_Fran_. A most notorious Strumpet. A Pox of his Courtesy.
_Car_. What Eyes you have like Heaven blue and charming, a pretty Mouth,
Neck round and white as polisht Alabaster, and a Complexion beauteous as
an Angel, a Hair fit to make Bonds to insnare the God of Love,--a
sprightly Air,--a Hand like Lillies white, and Lips, no Roses opening in
a Morning are half so sweet and soft.
_Fran_. Oh, damn’d circumcised _Turk_.
_Car_. You shall be call’d the beautiful _Sultana_, And rule in my
Seraglio drest with Jewels.
_Fran_. Sure, I shall burst with Vengeance.
_Jul_. Sir, let your Virtue regulate your Passions;
For I can ne’er love any but my Husband.
_Fran_. Ah, dissembling Witch!
_Jul_. And wou’d not break my Marriage Vows to him,
For all the honour you can heap upon me.
_Fran_. Say, and hold; but _Sultana_ and precious Stones are damnable
Temptations,--besides, the Rogue’s young and handsome,--What a scornful
look she casts at me; wou’d they were both handsomely at the Devil
together.
_Guz_. Dog, do you mutter?
_Fran_. Oh! nothing, nothing, but the Palsy shook my Lips a little.
_Guz_. Slave, go, and on your knees resign your Wife.
_Fran_. She’s of years of discretion, and may dispose of her self; but I
can hold no longer: and is this your _Mahometan_ Conscience, to take
other Mens Wives, as if there were not single Harlots enough in the
World? [_In rage_.
_Guz_. Peace, thou diminutive Christian.
_Fran_. I say, Peace thou over-grown _Turk_.
_Guz_. Thou _Spanish_ Cur.
_Fran_. Why, you’re a _Mahometan_ Bitch, and you go to that.
_Guz_. Death, I’ll dissect the bald-pated Slave.
_Fran_. I defy thee, thou foul filthy Cabbage-head, for I am mad, and
will be valiant.
[Guz. _throws his Turbant at him_.
_Car_. What Insolence is this!--Mutes--strangle him.--
[_They put a Bow-string about his neck_.
_Jul_. Mercy, dread Sir, I beg my Husband’s life.
_Car_. No more,--this fair one bids you live,--henceforth, _Francisco_,
I pronounce you a Widower, and shall regard you, for the time to come,
as the deceased Husband of the Great _Sultana_, murmur not upon pain of
being made an Eunuch--take him away.
_Jul_. Go, and be satisfied, I’ll die before I’ll yield.
_Fran_. Is this my going to Sea?--the Plague of losing Battels light
on thee.
_When ill success shall make thee idle lie,
Mayst thou in bed be impotent as I_.
_Car_. Command our Slaves to give us some diversion; Dismiss his Chains,
and use him with respect, because he was the Husband of our beloved
_Sultana_.
_Fran_. I see your Cuckold might have a life good enough if he cou’d be
contented.
[_They pull off his Chains_.
[Carlos _and_ Julia _sit under an Umbrella_.
The SONG.
_How strangely does my Passion grow,
Divided equally twixt two_?
Damon _had ne’er subdued my Heart,
Had not_ Alexis _took his part:
Nor cou’d_ Alexis_ powerful prove,
Without my_ Damon’s _aid, to gain my Love.
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