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Show The Recruiting Officer. 49 dred Pound a Year But if you muft hear it I'll tell you in ffjort, you'll be ftanding in your Stall an hour and half hence, and a Gentleman will come by with a Snuff-box in his Hand, and the tip of his Handkerchief hanging out of his right Pocket; hell ask you the Price of a Loin of Veal, and at the fame time ftroak your great Dog upon the Head, and call him Chopper. But. Mercy on us ! Chopper is the Dog's Name. Kite. Look'e there what I fay is true things that are to come, muft come to pafs- Get you home, fell off your Stock, don't mind the whining and the fnivelingof your Mother and your Sifter-Women always hinder Preferment- make what Money you can, and follow that Gentleman, his N a m e begins with a P. mind that There will be the Barber's Daughter too, that you promis'd Marriage to fhe will be pulling and hailing you to pieces. But. W h a t ! know Sally too ? He's the Devil, and he needs muft go that the Devil drives. [Going.] The tip of his Handkerchief out of his left Pocket. Kite. No, no, his right Pocket; if it be the left, 'tis none of the Man. But. Well, well, III mind him. ( Exit, Plume. The right Pocket, you fay. (Behind with his Pocket- Book, Kite. I hear the ruffling of Silks. (Knocking.) Fly, Sir, 'tis M a d a m Melinda. Enter Melinda and Lucy. Kite. Tycho, Chairs for the Ladies. Mel. Don't trouble your felf, we fha'n't ftay, Doctor. Kite. Your Ladylhip is to ftay much longer than you imagine. Mel. For what ? Kite. For a Husband -- 1 For your part, Madam, you wo'n't ftay for a Husband. ( To Lucy. Luc. Pray, Doctor, do you converfe with the Stars, or the Devil ? Kite. With both; when I have the Deftinies of Men in fearch, I confult the Stars; when the Affairs of W o m e n come under m y Hands, I advife with m y t'other Friend. MeL And have you rais'd the Devil upon m y account ? Kite. Yes> Madam, and he's n o w under the Table. Luc. O h Heavens protect us ! Dear Madam, let's be gone. Kite. If you be afraid of him, why do you come to confult him? Dd 2 Mel. |
