so.
Sir _Tim_. Ay, she blinds the Knight.
_Driv_. Alas, Sir, easily--he, poor Cully, thinks her a very Saint--but
when he’s out of the way, she comes to me... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. Indeed I do--but yet she’s dead, they say.
_Char_. How came she dead?
_Bel_. I kill’d her--ask no more, but leave me.
[_Turns him about again_.
_Char_. Sir, this is Madman’s Language, and not to be believed.
_Bel_. Go to--y’are a saucy Boy.
_Char_. Sir, I’m an angry Boy--
But ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Trust_. Hold, hold, I beseech you, my dear Masters! Oh, what a fight
is this? Two Brothers fighting with each other! Oh, were my old Master
alive, this wou’d break his Heart: Oh, Sir, you’ve kill’d your Brother!
_Bel_. Why, then his Portion’s paid.
[Charles _wounded_.
Sir _Tim_. How, kill’d... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter Sir_ Timothy.
Sir _Tim_. Lord, Lord, how ye look now, as if you had committed no
Misdemeanour: Alas, good Innocent, what canst thou say for thy self,
thou Renegado thou, for being false to my Bosom, say?
_Flaunt_. False to your Bosom! You silly impudent Sot you--who dares
accuse me?
Sir _Tim_. E’en your tru... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. So, ‘twas well I laid by the rest, my Peace had not been
Made under every Rag on’t else; and what I was painfully cheating for
All this Night, would have been laid out at the Mercers and Lacemans
in half an Hour.
--Well, are you satisfy’d I have no more?
_Flaunt_. Have you sunk none indeed and indeed, my _T... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. A good thriving Inclination, by Fortune.
_Sham_. And, Sir, you have all Encouragement; her Brother, you heard,
refus’d to pay her Portion, and you know the Fate of a handsom young
Wench in this Town, that relies on weak Virtue--Then because she is in
The House with her Uncle, this same Steward has contriv’d... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
--Oh, sweet _Diana_, in whom I had plac’d my absolute Delight,
And gave thee to this Villain, because I wish’d thee happy.
And are my Expectations fall’n to this?
Upon his Wedding Night to abandon thee,
And shew his long dissembled natural Leudness!
_Char_. My Lord, I hope, ‘tis not his natural Temper;
For e’er we par... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Char_. Is that a Fault, my Lord?
_Lord_. Yes, Sir, a great one, and I’ll have it so; and let me tell you,
you nor your Sister (for that reason) must expect no more Friendship at
my Hands, than from those that are absolute Strangers to you: Your
Brother has refus’d you your Portions, and I’ll have as little Mercy
As h... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Trust_. The younger, and the less Love, the better.
_Enter_ Page.
_Page_. Mr. _Trusty_, here’s a Gentleman would speak with you, he says
his Name’s Mr. _Sham_.
_Trust_. Gud’s me, Mistress, put on all your Holiday Looks; for this is
the little Merchant of Love by Retail, that brings you the Husband I
promis’d you.... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Sir _Tim_. Fie, fie, that’s a gross Name; no, a Miss, that’s the Word--
a Lady of Delight, a Person of Pleasure and the rest; I’ll keep thee,
not a Woman of Quality shall be half so fine--Come, dear _Phillis_,
yield. Oh, I am mad for the happy hour--come, say the word, ‘tis but
inclining thy Head a little thus, thy pr... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Sham_. Sir, you know the old Cheat; hire a Lay Rascal in a Canonical
Habit, and put a false Marriage upon her.
Sir _Tim_. Lord, that this shou’d not enter into my Coxcomb before!
haste then and get one--I’ll have it done immediately, whilst I go after
her to keep up my flame.
[_Ex. Sir_ Tim.
_Sham... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bel_. Those I have done to thee, though foul and barbarous,
May plead the Excuse of Force--but those to her,
Not thou, nor I, nor she, or Heav’n can pardon.
_Friend_. Heav’ns!
My Sister’s Wrongs, and mine, may plead Excuse,
But those to her alone can ne’er be pardon’d.
--This place, Sir, is too open--come with me,
Fo... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
SCENE IV. _Changes to the Inside of_ Friendlove’s _Lodgings_.
_Enter_ Celinda, _as before, met by_ Nurse.
_Nur_. Oh, Madam, here’s Mr. Bellmour; he has wounded my young Master,
who deny’d him Entrance, and is come into the House, and all in Rage
demands his Wife.
_Cel_. Oh Heav’n! Demands his Wife! Is that sad Cu... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. Sir, in Obedience to your Commands,
I’ve brought the Lady.
_Dia_. How! The perfidious _Bellmour_!
The only Object of my Hate and Scorn.
_Bel_. Say on, my angry Deity-- [_Kneels_.
Whilst I thus trembling hear my fatal Doom,
Like Sinners, conscious ne’er to be forgiven,
I dare not lift my guilty Eyes towards H... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cel_. To your fair Wife _Diana_.
_Bel_. Oh cruel Maid!
Has Heav’n design’d me any but _Celinda_?
_Dia_. Maid! Bless me!--did I then love a Woman?
--I am pleas’d thou should’st renounce me; make it good,
And set me free from Fetters which I hate.
_Bel_. If all our Laws can do’t, I will--for here
Ends all my Claim. ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Friend_. And so it had, hadst thou not hinder’d me;
For I, Sir, was the Man who drew on you.
_Bel_. And was it thou that didst defend my Heart,
That I might live to pay thy Goodness back?
_Cel_. It was to save your Life, and to expose my own.
_Dia_. Come, let’s in, and consult what’s best for us to do.
_Bel_. Come, m... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lord_. Well, and you, Sir, that are the cause of this,
What canst thou say to move me for thy Pardon?
_Bel_. I am so guilty in your Opinion,
My Prayers wou’d but make you merciless;
I only say _Celinda_ is my Wife,
And I shou’d injure this too generous Maid,
Not to adore her equal to her Merit.
_Lord_. I see, Sir, yo... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lord_. What’s the News here?
Sir _Tim_. How, _Celinda_ here, and _Bellmour_ too! Nay, now wou’d I
compound for my Life, at any rate, by Fortune.
_Phil_. Sir, this Villain here has abus’d me, and with a false Marriage
has rob’d me of my Honour.
_Bel_. How!
Sir _Tim_. My Lord, I say this young Jilt would have rob’d me ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phil_. Sir, you deny’d me my Portion, and my Uncle design’d to turn me
out of doors, and in my Despair I accepted of him.
_Flaunt_. Married! and to a Wife of no Fortune! that’s the worst part
on’t--what shall I do?
_Bel_. Renounce this leud Fool, and I’ll make thee a Fortune suitable
to thy Quality.
Sir _Tim_. Say yo... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Written by Mr. _E.R_.
THE FALSE COUNT.
ARGUMENT.
Don Carlos, Governor of Cadiz, who has been contracted to Julia, now
married to a rich old churl, Francisco, in order to gain her, mans a
galley, which has been captured from the Turks, with some forty or fifty
attendants disguised as ferocious Ottomans; and whilst she... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
In the Epilogue Mrs. Behn asserts that she wrote _The False Count_ with
ease in something less than a week. This may be a pardonable
exaggeration; but there are certainly distinct marks of haste in the
composition of the play. In Act iii, I, she evidently intended Francisco
and his party to be seized as they were retu... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
MEN.
Don _Carlos_, Governour of _Cadiz_, young and rich,
in love with _Julia_, Mr. _Smith_
_Antonio_, a Merchant, young and rich. Friend to _Carlos_,
in love with _Clara_, but promis’d to _Isabella_, Mr. _Wiltshire_
_Francisco_, old and rich, Husband to _Juli... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Ant_. And old _Francisco_, without the expence of an hour’s Courtship,
a _Billet-Doux_, or scarce a sight of her, could gain her in a day; and
yet ‘tis wonder, your Fortune and your Quality, should be refus’d by Don
_Baltazer_ her Father.
_Car_. A Pox upon’t, I went the wrong way to work, and courted the
Daughter; bu... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_. Prithee, what was her Birth?
_Ant_. Why, her Father, old _Francisco_, was in his youth an English
Cordwainer, that is to say, a Shoemaker, which he improv’d in time to a
Merchant; and the Devil and his Knavery helping him to a considerable
Estate, he set up for Gentleman; and being naturally a stingey,
hide-bou... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_. And I visit her only to get a sight of _Julia_, which hitherto
has been impossible, though I have oft endeavour’d it. I beg you’ll not
be jealous; for this, by Heav’n, is only my Design.
_Ant_. I’ll trust my Life, my Honour and my Mistress in so good hands at
any time.
_Car_. You oblige me; but though I find yo... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_. Bring him anon to my Lodgings, where we’ll prepare him for the
Adventure.
_Ant_. And if the proud _Isabella_ bite not at so gay a bait, I’ll be
bound to be married to her.
_Car_. And if she do not, possibly that may be your Fate--but in
return, you must let _Clara_ know the Design I have, and, undeceiving
her o... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Jac_. Indeed that’s something uncivil, Madam, if it be true.
_Jul_. True! my Father has with joy consented to it, and he has leave to
visit her; and can I live to see’t? No, Mischief will ensue, my Love’s
too high, too nicely true to brook Affronts like that.
_Jac_. Yet you first broke with him.
_Jul_. Not I; be witn... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bal_. Pray, why so?
_Fran_. Alas, I see the Trick, Sir, a mere Trick put upon a Man,
a married Man, and a married Man to a handsome young Woman,--you
apprehend me.
_Bal_. Not I, Sir.
_Fran_. Not you, Sir! why, look ye, your young Governor who now is, made
most desperate love to her who is now my Wife, d’ye mind me?--... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Julia _and_ Jacinta.
_Bal_. Wou’d I had never married her to this Sot.
_Jul_. Your pleasure, Sir.
_Fran_. Only to see thee, Love.
_Jul_. I have a Suit to you.
_Fran_. What is’t, my Chicken.
_Jul_. I wou’d go make a Visit to my Aunt, my Sister _Clara’s_ there,
and I’ll go fetch her home.
_Fran_. Hum--perhap... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bal_. Harkye, Son, Harkye!
_Fran_. Father mine, every Man to his business, I say, therefore say no
more of this; for I’ll give my Mother’s Son to the Devil, when any Wife
of mine ever makes a Visit to the Governor; and there’s an end on’t. Was
ever so horrid a Plot contriv’d against her own lawful Husband? Visit
the ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fran_. Friend, let your Master know we are here in very good quarters
already, and he does us both too much honour; and that if we have notice
of the Wedding-day, and I have nothing else to do, we’ll certainly wait
on him, and the next morning we intend to take our leaves, which I send
him word of beforehand to preve... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fran_. So, your Mercury’s gone; Lord, how simply you look now, as if
you knew nothing of the matter!
_Jul_. Matter! what matter? I heard the civil Message the Governor sent,
and the uncivil Answer you return’d back.
_Fran_. Very good; did that grieve your heart? alas, what pity ‘twas I
carried you not in my hand, pre... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Isa_. Something.
_Fran_. Something? what thing? have I not provided you a Husband whom
you are to marry within a day or two.
_Isa_. There’s a Husband indeed, pray keep him to your self, if you
please; I’ll marry none of him, I’ll see him hanged first.
_Fran_. Hey day;--what, is he not young and handsome enough, forso... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Isa_. Dear Father.
_Fran_. Dear me no Dears: wou’d your old Mother were alive, she wou’d
have strapt your Just-au-corps, for puleing after Cavaliers and
Nobleman, i’faith, that wou’d she; a Citizen’s Daughter, and would be a
_Madona_--in good time.
_Isa. Why, Father, the Gentry and Nobility now-a-days frequently marr... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Ant_. My Equals! ‘Tis true, you are fair; but if there be any
Inequality in our births, the advantage is on my side.
_Isa_. Saucy Impertinent, you shew your City breeding; you understand
what’s due to Ladys! you understand your Pen and Ink, how to count your
dirty Money, trudge to and fro chaffering of base commoditi... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Jacinta _with a Light, and_ Julia.
_Jac_. Well, Madam, have you writ to Don _Carlos_?
_Jul_. No, nor is it possible I shou’d, this Devil haunts me so from
room to room, like my evil Genius to prevent that Good; oh, for an
opportunity of one kind Minute to return Acknowledgments for this kind
Letter he has... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cla_. But are you sure of this?
_Jul_. Most certain; this Night if you can let _Antonio_ see you, he’ll
tell you all the Cheat, and beg your Pardon.
_Cla_. Which he will soon obtain, and in return, what Service I can
render him in your behalf he shall not want.
_Jul_. _Antonio_ will engage you they are Friends.
_Cla_... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fran_. No, look ye, I go arm’d. [_Shews his Girdle round with Pistols_.
Go, get you to your Chambers.
[_He goes out, they go in_.
SCENE II. _Changes to the Street_.
_Enter_ Carlos, Antonio.
_Car_. I wonder where this Man of mine should be, whom I sent this
Evening with my Letter to _Julia... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Guz_. Here’s the Fellow, Sir.
_Ant_. Fellow! he may be the Devil’s Fellow by his countenance.
_Car_. Come nearer, Friend; dost think thou canst manage a Plot well?
_Guil_. As any Man in _Cadiz_, Sir, with good instructions.
_Car_. That thou shalt have, thou art apprehensive.
_Guil_. So, so, I have a pretty memory for... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Ant_. We’ll be with you presently.
_Guil_. And if you find me not en Cavalier, say Clothes, Garniture,
Points, and Feathers have lost their Power of making one.
[_Ex_. Guz. _and_ Page, _and_ Guil.
_Enter, opening the door_, Jacinta.
_Car_. Hah, the Door opens, and surely ‘tis a... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_. When then, my _Julia_, shall we meet again?
_Jul_. You _Spaniards_ are a jealous Nation,
But in this _English Spaniard_ Old _Francisco_,
That mad Passion’s doubled; wholly deprives him of his Sense, and turns
his Nature Brute; wou’d he but trust me only with my Woman, I wou’d
contrive some way to see my _Carlos... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Julia.
_Fran_. Hum, what have we here, a Woman?
_Jul_. Heavens! what, not gone yet, my Dear?
_Fran_. So, so, ‘tis my confounded Wife, who expecting some body wou’d
have me gone now.
_Jul_. Are you not satisfied with all I’ve said,
With all the Vows I’ve made,
Which here anew, in sight of Heaven, I breathe?... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_.--And I wou’d speak to any body, Friend, that belongs to the fair
_Clara_,--if you are any of this house.
_Fran_. Only the Cuckold of the house, that’s all;--my name, Sir, is
_Francisco_; but you, perhaps, are better acquainted with my Wife.
_Car_. _Francisco_, let me embrace you, my noble Brother, and chide you... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fran_. In the Road to Heaven, whither they say all Cuckolds go--I thank
you for your advice; I perceive you wou’d willingly help me onwards of
my Journey.
_Car_. I’m glad I know you, Sir,--farewel to you--
[_Goes out_.
_Fran_. No matter for that, so you know not my Wife--... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fran_. What made you at the door against my positive commands,--the
very Street-door,--in the night,--alone,--and undrest,--this is a
matter of Fact, Gentlewoman; you hastened me away,--a plain case,--and
presently, after Don _Carlos_ comes to the door,--positive proof,--sees
me and falls right down upon my Jealousy,... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Ant_. Alas, how shall I endure so great an Affliction?
_Cla_. And I.
_Jac_. Ha, ha, ha, how I am griev’d to think on it; ha, ha, ha, that you
shou’d both be so hardly put to it; ha, ha, ha, for the old Gentleman
has lock’d all the doors, and took the keys to bed to him,--go, get you
in,--ha, ha, ha.--
_Ant_. Oh, my d... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_. Thou amazest me.
_Guz_. If I do’t not, send me to the Galleys; nay, and so far cure the
Jealousy of the old Fellow, that from a rigid suspicious troublesom
Fool, he shall become so tame and gentle a Husband,--that he shall
desire you to favour him so much as to lie with his dear Wife.
_Car_. By what strange Wit... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Car_. But the distance of Place and Time allow not such a Fallacy.
_Guz_. Why he never read in’s life; knows neither Longitude nor
Latitude, and _Constantinople_ may be in the midst of _Spain_ for any
thing he knows; besides, his Fear will give him little leisure
for thinking.
_Ant_. But how shall we do with the Seam... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Guil_. I thank you for that, i’faith, take your Don again, an you
please, I’ll not be starv’d for ne’er a Don in Christendom.
_Ant_. But you must study to refine your Manners a little.
_Guil_. Manners! you shall pardon me for that; as if a Lord had not more
privilege to be more saucy, more rude, impertinent, slovenly... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Isabella _looking in a Glass, and seeing her Face_.
_Isa_. Ah, Heavens, those Eyes--that Look,--that pretty Leer,--that my
Father shou’d be so doating an old Fool to think these Beauties fit for
a little Merchandize; a Marchioness wou’d so much better become me.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fran_. And with me wou’d he speak? I hope he comes not to my Wife.
_Enter_ Julia.
_Jul_. Oh Husband, the delicatest fine Person of Quality, just alighted
at the Door, Husband.
_Fran_. What, have you seen him then? the Devil’s in these Women, and
there be but a Loop-hole to peep out of they’ll spy a man,--I’m reso... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 |
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