I trust, I shall.-My women, come; you have leave. Leon. Go, do our bidding; hence. [Exeunt Queen and Ladies. 1 Lord. 'Beseech your highness, call the queen again. Ant. Be certain what you do, sir; lest your justice Prove violence; in the which three great ones suffer, Yourself, your queen, your son. 1 Lord. For her, my lord,— I dare my life lay down, and will do't, sir, Please you to accept it, that the queen is spotless I'the eyes of heaven, and to you; I mean, In this which you accuse her. Ant. If it prove She's otherwise, I'll keep my stables where I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her; Than when I feel, and see her, no further trust her; For every inch of woman in the world, Ay, every dram of woman's flesh, is false, If she be. Leon. Hold your peaces. 1 Lord. Good my lord, Ant. It is for you we speak, not for ourselves: You are abus'd, and by some putter-on, That will be damn'd for't; 'would I knew the villain, I have three daughters; the eldest is eleven; Leon. Cease; no more. You smell this business with a sense as cold As you feel doing thus; and see withal The instruments that feel. Ant. If it be so, We need no grave to bury honesty; There's not a grain of it, the face to sweeten Leon. What! lack I credit? 1 Lord. I had rather you did lack, than I, my lord, Upon this ground: and more it would content me To have her honour true, than your suspicion; Be blam'd for't how you might. Leon. Why, what need we Commune with you of this? but rather follow Ant. And I wish, my liege, You had only in your silent judgment tried it, Leon. How could that be? Either thou art most ignorant by age, Or thou wert born a fool. Camillo's flight, (Which was as gross as ever touch'd conjecture, That lack'd sight only, nought for approbation, But only seeing, all other circumstances Made up to the deed,) doth push on this proceeding: Yet, for a greater confirmation, (For, in an act of this importance, 'twere Most piteous to be wild,) I have despatch'd in post, Cleomenes and Dion, whom you know Of stuff'd sufficiency: Now, from the oracle Leon. Though I am satisfied, and need no more Give rest to the minds of others; such as he, Come up to the truth: So have we thought it good, From our free person she should be confin'd; Be left her to perform. Come, follow us; Ant. [Aside.] To laughter, as I take it, If the good truth were known. [Exeunt. SCENE II.-The same. The outer Room of a Prison. Enter PAULINA and Attendants. Paul. The keeper of the prison,-call to him; [Exit an Attendant Let him have knowledge who I am.-Good lady! No court in Europe is too good for thee; Re-enter Attendant, with the Keeper. You know me, do you not? Keep. For a worthy lady, And one whom much I honour. Paul. Pray you then, Conduct me to the queen. Keep. I may not, madam; to the contrary I have express commandment. Paul. Here's ado, To lock up honesty and honour from Keep. So please you, madam, to put Paul. I pray now, call her.— Withdraw yourselves. Keep. And, madam, I must be present at your conference. Paul. Well, be it so, pr'ythee. [Exeunt Attend. Here's such ado to make no stain a stain, As passes colouring. Re-enter Keeper, with EMILIA. [Exit Keeper. Dear gentlewoman, how fares our gracious lady? She is, something before her time, deliver'd. Emil. A daughter; and a goodly babe, Paul. I dare be sworn : These dangerous unsafe lunes o' the king! beshrew them! The trumpet any more :-Pray you, Emilia, Persuades, when speaking fails. Emil. Most worthy madam, Your honour, and your goodness is so evident, A thriving issue; there is no lady living, So meet for this great errand: Please your ladyship Acquaint the queen of your most noble offer; Paul. Tell her, Emilia, I'll use that tongue I have: if wit flow from it, |