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Show , OQ The Rival Ladies. A wretched Man; , n ; Something we muft f^™* ™ °" V ' ^ *, £W. Draw in the Bed, I feel the cold. SCENE II. Enter Gonfalvo, Manuel, Hippolito, Amideo. Hip. Nay, 'tis true; for peeping through a Chink. I faw Don Rodorick lying on a Bed, Not dead, as w e fuppos'd, but only hurt; So waited on as fpoke him Matter here. Man. W a s there ever fo fatal an adventure f T o flie into that very Ship for refuge Where th' only Perfon w e would fhun, commands. This mifehief is fo ftrange it could not happen, But was the Plot and Juggle of our Fate T o free it felf, and caft the blame onus. Gonf. This is not yet our Fortun's utmoft malice) The Gall remains behind: This Ship was that Which yefterday was mine; I can fee nothing Round me, but what's familiar to m y byes, Only the Perfons new; which makes m e think 'Twas feiz'd upon by Rodorick, to revenge Himfelf on me. Man. Tis wonderful indeed. ' Amid. The only comfort is, w e are not known, For when w e enter'd it was dark. Hip. That comfort Is of as fhort continuance as the Night, The clay will foon difcover us. Man. Someway muft be invented to get out. Hip. Fair Julia, fadly pining by her felf, Sits on her Bed ; Tears falling from her Eyes As filently as Dews in dead of Night. All w e confult of muft be kept from her: That moment that fhe knows of Rodorick s Lite Dooms us to certain Death." Man. 'Tis well eonfider'd. Goif. For myj>art, were not yoir and fhe concern d I look ,on m y Life, like an Eftate So charg'd with Debts, it is. not worth the keeping. W e cannot long be undifeover'd by them ; Let us then rufh upon them on the fuddain, All hope of fafety plac'd in our defpair) And gain quick Viaory, or fpeedy Death. Man. Confider firft th'impoffibdity Ofthe attempt; four Men, and two poor Boys (Which added to our number make us weaker) Againft ten Villains, more refolv'd for Death Than any ten among our Holieft Priefts. Stay but a little longer, till they all Difperfe to reft within their feveral Cabins, Then more fecurely w e may fet upon them, And kill them half before the reft can wake: By this means too, the Boys arc ufeful for us; For they can cutthe Throats of fleeping Men. Hip. N o w have I the greateft temptation in the \\ odd to reveal Thou art a Woman. „_ ',, [To Amideo. Amid. If 'twere not for thy Beauty, m y Matter lhould know What a M a n he keeps. lober' Hip. W h y fhould we have recourfe to defp'rate wa\ Sj When fafer may be thought on? 'Tis like giving the extreme Unftion 'The Rival Ladies. rot In the begining of a Sicknefse Can you imagine to find all afleep ? The wicked Joy of having fuch a Booty In their Poffeffion, will keep fome awake : And fome, no doubt, will watch with Wounded Roderick. Amid. What would your Wifdom now propofe ? Hip. T o fay That fome of us are Sea-fick ; (your Complexion Will make th' excufe for us w h o are lefs Fair:) So by good words and promifes procure W e may be fet afhore, e'er Morning come. Aimd. O the deep Reafons ofthe grave Hippolito ! As if 'twere likely in fo calm a Seafon W e fhould be Sick fo foon ; or if w e were, W h o m fhould w e choofe among us to go tell it ? For w h o e'er ventures out muft needs be known; Or if none knew us, can you think that Pyrates Will let us go upon fuch eafie Terms As promifing Rewards ? Let m e advife you. Hip. N o w w e expea an Oracle. Amid. Here are Bundles Of Canvas and ofCloath you fee lie by us, In which one of us fhall fow up the reft, Only fome breathing place for Air, and Food ; ThencallthePyratsin, and tell them, we For fear had drown'd our felves: And when w e come T o the next Porr, find means to bring us out. Hip. Pithily fpoken / As if you were to bind up Marble Statues, Which only bore the fhapes of M e n without, And had no need of ever eafing Nature. Gonf. There's but one way left, that's tins: You know the Rope by which the Cock-boat s tv d, Goes down by th' Stern, and now w e are at Anchor, There fits no Pilot to difcover us ; M y Counfel is, to go down by the Ladder, And being once there, unloofe, and row to Shore. Man, This, without doubt, were belt; but there lies ever Some one or more within the Boat to watch it. Gonf. I'll Hide down firft, and run die venture ot it, You ihall come after me, if there be need, T o give m e fuccour. Man. 'Tis the only way. Gonf. G o in to Julia then, and firft prepare hef With knowledge ofthe Py rats, and the danger Her Honour's in among fuch barb rous People. Man. Leave it tome. Amid. Hippolito and Julia, M y Rivals like two pointed Rocks.appear j ^^ . And I through both muft to Go/*ho^%-}2 L V Hip. As from fome fteep and dreadful Precipice, The frighted Traveller cafts down his Eyes, And fees the Ocean at fo great adiftance It looks as if the Skies were funk below him Yet if fome Neighb'ring fhrub (how weak foe er; Peeps up, his willing Eyes flop gladly there And feem to eafe themfelves and reft upon it. So inmydefp'rateftateeach little comfort Preferves m e from defpair ; Gonfalvo ft rove not With greate f care to give away h i s W 4 , Than I have done to part with m y GoM**. Yet neither brought to pafs our hateful w i m . TChhaefni nwge e amcahy o tmheeert i,n f ithnec eM daizffee roefn tL owvaey.s w e move, ShipCpoEliNtoE. |