Hurlothrumbo : $b or, The super-naturalJohnson, Samuel
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Hurlothrumbo : $b or, The super-natural
Johnson, Samuel
English drama -- 18th century
_Daro._ Dear Lady fly me not, stay and hear me speak; _Ovid_’s Words in
_Bonon_’s Sound, cannot describe the Passion of my Love.
_Cad._ Cruel Man, follow me not; if you love me, do not augment my
Torment.
_Daro._ I am come with Comforts to feed the distressed Soul, I love.
_Cad._ What in me, do you admire?
_Daro._ Your Person, Madam.
_Cad._ They are Brutes that marry Bodies; the Mind is all that can be
loved; the other is a Desire proceeds from Nature vicious, urged by Food
and Wine: Live low, and you’ll not love me.
_Daro._ Oh ’tis in my Soul, I admire the Mind!
_Cad._ Then if you converse, you enjoy; what can you ask for more?
_Enter_ Hurlothrumbo, _and a_ Parson.
_Hurlo._ Come along, Sir, the King will make you a Bishop.
_Daro._ My Love, my Life, my Fire, to thee shall all be given;
I’ll make thee taste of earthly Joys, and fetch thee down from
Heaven:
A Power that will without controul,
Knock down all the Centrys of the Soul.
Sir, perform your Office.
[_Speaking to the_ Parson.
_Par._ Madam, are you willing to be married?
_Cad._ I am not.
_Hurlo._ Never mind that.
_Par._ ’Tis my Sovereign, and I must obey.
_Enter_ Flame, _with Pistols, and a drawn Sword_.
_Fla._ This Dagger will I heat red-hot in the crimson Blood of _Darony_,
with which I’ll spear the Heart of _Seringo_, that Weather-cock; I’ll
raise it upon some Pinacle or Spire; it shall ever whirl about with
every Blast; myself I’ll dissolve into Air; I’ll make the stormy Winds
to blow, the petty Breezes shall have no Power; but I’ll reign King of
Tempest.
_Hurlo._ My Lord, can I serve you? Do you please to accept of
Assistance?
_Flame. Hurlothrumbo_, what hast thou done with _Seringo_, hid her in
thy Belly? Speak, in a moment speak, or I’ll rip it open, and let her
out.
_Hurlo._ O no! ah hold! oh pray give me leave, and I’ll answer you!
_Fla._ Speak! quickly speak! or like a Griffin stuff’d with Fire and
Gunpowder, I’ll blow thy Limbs and Stings to every Part of the Globe!
_Hurlo._ Oh ye Powers inspire me with Madness, that I may answer him in
his own Language! [_Aside._] If you please to let us go, my Lord, we’ll
this Moment mount her upon the Back of the Sun; in the mean while, you
get a stradling upon the Moon, there you’ll be mounted aloft, and ride
after her, spur and whip, whip and spur, and you’ll be sure to overtake
her in the Eclipses; there you’ll be clapp’d together, Face to Face, one
upon another; and all the World will shout and say, he has her, he has
her, he has her! huzza!
[Darony, Hurlothrumbo, _and the_ Parson, _shout and Ex._
_Fla._ Ride on, Lightning, to perform, or I’ll drive you on with
Thunder.
_Serin._ Dear Lady keep him in Discourse, for your own Security.
_Cad._ My Lord, you seem to be in Distress, is it in my Power to assist
you?
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