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_Gay_. What--to possess thee when the Bliss was offer’d?
Possess thee too without a Crime to thee?
Charge not my Soul with so remiss a flame,
So dull a sense of Virtue to refuse it.
L. _Ful_. I am convinc’d the fault was all my Husband’s--
And here I vow--by all things just and sacred,
To separate for ever from his Be... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
L. _Ful_. However, step into my Bed-chamber.
[_Exeunt_ Leticia, Gayman _and_ Phillis.
_Enter Sir_ Feeble _in an Antick manner_.
Sir _Feeb_. Hell shall not hold thee--nor vast Mountains cover thee, but
I will find thee out--and lash thy filthy and Adulterous Carcase.
[_Co... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Leticia, Bellmour, _and_ Phillis.
Sir _Feeb_. Hah, Ghost--another Sight would make me mad indeed.
_Bel_. Behold me, Sir, I have no Terror now.
Sir _Feeb_. Hah--who’s that, _Francis!_--my Nephew _Francis_?
_Bel_. _Bellmour_, or _Francis_, chuse you which you like, and I am
either.
Sir _Feeb_. Hah, _Bellmour... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Bred_. Yes, Sir, and humbly ask your Pardon, and your Blessing--
Sir _Feeb_. You will ha’t, whether I will or not--rise, you are still
too hard for us: Come, Sir, forgive your Nephew--
Sir _Cau_. Well, Sir, I will--but all this while you little think the
Tribulation I am in, my Lady has forsworn my Bed.
Sir _Feeb_. I... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
EPILOGUE.
Written by a Person of Quality, Spoken by Mr. _Betterton_.
_Long have we turn’d the point of our just Rage
On the half Wits, and Criticks of the Age.
Oft has the soft, insipid Sonneteer
In_ Nice _and_ Flutter, _seen his Fop-face here.
Well was the ignorant lampooning Pack
Of shatterhead Rhymers whip’d on_ Cr... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
THE FORC’D MARRIAGE; OR, THE JEALOUS BRIDEGROOM.
ARGUMENT.
The King of France to reward his favourite Alcippus, at the motion of
prince Philander, gladly assents to his being created general in place
of old Orgulius, who seeks to resign his office, and further on his
royal word pledges the new-made commander, Erminia... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
There is a slight underplot which deals with the amours of Aminta,
sister to Pisaro, and Alcander. She is also courted by the cowardly
fop, Falatius.
SOURCE.
_The Forc’d Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom_ is the earliest, and
most certainly one of the weakest of Mrs. Behn’s plays. This is,
however, far from saying ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_The Forced Marriage_ seems never to have been revived since its
production. On the title page of the second quarto (1690), _The Forc’d
Marriage_ is said to have been played at the Queen’s Theatre. This is
because the Duke’s House temporarily changed its name thus. It does not
refer to a second run of the play.
THE FO... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Enter an Actress.
_How hast thou labour’d to subvert in vain,
What one poor Smile of ours calls home again?
Can any see that glorious Sight and say_
[Woman pointing to the ladies.
_A Woman shall not Victor prove to day?
Who is’t that to their Beauty would submit,
And yet refuse the Fetters of their Wit?
He tel... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Scene within the Court of_ FRANCE.
ACT I.
SCENE I. _The Palace_.
_Enter_ King, Philander, Orgulius, Alcippus, Alcander,
Pisaro, Cleontius, Falatius; _and Officers_.
_King_. How shall I now divide my Gratitude,
Between a Son, and one that has oblig’d me,
Beyond the common duty of a Subject?
_Phil_. Believe m... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_King_. I shall grow angry, and believe your Pride
Would put the guilt off on your Modesty,
Which would refuse what that believes below it.
_Phil_. Your Majesty thinks too severely of him;
Permit me, Sir, to recompense his Valour,
I saw the wonders on’t, and thence may guess
In some Degree, what may be worthy of it.
_... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_King_. I credit all, and do submit to you.
But yet _Alcippus_ seems displeas’d with it.
_Alcip_. Ah, Sir! too late I find my Confidence
Has overcome my unhappy Bashfulness;
I had an humbler Suit to approach you with;
But this unlook’d for Honour
Has soon confounded all my lesser aims,
As were they not essential to my... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fal_. He’s in the right for that, by _Jove_.
_Pis_. Nay, now you wrong him.
_Alcan_. What’s he I should not speak my sense of him?
_Pis_. He is our General.
_Alcan_. What then?
What is’t that he can do, which I’ll decline?
Has he more Youth, more Strength, or Arms than I?
Can he preserve himself i’th’ heat of the Bat... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Pis_. For that, _Alcander_, you know more than I.
_Fal_. Why sure _Aminta_ will instruct her better,
She’s as inconstant as the Seas and Winds,
Which ne’er are calm but to betray Adventurers.
_Alcan_. How came you by that knowledg, Sir?
_Fal_. What a Pox makes him ask me that question now? [_Aside_.
_Pis_. Prithee... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lab_. I warrant you, Sir, for a Speech.
_Fal_. Nay, thou mayst speak as well too much
As too little; have a care of that, dost hear?
And if she ask what Wounds I have, dost mind me?
Tell her I have many, very many.
_Lab_. But whereabouts, Sir?
_Fal_. Let me see--let me see; I know not where
To place them--I think in ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fal_. There was so; but she was poor, that’s the Devil,
I could have lov’d her else.
--But go thy ways; what dost thou muse on?
_Lab_. Faith, Sir, I am only fearful you will never
Pass with those Patches you speak of.
_Fal_. Thou never-to-be-reclaim’d Ass, shall I never
Bring thee to apprehend as thou ought’st? I tel... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal_. You must my Wounds and my Misfortunes bear
Before you can become my Counsellor.
You cannot guess the Torments I endure:
Not knowing the Disease you’ll miss the Cure.
_Am_. Physicians, Madam, can the Patient heal
Although the Malady they ne’er did feel;
But your Disease is epidemical,
Nor can I that evade that c... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal_. Indeed I dare not say my cause of grief
Does yours exceed, since both are past relief.
But if your Fates unequal do appear,
_Erminia_, ‘tis my heart that odds must bear.
_Er_. Madam, ‘tis just I should to you resign,
But here you challenge what is only mine:
My Fate so cruel is, it will not give
Leave to _Phila... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er_. Ah, Madam, do not tell me how he dies,
I’ve seen too much already in his Eyes:
They did the sorrows of his Soul betray,
Which need not be confest another way:
’.was there I found what my misfortune was,
Too sadly written in his lovely face.
But see, my Father comes: Madam, withdraw a while,
And once again I’ll t... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Org_. Than this a more unhappy could not be;
Destroy it, or expect to hear of me.
[_Offers to go out_.
_Er_. Alas, I know ‘twould anger you, when known.
[_She stays him_.
_Org. Erminia_, you are wondrous daring grown.
Where got you courage to admit hi... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Org_. This duty has regain’d me, and you’ll find
A just return; I shall be always kind.
--Go, reassume your Beauty, dry your Eyes;
Remember ‘tis a Father does advise. [_Goes out_.
_Er_. Ungrateful Duty, whose uncivil Pride
By Reason is not to be satisfy’d;
Who even Love’s Almighty Power o’erthrows,
Or does on it t... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcan_. Then ‘twas a flame conceal’d from you alone,
To the whole Court, besides, ‘twas visible.
He knew you would not suffer it to burn out;
And therefore waited till his services
Might give encouragement to’s close design.
If that could do’t he nobly has endeavour’d it,
But yet I think you need not yield her, Sir.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal_. Ah, dear _Philander_, do not threaten so,
Whilst him you wound, you kill a Sister too.
_Phi_. Though all the Gods were rallied on his side,
They should too feeble prove to guard his Pride.
Justice and Honour on my Sword shall sit,
And my Revenge shall guide the lucky hit.
_Gal_. Consider but the danger and the ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi_. Ah, Coward, how these words have made thee pale,
And Fear above thy Courage does prevail:
Ye Gods, why did you such a way invent?
_Gal_. None else was left thy madness to prevent.
_Phi_. Ah, cruel Sister, I am tame become,
And will reverse my happy Rival’s doom:
Yes, he shall live to triumph o’er my Tomb.
--But... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal. Philander_, do not your Hope’s power distrust,
’.is time enough to die, when that’s unjust.
[_Exeunt_.
SCENE II. _The Court Gallery_.
_Enter_ Aminta _as passing over the Stage, is stayed by_ Olinda.
_Oli_. Why so hasty, _Aminta_?
_Am_. The time requires it, _Olinda_.
_... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Oli_. How, _Aminta_, can you sigh in earnest?
_Am_. Yes, _Olinda_, and you shall know its meaning;
I love _Alcander_, and am not asham’d o’th’ secret,
But prithee do not tell him what I say.
--Oh, he’s a man made up of those Perfections,
Which I have often lik’d in several men;
And wish’d united to compleat some one,... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcan_. That’s most proper for your Wit, _Falatius_.
_Am_. Why so angry?
_Alcan_. Away, thou art deceiv’d.
_Am_. You’ve lost your sleep, which puts you out of humour.
_Alcan_. He’s damn’d will lose a moment on’t for you.
_Am_. Who is’t that has displeas’d you?
_Alcan_. You have, and took my whole repose away,
And mor... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er_. To satisfy a little modest scruple;
I beg you would permit me, Sir--
_Alcip_. To lie alone to night, is it not so, _Erminia_?
_Er_. It is--
_Alcip_. That’s too severe, yet I will grant it thee?
But why, _Erminia_, must I grant it thee?
_Er_. The Princess, Sir, questions my Power, and says,
I cannot gain so much ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er_. I see your Love your Reason has betray’d,
But I’ll forgive the Faults which Love has made:
’.is true, I love, and do confess it too;
Which if a Crime, I might have hid from you;
But such a Passion ‘tis as does despise
Whatever Rage you threaten from your Eyes.
--Yes--you may disapprove this flame in me,
But cann... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er_. A double tie obliges me to be
Strict to my Vows, my Love and Amity;
For my own sake the first I’ll ne’er decline,
And I would gladly keep the last for thine.
_Alcip_. Madam, you strangely do improve my pain,
To give me hopes you must recal again.
_Er. Alcippus_, you this language will forbear,
When you shall kno... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcan_. Sir, do you think it just to wrong her so?
_Phi_. Oh, would thou couldst persuade me that I did so.
Thou know’st the Oaths and Vows she made to me,
Never to marry other than my self,
And you, _Alcander_, wrought me to believe them.
But now her Vows to marry none but me,
Are given to _Alcippus_, and in his bos... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi_. And canst thou have so poor a thought of her?
_Alcan_. I hope you’ll find her, Sir, as willing to’t
As I am to suppose it; nay, believe’t,
She’ll look upon’t as want of Love and Courage
Should you not now attempt it;
You know, Sir, there’s no other remedy,
Take no denial, but the Game pursue,
For what she will ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Lys_. I cry your Lordship’s mercy;
My Lady lies not in her Lodgings to night;
The Princess sent for her,
Her Highness is not well.
[_She goes in_.
_Pis_. I do believe it, good night, _Lysette_.
_Enter a_ Page.
--Who’s there?
_Page_. Your Lordship’s Page.
_Pis_. Where hast thou been? I... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Those Smiles and Kisses which you give.
Remember_, Sylvia, _are my due;
And all the Joys my Rival does receive
He ravishes from me, not you.
Ah_ Sylvia, _can I live and this believe?
Insensibles are touched to see
My languishments, and seem to pity me_.
Which I demand of thee, _E_. of thee,
Whic... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[_Exeunt_.
SCENE VII. The Court Gallery.
_Enter_ Philander _and_ Alcander _with a Light_.
_Alcan_. He’s gone, whoe’er he be.
_Phi_. It could not be _Alcippus_.
_Alcan_. I rather fear _Pisaro_,
--But we soon enough shall know: Who’s this?
_Enter_ Erminia _in her Nig... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi_. Thou hast restor’d me to a world of Joys,
By what thou now hast said.
_Enter_ Alcippus, _his Sword in his Hand, a_
Page _with Light, he stands a while_.
_Alcip. Erminia_! and the Prince! embracing too!
I dream, and know she could not be thus base,
Thus false and loose--
But here I am inform’d it is no V... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi. Alcander_, thou hast peace about thee, and canst judge
Better than I, ‘twixt what is just and fit.
[_Puts up his Sword_.
I hitherto believ’d my Flame was guided
By perfect Reason: so we often find
Vessels conducted by a peaceful Wind,
And meet no opposition in their way,
C... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Pis_. Sir, you are of so strange a jealous Humour,
And I so strangely jealous of your Honour,
That ‘twixt us both we may make work enough;
But on my Soul I know no wrong you have.
_Alcip_. I must believe thee, yet methinks thy Face
Has put on an unwonted gravity.
_Pis_. That, _Alcippus_, you’ll not wonder at,
When yo... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcip_. I never thought thou’dst had this Softness in thee.
How cam’st thou, Friend, to hide all this from me?
_Pis_. My Lord, I knew not that I was a Lover;
I felt no flame, but a religious Ardour,
That did inspire my Soul with adoration;
And so remote I was from ought but such,
I knew not Hope, nor what it was to w... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcip_. I do believe thee, and will tell thee something
That past between the Prince and I last night;
And then thou wilt conclude me truly miserable.
[_Exeunt_.
SCENE II. _The Palace_.
_Enter_ Falatius, Labree, _as passing by they meet_ Cleontius.
_Cle_. Your Servant, ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cle_. Abusive Coward, hast thou no sense of honour?
_Fal_. Sense of honour! ha, ha, ha, poor _Cleontius_.
_Enter_ Aminta _and_ Olinda.
_Am_. How now, Servant, why so jovial?
_Fal_. I was laughing, Madam--at--
_Cle_. At what, thou thing of nothing--
_Am_. Cousin _Cleontius_, you are angry.
_Cle_. Madam, it is unju... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Am_. Is that so certain a proof?
_Fal_. Ever while you live, you treat me too
Well ever to hope.
_Enter_ Alcander, _kneels, offers his Sword to_ Aminta.
--What new Masquerade’s this? by _Jove, Alcander_
Has more tricks than a dancing Bear.
_Am_. What mean you by this present?
_Alcan_. Kill me.
_Am_. What have you... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Pisaro, Aminta, _and_ Olinda.
_Am_. Well, have you kill’d him?
_Fal_. Some wiser than some, Madam.
--My Lord--what, alive?--
[_Sees_ Pisaro, _runs to him, and embraces him_.
_Pis_. Worth two dead men, you see.
_Fal_. That’s more than I could have said within
This half hour. _Alcander’s_ very _O... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Fal_. By Jove, there is no truth in them, that’s flat.
[_She looks sad_.
_Alcan_. Why that repentant look? what new design?
Come, now a tear or two to second that,
And I am soft again, a very Ass.
--But yet that Look would call a Saint from th’.ltar,
And make him quite forget ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er_. Madam, in this your Bounty is severe,
Be pleas’d to spare that repetition here.
I hope no Action of my Life should be
So rude to charge your Generosity:
But, Madam, do you think it just to pay
Your great Obligements by so false a way?
_Alcippus’. Passion merits some return,
And should that prove but an ingratefu... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Am_. No matter, Sir, you have the Year before you.
_Alcip_. Yes, Madam, so has every Galley Slave,
That knows his Toil, but not his Recompence:
To morrow I expect no more content,
Than this uneasy Day afforded me;
And all before me is but one grand piece
Of endless Grief and Madness:
--You, Madam, taught _Erminia_ to... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal_. Dear, if thou lov’st me, flatter him a little.
[_To_ Er. _aside_.
_Er_. ‘Tis hard to do, yet I will try it, Madam.
_Gal_. I’ll leave you, that you may the better do so.
--I hope, _Alcippus_, you’ll revisit us
With Lover’s speed:
And whatsoever treatment now you find,
At... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[_Exeunt_.
ACT IV.
SCENE I. _The Palace_.
_Enter_ Galatea _and_ Aminta, _met by_ Philander _and_ Alcander.
_Phi_. So hasty, Sister!
_Gal_. Brother, I am glad to meet you.
_Aminta_ has some welcome News for you.
_Am_. My Lord!
_Erminia_ yet is hardly brought to yield;
She ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Am_. This will not serve to convince me,
But you have lov’d before.
_Alcan_. And will you never quit that error, Madam?
_Am_. ‘Tis what I’ve reason to believe, _Alcander_,
And you can give me none for loving me:
I’m much unlike _Lucinda_ whom you sigh’d for,
I’m not so coy, nor so reserv’d as she;
Nor so designing as... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcip_. And then methought I was so,
But yet even then I fear’d she did dissemble.
--Gods, what’s a Man possest with Jealousy?
_Pis_. A strange wild thing, a Lover without reason;
I once have prov’d the torture on’t,
But as unlike to thine as good from evil;
Like fire in Limbecks, mine was soft and gentle,
Infusing k... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Pis_. I must confess, your Passions give me cause,
If I had any Secrets, to conceal them;
But ‘tis no time nor place to make disputes in:
Will you to Horse?
_Alcip_. Will you not think fit I should return then?
I can be calm.
_Pis_. What is’t you mean by this return, _Alcippus_?
_Alcip_. To see _Erminia_, is not that... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Isil_. Where’s the Prince?
_Phi_. Here, _Isillia_.
_Isil_. Give me your hand, my Lord, and follow me.
_Phi_. To such a Heaven as thou conduct’st me to,
Though thou should’st traverse Hell, I’d follow thee.
_Alcan_. You’ll come back in charity, _Isillia_?
_Isil_. Yes, if I dare trust you alone with me.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcan_. Who’s there?
_Alcip_. A Friend.
_Isil_. [_Within_.] Oh Heavens! it is my Lord _Alcippus’. voice.
_Alcan_. Peace, _Isillia_.
_Alcip_. I hear a Man within--open the door.
Now, Love, defend thy Interest, or my Jealousy
Will grow the mightier Devil of the two else. [Alcan. _comes out_.
--Who’s this? one muffle... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[Isillia _goes to take the Hat and Sword and slide
into her lap, which he sees, calls to her_.
--What have you there, _Isillia_?
Come back, and let me see what ‘tis.
[_He takes them from her_.
--Ha--a Sword and Hat--_Erminia_, whose be these?
_Er_. Why do you ask--
_Alcip_. To be inform’d... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi_. Alas, I dare not leave thee here with him.
_Er_. Trust me, Sir, I can make him calm again.
_Alcip_. She counsels well, and I advise you take it.
_Phi_. I will, but not for fear of thee or Death,
But from th’assurance that her Power’s sufficient
To allay this unbecoming Fury in thee,
And bring thee to repentance... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcip_. If she be dead, the fitter she’s for me,
She’ll now be coy no more, nor cry I cannot love,
And frown and blush, when I but kiss her hand:
Now I shall read no terror in her Eyes,
And what is better yet, shall ne’er be jealous.
_Pis_. Why didst thou make such haste to be undone?
Had I detain’d thee but an hour ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcip_. I will not go, alas I seek no Safety.
_Pis_. I will not now dispute that vain reply,
But force you to security.
[Pisaro _draws him out, the Scene closes_.
SCENE VII. _The Palace_.
_Enter_ Philander, Alcander, Galatea, Aminta, _and_ Falatius.
_Fal_. Ah, fly, Sir, fly from what I have to... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_King_. Why all this Conjuration, _Galatea_?
_Gal_. To move you, Sir, to spare _Alcippus’. Life.
_King_. You are unjust, if you demand a Life
Must fall a Sacrifice to _Erminia’s_ Ghost,
That is a debt I have ingag’d to pay.
_Gal_. Sir, if that Promise be already past,
And that your Word be irrevocable,
I vow I will no... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_King_. How did _Philander_ take _Erminia’s_ death?
_Gal_. My own surprize and grief was so extream,
I know not what effects it had in him;
But this account of him, I’m forc’d to give,
Since she is dead, I know he cannot live.
_King_. I’ll know _Philander’s_ fate e’er I proceed;
And if he die, _Alcippus_ too shall ble... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi_. That shall not serve his turn--go
Tell him I’ll get his Pardon of the King,
And set him free from other fears of Justice,
But those which I intend to execute.
If he be brave, he’ll not refuse this offer;
If not, I’ll do as he has done by me,
And meet his hated Soul by Treachery. [Cle_. goes out_.
--And then ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcan_. ‘Twas this _Aminta_ would persuade me to,
And, faith, I laught at her,
And wish I might have leave to do so now.
_Phi_. You do displease me with your Unbelief.
_Alcan_. Why, Sir, do you think there can indeed be Ghosts?
_Phi_. Pray do not urge my Sense to lose its nature.
_Er_. It is _Alcander_, I may trust h... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Galatea _and_ Aminta _lighted_.
_Gal_. Ah, Brother, there’s such news abroad--
_Phi_. What, dear Sister, for I am here confin’d,
And cannot go to meet it?
_Gal_. _Erminia’s_ Ghost is seen, and I’m so frighted--
_Phi_. You would not fear it though it should appear.
_Gal_. Oh, do not say so;
For though the W... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal_. We’ll take your Counsel, Sir.
--Good night, Brother.
_Phi_. _Erminia_, may thy Dreams be calm and sweet,
As thou hast made my Soul;
May nothing of the Cruelty that’s past,
Approach thee in a rude uneasy thought;
Remember it not so much as in thy Prayers,
Let me alone to thank the Gods for thee,
To whom that Ble... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Gal_. And all this while did he ne’er mention me?
_Pis_. Yes, Madam, and a thousand things he said,
By which much Shame and Passion he betray’d:
And then ‘twas, Madam, I stept in and gave
Counsels, I thought him fittest to receive;
I sooth’d him up, and told him that the Crime
I had committed, had the case been mine.... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Pisaro, _and_ Erminia _drest like an Angel with Wings_.
_Pis_. Look where he is.
_Er_. Alas, I tremble at the sight of him.
_Pis_. Fear nothing, Madam, I’ll be near you still.
_Er_. Pray stay a little longer.
_Alcip_.--My Face has Horror in’t pale and disfigur’d,
And lean as Envy’s self--
My Eyes all blood... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
This will the Gods; thy King yet more
Will give thee what those Gods adore;
And what they did create for thee_,
Alcippus, _look, for that is she_.
_Enter the_ Princess, _who goes over the Stage as a Spirit,
bows a little to_ Alcippus, _and goes off_.
_Alcip_. The Princess! [_He offers to rise_.
Er. ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[She goes out, he remains immoveable for a while.
_Enter_ Pisaro.
_Pis_. How is it, man?--what, speechless?
_Alcip_. No.
_Pis_. I left thee on the Bed, how camest thou here?
_Alcip_. I know not.
_Pis_. Have you slept?
_Alcip_. Yes, ever since you left me;
And ‘twas a kindness in thee now to wake me;
For Sleep had ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Phi_. This Goodness, Sir, resembles that of Heaven,
Preserving what it made, and can be paid
Only with grateful Praise as we do that.
_King_. Go, carry on your innocent design,
And when you’ve done, the last act shall be mine.
[_Exeunt_
SCENE IV. _The Court Gallery_.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[_Exeunt severally_.
SCENE V.
_Discovers a Room hung with Black, a Hearse standing in it with
Tapers round about it_, Alcippus _weeping at it, with_ Isillia,
_and other Women with long black Veils round about the Hearse_.
_Isil_. I humbly beg, my Lord, you would forbear.
_Alcip... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[_The Women run all away crying; they draw out some
one way, and some another, leaving some their Veils
behind them, some half off, half on_.
_Phi_. We are here not safe, these Women will betray us.
_Alcip_. Sir, ‘tis a work that will soon be dispatcht,
And this a place and time most proper for’t.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter the_ King, Cleontius, _and Attendants_.
_King_. My Love, _Alcippus_, is despis’d I see,
And you in lieu of that return you owe me,
Endeavour to destroy me.
--Is this an Object for your Rage to work on?
Behold him well, _Alcippus_, ‘tis your Prince.
--Who dares gaze on him with irreverend Eyes?
The good he d... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Alcip_. ‘Tis a high proof to give you of my Duty,
Yet that’s more ease to me than your Unbelief.
_Phi_. Let me embrace and thank thee for this goodness.
[_He offers to embrace him, but he is shy, and keeps a little off_.
Why dost receive me coldly? I’m in earnest;
As I love Honour, and esteem thee generous,
I me... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er_. Rise, I forgive thee, from my soul I do;
Mayst thou be happier
In thy more glorious Passion for the Princess,
And all the Joys thou e’er couldst hope from me,
Mayst thou find there repeated.
_Enter_ King, Orgulius, _and the rest_.
_Org_. First, I’ll keep my word with thee,
Receive the welcome present which I... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Er. Aminta_, be persuaded. [_Aside to_ Am.
_Am_. He’d use me scurvily then.
_Alcan_. That’s according as you behav’d yourself, _Aminta_.
_Am_. I should domineer.
_Alcan_. I then should make love elsewhere.
_Am_. Well, I find we shall not agree then.
_Alcan_. Faith--now we have disputed a point I never thought on
b... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
But we are upon equal treatment yet,
For neither conquer, since we both submit;
You to our Beauty bow, we to your Wit_.
THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON.
ARGUMENT.
Doctor Baliardo, a Neapolitan philosopher, has so applied himself to the
study of the Moon, and is enraptured to such an extent with the
mysteries of that orb, tha... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
SOURCE.
Mrs. Behn’s farce is derived from _Arlequin Empereur dans la Lune_,
which was played in Paris by Guiseppe-Domenico Biancolelli, a famous
Harlequin and the leading member of the Italian theatre there from 1660
to 1688. The original Italian scenes from which the French farce is
taken belonged to that impromptu C... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
Arlequin Empereur dans la Lune_ had been published in its entirety
eleven years previously (1684), but it was sufficiently popular for
Gherardi to include various scenes therefrom in his collection.
Accordingly he commences his first volume by giving the ‘Scène de la
Fille de Chambre’, where Harlequin, disguised as a ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
THEATRICAL HISTORY.
_The Emperor of the Moon_, which is certainly as Lowe says ‘one of the
best pantomimic farces ever seen’ on the English boards at any rate, was
produced with great success at the Duke’s Theatre, Dorset Garden, in
1687. The character of Scaramouch was admirably suited to Tony Leigh, a
low comedian ‘... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
In 1777 _The Emperor of the Moon_, very unnecessarily altered and by no
means bettered ‘with the addition of several airs, duets, and choruses
selected from other compositions’ (8vo, 1777), was produced at the
Patagonian Theatre. This theatre was situated in Exeter Change, Strand,
on a portion of the site of Burleigh ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
I am sensible, my Lord, how far the Word Farce might have offended some,
whose Titles of Honour, a Knack in dressing, or his Art in writing a
Billet Doux, had been his chiefest Talent, and who, without considering
the Intent, Character, or Nature of the thing, wou’d have cry’d out upon
the Language, and have damn’d it... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s
Most Humble, and
Most Obedient
Servant,
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Oh!--Oh!--Oh_!
Stentor. _Oh!--Oh!--Oh_!
[After this it sings _Sawny_, laughs, crys God bless
the King in order.
Stentor answers.
_Speak louder_, Jevern, _if you’d have me repeat;
Plague of this Rogue, he will betray the Cheat_.
[He speaks louder, it answers indirectly.
_--Hum--There ‘tis again,
Po... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
The SCENE, _NAPLES_.
ACT I.
SCENE I. _A Chamber_.
_Enter_ Elaria _and_ Mopsophil.
I.
_A Curse upon that faithless Maid,
Who first her Sex’s Liberty betray’d;
Born free as Man to Love and Range,
Till nobler Nature did to Custom change,
Custom, that dull excuse for Fools,
Who think all Virtue to co... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Scar_. So he is, as well as a Night-adventuring Lover can be,--he has
got but one Wound, Madam.
_Ela_. How! wounded say you? Oh Heavens! ‘tis not mortal.
_Scar_. Why, I have no great skill; but they say it may be dangerous.
_Ela_. I die with Fear, where is he wounded?
_Scar_. Why, Madam, he is run--quite through the ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Ela_. And so religiously believes there is a World there, that he
Discourses as gravely of the People, their Government, Institutions,
Laws, Manners, Religion, and Constitution, as if he had been bred a
_Machiavel_ there.
_Scar_. How came he thus infected first?
_Ela_. With reading foolish Books, _Lucian’s Dialogue o... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Scar_. Here, here,--I had almost forgot the Letters; here’s one for
you, and one for Mrs. _Bellemante_.
[_Runs out_.
_Enter_ Bellemante _with a Book_.
_Bell_. Here, take my Prayer-Book, _Oh Ma tres chère_. [_Embraces her_.
_Ela_. Thy Eyes are always laughing, _Bellemante_.
_Bell_. An... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
--Live then, _Charmante_! Live as long as Love can last!
_Ela_. Well, Cousin, _Scaramouch_ tells me of a rare design’s a
hatching, to relieve us from this Captivity; here are we mew’d up to be
espous’d to two Moon-calfs for ought I know; for the Devil of any human
thing is suffer’d to come near us without our Governan... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Doct_. Ha! and that may be; wait on him in.
[_Exit_ Scar.
_Enter_ Scaramouch _bare, bowing before_ Charmante, _dress’d in
a strange fantastical Habit, with_ Harlequin; _salutes the_ Doctor.
_Char_. Doctor _Baliardo_, most learned Sir, all Hail! Hail from the
gre... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Doct_. Ay, Sir, what Virtues or what Merits can accomplish me for that
great Honour?
_Char_. An absolute abstinence from carnal thought, devout and pure of
Spirit; free from Sin.
_Doct_. I dare not boast my Virtues, Sir; Is there no way to try my
Purity?
_Char_. Are you very secret?
_Doct_. ‘Tis my first Principle, S... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Doct_. Most excellent!
_Char_. The Nymph _Egeria_, inamour’d on _Numa Pompilius_, came to him
invisible to all Eyes else, and gave him all his Wisdom and Philosophy.
_Zoroaster, Trismegistus, Apuleius, Aquinius, Albertus Magnus, Socrates_
and _Virgil_ had their Zilphid, which the Foolish call’d their Daemon or
Devil.... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Scar_. So, so, Don _Charmante_ has played his Part most exquisitely;
I’ll in and see how it works in his Pericranium.
--Did you call, Sir?
_Doct. Scaramouch_, I have, for thy singular Wit and Honesty, always
had a Tenderness for thee above that of a Master to a Servant.
_Scar_. I must confess it, Sir.
_Doct_. Thou ha... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[_He falls to tickle himself, his Head, his Ears, his Armpits,
Hands, Sides, and Soles of his Feet; making ridiculous Cries
and Noises of Laughing several ways, with Antick Leaps and Skips,
at last falls down as dead.
Enter_ Scaramouch.
_Scar. Harlequin_ was left in the Garden, I’ll tell him the Ne... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Harlequin _groping_.
_Har_. So, I made my Rival believe I was gone, and hid my self till I
got this Opportunity to steal to _Mopsophil’s_ Apartment, which must be
hereabouts; for from these Windows she us’d to entertain my Love.
[_Advances_.
_Scar... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
[Harlequin _peeps from under the Table, takes the Book,
writes in it, and lays it up before she can turn_.
[_Reads_.] Ay, ay, so it shall be,--_Tell me, said he, my_
Bellemante; _Will you be kind to your_ Charmante?
[_Reads those two lines, and is amaz’d_.
Ha, Heav’ns! What’s this? I ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Char_. Mistaken! What, did you take me for an easy Fool to be impos’d
upon?--One that wou’d be cuckolded by every feather’d Fool; that you’d
call a _Beau un Gallant Homme_. ‘Sdeath! Who wou’d doat upon a fond
She-Fop?--a vain conceited amorous Coquette.
[_Goes out, she pulls him back_.
... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Scar_. Ha, My Rival and my Mistress!--Is this done like a Man of
Honour, Monsieur _Harlequin_, to take advantages to injure me? [_Draws_.
_Har_. Advantages are lawful in Love and War.
_Scar_. ‘Twas contrary to our League and Covenant; therefore I defy thee
as a Traytor.
_Har_. I scorn to fight with thee, because I on... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Ela_. Heavens! Why did you come so soon?
_Cin_. Is it too soon, whene’er ‘tis safe, _Elaria_?
_Ela_. I die with Fear--Met you not _Scaramouch_? He went to bid you
wait a while; what shall I do?
_Cin_. Why this Concern? none of the House has seen me. I saw your
Father taking Horse.
_Ela_. Sure you mistake, methinks I ... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Doct_. Mad, stark mad! Why, Sirrah, Rogue--_Scaramouch_
--How got this Mad-man in?
[_While the_ Doctor _turns to_ Scaramouch, Cinthio
_speaks softly to_ Elaria.
_Cin_. Oh, thou perfidious Maid! Who hast thou hid in yonder conscious
Closet? [_Aside to her_.
_Scar_. Why, Sir, he was brought in a Chai... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Cin_. Yes, Madam, to your shame:
Now your Perfidiousness is plain, false Woman,
’.is well your Lover had the dexterity of escaping, I’ad spoil’d his
making Love else. [_Goes from her, she holds him_.
_Ela_. Prithee hear me.
_Cin_. But since my Ignorance of his Person saves his Life, live and
possess him, till I ca... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 | |
_Enter_ Mopsophil.
_Mop_. Madam, your Cousin _Florinda_, with a Lady, are come to visit
you.
_Bell_. I’m glad on’t, ‘tis a good Wench, and we’ll trust her with our
Mirth and Secret.
[_They go out_.
SCENE II. _Changes to the Street_.
_Enter Page with a Flambeaux, followed by_ Cinthio; _pas... | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | ['en'] | 82 | {'English drama -- 17th century'} | PG10039 |
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