below him, that does adore _Celinda. [Draws_.
I'll kill my self--but then--I kill _Celinda_.
Shou'd I obey this Tyrant--then too she dies.
Yes, Sir--You may be cruel--take the Law,
And kill me quickly, 'twill become your Justice. [_Weeps_.
_Lord_. Was I call'd back for this? Yes, I shall take it, Sir;
do not fear.
[_Offers to go_.
_Bel_. Yet, stay, Sir--Have you lost all Humanity?
Have you no Sense of Honour, nor of Horrors?
_Lord_. Away with him--go, be gone.
_Bel_. Stay, Sir. Oh, God! what is't you'd have me do?
--Here--I resign my self unto your Will--
But, Oh _Celinda_! what will become of thee? [_Weeps_.
--Yes, I will marry--and _Diana_ too.
_Lord_. 'Tis well you will; had I not been good-natur'd now,
You had been undone, and miss'd _Diana_ too.
_Bel_. But must I marry--needs marry, Sir?
Or lose my Fortune, and my Liberty,
Whilst all my Vows are given to another?
_Lord_. By all means, Sir--
_Bel_. If I must marry any but _Celinda_,
I shall not, Sir, enjoy one moment's Bliss:
I shall be quite unman'd, cruel and brutal;
A Beast, unsafe for Woman to converse with.
Besides, Sir, I have given my Heart and Faith,
And my second Marriage is Adultery.
_Lord_. Heart and Faith, I am glad 'tis no worse; if the Ceremony of
the Church has not past, 'tis well enough.
_Bel_. All, Sir, that Heaven and Love requires, is past.
_Lord_. Thou art a Fool, _Frank_, come--dry thy Eyes. And receive
_Diana_--_Trusty_, call in my Niece.
_Bel_. Yet, Sir, relent, be kind, and save my Soul.
[_Ex_. Trusty.
_Lord_. No more--by Heaven, if you resist my Will, I'll make a strange
Example of thee, and of that Woman, whoe'er she be, that drew you to
this Folly. Faith and Vows, quoth ye!
_Bel_. Then I obey.
_Enter_ Trusty _and_ Diana.
_Lord_. Look ye here, _Frank_; Is this a Lady to be dislik'd? Come
hither, _Frank--Trusty_, haste for Dr. _Tickletext_, my Chaplain's not
in Town; I'll have them instantly married--Come hither, _Diana_--will
you marry your Cousin, _Frank Bellmour_?
_Dia_. Yes, if it be your pleasure;
Heaven cou'd not let fall a greater Blessing. [_Aside_.
_Lord_. And you, _Frank_, will you marry my Niece _Diana_?
_Bel_. Since you will have it so.
_Lord_. Come, follow me then, and you shall be both pleas'd.
_Bel_. Oh my _Celinda_!--
_To preserve thee, what is't I wou'd not do?
Forfeit my Heaven, na
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