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Show 4 4 The Recruiting Officer. Wor. Withdraw 1 Oons, Sir I what d'ye mean by with-* draw ? Braz: I'll fhew you. (Exit. Wor. She's loft, irrecoverably loft, and Plume's Advice has ruin'd m e : s'death! why fhou'd I, that knew her haughty Spirit, be rul'd by a M a n that's a Stranger to her Pride ? Enter Plume* Plume. Ha, ha, ha; a Battel Royal: Don't frown fo, M a n j fhe's your own, I tellvou ; I faw the Fury of her Love in the Extremity of her Paffion : The wildnefs of her Anger, is a certain fign that fhe loves you to madnefs. That Rogue Kite began the Battel with abundance of Conduct, and will bring you off victorious, m y Life on't; he plays his part admirably, ihe's to be with him again prefently* Wor. But what cou'd be the meaning of Brazens Familiarity with her? Plume. Y o u are no Logician, if you pretend to drawCon-fequences from the Actions of Fools: There's no arguing by the Rule of Reafon upon a Science without Principles, and fuch is their Conduct Whim, Unaccountable W h i m , hurries 'em on like a M a n drunk with Brandy before Ten a Clock in the Morning But welofe our Sport- Kite has open'd above an hour ago, let's away. ( Exeunt. SCENE, A Chamber ; a Table with Booh and Globes. • Kite difguis'd in a firange Habit, fitting at a Table. Kite. (Rifing.) By thePofition of the Heavens, gain'd from m y Observation upon thefe Celeftial Globes, I find that Luna was a Tyde-waitcr, Sol a Surveyor, Mercury a Thief, Venus a Whore, Saturn an Alderman, Jupiter a Rake, and Mars a Serjeant of Granadeers; and this is the Syftem of Kite the Conjurer. Enter Plume and Worthy. Plume. Well, what Succefs? Kite. I have fent away a Shoomaker and a Taylor already 5 one's to be a Captain of Marines, and the other a Major of Dragoons I a m to manage them at Night Have you feen the Lady, Mr. Worthy * Wor. Ay, but it wo'n't do Have you fhew'd her he* Name, that I tore off from the bottom of the Letter ? Kite. No, Sir, I referve that for the laft Stroke* Plume. W h a t Letter ? thr} |