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SCENE X.

Manent Officer, Adri. Luci. and Courtezan.

Offi. One Angelo, a goldfmith; do you know him?
Adr. I know the man; what is the fum he owes ?
Offi. Two hundred ducats.

Adr. Say, how grows it due?

Offi. Due for a chain your husband had of him.
Adr. He did befpeak a chain, but had it not.
Cour. When as your husband all in rage to-day
Came to my house, and took away my ring,
(The ring I faw upon his finger now)
Straight after did I meet him with a chain.
Adr. It may be fo, but I did never see it.
Come, jailer, bring me where the goldsmith is,
I long to know the truth hereof at large.

SCENE XI.

Enter Antipholis Syracufan with his rapier drawn,
Dromio Syrac.

Luc. God, for thy mercy! they are loose again.
Adr. And come with naked fwords; let's call more help

To have them bound again.

Offi. Away, they'll kill us.

Manent Ant. and Dro.

[They run out.

S. Ant. I fee, these witches are afraid of fwords.

E. Dro. She that would be your wife now ran from you. S. Ant. Come to the centaur, fetch our ftuff from thence: I long that we were fafe and found aboard.

S. Dro. 'Faith, stay here this night, they will, furely, do us no harm; you faw, they fpake us fair, gave us gold; methinks, they are such a gentle nation, that, but for the mountain of mad flesh

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that claims marriage of me, I could find in my heart to stay here ftill, and turn witch.

S. Ant. I will not stay to-night for all the town; Therefore away, to get our stuff aboard.

[Exeunt.

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Am sorry, fir, that I have hinder'd you,
But, I proteft, he had the chain of me,
Though most dishonestly he did deny it.

Mer. How is the man efteem'd here in the city?
Ang. Of very reverent reputation, fir,

Of credit infinite, highly belov'd,
Second to none that lives here in the city;
His word might bear my wealth at any time.
Mer. Speak foftly; yonder, as I think, he walks.

Enter Antipholis, and Dromio of Syracufe.

Ang. 'Tis fo; and that self chain about his neck,
Which he forfwore, most monftrously, to have.
Good fir, draw near to me, I'll speak to him.
Signior Antipholis, I wonder much

That you would put me to this fhame and trouble,
And not without fome fcandal to yourself,
With circumstance and oaths fo to deny
This chain, which now you wear so openly;
Befides the charge, the fhame, imprisonment,
You have done wrong to this my honest friend,
Who, but for staying on our controversy,

Had

Had hoisted fail, and put to fea to-day:

This chain you had of me, can you deny it?

S. Ant. I think, I had; I never did deny it.

Mer. Yes, that you did, fir, and forswore it too.

S. Ant. Who heard me to deny it, or forfwear it?

Mer. These ears of mine, thou knoweft well, did hear thee: Fie on thee, wretch! 'tis pity that thou liv'st

To walk where any honeft men refort.

S. Ant. Thou art a villain to impeach me thus.

I'll prove mine honour and my honesty

Against thee presently, if thou dar'st stand.
Mer. I dare, and do defy thee for a villain.

SCENE II.

[They draw.

Enter Adriana, Luciana, Courtezan, and others.

Adr. Hold, hurt him not for god's fake; he is mad: Some get within him, take his fword away:

Bind Dromio too, and bear them to my house.

S. Dro. Run, master, run, for god's fake, take a house; This is fome priory; in, or we are spoil'd. [Exeunt to the priory.

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Abb. Be quiet, people, wherefore throng you hither ? Adr. To fetch my poor distracted husband hence ; Let us come in, that we may bind him fast,

And bear him home for his recovery.

Ang. I knew, he was not in his perfect wits.
Mer. I'm forry now that I did draw on him.

Abb. How long hath this poffeffion held the man ?
Adr. This week he hath been heavy, four, fad,
And much, much different from the man he was:
But, 'till this afternoon, his paffion
Ne'er brake into extremity of rage.

Abb.

Abb. Hath he not loft much wealth by wreck at fea?
Bury'd fome dear friend? hath not else his eye
Stray'd his affection in unlawful love?

A fin prevailing much in youthful men,
Who give their eyes the liberty of gazing.
Which of these forrows is he subject to?

Adr. To none of these, except it be the last,
Namely, fome love that drew him oft from home.
Abb. You should for that have reprehended him.
Adr. Why, fo I did.

Abb. Ay, but not rough enough.

Adr. As roughly. as my modefty would let me.
Abb. Haply, in private.

Adr. And in affemblies too.

Abb. Ay, ay, but not enough.

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Adr. It was the copy of our conference.

In bed he slept not for my urging it,
At board he fed not for my urging it;
Alone, it was the fubject of my theme;
In company, I often glanc'd at it;

Still did I tell him it was vile and bad.

Abb. And thereof came it that the man was mad. The venom'd clamours of a jealous woman

Poifon more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.

It feems, his fleeps were hinder'd by thy railing;

And thereof comes it that his head is light.

Thou fay'st, his meat was fauc'd with thy upbraidings;

Unquiet meals make ill digestions,

Thereof the raging fire of fever bred;

And what's a fever but a fit of madness?

Thou fay'ft, his fports were hinder'd with thy brawls:

Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth enfue,

But moody, moping, and dull melancholy,

Akin to grim and comfortless despair,

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And, at her heels, a huge infectious troop
Of pale diftemperatures, and foes to life?
In food, in sport, and life-preserving rest
To be disturb'd, would mad or man or beast:
The consequence is then, thy jealous fits
Have scar'd thy husband from the use of wits.

Luc. She never reprehended him but mildly,
When he demean'd himself rough, rude, and wildly.
Why bear you those rebukes, and answer not?
Adr. She did betray me to my own reproof.
Good people, enter, and lay hold on him.

Abb. No, not a creature enters in my house.

Adr. Then let your fervants bring my husband forth.
Abb. Neither; he took this place for fanctuary,
And it fhall privilege him from your hands,
"Till I have brought him to his wits again,
Or lose my labour in affaying it.

Adr. I will attend my husband, be his nurse,
Diet his fickness, for it is my office,
And will have no attorney but myself;

And therefore let me have him home with me.
Abb. Be patient, for I will not let him stir,
'Till I have us'd th' approved means I have,
With wholsome firups, drugs, and holy prayers,
To make of him a formal man again;

It is a branch and parcel of mine oath,

A charitable duty of my order;

Therefore depart, and leave him here with me.

Adr. I will not hence, and leave my husband here; And ill it doth befeem your holinefs

To separate the hufband and the wife.

Abb. Be quiet, and depart, thou shalt not have him. [Exit Abb. Luc. Complain unto the duke of this indignity.

Adr. Come, go, I will fall proftrate at his feet,

And never rife, until my tears and prayers

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