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[Talk aside.Joll.Hark you, Mr. Truman, one word aside
(for it is not necessary yet my wife should know so much.)

Aur.This foolish Jane (as I perceive by the story) has lost a Husband by staying for a Black patch.

Joll.Though I in rigour by my brothers Will might claim the forfeiture of her Estate, yet I assure you she shall have it all to the utmost farthing; in a day like this, when Heaven bestows on me and on my daughter so unexpected and so fair a fortune, it were an ill return to rob an Orphan committed to my Charge.

AurMy father's in the right.
And as he clears her Fortune, so will I
Her Honor. Hark you, Sir.

Trum. s.Why you speak, Sir, like a Vertuous Noble Gentleman, and do just as I should do my self in the same case; it is——

[to Trum. Jun.Aur.'Twas I upon my credit in a Veil;
I'l tell, if you please, all that you said, when you had read the Letter. But d' you hear, Mr. Truman, do not you believe now that I had a design to lie with you (if you had consented to my coming at mid-night) for upon my faith I had not, bud did it purely to try upon what terms your two Romantique Loves stood.

Cut.Ha, ha, ha! but your Farce was not right me-thinks at the end.

Pun.Why how, pray?

Cut.Why there should ha' been a Beating, a lusty Cudgeling to make it come off smartly with a twang at the tail.

Wor.Say you so? h'as got a set of damnable brawny Servingmen.

Cut.At least John Pudding here should ha' been basted.

Wor.A curse upon him, he sav'd himself like a Rat behind the Hangings.

Trum. j.O Lucia, how shall I beg thy pardon
For my unjust suspitions of thy Virtue?
Can you forgive a very Repentant sinner?
Will a whole life of Penitence absolve me?

Trum. s.'Tis enough, good noble Colonel, I'm satisfi'd; Come, Dick, I see 'twas Heavens will, and she's a very worthy virtuous Gentlewoman; I'm old and testy, but 'tis quickly over; my blessing upon you both.

Cut.