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The Braggard Captain

Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)
  
THE BRAGGARD CAPTAIN.
  
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.
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SCENE XVI.
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SCENE XVII.
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SCENE XVIII.
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SCENE XIX.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.

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SCENE III.

PALÆSTRIO
alone.
And I'll go home too, use my best endeavours
To trace my man out: but I must dissemble,
(A stranger to the matter I,) to learn
Which of my fellow-servants 'twas, to-day
That sought this monkey: for it cannot be,
But he must prate to some one of our family
About my master's lady, how he saw her
Next door caressing of a stranger spark.
I know their manners, and myself alone
Of all our house have learn'd to hold my tongue.
If I do find him, my whole armament
I'll plant against him: all things are prepared;
And for a certainty my force must conquer him.
If I don't find him, like an hound I'll go
Smelling about, until I shall have traced
My fox out by his track. But our door creaks:
My voice I'll lower: here comes my fellow-servant,
The guardian of Philocomasium.

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