The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn
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_Char_. Take that to raise you. [_Strikes him_. Sir _Tim_. Nay, then I am angry, and I dare fight. [_They fight out_. _Lord_. Go, Ladies, see the Bride to her Chamber. [_Ex. Women_. _Bel_. The Knight, Sir _Timothy Tawdrey_; --The Rascal mist me at the appointed place, And comes to attack me here-- [_Turns to_ Cel. --Brave Youth, I know not how I came to merit this Relief from thee: Sure thou art a Stranger to me, thou'rt so kind. _Cel_. Sir, I believe those happy ones that know you Had been far kinder, but I'm indeed a Stranger. _Bel_. Mayst thou be ever so to one so wretched; I will not ask thy Name, lest knowing it, (I'm such a Monster) I should ruin thee. _Cel_. Oh, how he melts my Soul! I cannot stay, Lest Grief, my Sex, my Bus'ness shou'd betray. [_Aside_. |
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