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But wilt thou change that soldier's dusty garb, And go with me thyself?

Ros.Yes, I will go.

(As they are going Ros. stops, and looks at Basil.)

Bas. Why dost thou stop?

Ros.'Tis for my wonted caution, Which first thou gav'st me, I shall ne'er forget it. 'Twas at Vienna, on a publick day, Thou but a youth, I then a man full form'd; Thy stripling's brow grac'd with its first cockade, Thy mighty bosom swell'd with mighty thoughts; Thou'rt for the court, dear Rosinberg, quoth thou Now pray thee be not caught with some gay dame, To laugh and ogle, and befool thyself; It is offensive in the publick eye, And suits not with a man of thy endowments. So said your serious lordship to me then, And have on like occasions often since, In other terms repeated— But I must go to-day without my caution.

Bas. Nay Rosinberg, I am impatient now. Did I not say we'd talk of her no more.

Ros. Well, my good friend, God grant we keep our word! [