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Show 28 The Recruiting Officer. Wor. Whifpering, Sir, before Company is not Manners; and when no body's by, 'tis foolifh. Braz. Company! Mor't dema vie I I beg the Gentleman's Pardon ; w b is he? Wor. Ask him. Braz. So I will. M y dear, I a m your Servant, and fo forth; '- your N a m e , m y Dear ? Bail. Very Laconick, Sir. Braz. Laconick ! A very good Name, truly ; I have known feveral of the Laconicks abroad, poor Jack Laconick ! He was kill'd at the Battel df Landen. 1 remember that he had a blew Ribbon in his Hat that very Day, and after he fell, w e found a piece of Neat's Tongue in his Pocket. Ball. Pray, Sir, did the French attack us, or w e them, at " Landen f Braz. The French attack us! Oons, Sir, are you a Jacobite ? Bait. W h y that Queftion ? Braz. Becaufe none but a Jacobite cou'd think that the French durft attack us No, Sir, w e attack'd them on the I have Reafon to remember the time, for I had two and twenty Horfes kill'd under m e that Day. IIor. Then, Sir, you muft have rid mighty hard. Ball. Or perhaps, Sir, like m y Countryman, you rid upon half a dozen Horfes at once. Braz,.-What do you mean, Gentlemen ? I tell you they were kill'd, all torn to pieces by Cannon-Shot, except fix I ftak'd to death upon the Enemies Chevaux de Frife. Ball. Noble Captain, m a y I crave your N a m e ? Braz. Brazen, at your Service. Ball. Oh, Brazen, a very good N a m e ; I have known feveral of the Brazens abroad. Wor. D o you know Captain Plume, Sir ? Braz. Is he any thing related to Frank Plume in Northampton (hire f Honeft Frank I many, many a dry Bottle have we crackd hand to fill; you muft have known his Brother Charles that was concern'd in the India Company, he marry'd the Daughter of old Tongue-Pad, the Mafter in Chancery, a very pretty W o m a n , only fquinted a little ; fhe dy'd in Child-bed of her firft Child; but the Child furviv'd, twas a Daughter, but whether 'twas cali'd Margaret or Margery, upon m y Soul, I can't remember. [looking on his Watch.] Bur, Gentlemen, 1 muft meet a Lady, a twenty thoufand Pounder prefently , upon the W a l k by the Water Worthy , your Servant, Laconick youis. [Exit. Bail. If you can have fo mean an Opinion of Melinda,t oa s |
