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Show - - = t ^^iliTo^r^gTwhom, I know, you long gutter Ceremony ; b e h ^ i from ^ Arms_ M^"ndl^^^£^'^^ Abfence of TCHrn. Do I hold m y Love Do I ff™°t ^hw > pjo youftill loveyour Three Years? Areve indeed * ^ J ^ t t « S w e : For I havofo much g S S i S K B . 1 K 5 S S S love as well as I, 1 « appear diftrafted. • f p, - for i a m nothing elfe but Love jw. srj^ASS^aHma much un" worth/of that Paffion, to which you fet no Bounds. . gfe K-yoChinkVS^Il was here, mil with you, nevcrab-fent in my Mind e ^ , had fecn h yfilU. IWlSaa'S^ te» five three other Years, if tho. again goeft hence Towerf. I never will without you. HIT &». I faid before, we fhou'd but trouble ye. W You make me blufh; but ifyou ever were a Lover, Sir, you will for-give a Folly, which is fweet, though I confefs, 'tis much extravagant. SHarm. jln. He has but too much Caufe for this excefs of Joy; oh happy, happy Englifhman, but I unfortunate. L AJlde' Towerf. Now, when you pleafe, lead on. _ / W Sen. This day you fhall be Feafted at the Caftle, where our Great Guns fhall loudly fpeak your welcome. All Signs of Joy fhall through the Ifle be fhown, Whilft in foil Rummers we our Friendfhip Crown. [ Exeunt omnes. A C T II. SCENE I. Enter Yfabinda, Harman Junior. Tfab. T H H i s to me from you, againft your Friend. Har. Have I not Ey es,are you not Fair ? W h y does it feem fo ftrange > Tfab. Come, 'tis a Plot betwixt you : M y Englifeman is jealous, and has fet you to try m y Faith ; he might have fpar'd the Experiment, after a three Years abfence : That was a Proof fufficient of m y Conftancy. Tfab. I heard him fay, he never had return'd, but that his Mafters of the Eafe-India Company proffer'd him large Conditions. Tfab. You do belie him bafely. Harm. As much as I do you, in faying you are Fair ; or as I do m y felf, when I declare I Die for you. Tfab. lf this be Earneft, you've done a moft unmanly, and ungrateful Part, to Court the intended Wife of him, to whom you are moft oblig'd. Harm. Leave me to anfwer that: Affure your felf I love you violently, and ifyou are wife, you 11 make fome difference 'tw'ixt Towerf on and me. Tfab. Yes, I mall make a difference, but not to your Advantage. Harm. You muft, or falfifie your Knowledge : A n Englifeman, part Captain, and part Merchant; his Nation of declining Intereft here! Confider this, and weigh againft that Fellow, not me, but any, the leaft and meaneft Dutchman in this Ifle. Tfab. I do not weigh by Bulk: I know your Countrymen have the Advantage there. Harm. Hold back your hand, from firming of your Faith; you'll Thank me, in a little time, for ftaying you fo kindly from embarking in his Ruine. Tfab. His Fortune is not fo contemptible as you'd make it feem. Harm. Wait but one Month for the Event. Tfab. I will not wait one day, though I were fure to fink with him the next: So well I love my Towerfeon, I will not lofe another Sun, for fear he fhou'd not Rife to Morrow. For your felf, pray reftaffur'd, of all Mankind, you fhou'd cot be m y Choice, after an A d of fuch Ingratitude. Harm. You may Repent your Scorn at leifure. Tfab. Never, unlefs I Marry'd you. Uvier AMBOINA. 5<*3 Enter Towerfon. Towerf Now, m y dear Tfabinda, I dare pronounce m y felf moft Happy : Since I have gaind your Kindred, all Difficulties ceafe. Tfab. 1 wifh we find it fo. Towerf W h y , is ought happen'd fince I faw you laft > Methinks a Sadnefs dwells upon your Brow, like that I faw before m y laft long Abfence. You do not fpeak: M y Friend dumb too > Nay, then I fear fome more than ordinary Caufe produces this.- Harm. You have no Reafon, Towerfon, to be fad; you are the happy Man. 'lowerf If 1 have any, you muft needs have fome. Harm. No, you are Lov'd, and I am bid Defpair. Towerf. Time, and your Services, will, perhaps, make you as happy as I ani in m y Tfabinda's Love. Harm. I thought I fpoke fo plain, I might be underftood; but fince I did not, I muft tell you, Towerfon, I wear the Title of yoHt Friend no longer, becaufe I am your Rival. Towerf Is this true, Tfabinda > Tfab. I fhou'd not, I confefs, have told you firft, becaufe I wou'd not give you that Difquiet; but fince he has, it is too fad a Truth. Towerf. Leave us, m y Dear, a little to our felves. Tfab. I fear you'll Quarrel, for he feem'd incens'd, and threat'ned you with Ruine. \To him afide. Towerf. 'Tis to prevent an 111, which may be fatal to us both, that I wou'd fpeak with him. Tfab. Swear to me, by your Love, you will not fight. Towerf. Fear not, m y Tfabinda; things are not grown to that extremity. Tfab. I leave you, but I doubt the Confequence. [ Exit Yfabinda. Towerf. I want a Name to call you by • Friend, you declare you are not; and to Rival, I am not yet enough accuftom'd. Harm. N o w I confider on't, it fhall be yet in your free Choice, to call me one or other • for, Towerfon, I do not decline your Friendfhip, but then yield Tfabinda to me. Towerf. Yield Tfabinda to you e in, TJM • __ Harm. YeS, and preferve the Bleffing of m y Friendfhip ; I Jl make my Father yours • your Factories fhall be no more oppreft, but thrive in all Advantages with ours ; your Gain fhall be beyond what you cou'd hope for from the Treaty : In all the Traffick of thefe Eajlern Parts, ye fliall Towerf. Hold, you miftake me, tfarnean: I never gave you juft occafion to think I wou'd make Mercliandice of Love ; Tfabinda, you know, is mine, con-traced to me e're I went for England, and muft be fo till Death . Harm. She muft not, Towerfon; you know you are not ftrongeft in thefe Parts, and'twill be ill contefting with your Mafters. ,. Towerf Our Mafters > Harman, you durft not once have nam d that word in ^J™ HerelToth dare, and will; you ha' no Caftles in Amboyna. Towerf. Though we have not, we yet have Englifh Hearts, and Courages, not to endure Affronts. Harm. They may be try'd. , . . i„r_^jM&Hfk™& Towerf. Your Father, fure, will not maintain you m thi, Infolence; I know he is too honeft. -f • j ' ' . Harm. Aflure your felf be will efpoufe m y Quarrel. ^^r^t^^^** -urfe fo often, methinks they fho^grow0 wife at/d fift : But now there is no need of troubling U others ^ M w c H The fum of all is this ; You either muft refign me lj,bi,da, or Lftantly refolve, to clear your Title to her by your Sword. Towerf. I will do neither now. U*rm Tben I'll believe you dare not fight me tairi>. W You know 1 durt have fought, though I an, not va,n Ixnft it nor wou'd upbraid you with remembrance of;t fti You deftroy V B**-ft ^S^kytrO, Ship, back'dby your Men ; fingle Due' 'Vemoer H re I'm a Publick iat was in a Perfon ; intrufted by my ntan C cc c 2 Harm. |
