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Show • m l88 OROONOKO. of tte Richeft Plan- jg^tflS ^ ^^TiSiScTi^ and "•*** Account in'?, I warrant you X ^ l m u f t r e l y j o n ^ ^ . ^ tau Mr Welldon, your Servant. Your Servant \ W t ^ /n ill Vifitor, but 'tis not too late, IW Ucy I am arnTV wor, Wor)d to bid you welcome to tmi i ^^ M/ ;; r„n fo 1 bee your Pardon,' Widow, 1 fhould k» 1 L CivSties of m y Houfe before: But, asyo^ done the Civilities or u y tf i *« WhaH Yo'uThink now this was a civil I •. • » K-if< • and by m y Troth, if it were, 1 fa begging a K j , » ™ 7 / inde£d that is notw, SgU'.- W have known a Woman fFak * brfwe now, and not underftood neither. S S X under my Roof. Have at you, W.dow S3l Why, that's well faid, fpoke like a m e t ther that deferves to have a W i d o w - fa* You're a younger Brother, I know, by your Ufa, You have Birdlime upon your Lips. You U1CK lot there's no getting rid of you. Well I am a-kin to a younger Brother. md So much the better : W e Widows ate coo, the better for younger Brothers. L«,. Better, or worfe, moft of you. But yo« be much better for him, I can tell you Wdl I was a younger Brother , bat an On* MoThi's I S malicioufty left m e an Eftate, and, | f"^/C no V an° Eftate will never ff oil your For 1 £ £ a gooTEftate m y felf, thank Heav'n, + Husband that left it behind him. O R O O N O R O, 189 Wei Thank Heav'n, that took him away from it, W i - tov, and left you behind him. Wil Nay, Heav'n's Will muft be done i he's in a bet-er Place. < Wtl A better Place for you, no doubt on't : N o w you ^ay look about you } chufe for your felf, Mrs. Lackitt, that's your Bufinefs; for I k n o w you defign to marry ^Wil O dear ! Not I, I proteft and fwear $ I don't defign it: But I won't fwear neither i one does not k n ow what may happeo to tempt one. Wei. Why, a lufty young Fellow may happen to tempt Wei Nay, I'll do nothing rafhly: I'll refolve againft nothing. The Devil, they fay, is very bufie upon thefe ©ccafions, efpecially with the Widows. But it I a m to be tempted, it muft be with a young Man, I promife -ou Mrs. Lucy, your Brother is a very pleafant Gea-jtleman : I came about Bulinefs to him, but he turns eve-y thing into Merriment, Wei. Bufinefs, Mrs. Lackitt. Then, I know, you wou'd ve me to your {elf. Pray leave us together, Sifter. [Ex. Luc. What am I drawing upon m y felf here ? [Afide. Wid. You have taken a very pretty Houfe here ; every thing fo neat about you already* I hear you are laying out tor a Plantation. Wei. Why, yes truly, I like the Country, and wou'd buy a Plantation, if I cou'd reafonably. Wid. 0 ! by all means, reafonably. Wd. If 1 cou'd have one to m y mind, I wou'd think f fettling among you. Hid. 0! you can'c do better. Indeed w e can't pretend have fo good Company for you, as you had in Eng-but w e fhall make very much of you. For m y urn part, I afiure you, I fhall think m y ftlf very happy to he more particularly known to you. Wei, Dear Mrs. Lackitt, you do m e too much Honour. .Wid. Then as to a Plantation, Mr. Welldon, you k n ow have feveral to difpofe of. Mr. Lackitt, 1 thank him, as left rue^ tho' I fay it, the richcit W i d o w upon the place: There- |