Act 5 — SCENE II.
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A Street.
Enter Rearage and Susan.
Rear. Here they come.
Sus. O, where?
Enter Officers[1146] with Lethe and Country Wench in custody; Salewood, Hellgill, and Mother Gruel.
Let. Heart of shame!
Upon my wedding morning so disgrac’d!
Have you so little conscience, officers,
You will not take a bribe?
Coun. W. Master Lethe, we may lie together lawfully hereafter, for we are coupled together before people enow, i’faith.
[Exeunt Officers with Lethe and Country Wench, &c.
Rear. There goes the strumpet!
Sus. Pardon my wilful blindness, and enjoy me;
For now the difference appears too plain
’Twixt[1147] a base slave and a true gentleman.
507Rear. I do embrace thee in the best of love.—
How soon affections fail, how soon they prove!
[Exeunt.