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Show 7 o The Recruiting Officer. Sil. She fhall be my Charge, Sir; you may find it bufinefs enough to take care of m e. Bull. Ay, and of m e , Captain ; for wauns! if ever you lift your Hand againft m e , I'll defert. Plume. Captain Brazen fhall take care o'that, m y Dear : Inftead of the Twenty thoufand Pound you talk'd of, you ihall have the twenty brave Recruits, that I have rais'd, at the rate they coft me. My Commiffion I lay down, to be taken up by fome braver Fellow, that has more Merit, and lefs good Fortune' whilft I endeavour, by the Example of this worthy Gentleman, to ferve m y Queen and Country at home. With fome regret, I quit the aBive Field, Where Glory, full Reward for Life does yield ; But the Recruiting Trade, with all its Train, Of endlejs Plague, Fatigue, and endlefs Pain, J gladly quit, with my fair Spoufe to jtay, And raife Recruits the Matrimonial Way, ( Exeunt, FINIS. |