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Show I20 The FATAL M A R R I A GE Inveterate to your Ruin ? Do not think I am a-kin to his Barbarity : I muft abhor m y Father's Ufage of you . And from my bleeding *°«f*™*>t£"£ pity' Pity your loft Condition. Can you hink Of anv way, that I may ferve y o u m ? But w n a 7 e n V ™ f t my Senfe of &£> M y Sorrow fo? your Wrongs, is, that m y Father, Foreknowing well the Storm that was to fall, Has order'd me, not to appear for you. Ifa. I thank your Pity ; my poor Husband fell For difobeying him : D o not you ftay To venture his Difpleafure too for me. Car. You muft refolve on fornething [& Ifa. Let m y Fate Determine for m c * I mall be prepar d. The worft that can befall me, is to die : When once it comes to that it matters not Which way 'tis brought about: Whether I ftarve, Or hang, or drown, the End is ftill the fame ; Plagues, Poifon, Famine, arc but feveral Names Of the fame thing, and all conclude m Death. But fudden Death ! O for a fudden Death, To cheat m y Perfecutors of their Hopes, Th' expe&ed Pleafure of beholding me Long in m y Pains, lingring in Mifery. It wonnot be j that is deny'd m e too. Hark, they are coming 5 let the Torrent roar: It can but overwhelm m e in its fall; And Life and Death are now alike to me [Exeunt, the Nurfe leading tbt SCENE opens, and pews Carlos and with the Officers. 0r$ The Innocent Adultery. I l l I off. That's as m u c h as w e can defire; So w e ' have the Money, no matter whence it comes. Vil. T o M o r r o w you (hall have it. Car. Thus far all's well.- Enter Ifabella, and Nurfe with the Child nd now m y Sifter comes to c r o w n the W o r k . [Afide Ifa. Where are thefe rav'ning Blood-hounds, that purfuc j a full cry, gaping to fwallow m e ? meet your Rage, and c o m e to be devour'd: \jt which w a y are you to difpofe of m e ? 0 Dungeons, Darknefs, Death! Car. Have Patience. Ifa. patience! 0 / Ycu'll excufe us, w e arc but in our Office} Debts muft be paid. Ifa. M y Death will pay you all. [Diftracledly Of. While there is L a w to be had, People will have nr own. Vil. N o farther V i o l e n c e - - T h e Debt in all is but four thoufand C r o w n s; W e r e it ten times thc S u m , I think you k n ow M y Fortune very well can anfwer it. Y o u have m y W o r d for this; Til fee you paid. Val. 'Tis very fit they (houid ; but pray be gone morrow certainly [Exeunt Officers. Ifa. What of to M o r r o w ? * im I then the fport, leGame of Fortune, and her laughing Fools? le common. Spectacle, to be expos'd torn Day to Day, and baited for the Mirth )f the lewd Rabble? Muft I be referv'd orfreih AfHiftions? VI For long Happinefs Of Life, I hope. Ifa, There is no H o p e for m e . The Load grows light, w h e n w e refolve to bear: 1 ready for m y Tryal. *> Pray be calm, know your Friends. A My Friends! Have I a Friend' fcrlfai-bful rricod; in y°ur Weameft Need «««jf came in to fave you Ifa. Save me! H o w? S\i^fLtisfyinS aM y°m Creditors, *. Which w a y ? for what? II F HL |