Daph. O, she was born to be a plague unto me. [Aside.
Char. Why should she wish or hope for anything,
But what I'd have her wish or hope for only?
Come, to be short, answer me, and directly;
Are you content to marry Daphnis, say?
Ner. What is your pleasure, father?
Char. You do not hear,
It seems, but what you list; I ask you once
Again, if you will marry Daphnis? speak.
Ner. Sir, I would marry whom you please to give me;
I neither can nor ought to make my choice,
I would refer that to you: but you know
My inclination never lay to marry.
Char. I know you shall do that which I command.
Ner. Now heaven forbid that I, who have thus long
Vow'd to Diana my virginity,
To follow her a huntress in these woods,
Should yield myself to the impure delights
Of Hymen, and so violate my faith.
Char. A fine devotion, is it not? to make
A vow, and never ask your father leave!
The laws will not permit it to be so.
Dor. The vow, Charinus, is not made to men:
The laws have not to do with that which is
Seal'd and recorded in the court of heaven.
Char. Do not tell me of vows: I'll have her marry,
And marry Daphnis: is he not rich and handsome?