meets with her indeed, but married to the honeſt Knave in whom he had repos'd ſo much Confidence; and finds ſhe had acted as treacherouſly with regard to the Caſket he had entruſted her with. The Captain can ſcarce think it poſſible, that a Woman of Virtue and Honour can act ſo vile a Part; but to convince him ſtill more of the Reality of it, this very worthy Lady falls in Love with the little Page, and will force him to her Embraces. But as it is requiſite Juſtice ſhould be done, and that in a dramatick Piece Virtue ought to be rewarded and Vice puniſh'd; 'tis at laſt found that the Captain takes his Page's Place, and lyes with his faithleſs Miſtreſs, cuckolds his treacherous Friend, thruſts his Sword through his Body, recovers his Caſket and marries his Page. You'll obſerve that this Play is alſo larded with a petulant, litigious old Woman (a Relation of the Captain) who is the moſt comical Character that was ever brought upon the Stage.
