_Guz_. Or, if he be not, he’s old, and past service, we’ll kill the
Christian Dog out of the way.
_Fran_. Oh, hold, hold, I’m no Christian, Gentlemen; but as errant a
Heathen as your selves.
_Guz_. Bind him strait, neck and heels, and clap him under hatches.
_Jul_. Oh, spare him, Sir, look on his Reverend Age.
_Guz_. For your sake, Lady, much may be done, we’ve need of handsom
Women.
[_Gives her to some Turks that are by_.
_Fran_. Hah,--my Wife! My Wife ravish’d--oh, I’m dead.
_Jul_. Fear not, my dear, I’ll rather die than do thee wrong.
_Fran_. Wou’d she wou’d, quickly,--then there’s her Honour sav’d, and
her Ransom, which is better.
_Guz_. Down with the muttering Dog; [_He descends_.
--And takes the Ladies to several Cabins.
[_The Turks take hold of the Men_.
_Isa_. Must we be parted then?--ah, cruel Destiny! [_Weeps_.
_Guil_. Alas! this Separation’s worse than Death.
_Isa_. You possibly may see some _Turkish_ Ladies, that may insnare your
Heart, and make you faithless;--but I, ah Heavens! if ever I change my
Love, may I become deformed, and lose all hopes of Title or of Grandure.
_Guil_. But should the _Grand Seignior_ behold thy Beauty, thou wou’dst
despise thine own dear hony Viscount to be a _Sultana_.
_Isa_. A _Sultana_, what’s that?
_Guil_. Why, ‘tis the great _Turk_, a Queen of _Turkey_.
_Isa_. These dear expressions go to my Heart. [_Weeps_.
And yet a _Sultana_ is a tempting thing-- [_Aside smiling_.
--And you shall find your Isabella true,--though the _Grand Seignior_
wou’d lay his Crown at my feet,--wou’d he wou’d try me though--Heavens!
to be Queen of _Turkey_. [_Aside_.
_Guil_. May I believe thee,--but when thou seest the difference, alas, I
am but a Chimney--hum, nothing to a great _Turk_.
_Isa_. Is he so rare a thing?--Oh, that I were a she great _Turk_.
[_Aside_.
_Guz_. Come, come, we can’t attend your amorous Parleys.
[_Parts ‘em_.
_Jul_. Alas, what shall we poor Women do?
[_Ex. Men_.
_Isa_. We must e’en have patience, Madam, and be ravisht.
_Cla_. Ravisht! Heavens forbid.
_Jac_. An please the Lord, I’ll let my nails grow against that direful
day.
_Isa_. And so will I, for I’m resolv’d none should ravish me but the
great _Turk_.
_Guz_. Come, Ladies, you are Dishes to be serv’d up to the board of the
_Grand Seignior_.
_Isa_. Why, will he eat us all?
_Guz_. A slice of each, perhaps, as he finds his Appetite inclin’d.
_Isa_. A slice, uncivil Fellow,--as if this Beauty were for a bit and
away;--Sir, a word,--if you will do me the favour, to recommend me to be
first served up to the _Grand Seignior_, I shall remember the Civility
when I am great.
_Guz_. Lady, he is his own Carver, a good word by the bye, or so, will
do well, and I am--a Favorite--
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