The Old Bachelor: a Comedy by William Congreve
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SIR JO. Oh, here a' comes--Ay, my Hector of Troy, welcome, my
bully, my Back; agad, my heart has gone a pit pat for thee. BLUFF. How now, my young knight? Not for fear, I hope; he that knows me must be a stranger to fear. SIR JO. Nay, agad, I hate fear ever since I had like to have died of a fright. But - BLUFF. But? Look you here, boy, here's your antidote, here's your Jesuits' powder for a shaking fit. But who hast thou got with thee? is he of mettle? [Laying his hand upon his sword.] SIR JO. Ay, bully, a devilish smart fellow: 'a will fight like a cock. BLUFF. Say you so? Then I honour him. But has he been abroad? for every cock will fight upon his own dunghill. SIR JO. I don't know, but I'll present you - BLUFF. I'll recommend myself. Sir, I honour you; I understand you love fighting, I reverence a man that loves fighting. Sir, I kiss your hilts. SHARP. Sir, your servant, but you are misinformed, for, unless it be to serve my particular friend, as Sir Joseph here, my country, or my religion, or in some very justifiable cause, I'm not for it. BLUFF. O Lord, I beg your pardon, sir, I find you are not of my |
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