And fo of these which is the natural man,
And which the fpirit? who deciphers them?

S. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio; command him away.
E. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio; pray let me ftay.
S. Ant. Egeon, art thou not? or else his ghoft?
S. Dro. Oh, my old mafter! who hath bound him
here?

Abb. Whoever bound him, I will loose his bonds; And gain a husband by his liberty.

Speak, old Egeon, if thou be'ft the man,
That hadft a wife once call'd Æmilia,

That bore thee at a burden two fair fons ?
Oh, if thou be'ft the fame Egeon, speak;
And speak unto the fame Emilia.

Duke. Why, here begins his morning story right:
These two Antipholis's, thefe two fo like,
And those two Dromio's, one in femblance;
Besides her urging of her wreck at fea,
These plainly are the parents of these children,
Which accidentally are met together.

Ægeon. If I dream not, thou art Æmilia;
If thou art she, tell me where is that fon
That floated with thee on the fatal raft.

Abb. By men of Epidamnum, he and I,
And the twin Dromio, all were taken up;
But, by and by, rude fishermen of Corinth
By force took Dromio, and my fon from them,
And me they left with thofe of Epidamnum.
What then became of them, I cannot tell;
I, to this fortune that you fee me in.

Duke. Antipbolis, thou cam'ft from Corinth first.
S. Ant. No, Sir, not I; I came from Syracufe.
Duk, Stay, stand apart; I know not which is which.
E. Ant. I came from Corinth, my most gacious

Lord.

E. Dro. And I with him.

E. Ant. Brought to this town by that most famous

warrior,

Duke Menaphon, your most renowned uncle.
Adr. Which of you two did dine with me to day?
S. Ant. I, gentle mistress.

Adr. And are not you my husband?
E. Ant. No, I fay nay to that.

S. Ant. And fo do I, yet fhe did call me fo:
And this fair gentlewoman, her sister here,
Did call me brother. What I told you then,
I hope, I fhall have leisure to make good,
If this be not a dream, I fee and hear.

Ang. That is the chain, Sir, which you had of me.
S. Ant. I think it be, Sir, I deny it not.

E. Ant. And you, Sir, for this chain arrefted me.
Ang. I think, I did, Sir, I deny it not.
Adr. I fent you mony, Sir, to be your bail,
By Dromio; but, I think, he brought it not.
E. Dro. No, none by me.

S. Ant. This purfe of ducats I receiv'd from you,
And Dromio my man did bring them me;

I fee, we ftill did meet each other's man,

And I was ta'en for him, and he for me,

And thereupon thefe Errors all arose.

E. Ant. Thefe Ducats pawn I for my father here.
Duke. It fhall not need, thy father hath his life.
Cour. Sir, I muft have that diamond from you.
E. Ant. There, take it; and much thanks for my
good cheer.

Abb. Renowned Duke, vouchsafe to take the pains
To go with us into the abbey here,

And hear at large difcourfed all our fortunes:

And all that are affembled in this place,
That by this fympathized one day's Error
Have fuffer'd wrong; gó, keep us company,
And ye fhall have full fatisfaction.

Twenty-five years have I but gone in travel

4 In former Editions: Thirty three years.] 'Tis

Of

Of you my fons; nor, 'till this prefent hour,
My heavy burdens are delivered:

The Duke, my husband, and my children both,
And you the calendars of their nativity,

Go to a goffip's feaft and go with me:
Afte fo long grief fuch nativity!

Duke. With all my heart, I'll goffip at this feast.

[Exeunt.

SCENE VIII.

Manent the two Antipholis's, and two Dromio's.

S. Dro. Malter, fhall I fetch your stuff from fhipboad?

E. Ant. Dromio, what ftuff of mine haft thou imbark'd?

S. Dro. Your goods, that lay at host, Sir, in the Centaur.

S. Ant. He fpeaks to me; I am your mafter,

Dromio.

ber here and therefore I have
ventur'd to alter it to twenty-five,
upon a Proof, that, I think, a-
mounts to demonftration. The
Number, I prefume, was at first
wrote in figures, and, perhaps,
blindly; and thence the Miftake
might arife. Egeon, in the firft
Scene of the first Act, is precife
as to the Time his Son left him,
in Quest of his Brother:
My youngest Bey, and yet my eldeft
Cart,

At eighteen years became inqui-
Jitive

After his Brother, &c.
And how long it was from the
Son's thus parting from his Fa-
ther, to their meeting again at
Ephefus, where Een, mifta-
kenly, recognizes the Twin bro-

Come, go with us, we'll look to that anon;
Embrace thy brother there, rejoice with him.

[Exeunt Antipholis S. and E.
S. Dro. There is a fat friend at your master's house,
That kitchen'd me for you to day at dinner;
She now shall be my fifter, not my wife.

E. Dro. Methinks, you are my glafs, and not my brother:

I fee by you, I am a fweet-fac'd youth:
Will you walk in to fee ther goffiping?
S. Dro. Not I, Sir; you are my elder.
E. Dro. That's a question:

How fhall I try it?

S. Dro. We'll draw cuts for the fenior:

'Till then, lead thou firft.

E. Dro. Nay, then thus

[Embracing.

We came into the world, like brother and brother : And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

[Exeunt.

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MUCH A DO

ABOUT

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