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Show % - 4 The Recruiting Officer. that we fhall foon do your bufuifs But, Sir, you have got a Recruit here, that you little Think of. Plume. W h o ? Kite. One that you beat up for the laft time you were in the Country: You remember your old Friend Molley at the Caftle ? Plume. Sire's not with Child, I hope. Kite. No, no, Sir, (Tie was brought to Bed yefterday. Plume. Kite, you muft father the Child. Kite. And fo her Friends will oblige m e to marry the M o ther. Plume. If they fhou'd, well take her with us; fhe can waft} }0u know, and make a Bed upon occafion. Kite. Ay, or unmake it upon occafion. But your Honour Knows that I a m marry'd already, Plume. T o how many ? Kite. I can't tell readily I have fet them down here upon the back of the Mufter-Roll. [Draws it out."] Let me fee, Imprimis, Mr?. Sheely Snikcreyes, fhe fells Potatoes upon Ormond-Key in Dublin -• Peggy Guzzle, the Brandy-Woman, at the Horfe Guard at Whitehall - - Dolly Waggon, the Carner's Daughter at Hull- Madamoifelle Van-bottom-flat at the Bufs Then Jenny Oalham,\hz Ship-Carpenter's W i dow, at Portjmouth; but 1 don't reckon upon her, for fhe was marry'd at the fame time to two Lieutenants of Marines, and a M a n of War's Boatfwain.:* Plume. A full Company • You havenam'd Five • Come, make 'cm half a dozen ; Kite, is the Child a Boy, or a Girl? • Kite. A Chopping Boy. Plume. Then let the Mother down in your Lift , and the Boy in mine: Enter him a Granadeer by the N a m e of Francis Kite, abfent upon Furlow I'll allow you a Man's Pay for his Subfiftence ; and now go comfort the Wench in the Straw. Kite. I fhall, Sir. Plume. But hold, have you made any ufe of your German Doctors Habit fince you arriv'd ? ' Kite. Yes, yes, Sir, and m y Fame's all about the Country for ibe moft faithful Fortune-teller that ever told a Lie I w.\s oblig'd to let m y Landlord into the fecret, for the convenience of keeping itfo ; but he's an honeft Fellow, and will be faithful to any Roguery that is trufted to him. This Device, Sir, will get you Men, and m e Money, which, I thiniks, |
