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Show $6 The Recruiting Officer. me no hurt; he's the moft harm lefs Man in the World, for he talks fo. Scale. Come, come, Child, 111 take care of you. 257. What, Gentlemen! Rob me of m y Freedom, and my Wife at once! 'Tis the firft time they ever went together. Ball. Heark'e, Conftable. (Whifpers him. Conft. It fhall be done, Sir Come along, Sit, (Exeunt Conftable, Bullock and Silvia. 1 Ball. Come, Mr. Scale, we'll manage the Spark prefently. (Exit. S C E N E , Melinda'J Apartment. Enter Melinda and Worthy, Mel So far the Prediction is right, 'tis Ten exactly. (Afide. And pray, Sir, how long have you been in this travelling Humour ? Wor. Tis natural, Madam, for us to avoid what difturbs our Quiet. Mel. Rather the love of Change, which is more natural, may be the occafion of it. Wor. To be fure, Madam, there muft be Charms in Variety, elfe neither you nor I fhou'd be fo fond of it. Mel. You miftake, Mr. Worthy, I a m not fo fond of V a riety as to travel for't, nor do I think it Prudence in you to run your felf into a certain Expence and Danger, in hopes of precarious Pleafures, which at beft never anfwer Expectation, as 'tis evident from the Example of moft Travellers, that long more to return to their o w n Country, than they did to go abroad. Wor. W h a t Pleafures I may receive abroad are indeed uncertain; but this I a m fure of, I fhall meet with lefs Cruelty among the moft barbarous of Nations, than I have found at home. Mel. Come, Sir, you and I have been jangling a great while j I fancy if w e made up our Accounts, we fhou'd the fooner come to an Agreement. Wor. Sure, M a d a m , you wont difpute your being in my Debt My Fears, Sighs, Vows, Promifes, Affiduities, A n xieties, Jealoufies, have run on for a whole Year without any Payment. Mel. A Year! Oh, Mi.Worthy! What you owe to m e is not to be paid under a feven Years Servitude: H o w did you ufe m e the Year before ? W h e n taking the, Advantage of m y Innocence and Neceffity, you wou'd have made m e your Miftrefs, that is, your Slave--Remember the wicked Itnifoinnsu,a - |