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Show you fay too OROONOKO. • rJnnr 1 a m ready : Difdains to change «» ™ ° u £ as y o u pleafe. Where muft I go ? ? » « » * ! £ " > Fortune, 1 am not well acquainted wunrny , But muft learn to know it better . So I know, Degrees make all things eahe. Blan. All things fhall be eafie Or. Tear off his Pomp, and let m e know my fc The flavim Habit beft becomes m e now. Hard Fare, and Whips, and Chains may overpow'r ?he frai^ Flefh, and b o w m y Body down : But there's another, nobler Part of me, Out of vour Reach, which you can never tame. Blan. You (hall find nothing of this Wretchednefs You apprehend. W e are not Monfters all. You feem unwilling to difclofe your felt : Therefore, for fear the mentioning your Name Should give you new Difquiets, I preiume T o call youCe>r. ' Oro. I am m y felf i tut call m e what you pleafe, Stan. A very good Name, C&far. Gov. And very fit for Irs Character. Oro. W a s C&far then a Slave ? Gov. I think he was > to Pirates too : He was a Conqueror, but Unfortunate in his Friends Oro. His Friends were Chnftians ? Blan. N o. Oro. N o ! that's ft range. Gov. And murder d by 'em. Oro. i would be C&far there. Yet I will live. Blan. Live to be happier. Oro. D o what you will with me. Blan. I'll wait upon you, attend, and ferve you. [Exit with Oroonoko, Luc Well, if the Captain had brought this Prince! Country along with him, and would make me Qwa* it, I w o u l d not have him, after doing fo bafea thmg. Wek He's a M a n to thrive in the World, Sifter:» m a k e y o u the better Jointure. Luc. H a n g him, nothing can profper with him, 1 O R O O N O K O. 201 Stan. Enquire into the great Eftates, and you will find molt of 'em depend upon the fame Title of Honefty : The M e n w h o raiie e m firft are m u c h of the Captain's Principles. Wei Ay, ay, as you fay, let h i m be damn'd for the good of his Family. C o m e , Sifter, w e are invited to Dinner. Gov. Stanmore, you dine with m e . [Exeunt. A C T II. S C E N E L SCENE Widow Lackitt'/ Houfe. Enter Widow Lackitt and Welldon. T H I S is fo great a Favour, I don't know h ow to receive it. Wid. 0 dear Sir ! you know how to receive and h o w to return a Favour, as well as any body, I don't doubt it: 'Tis not the firft you have had from our Sex, I fup-pofe. Wd. But this is fo unexpected. Wid. Lord, h o w can you fay fo, Mr. Welldon ? I won't believe you. Don't I know you handfom Gentlemen expect, every thing that a W o m a n can do for you ? And by my troth you're in the right on't : I think one can't do too much for a handfome Gentleman ; and fo you (bail find it. Wei. I fhall never have fuch an Offer again, that's certain : What mail I do ? I a m mightily divided [Pretending a Concern, . Wid. Divided ! O dear, I hope not fo, Sir. Jf I marry, truly I expeft to have you to m y felf. Wei. There's no danger of that, Mrs. Lackitt. I a m divided in m y Thoughts. M y Father upon his Deathbed oblig'd m e to fee m y Sifter difpos'd of, before I married m y felf. 'Tis that fticks u p o n m e . They fay indeed ftomiles are to be broken or kept -9 and I k n o w 'tis a I f foohfh |