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Show 24 The Recruiting Officer. Plume. Here, you Chickens! Rofe. W h o calls? Plume. C o m e hither, pretty Maid. Rofe. Will you pleafe to buy, Sir ? Wor. Yes, Child, well both buy. Plume. Nay, Worthy, that's not fair, market for you felf-' Come, Child, III buy all you have. Rofe. Then all I have is at your fervice. [Court ftes. Wor. Then I muft lhift for m y felf, I find. [Exit. Plume. Let m e fee; young and tender you fay. [Chucks her under the Chin. Rofe. As ever ycu tafted in your Life, Sir. Plume. Come, I muft examine your Basket to the bottom,* m y Dear. Rofe. Nay, for that matter, put in your Hand; feel, Sir; I warrant m y Ware as good as any in the Market. Plume. And I'll buy it all, Child, were it ten times more. Roje. Sir, I can furnifh you. Plume. Come then, w e wo'n't quarrel about the Price, they're fine Birds Pray what's your Name, prettv Creature ? Rofe. Rofe, Sir: M y Father is a Farmer within three fhort Mile o'the T o w n ; w e keep this Market; I fell Chickens,Eggs, and Butter, and m y Brother Bullock there fells Corn, Bull. Come, Sifter, hafte, w e fhall be lait hoame. [Whiftles about the Stage. Plume. Kite f (Tips him the wink, he returns it. ) Pretty Mrs. Rofe you have let m e fee how many ? Rofe. A dozen, Sir, and they are richly worth a Crown. Bull. Come, Ruofe, Ruofe,\ fold fifty Strake of Barley today in half this time; but you will higgle and higgle for a Penny more than the Commodity is worth. Rofe. What's that to you, Oaf ? I can make as much out of a Groat, as you can out of Four-pence, I'm fure The Gentleman bids fair, and when I meet with a Chapman, I know how to make the beft of him And lb, Sir, I fay, for a Crown-Piece, the Bargain's yours. Plume. Here's a Guinea, m y Dear. Rofe. I can't change your Money, Sir. Plume. Indeed, indeed, but you can my Lodging is hard by, Chicken, and we'll make change there. [Goes off, fhe follows him. Kite. So, Sir, as I was telling you, I have feen one of thefe Huffars eat up a Ravelin for Ins Breakfatt, and afterwards pick'd his Teeth with a Palifado. Bull |
