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Show s-i - : cTT^r ^ThTRarities of the World, and dare ufe iWe like Boors; you traffick for al tl^nties ^ . ^ ^ ^ none of 'em your felves; fo that, ine*;£ Y . A Pot of Buttc% kind, that labour only for the wretched ! ™ e n % > have a good Title l&^d^Mw at home fo? In)uries, nor ever gave it us abVT/?'You muft make your felves more fear'd when youexpeft it. R wTnroohefie that time will come, when fome generous Monarch * ^ ^ l f f S £ £ o t t Qiarrel, re-affume the Fifhery of our Seas, and make them a confiderable to the Englifh, as the W * / are to you. ^ B e f o r e that comes to pafs, you may repent your over lavifh Tongue. Beam. I was no more in earneft than you were. V Pray let this go no farther; m y Husband has invited both to Supper. Beam. If you pleafe, fll fall to before he comes, or at leaft, while he is conferring in private with the Fifcal. Wde *> *"• Jul. Their private Bus'nelTes let them agree; The Dutch for him, the Engliftj-man for me. {Exeunt* ACT III. SCENE L Enter Perez. Perez. T"Rue, the propos'd Reward is great enough; I want it too: Befides this Englifh-man has never paid me, fince, as his Liutenant, I ferv'd him once againft the T ^ a t Sea; yet he confes'd I did m y Duty well, when 'twice I clear'd our Decks; he has long promis'd me, but what are Pro-mifes to ftarving M e n? This is his Houfe, he may walk out this Morning. Enter a Page and another Servant, walking by, not feeing him. Thefe belong to him; I'll hide till they are paft. Serv. He fleeps foundly for a M a n who is to be marry'd when he wakes. Page. He does well to take his time, for he does not know, when he's marry'd, whether he fhall ever have a found Sleep again. Ser. He bid we fhou'd not wake him!; but fome of us, in good maners, fhou'd have ftay'd, and not have left him quite alone. Page. In good manners, I fhou'd indeed; but I'll venture a Mafter's Anger at any time for a Miftrifs, and that's m y Cafe at prefent. Serv. I'll 'tempt as great a Danger as that comes to, for good old Englifh Fel-lowfhip; I am invited to a Morning's Draught. Page. Good morrow, Brother, good morrow; by that time you have fill'd your Belly,andlhave emptied mine,it will be time to meet at home again. [Exeunt fever-ally. Perez. So, this makes well for m y Defign; He's left alone, unguarded and afleep: Satan, thou art a bounteous Friend, and liberal of Occafions to do mifchief: M y Pardon I have ready if I am taken, m y Money half before-hand; up, Perez, rouze thy Spanifh Courage up; if he fhou'd wake, I think I dare attempt him; then m y Revenge is Nobler, and Revenge, to injur'd Men, is full as fweet as Profit. [The Scene drawn, difeovers Towerfon on a Couch in his Night-Gown. A Table by him, Pen, Inf^ and Paper on it. Re-enter Perez, with a Dagger. Perez. Afleep as I imagin'd, as faft, as all the Plummets of eternal Night were hung upon his Temples: On, that fome courteous Damon, in the other World wou d let him know, 'twas Perez fent him thither! A Paper by him too \ he little thinks it is his Teftament, the laft he e'er fhall make : I'll read »Wh fer^ In{™Ption 5t, is„a Memorial, of what he means to do this day*: what s here m y Name in the fi rft Line ? I'll read it. rRS Memorandum, That my firft Anion this Morning full be to find out my true and valiant lietenant, Captain Perez; and, as aTefeinLy of Jy Gratitude for ts Honourable AMBOYNA. __ 5^9 Honourable Service, to befiow on him, Five hundred Englifh Pounds, mkkfX^Ju Excufe, I had it not before within my Power to reward him. [Lays down the Paper And was it then for this I fought his Life? Oh bafe", degenerate Spaniard) hadft thou done it, thou hadft been worfe than damn'd; Heav'n took more Care of me, than I of him, to expofe this Paper to m y timely View. Sleep on thou Honourable Engliflmon, I'll foonernow pierce m y o w n Breaft than thine; fee, he fmiles too in his (lumber, as if his Guardian-Angel, in a Dream, told him he was fecure: I'll give him warning, though, to prevent danger from another hand. ^Writes on TowerfonV Paper, then flicks his Dagger in it. Stick there, that when he wakens he may know, To his o w n Virtue he his Life does owe. [Exit Perez, Towerf. awakens. I have o'erflept m y hour this Morning, if to enjoy a plealm^ Dream, can be to fleep too long: Mcthought m y dear Tfabinda and m y fel* were lying in an Arbour, wreath'd about with Myrtle and with Cyprefs; m y Rival Harman, reconcil'd again to his Friendfhip, ftrewed us with Flowers, and p n each a Crimfon-coulour'd Garment, in which we ftraightway mounted to Vies, and with us many of m y Englifej Friends, all clad in thc fame Rou .1: ii Dreams have any meahing, fure this portends fome good What's that 1 fee, a Dagger ftuck into the Paper of m y Memorials ? and writ below, Thy Virtue fav'd thy Life? It feems fome one has been within m y Chamber whilft I flept; fomething of Confequence hangs upon this Accident : What, ho ! w h o waits without None anfwer me ! are ye all dead? What, ho! Enter Beamont. Beam. H o w is it Friend? I thought, entring your Houfe, I heard you call. Towerf. I did ; but as it feems, without effeft; none of m y Servants are within reach of m y voice. Beam. You feem amaz'd at fomewhat! Towerf. A little difcompos'd read that, and fee if I have no occafion, that Dager was ftuck there, by him who writ it. Beam. I muft confefs, you have too juft a Caufe : I am m y felf furpriz'd at an Event fo ftrange; \ .. • . ' Towerf. I know not w h o can be m y Enemy within this Illand, except m y Rival Harmony and for him, I truly did relate what pafs'd betwixt us ye- ^Beam You bore your felf in that as it became you; as one who was a Witnefs to himfelf of his o w n Courage; and while, by neceffary care of others, vou were for'd to decline fighting, fhew'd how much you did defpife the M a n who foughMhe Quarrel: 'Twas bafe in him, fo back'd as he is here, to offer it, much more to prefs you to in _•_•'« ,, , • c 1 • v A Towerf I m ay find a foot of Ground in Europe, to tell the infulting Youth, he better had provok'd fome other M a n ; but fure, I cannot think 'twas he, "NO' WfteSs too great a Noblenefs of Spirit, for one like him to praftSb: Twas certainly an Enemy, who came to take your fleeping Life; but fhus to leave unfinifh'd the Defign, proclaims the Aft, no Dutchman. T W T h a t Time will beft difcover; I'll think no farther of it. Zm I confefs vou have more pleafing Thoughts to employ your Mind at prefonT; i T c f t y o u & e juft read/for the Temple, and came to call you to towerf. I'll ^^^^ Fife: RemembeT, Sir, what I advis'd you; you muft *^ $%%£ Bufinefs. ww mv hrive bonnv Bride-groom; not yet dreft ? Harm. I warrrnt you. What, m y bra^e, Donn> mi 0 3 _,. You are a lazy Lover; I muft chide you. lowcrf. I was juft preparing. ~pmnnv . Y o u thought to go to her; Harm. I muft prevent part of ^ e a r e m o n y • Yjsu m u g ^ me? In troth, you wrong our Fnendtnip. D d d d |