DAPH. O, she was born to be a plague unto me. [_Aside._ CHAR. Why should she wish or hope for anything, But what I'd have her wish or hope for only? Come, to be short, answer me, and directly; Are you content to marry Daphnis, say? NER. What is your pleasure, father? CHAR. You do not hear, It seems, but what you list; I ask you once Again, if you will marry Daphnis? speak. NER. Sir, I would marry whom you please to give me; I neither can nor ought to make my choice, I would refer that to you: but you know My inclination never lay to marry. CHAR. I know you shall do that which I command. NER. Now heaven forbid that I, who have thus long Vow'd to Diana my virginity, To follow her a huntress in these woods, Should yield myself to the impure delights Of Hymen, and so violate my faith. CHAR. A fine devotion, is it not? to make A vow, and never ask your father leave! The laws will not permit it to be so. DOR. The vow, Charinus, is not made to men: The laws have not to do with that which is Seal'd and recorded in the court of heaven. CHAR. Do not tell me of vows: I'll have her marry, And marry Daphnis: is he not rich and handsome? DOR. Ah me! I would he were not rich nor handsome: It may be then he would regard my sufferings. [_Aside._ CHAR. No, daughter, do not you believe you can Catch me with shifts and tricks: I see, I tell you, Into your heart. NER. Alas! I would you did; Then your discourse would tend another way. CHAR. Yes, you have made a vow, I know, which is, Whilst you are young, you will have all the youth To follow you with lies and flatteries. Fool, they'll deceive you; when this colour fades, Which will not always last, and you go crooked, As if you sought your beauty lost i' th' ground; Then they will laugh at you, and find some other Fit for their love; where, if you do as I Command you, I have one will make you happy. NER. Ah me most miserable! DAPH. Now I'll come in, And see what I can do with this my gift. CHAR. Look now, as if the Fates would have it so, He comes just in the nick of my discourse: Come, use him kindly now, and then you shall Redeem what you have lost--my good opinion. NER. O most ungrateful chance! how I do hate The sight of him! DOR. Were it to me he came, How happy would this fair encounter be! CHAR. Daphnis, you're welcome, very welcome to me, And to my daughter: what is that you have there? DAPH. A present, which I mean to give my love. CHAR. See but how true a lover Daphnis is; His hand is never empty when he comes. Welcome him, daughter: look what he has for you. DAPH. O good Charinus! none must look in it, But she herself to whom it is presented.