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A53510
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The atheist, or, The second part of The souldiers fortune acted at the Duke's Theatre / written by Tho. Otway.
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Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.
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1684
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Wing O541; ESTC R10764
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Dard. Oh Law'd Fath. Iack Iack Iack Come hither Iack a word with thee Iack Give me a hundred Pieces now and I 'll be o' thy side Iack and help thee to beat off these impudent Fellows Gentlemen I cannot but own to you that this is my Son Beaug. Sir were you nick'd to your Shirt I would not part with a single Shilling Sir Fath. Though if he were my Son ten thousand times in such a Cause as yours I 'd draw my Sword against him Draws Beaug. You may remember Gentlemen a Challenge Grat. Which you forgot Sir Court Hah A Challenge Beaugard Beaug. I 'll tell thee more hereafter To shew you I ha' not forgot it the Lady you thus persecute is now under my Protection and with my Sword I 'll keep her so Draws Court If we don't may my Wiâ—e get the better of me and wear mine for a Bodkin Theod. Come on then Sir Beaug. For the Lady Grat. For my Honour Court And for my Friend Sir Dard. Old Brimstone-Beard have at thee Fight The rest of Theodore's Party fall in Court Base Traytors Odds Beaug. Confound 'em thrust Beaugard and Courtine driven off Dard. Oh I am slain My Maw runs out What will become of me Oh! Gratian and Dardevil fall Enter Theodoret. Theod. Secure that Passage now How fares my Friend Grat. I 'm wounded send for a Chyrurgion quickly for I bleed much Theod. Look to your Master Sirrah and you Fellow be careful of this Beast here Dard. Oh a Parson a Parson dear Sir a Parson Some pious good Divine if you have any Charity Enter Father with Porcla Fath. Here here she is I ha' got her for you let me alone for ferreting a Female's Quarters out Theod. I 'd have you Sir take care for your Security There 's mischief done Sir Fath. The more mischief the better thou shalt find me no Flincher Boy here here make sure of her Porcia Inhumane Tyrant Why am I abus'd thus Help Murder Help Theod. None of your Tricks no Cries no Shrieks for Succour By Hell here 's that shall silence you for ever Thou Woman Thou young itching wanton Devil Fly to base Cells of Lust Give up thy Vertue Disgrace thy Name and triumph ev'n in Infamy On what a tott'ring Point his Honour stands That trusts the Treasure in such lavish hands End of the Fourth ACT. ACT V. Enter Lucrece in Man's Cloaths and Chloris Lucr. FRom this gay minute farewell Love and Doating I have shook the lazy stretching wishing Folly out of my Blood and now my wandring Heart is at home again Let me see I have a hundred and a hundred times wish'd my self a Man and now in outward appearance I am a very Fellow nay a very pretty Fellow for methinks Foppery Impertinence Self-conceit and other Masculine Qualities grow upon me strangely Oh Mischief Mischief Mischief thou art a very sweet-Employment But Opportunity Bewitching Lovely Omnipotent Opportunity How shall I come at thee Chloris Chloris Madam Lucr. Give me my Sword Chlor. Here Madam Bless us What will your Ladyship do with your self in this Equipage Lucr. Ladyship Huzzy take notice from this important Moment I am no more your Mistress but that Imperial Creature your Master and therefore know too I will have my Foeminine Habiliments burnt instantly and an Operator sent for to make me a Beard grow I will learn to Ride Fence Vault and make Fortifications in Dirt-Pyes Nay if the humour hold I 'll go Voluntier into Germany against the Turk Chlor. But what will be the end of all this Madam Lucr. Why if I go into the War I shall have the privilege when I return home to talk of Marches Battels and Sieges which I never was at nor understand any more than the Fools I tell my story to If I stay at home with the privilege of good Cloaths Pertness and much Simplicity will I set up for a Spark grow familiar at White-Hall and impudent with some great Man there or another run in Debt with a high Hand be terrible in eating Houses and noisy all over the Town Chlor. A very hopeful Resolution Lucr. As thus When I and another Spark meet Dam me Iack says I What Times are there stirring What ready to be had What Caravans have you met with or what Loose lately managed You Rogue you look very high upon the Huckle Chlor. Well Madam But what will all this Gibberish signifie Lucr. Signifie you Fool why what it signifies already Wit Courage Martial Discipline Interest at Court Pretence to Preferment Free Quartâ—râ— in my Lodgings and Free Booty in every Cuckold's Shop who shall trust me against his palpable knowledge that I 'm not worth a Groat and never have the Impudence to hope to be paid Chlor. And must your Honour have a Mistress too Lucr. Yes Huzzy and you shall be serviceable to me in the matter I 'll have a Doxy this very Night I have singled her out already Courtin's Wife that jealous raging insatiable Help-meet of the Captains shall be my Ducinea del Toboso She 's in Love with me already that 's my comfort as I passed through the Hall just now she coming into the House to pay a Visit to the Widow Porcia who by the way is as wicked as my self and my great Councellor in this noble Project we met I you must know bow'd very respectfully she â—aking me for a Stranger Curt ' sy'd as low and viewing me strictly leer'd at me as if that Minute she took Aim at my Heart and designed me for her Quarry Chlor. But Madam she knows and must discover you Lucr. Thou art a fool she never saw me till yesterday in her life-time then too disguised So that if I do not practise on her frailty and by that means find a way to revenge my self on that Vizard-monger Beaugard may I be condemn'd to wear Breeches as long as I live and never know more than the present use I make of them Chlor. Hist Madam she 's returning Enter Sylvia Lucr. Hush then now my Cause is coming on and have at her Sylv. Sweet-heart pray oblige me so far to shew me the way to the Gardens I come to pay a Visit to Madam Porcia and am informed she 's gone there for the Air. A very handsom Youth Aside Chlor. Madam this young Gentleman here is comâ— hither on the same kind Errand with your Ladyship and waits till her Return Lucr. But Madam the good fortune of seeing you is a happiness would recompence the being disappointed of all the Conversation of your Sex besides Sylv. Indeed Sir Lucr. Yes indeed Madam Sylv. Are you a Relation to this Family Sir Lucr. Madam the greatest Advantage I hope from the Family is henceforth to have oftner the Honour of kissing your fair Hands here It is an Opportunity I should make no Ungentlemanly use of Sylv. Opportunity Sir Lucr. Yes Opportunity Madam I am not ashamed to mention so honest a Friend as Opportunity to one that by her Years