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Enter a Pyrat, and the Captain.
The Scene lying in a Carrack.
Pyr.
Welcome a Ship-board, Captain, you staid long:
Capt.
No longer than was necessary for shifting Trades;
To change me from a Robber to a Pyrat.
Pyr.
There's a fair Change wrought in you since Yester-day
Morning; then you Talk't of nothing but Repentance, and
Amendment of Life.
Capt.
'Faith I have consider'd better on't:
For conversing a whole Day together with honest Men,
I found 'um all so Poor and Beggarly, that a civil
Person would be asham'd to be seen with 'um.
But you come from Don Rodorick's Cabin; what
Hopes have you of his Life?
Pyr.
No danger of it, only loss of Bood
Had made him Faint away; he call'd for you:
Capt.
Well, are his Jewels and his Plate brought in?
Pyr.
They are; when Hoyst we Sails?
Capt.
At the first break
Of Day: When we are got out clear, wee'l seize
On Rod'rick and his Men: They are not many,
But fear may make 'um Desp'rate.
Pyr.
We may take 'um,
When they are laid to Sleep.
Capt.
'Tis well advis'd.
Pyr.
I forgot to tell you, Sir, that a little before Don Rod'rick
Was brought in, a company ef Gentlemen (pursu'd
It seems by Justice) procur'd our Boat to Row 'um
Hither: Two of 'um carried a very fair Lady betwixt 'um,
Who was either Dead, or Swoonded.
Capt.
Wee'l Sell 'um altogether to the Turk,
(At least I'l tell him so.)
[Aside.
Pyr.
Pray, Sir, let us reserve the Lady to our own uses;
It were a shame to good Catholiques to give her up
To Infidells.
Capt.
Don Rod'ricks Door opens, I'l speak to him.—
The Scene draws, and discovers the Captains Cabin; Rodorick on a Bed, and two Servants by him.
Capt.
How is it with the brave Don Rodorick?
Do you want any thing?
Rod.
I have too much
Of that I would not, Love;
And what I would have, that I want, Revenge.
I must be set Ashore.
Capt.
That you may, Sir;
But our own Safety must be thought on first.
[One enters, and Whispers the Captain.
Capt.
I come:—Sennor, think you are Lord here, and command
All freely.
[Exit Captain and Pyrat.
Rod.
He does well to bid me think so: I am of opinion
We are fallen into Hucksters hands.
1 Serv.
Indeed he talk'd Suspitiously enough;
He half denied to Land us.
Rod.
These, Pedro,
Are your Confiding men.—
2. Serv.
I think 'um still so.
Rod.
Would I were from 'um.
2.
'Tis impossible
T'attempt it now; you have not Strength enough
To Walk.
Rod.
That Venture must be mine; wee'r lost
If we stay here to morrow.
2.
I hope better.
1.
One whom I saw among 'um, to my knowledge,
Is a notorious Robber.
2.
He look'd so like a Gentleman, I could not know him then.
Rod.
What became of Julia when I fell?
1.
We left her Weeping over you, till we
Were beaten off; but She, and those with her
Were gone when we return'd.
Rod.
Too late I find
I wrong'd her in my Thoughts; I'm every way
A wretched Man:—
Something we must resolve on e'r we Sleep;
Draw in the Bed, I feel the Cold.
[Bed drawn in, Exeunt.
The Scene lying in a Carrack.
Pyr.
Welcome a Ship-board, Captain, you staid long:
Capt.
No longer than was necessary for shifting Trades;
To change me from a Robber to a Pyrat.
Pyr.
There's a fair Change wrought in you since Yester-day
Morning; then you Talk't of nothing but Repentance, and
Amendment of Life.
Capt.
'Faith I have consider'd better on't:
For conversing a whole Day together with honest Men,
I found 'um all so Poor and Beggarly, that a civil
Person would be asham'd to be seen with 'um.
But you come from Don Rodorick's Cabin; what
Hopes have you of his Life?
Pyr.
No danger of it, only loss of Bood
Had made him Faint away; he call'd for you:
Capt.
Well, are his Jewels and his Plate brought in?
Pyr.
They are; when Hoyst we Sails?
Capt.
At the first break
Of Day: When we are got out clear, wee'l seize
On Rod'rick and his Men: They are not many,
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Pyr.
We may take 'um,
When they are laid to Sleep.
Capt.
'Tis well advis'd.
Pyr.
I forgot to tell you, Sir, that a little before Don Rod'rick
Was brought in, a company ef Gentlemen (pursu'd
It seems by Justice) procur'd our Boat to Row 'um
Hither: Two of 'um carried a very fair Lady betwixt 'um,
Who was either Dead, or Swoonded.
Capt.
Wee'l Sell 'um altogether to the Turk,
(At least I'l tell him so.)
[Aside.
Pyr.
Pray, Sir, let us reserve the Lady to our own uses;
It were a shame to good Catholiques to give her up
To Infidells.
Capt.
Don Rod'ricks Door opens, I'l speak to him.—
The Scene draws, and discovers the Captains Cabin; Rodorick on a Bed, and two Servants by him.
Capt.
How is it with the brave Don Rodorick?
Do you want any thing?
Rod.
I have too much
Of that I would not, Love;
And what I would have, that I want, Revenge.
I must be set Ashore.
Capt.
That you may, Sir;
But our own Safety must be thought on first.
[One enters, and Whispers the Captain.
Capt.
I come:—Sennor, think you are Lord here, and command
All freely.
[Exit Captain and Pyrat.
Rod.
He does well to bid me think so: I am of opinion
We are fallen into Hucksters hands.
1 Serv.
Indeed he talk'd Suspitiously enough;
He half denied to Land us.
Rod.
These, Pedro,
Are your Confiding men.—
2. Serv.
I think 'um still so.
Rod.
Would I were from 'um.
2.
'Tis impossible
T'attempt it now; you have not Strength enough
To Walk.
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That Venture must be mine; wee'r lost
If we stay here to morrow.
2.
I hope better.
1.
One whom I saw among 'um, to my knowledge,
Is a notorious Robber.
2.
He look'd so like a Gentleman, I could not know him then.
Rod.
What became of Julia when I fell?
1.
We left her Weeping over you, till we
Were beaten off; but She, and those with her
Were gone when we return'd.
Rod.
Too late I find
I wrong'd her in my Thoughts; I'm every way
A wretched Man:—
Something we must resolve on e'r we Sleep;
Draw in the Bed, I feel the Cold.
[Bed drawn in, Exeunt.
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