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Act. 5. Scaen. 1.
Enter Sea-Firate, one Slave, and Sailors.
Pirate.
SOld for a slave, saist thou?
Slave.
Twas not so well:
Though I am bad enough, I personated
Such base behavior, barbarism of manners,
With other pranks, that might deter the buyer;
That the market yeelded not one man that would
Vouchsafe to own me.
Pir.
What was thy end in't?
Slav.
To be giv'n away for nothing, as I was
To the Vice-roys Doctor; with him I have con∣tinued
In such contempt, a slave unto his slaves;
His horse, and dog of more esteem, and from
That villainous carriage of my self, as if
I had been a lump of flesh, without a soul;
I drew such scorn upon me, that I pass'd,
And pride in every place without observance.
For which, if you desire to be made men,
And by one undertaking, and that easie,
Ye are bound to Sacrifice unto my suffrings.
The seed I sow'd, and from which you shall reap
A plentiful harvest.
Pir.
To the point, I like not
These castles built in the air.
Slav.
I'll make 'em real,
And you the Neptunes of the Sea, you shall
No more be Sea-rats.