Mer. Ods bobs, thou wert an honest Thief, for that I faith he was.
Sum. They being fast, I cou’d not get ’em off without some Harm and Pain to her: which for the Indies I’d not have done. And she, in answer to my Civility, brought me home, and ransom’d them with the full Price in Gold, (with which I made my Venture) and the more to hide my Shame, she honour’d me with the Title of her Kinsman.
Mer. Ay, ay, and so she might well; for she was a little cunning Thief too, to steal the Gold she gave you from her Husband; ’twas all his now, but that’s no matter, proceed.
Sum. The rest you know already, Sir.
Mer. Ay, so I do, ods bobs I do, thy Valour my brave Boy, thy Valour, for which I’ll do for thee, that thou shalt never need to rob again I warrant thee; ods bobs I will. But come, come, we lose time, for we have another Wedding yet to be perform’d, but that shall be done within.
Sum. Then farewel all ye treacherous Paths of Vice,
Which lead Men blindfold to their End,
In time like me repent you that are wise,
And by Restraint your vicious Courses end.
Ara. Were I to ask of Heaven its greatest Bliss
On Earth, it cou’d bestow not one like this.
After a Storm the Sun still shines most bright,
And from the Chaos sprung the purer Light.
Bon. A Day like this sure yet has never been,
Wherein such various Changes e’re were seen.
Fortune to Day that work’d my Overthrow,
Has made me happy in a Minute now.
Bless’d with a vertuous Wife my Days I’ll spend,
And ne’re trust Man, lest I mistake my Friend.