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Show The Recruiting Officer. 37 ACT IV. SCENE, The Walk continues. Enter Rofe and Bullock meeting. R4e.\liT\{ E R E have you been, you great Booby ? you are V V aiWays out of the way in the time of Preferment. Bull. Preferment \ who fhou'd prefer m e ? Rofe. I wou'd prefer you; who fhoud prefer a M a n but a W o m a n ? Come, throw away that great Club, hold up your Head, cock your Hat, and look big. - - . Bull. Ah Ruofe, Ruofe, I fear fome body will look big fooner than Folk think of: This genteel Breeding never comes into the Country without a Train of Followers. Here has been Cartwheel your Sweetheart, what will become of him Rofe. Look'e, I'm a great W o m a n , and will provide for m y Relations:-I told the Captain how finely he pUy d upon the Taber and Pipe, fo he has fet him down for Drum- MtlL Nay, Sifter, why did not you keep, that Place for^me ? you know I always lov'd to be a drumming, if it were but on a Table, or on a Quart Pot, Enter Silvia. Sil. Had I but a Commiffion in my Pocket, I fancy-my Breeches wou'd become me as well ™ ™ \ ™ " & & g 'em all; for I take a bold Step, a rakilh Tofs, *foattCocK, and an'impudent Air to be the: principal Jngitdicntt m he Compofition of a Captain - W h a t s here >R£J j u r i es Daughter 1 111 go and praa.ce.--Come Gnild ki s me afonce [Kiffes Rofe.] and her Brother too! Wdi fToneft Dungfofkf do you know the difference between a Horie and a Cart, and a Cart Horfe, eh ? ._ Bull. I prefume that your Worfhip is a Captain, by your Cloaths and your Courage. ..« rriend? fife Suppofe I were, wou'd you be contented to lift, brum J?*/>. No, no, tho' your Worfhip be a ^ " ^ ^ " i there be others as fine as you, m y Brother is engag d to Cap . tain Plume. „, ? Sil. PlumeJ D o you know Captain Plume for? Yes ^ o « t oV hI^ dSoh i«aSnlde ehvee sk,n| Loa wncs d4 m peu.t "em iHneto t <onoyk Sthieo eIsU.O- |