The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn
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Sir _Tim_. Why, thou damnable confounded Torment, wilt thou never cease? _Nur_. No, not till you raise your Siege, and be gone; go march to your Lady of Love, and Debauch--go--You get no _Celinda_ here. Sir _Tim_. The Devil's in her Tongue. _Cel_. Good gentle Nurse, have Mercy upon the poor Knight. _Nur_. No more, Mistress, than he'll have on you, if Heaven had so abandon'd you, to put you into his Power--Mercy--quoth ye--no--, no more than his Mistress will have, when all his Money's gone. Sir _Tim_. Will she never end? _Cel_. Prithee forbear. _Nur_. No more than the Usurer would, to whom he has mortgag'd the best part of his Estate, would forbear a Day after the promis'd Payment of the Money. Forbear!-- Sir _Tim_. Not yet end! Can I, Madam, give you a greater Proof of my Passion for you, than to endure this for your sake? _Nur_. This--thou art so sorry a Creature, thou wilt endure any thing for the lucre of her Fortune; 'tis that thou hast a Passion for: not that thou carest for Money, but to sacrifice to thy Leudness, to purchase a Mistress, to purchase the Reputation of as errant a Fool as ever arriv'd at the Honour of keeping; to purchase a little Grandeur, |
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