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Friend. Traitor! thou know'st me, and my bus'ness. Look on this Face, if thou dar'st look on him Whom thou hast doubly wrong'd and draw thy Sword. Bel. Thou should'st be Friendlove, Brother to Celinda. Friend. And Lover of Diana too Oh, quickly draw, Or I shall leave thee, like a Coward, dead. Bel.
And as he saw her coming in, The Moor his bonnet doffed, And bowed to do her honor, And spoke in accents soft. Celinda court'sied to the ground, Such favor was not slight, Her kindly greeting gratified The fond hopes of the knight. And glad and gloomy, each in turn, For such a quick success, He checked a thousand words of love, That might his joy express.
More than half cloyed with the possession of Celinda, he could not fail to be disgusted with her upbraidings; and had she not been the daughter of a gentleman whose friendship he did not think it his interest to forfeit, he would have dropped this correspondence, without reluctance or hesitation.
Well, and you, Sir, that are the cause of this, What canst thou say to move me for thy Pardon? Bel. I am so guilty in your Opinion, My Prayers wou'd but make you merciless; I only say Celinda is my Wife, And I shou'd injure this too generous Maid, Not to adore her equal to her Merit. Lord. I see, Sir, you have found your Wits again.
And as Celinda stripped the wings which on adventure brave Sustained his flight no more shall plume above his helmet wave. 'Twas noon one Wednesday when Gazul to Gelva's portal came, And straight he sought the market-place to join the jousting game; The ruler of the city looked at him with surprise, And never lady knew the knight, so dark was his disguise.
Though I'm again defeated, yet this last Proves least offensive; nor shall an empty Word Alter my fix'd Resolves, to love you still. Friend. Then I am blest! Bel. But yet the Office of the Priest has past: What Remedy for that? Dia. My Uncle's Pow'r, the Nearness of our Blood, The Contradiction of our Circumstances. Bel. And above all that, my Contract with Celinda.
If I must marry any but Celinda, I shall not, Sir, enjoy one moment's Bliss: I shall be quite unman'd, cruel and brutal; A Beast, unsafe for Woman to converse with. Besides, Sir, I have given my Heart and Faith, And my second Marriage is Adultery. Lord. Heart and Faith, I am glad 'tis no worse; if the Ceremony of the Church has not past, 'tis well enough. Bel.
Hah Celinda in my Croud of Thoughts I had forgot I sent come nearer, Boy What did she say to thee? Did she not smile? And use thee with Contempt and Scorn? tell me. How scorn, Sir! Bel. Or she was angry call'd me perjur'd Villain, False, and forsworn nay, tell me truth. How, Sir? Bel. Thou dost delay me say she did, and please me. Sir! Bel. Again tell me, what answer, Rascal, did she send me?
That hadst thou pleaded his Cause to me before, I shou'd have been less cruel to him. Where is that Lady which you so admire, Whose Beauty does eclipse that of Diana? Dia. This, Sir, is she who merits more than I. Lord. She's fair indeed; here, Frank, I give thee thy Celinda, whose Beauty Excuses all thy Faults of Disobedience. Bel. Lord.
To thee, Celinda! all my Good I owe, My Life, my Fortune, and my Honour too, Since all had perish'd by a broken Vow. Flaunt. What, am I like to lose my Timmy? Canst thou have the Heart to leave me for ever? I who have been true and constant to you? Sir Tim.
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