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Show 68 The Recruiting Officer. her I ove, upbraid her with her Folly ; be modifhly ungrateful, becaufe fhe has been unfafhionably kind, and ule her worfe rhan you wou'd any Body elfe, becaufe you can't ufe her fo well as fhe defervcs. Plume. And are you Silvia, in good earneft? Sil. Earneft! I have gone too far to make it Jeft, Sir. Plume. And do you give her to m e in good earneft? Sil. If you pleale to take her, Sir. Plume. W h y then I have fav'd m y Legs and Arms, and loft m y Liberty; fecure from Wounds, 1 a m prepar'd for the Gout; farewel Subfiftence, and welcome Taxes Sir, m y Liberty, and hopes of being a General are much dearer to m e than your twelve hundred Pound a Year But to your Love, Madam, I refign m y Freedom, and to your Beauty m y Ambition greater in obeying at your Feet, than commanding at the Head of an Army. Enter Worthy. Wor. I a m forry to hear, Mr. Ballance, that your Daughter is loft. Bull. So a m not I, Sir, fince an honeft Gentleman has found her. Enter Melinda. Mel. Pray, Mr. Ballance, what's become of m y Coufin Si. via f BAII. Your Coufin Silvia is talking yonder with your Coufin Pluw% & } ' Mel. and Wor. How! Sil. D o you think it ftrange, Coufin, that a W o m a n fhould change j but, 1 hope, you'll excufe a Change that has proceeded from Conftancy; I alter'd m y outfide, becaufe I was the fame within, and only laid by the W o m a n to make fure of m y M a n ; that's mv Hiftory. Mel. Your Hiftory is a little Romantick, Coufin, but Iince buccefs has crown'd your Adventures, you will have the World o your fide, and I fhall be willing to go with the l lde, provided you'll pardon an Injury I offer'd you in the Letter to your Father. Plume, That Injury, Madam, was done to me, and the Reparation I expect fhall be made to m y Friend: make Mr. Wor-thy happy, and I lhall be fatisfy'd. crnuytM eCmlou.uc fhAi nl goionsgo epdrl e.Ea xsa'dm ptloe f,u rSriern,d weirl,l tgios par ogrbeaabtl e'w aI yf han'tw hhoelnd. Ente$ |