The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn
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The sad effects of Perjury, and forc'd Marriage.
--Surely the Pow'rs above envy'd my Bliss; Marrying _Celinda_, I had been an Angel, So truly blest, and good. [_Weeps_. Sir _Tim_. Why, how now, _Frank_--by Fortune, the Rogue is Maudlin--So, ho, ho, so ho. _Bel_. The matter? Sir _Tim_. Oh, art awake--What a Devil ail'st thou, _Frank_? _Bel_. A Wench, or any thing--come, let's drink a round. _Sham_. They're come as wisht for. _Enter_ Flauntit, Driver, Doll _and_ Jenny _mask'd_. _Bel_. Oh, damn 'em! What shall I do? Yet it would look like Virtue to avoid 'em. No, I must venture on--Ladies, y'are welcome. Sir _Tim_. How, the Women?--Hold, hold, _Bellmour_, let me choose too-- Come, come, unmask, and shew your pretty Faces. _Flaunt_. How, Sir _Timothy_! What Devil ow'd me a spite. [_Aside_. Sir _Tim_. Come, unmask, I say: a willing Wench would have shew'd all in half this time. |
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