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Col. No matter, I'll bring down her stomach, I'll warrant thee- -Leave us, I pray thee.

Ob. Pr. Fare thee well.

[Exit. Col. My charming, lovely woman! [Embraces her. Mrs. Lov. What mean'st thou by this disguise, Fainwell?

Col. To set thee free, if thou wilt perform thy promise.

Mrs. Lov. Make me mistress of my fortune, and make thy own conditions.

See

Col. This night shall answer all my wisheshere, I have the consent of three of thy guardians already, and doubt not but Prim will make the fourth. [Prim listening. Ob. Pr. I would gladly hear what arguments the good man useth to bend her.

[Aside. Mrs. Lov. Thy words give me new life, methinks. Ob. Pr. What do I hear?

Mrs. Lov. Thou best of men, Heaven meant to bless me sure, when I first saw thee.

Ob. Pr. He hath mollified her.-Oh, wonderful conversion!

Col. Ha! Prim listening.-No more, my love, we are observed; seem to be edified, and give 'em hopes that thou wilt turn Quaker, and leave the rest to me. [Aloud.] I am glad to find that thou art touch'd with what I said unto thee, Anne; another time I will explain the other article unto thee; in the mean while, be thou dutiful to our friend Prim.

Mrs. Lov. I shall obey thee in every thing.

Enter OBADIAH PRIM.

Ob. Pr. Oh, what a prodigious change is here!— Thou hast wrought a miracle, friend! Anne, how dost thou like the doctrine he hath preached ?

Mrs. Lov. So well, that I could talk to him for ever, methinks-I am ashamed of my former folly, and ask your pardon, Mr. Prim.

Col. Enough, enough, that thou art sorry; he is no pope, Anne.

Ob. Pr. Verily, thou dost rejoice me exceedingly, friend; will it please thee to walk into the next room, and refresh thyself Come, take the maiden by the hand.

Col. We will follow thee.

Enter Servant.

Serv. There is another Simon Pure enquireth for thee, master.

Col. The devil there is.

[Aside.

Ob. Prim. Another Simon Pure! I do not know

him, is he any relation of thine?

Col. No, friend, I know him not

-Pox take him,

I wish he were in Pennsylvania again, with all my

soul.

Mrs. Lov. What shall I do?

Ob. Pr. Bring him up.

[Aside.

[Aside.

Col. Humph! then one of us must go down, that's

certain-Now impudence assist me.

Enter SIMON PURE.

Ob. Pr. What is thy will with me, friend?

S. Pu. Didst thou not receive a letter from Aminadab Holdfast, of Bristol, concerning one Simon Pure?

Ob. Pr. Yea, and Simon Pure is already here, friend.

Col. And Simon Pure will stay here, friend, if it be possible.

S. Pu. That's an untruth, for I am he.

[Aside.

Col. Take thou heed, friend, what thou dost say; I do affirm that I am Simon Pure.

S. Pu. Thy name may be Pure, friend, but not that Pure.

Col. Yea, that Pure, which my good friend, Aminadab Holdfast, wrote to my friend Prim about; the same Simon Pure that came from Pennsylvania, and sojourned in Bristol eleven days; thou wouldst not take my name from me, wouldst thou ?- -till I have done with it.

S. Pure. Thy name! I'm astonish'd!
Col. At what? at thy own assurance ?

[Aside.

[Going up to him, S. Pure starts back. S. Pu. Avaunt, Satan, approach me not; I defy thee and all thy works.

Mrs. Lov. Oh, he'll outcant him-Undone, undone for ever.

[Aisde. Col. Hark thee, friend, thy sham will not takeDon't exert thy voice, thou art too well acquainted

with Satan to start at him, thou wicked reprobateWhat can thy design be here ?

Enter a Servant, and gives PRIM a Letter.

Ob. Pr. One of these must be a counterfeit, but which I cannot say.

Col. What can that letter be?

[Aside. S. Pu. Thou must be the devil, friend, that's certain, for no human power can stock so great a falsehood.

Ob. Pr. This letter sayeth that thou art better acquainted with that prince of darkness than any here. —Read that, I pray thee, Simon. [Gives it the Col. Col. 'Tis Freeman's hand-[Reads.] There is a design formed to rob your house this night, and cut your throat; and for that purpose there is a man disguised like a Quaker, who is to pass for one Simon Pure; the gang, whereof I am one, though now resolved io rob no more, has been at Bristol; one of them came in the coach with the Quaker, whose name he hath taken; and, from what he hath gathered from him, formed that design, and did not doubt but he should impose so far upon you, as to make you turn out the real Simon Pure, and keep him with you. Make the right use of this. Adieu.- -Excellent well!

Ob. Pr. Dost thou hear this?

[Aside.

[To S. Pure. S. Pu. Yea, but it moveth me not; that, doubt

less, is the impostor.

[Pointing at the Col.

Col. Ah! thou wicked one-now I consider thy

face, I remember thou didst come up in the leathern conveniency with me—thou hadst a black bob wig on, and a brown camblet coat with brass buttons.

Canst thou deny it, ha?

S. Pu. Yea, I can, and with a safe conscience too, friend.

Ob. Pr. Verily, friend, thou art the most impudent villain I ever saw.

Mrs. Lov. Nay, then I'll have a fling at him.— [Aside.] I remember the face of this fellow at Bath— Ay, this is he that pick'd my Lady Raffle's pocket in the Grove--Don't you remember that the mob pump'd you, friend?- -This is the most notorious

rogue

S. Pu. What dost provoke thee to seek my life?— Thou wilt not hang me, wilt thou, wrongfully?

Ob. Pr. She will do thee no hurt, nor thou shalt do me none; therefore get thee about thy business, friend, and leave thy wicked course of life, or thou may'st not come off so favourably every where.

Col. Go, friend, I would advise thee, and tempt thy fate no more.

S. Pu. Yea, I will go, but it shall be to thy confusion; for I shall clear myself: I will return with some proofs that shall convince thee, Obadiah, that thou art highly imposed upon.

[Exit. Col. Then there will be no staying for me, that's certain-What the devil shall I do?

[Aside. Ob. Pr. What monstrous works of iniquity are there in this world, Simon!

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