obb'd of it.
[_Draws_.
_Dia_. Oh, my dear _Bellmour_!
[_All draw on_ Bellmour's side_--Diana _holds_ Bellmour,
Celinda _runs between their Swords, and defends_ Bellmour;
_Sir_ Tim. Sham, _and_ Sharp _draw, and run into several
Corners, with signs of Fear_.
_Friend_. Who art thou, that thus fondly guard'st his Heart?
[_To_ Celinda.
--Be gone, and let me meet it.
_Cel_. That thou mayst do through mine, but no way else.
_Friend_. Here are too many to encounter, and I'll defer my Vengeance.
_Char_. Stay, Sir, we must not part so.
[_Ex. Drawing at the same Door, that Sir_ Tim. _is sneaking out at_.
Come back I say. [_Pulls in Sir_ Tim.
Slave! Dost thou tremble?--
Sir _Tim_. Sir, I'm not the Man you look for--
By Fortune, _Sham_, we're all undone:
He has mistook me for the fighting Fellow.
_Char_. Villain, defend thy Life.
Sir _Tim_. Who, I, Sir? I have no quarrel to you, nor no man breathing,
not I, by Fortune.
_Cel_. This Coward cannot be my Brother. [_Aside_.
_Char_. What made thee draw upon my Brother?
Sir _Tim_. Who, I, Sir? by Fortune, I love him--I draw upon him!
_Char_. I do not wonder thou canst lye, for thou'rt a Coward!
Didst not thou draw upon him? Is not thy Sword yet out?
Did I not see thee fierce, and active too, as if thou hadst dar'd?
Sir _Tim_. Why, he's gone, Sir; a Pox of all Mistakes and Masqueradings
I say--this was your Plot, _Sham_.
_Char_. Coward! Shew then thy Face.
Sir _Tim_. I'll be hang'd first, by Fortune; for then 'twill be plain
'twas I, because I challeng'd _Bellmour_ last Night, and broke my
Assignation this Morning. [_Aside_.
_Char_. Shew thy Face without delay, or--
Sir _Tim_. My Face, Sir! I protest, by Fortune, 'tis not worth seeing.
_Char_. Then, Sirrah, you are worth a kicking--take that--and that--
[_Kicks him_.
Sir _Tim_. How, Sir? how?
_Char_. So, Sir, so.
[_Kicks him again_.
Sir _Tim_. Have a care, Sir--by Fortune, I shall fight with a little
more.
_Char_. Take that to raise you.
[_Strikes him_.
Sir _Tim_. Nay, then I am angry, and I dare fight.
[_They fight out_.
_Lord_. Go, Ladies, see the Bride to her Chamber.
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