ACT II. SCENE I. The house of ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus. Enter ADRIANA and LUCIANA. Adr. Neither my husband nor the slave return'd, That in such haste I sent to seek his master! Sure, Luciana, it is two o'clock. Luc. Perhaps some merchant hath invited him, And from the mart he's somewhere gone to dinner. Good sister, let us dine, and never fret: A man is master of his liberty : Time is their master; and when they see time, Luc. Because their business still lies out o' door. There's nothing situate under heaven's eye 5 10 15 15 lash'd] leash'd "a learned lady" conj. ap. Steevens. lach'd or lac'd Becket conj. 17 bound,...sky:] bound:...sky, Anon. conj. 19 subjects] subject Capell. Men more divine, the masters of all these, Of more pre-eminence than fish and fowls, 20 25 Adr. This servitude makes you to keep unwed. sway. Luc. Ere I learn love, I'll practise to obey. Adr. How if your husband start some other where? 30 But were we burden'd with like weight of pain, Luc. Well, I will marry one day, but to try. 20, 21 Men...masters...Lords] Hanmer. Man...master...Lord Ff. 21 wild watery] wilde watry F1 wide watry FF3F4 22, 23 souls...fowls] F1. soul...fowl F2F3F4 25 your] our Capell conj. 30 husband start] husband's heart's Jackson conj. other where] other hare Hudson 35 40 (Johnson conj.). otherwhere Capell. See note (III). 31 home] om. Boswell. 39 wouldst] Rowe. would Ff. right bereft] right-bereft Hanmer. Enter DROMIO of Ephesus. Adr. Say, is your tardy master now at hand? Dro. E. Nay, he's at two hands with me, and that my two ears can witness. 46 Adr. Say, didst thou speak with him? know'st thou his mind? Dro. E. Ay, ay, he told his mind upon mine ear: Beshrew his hand, I scarce could understand it. Luc. Spake he so doubtfully, thou couldst not feel his meaning? 51 Dro. E. Nay, he struck so plainly, I could too well feel his blows; and withal so doubtfully, that I could scarce understand them. Adr. But say, I prithee, is he coming home? 55 It seems he hath great care to please his wife. Dro. E. Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad. Adr. Horn-mad, thou villain ! Dro. E. But, sure, he is stark mad. I mean not cuckold-mad; When I desired him to come home to dinner, 60 He ask'd me for a thousand marks in gold: ''Tis dinner-time,' quoth I; 'My gold!' quoth he: 'Your meat doth burn,' quoth I; 'My gold!' quoth he: 'Will you come home?' quoth I; 'My gold!' quoth he, 'Where is the thousand marks I gave thee, villain?' 'The pig,' quoth I, 'is burn'd;' 'My gold!' quoth he: 65 'My mistress, sir,' quoth I; 'Hang up thy mistress! Dro. E. Quoth my master: 'I know,' quoth he, 'no house, no wife, no mistress.' I thank him, I bare home upon my shoulders; 70 Adr. Go back again, thou slave, and fetch him home. 75 Dro. E. Go back again, and be new beaten home? For God's sake, send some other messenger. Adr. Back, slave, or I will break thy pate across. Dro. E. And he will bless that cross with other beating: Between you I shall have a holy head. 80 Adr. Hence, prating peasant! fetch thy master home. Dro. E. Am I so round with you as you with me, That like a football you do spurn me thus? You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me hither: 68 I know...mistress!] I know no mistress; out upon thy mistress! Steevens conj. I know not thy mistress] Thy mistress I know not Hanmer. I know not of thy mistress Capell. I know thy mistress not Seymour conj. out on thy mistress] F1F4. out on my mistresse F2F3. 'out on thy mistress,' Quoth he Capell. 70 Quoth] Why, quoth Hanmer. 90 71-74 As in Pope. Printed as prose in Ff. 72 errand] F. arrant F,F,F3. my] thy Fg. 74 there] thence Capell conj. 86 loureth] lowreth Ff. Are my discourses dull? barren my wit? A sunny look of his would soon repair: But, too unruly deer, he breaks the pale, And feeds from home; poor I am but his stale. Luc. Self-harming jealousy! fie, beat it hence! I know his eye doth homage otherwhere; Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still, 91 wit?] F4 wit, F¡F2F3. he] she Staunton conj. 110 lose] loose F1. 110, 111 beauty...touch, and] beauty, yet the gold 'bide...touch. And Keightley. yet the...and] Ff. and the...yet Theobald. and tho'...yet Hanmer. yet the...though Heath conj. yet 105 110 though...an Collier. yea, though... 111 That others touch] The tester's touch |