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Show Dom. Nay 1if you are bafhfull ;---=_ if you keep yo r woun from the knowledge of your Surgeon Elvi. You know my Husband isa man in years but he's m Husband; and therefore [ fhall be filent: but his Hum urs ar more intolerable than his Age: he's grown fo froward; fo covetous, and fo jealous, that he has turn'd my heart quite from him and, 1t I durft confefs it, has forc'd me to caft my Affe@ions o another man Dom. G : - --h old, hold; I meant abominable : -- - pray Heaven this be my Colonel [ Afrde Elvi. T have feen this man, Father; and have incourag'd hi Addrefles: he's 2 young Gentleman, a Souldier, of a moft win ning' Carriage; and what his Courtfhip may produce at laft know not ; but I am afraid of my own frailey Dom. (afide.) *Tis he for certain:-the has favd the Credit o my Function, by {peaking firft; now muft1cake Gravity upon me Gom. (‘afide.) This whifpering bodes me no good for certain but he has me {o_plaguily under the lath, that I dare not interrup him Dom. Daughter, Daughter, do'you remember your matrimonial Vow Elvi. Yes to my forrow, Father, I do remember it : a2 mifefabl woman it has made me: -but you know, Father, a Marriage-vo is but a thing of courfe, which all women take when they wou' geta Husband Dom. A Vow isa very folemn thing: and 'tis good to keep it but, notwithftanding, it may be broken, upon fome occafions. --- Have you f{iriven with all your might againft thi frailey £lvi. Yes, 1 have ftriven ; but T found it was againft th Stream Love yo know he's a greater Vow-breaker Dom "Tis your Dut Father, is a great Vow-maker; bu to {trive always but notwithftanding when we have done our utmoft, it extenuates the Sin Gom. 1 ca hol no longer.---Now Gent]ewomanf yo are confeffing your Enormities; I know it by that hypocvfxtxcal down-caft Look: enjoin her to fit bare upon a Bed of Nettles Father; you can doe no lefs in Con(cience ‘‘‘‘ Dom. Hold your peace; are you growing m.alzfpert? will yo force me to make ufe of my Authority? your Wite's a well difpos and a vertuous Lady; 1fay it, Z# verbo Sacerdotis 1 / 2 [d |