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Behn, Aphra

"The Rover"

La Nu.
Yes, for a fine conceited Fool- Pet. Catso, a Fool, what else? La Nu.
Right, they are our noblest Chapmen; a Fool, and a rich Fool, and an
English rich Fool- Feth. 'Sbud, she eyes me, Ned, I'll set my self in
order, it may take- hah- [Sets himself. Pet. Let me alone to manage
him, I'll to him- La Nu. Or to the Devil, so I had one Minute's time
to speak to Willmore. Pet. And accosting him thus- tell him- La Nu.
[in a hasty Tone.]- I am desperately in love with him, and am
Daughter, Wife, or Mistress to some Grandee- bemoan the Condition of
Women of Quality in Spain, who by too much Constraint are oblig'd to
speak first- but were we blest like other Nations where Men and Women
meet- [Speaking so fast, she offering to put in her word, is still
prevented by t'other's running on. Pet. What Herds of Cuckolds would
Spain breed- 'Slife, I could find in my Heart to forswear your
Service: Have I taught ye your Trade, to become my Instructor, how to
cozen a dull phlegmatick greasy-brain'd Englishman?- go and expect
your Wishes. Will. So, she has sent her Matron to our Coxcomb; she saw
he was a Cully fit for Game- who would not be a Rascal to be rich, a
Dog, an Ass, a beaten, harden'd Coward- by Heaven, I will possess this
gay Insensible, to make me hate her- most extremely curse her- See if
she be not fallen to Pray'r again, from thence to Flattery, Jilting
and Purse-taking, to make the Proverb good- My fair false Sybil, what
Inspirations are you waiting for from Heaven, new Arts to cheat
Mankind!- Tell me, with what Face canst thou be devout, or ask any
thing from thence, who hast made so leud a use of what it has already
lavish'd on thee? La Nu.


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