269 Car. Nor should now, had I not another Reason for’t.
Euph. Oh, I fear—But, Sir—
Car. Go to, I’ll be better satisfy’d e’er I proceed farther—both of
your Inclinations, and his Courage. [Aside.
Euph. Do you consider his Wealth, Sir?
Car. That shall not now befriend him.
Alon. Sir, I bar whispering; ’tis not in my Bargain, nor civil: I’ll
have fair Play for my Money.
Car. I am only knowing my Daughter’s Pleasure; she is a little peevish,
as Virgins use in such Cases; but wou’d that were all, and I’d
endeavour to reconcile her.
Alon. I thank you, Sir; in the mean time I’ll take a Walk for an Hour
or two, to get me a better Stomach both to my Dinner and Mistress.
Car. Do so, Sir. Come, _Euphemia_, I will give you a Proof of my
Indulgence, thou shalt marry no valiant Fools! valiant, quoth ye. Come,
come—had he been peaceable and rich—Come, come— [Ex. with _Euphemia_.
Lov. Well, now I’ll go look after my _Dutchman_, lest he surprize us
here, which must not be; where shall I find you?
Alon. I’ll wait upon my Prince, and then on you here.
Lov. Do so, and carry on this Humour. Adieu.
Scene II. A flat Grove.
Enter _Haunce_ in a fantastical travelling Habit, with a Bottle of
Brandy in his Hand, as sick: _Gload_ marches after.
Hau. Ah, ah, a pox of all Sea-Voyages. [Drinks.
Here, _Gload_, take thee t’other Sope, and then let’s home. [_Gload_
drinks.
Ah, ah, a pox of all Sea-Voyages.
Gload. Sir, if I may advise, take t’other turn in the Grove, for I find
by my Nose you want more airing.
Hau. How, Sirrah! by your Nose? have a care, you know ’tis ill jesting
with me when I’m angry.
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Gload. Which is as often as you are drunk; I find it has the same
Effects on me too: but truly, Sir, I meant no other than that you smell
a little of the Vessel, a certain sour remains of a Storm about you.
Hau. Ah, ah, do not name a Storm to me, unless thou wilt have the
Effects on’t in thy Face. [Drinks.
Gload. Sha, sha, bear up, Sir, bear up.
Hau. _Salerimente_, a Sea-phrase too! Why, ye Rascal, I tell you I can
indure nothing that puts me in mind of that Element. [Drinks.
Gload. The Sight of _Donna Euphemia_ will— [_Gload_ drinks between
whiles too.
Hau. Hold, hold, let me consider whether I can indure to hear her nam’d
or not; for I think I am so thorowly mortify’d, I shall hardly relish
Woman-kind again this—two Hours. [Drinks.
Gload. You a Man of Courage, and talk thus!
Hau. Courage! Why, what dost thou call Courage?—_Hector_ himself would
not have chang’d his ten Years Siege for our ten Days Storm at Sea—a
Storm—a hundred thousand fighting Men are nothing to’t; Cities sackt by
Fire nothing: ’tis a resistless Coward that attacks a Man at
disadvantage; an unaccountable Magick, that first conjures down a Man’s
Courage, and then plays the Devil over him. And in fine, it is a Storm—
Gload. Good lack that it should be all these terrible things, and yet
that we should outbrave it.
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