Volume Iv Part 81 (1/2)

_Whiff._ Ay, what can you say for your self, did you not draw your Sword, Sirrah?

_Haz._ I did.

_Tim._ 'Tis sufficient, he confesses the Fact, and we'll hear no more.

_Haz._ You will not hear the Provocation given.

_Dull._ 'Tis enough, Sir, you drew--

_Whim._ Ay, ay, 'tis enough, he drew--let him be fin'd.

_Friend._ The Gentleman should be heard, he's Kinsman too to Colonel _John Surelove_.

_Tim._ Hum--Colonel _Surelove's_ Kinsman.

_Whiff._ Is he so? nay, then all the reason in the World he should be heard, Brothers.

_Whim._ Come, come, Cornet, you shall be Friends with the Gentleman; this was some drunken bout, I'll warrant you.

_Tim._ Ha, ha, ha, so it was, Gads zoors.

_Whiff._ Come, drink to the Gentleman, and put it up.

_Tim._ Sir, my service to you, I am heartily sorry for what's pa.s.s'd, but it was in my drink.

[Drinks.

_Whim._ You hear his Acknowledgments, Sir, and when he's sober he never quarrels. Come, Sir, sit down, my Service to you.

_Haz._ I beg your excuse, Gentlemen--I have earnest business.

_Dull._ Let us adjourn the Court, and prepare to meet the Regiments on the _Sevana_.

[All go but _Friend._ and _Hazard_.

_Haz._ Is this the best Court of Judicature your Country affords?

_Friend._ To give it its due, it is not. But how does thy Amour thrive?

_Haz._ As well as I can wish in so short a time.

_Friend._ I see she regards thee with kind Eyes, Sighs and Blushes.

_Haz._ Yes, and tells me I am so like a Brother she had --to excuse her kind concern,--then blushes so prettily, that, Gad, I cou'd not forbear making a discovery of my Heart.

_Friend._ Have a care of that, come upon her by slow degrees, for I know she is virtuous;--but come, let's to the _Sevana_, where I'll present you to the two Colonels, _Wellman_ and _Downright_, the Men that manage all till the arrival of the Governour.

[Exeunt.

SCENE II. The _Sevana_ or Heath.