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Aft I. The VILLAGE OPERA. i^
AIR XVI. The fame Tune with AIR XIV,
Suf. See the Six-pence that we broke^
To my Breafl a fatal Stroke ^
Tho^ the fever* d Silver join,
Thou won't never more be mine.
Perjur''d Swain^ then muji we farti
Clod. Betty only has my Heart.
Suf. ------ Mufi we part "^
Clod. Betty only has my Heart. [They go pfFfeverally.
SCENE Iir. the Village.
A Country Mop^ or Statute^ that /V, a Sort of a Fair
where Servants are hired -y little Sheds with Toys^ 6cc.
among the Trees upon a Green > Maids and Men ranged
on each Side to he hired. Two Gentlemen in Riding-*
Habits tfiamining the Servants,
Enter Sir Nicholas and Lady Wifeacre.
Sir Nich. So, fo! the Boys and the Girls have all ranged
themfelves here already, I fee, in exa6l Order. Come, Wife,
let us take a Turn thro' the Mop, and furveyth^m; I think
I Ihall have occalion for fome new Domefticks, (honly ; come
along.
1 Gent. Are thefe Servants, fay you? and to be hired ?
2 Gent. Ay ; once a Year they meet here in this manner.
This mud have an odd Appearance to People not ufed to this
manner of taking Servants.
1 Gent, How fweet, how innocent, how frelh the Girls
look !
2 Gent. Ay, if Coll. Fulture was here, he wou'd hire the
whole Female Market for the Ufe of himfelf and his Friends.
I Gent. What is thy Name, my Dear ?
Suf. Sufan Holiday., an' it pleafe you.
1 Gent. And what is thy proper Bufinefs ?
Suf. I milk the Kine, and manage the Dairy.
2 Gent. And what Wages doft thou demand?
Suf. If I ferve you from Martlemas to Martlemas., I will
have Fifty Shillings : Farmer Turf o'the Lees gaven as much
laft Year; and Sir Nicholas at the Hall-Houfe never offers lef?.
C 2 I Gentl