Adr. Go fetch it, sister.-This I wonder at, Exit LUCIANA. 'That he, unknown to me, should be in debt: Tell me, was he arresteted on a band?* Dro. S. Not on a band, but on a stronger thing: A chain, a chain; do you not hear it ring? Dro. S. No, no, the bell: 'tis time, that I It was two ere I left him, and now the clock strikes one. Adr. The hours come back! that did I never hear. Dro. S. O yes, If any hour meet a sergeant, a'turns back for very fear. Adr. As if time were in debt! how fondly dost thou reason? Dro. S. Time is a very bankrupt, and owes more than he's worth to season. Nay he's a thief too: Have you not heard men say, That time comes stealing on by night and day? If he be in debt, and theft, and a sergeant in the way, day? Hath he not reason to turn back an hour in a Enter LUCIANA. Adr. Go, Dromio; there's the money, bear it straight; And bring thy master home immediately.Come sister; I am press'd down with conceit ;t Conceit, my comfort, and my injury. SCENE III.-The same. [Exeunt. Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse. Ant. S. There's not a man I meet, but doth salute me As if I were there well acquainted friend; Even now a tailor call'd me in his shop, [me, Enter DROMIO of Syracuse. Dro. S. Master, here's the gold you sent me for: What, have you got the picture of old Adam new apparelled? Ant. S. What gold is this? what Adam dost thou mean? Dro. S. Not that Adam, that kept the paradise, but that Adam, that keeps the prison: he that goes in the calf's skin that was killed for the prodigal; he that came behind you, Sir, like an evil angel, and bid you forsake your liberty. Ant. S. I understand thee not. Dro. S. No? why, 'tis a plain case: he that went like a base viol, in a case of leather; the man Sir, that, when gentleman are tired, gives them a fob, and rests 'them; he Sir, that takes pity on decayed men, and gives them suits of durance; he that sets up his rest to do more exploits with his mace, than a morrispike. Ant. S. What! thou mean'st an officer? Dro. S. Ay, Sir, the sergeant of the band; he, that brings any man to answer it, that breaks his band; one that thinks a man always going to bed, and says, God give you good rest. Ant. S. Well, Sir, there 'rest in your foolery. Is there any ship puts forth to-night? may we be gone? Dro. S. Why, Sir, I brought you word an hour since, that the bark expedition put forth to-night? and then were you hindered by the sergeant, to tarry for the hoy, Delay: Here are the angels that you sent for, to deliver you. Ant S. The fellow is distract, and so am I; And here we wander in allusions: Some blessed power deliver us from hence! Enter a COURTEZAN. Cour. Well met, well met, master Antipho lus, Isee, Sir, you have found the goldsmith now; Is that the chain you promis'd me to-day? Ant. S. Satan, avoid! I charge thee tempt me not! Dro. S. Master, is this mistress Satan? Dro. S. Nay, she is worse, she is the devil's dam; and here she comes in the habit of a light wench; and thereof comes, that the wench. es say, God dam me, that's as much as to say, God make me a light wench. It is written, they appear to men like angels of light light is an effect of fire, and fire will burn; ergo, light wenches will burn; Come not near her. Cour. Your man and you are marvellous merry, Sir. [here. Will you go with me? We'll mend our dinner Dro. S. Master, If you do expect spoonmeat, or bespeak a long spoon. Ant. S. Why Dromio? Dro. S. Marry, he must have a long spoon, that must eat with the devil. Ant. S. Avoid them, fiend! why tell'st thou me of supping: Thou art, as you are all; a sorceress : dinner, Or, for my diamond, the chain you promiss'd; And I'll be gone, Sir; and not trouble you. Dro. S. Some devils ask but the paring of one's nail, let us go. Dro. S. Fly pride, says the peacock: Mistress, that you know. Exeunt. ANT. and DRO. Else would he never so demean himself: Cour. Now, out of doubt, Antipholus is mad A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats, And for the same he promised me a chain! The reason that I gather he is man, Both one, and other he denotes me now. (Besides this present instance of his rage,) Is a mad tale, he told to-day at dinner, Of his own doors being shut against his enBelike his wife, acquainted with his fits, On purpose shut the doors against his way. My way is now, to hie home to his house trance. And tell his wife, that, being lunatic, SCENE IV.-The same. Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus, and an OFFICER away; I'll give thee, ere I leave thee, so much money I tell you, 'twill sound harshly in her ears.- How now, Sir? have you that I sent you for? Ant. E. But where's the money? rope. Ant. E. Five hundred ducats, villain, for a rope? Dro. E. I'll serve you, Sir, five hundred at the rate. Ant. E. To what end did I bid thee hie thee home? Dro. E. To a rope's end, Sir; and to that end am I return'd. Ant. E. And to that end, Sir, I will welcome Off. Good Sir, be patient. Dro. E. Nay, 'tis for me to be patient; I am in adversity. Off. Good now, hold thy tongue. Dro. E. Nay, rather persuade him to hold his hands. Ant. E. Thou whoreson, senseless villain! Dro. E. I would I were senseless, Sir, that I might not feel your blows. Ant. E. Thou art sensible in nothing but blows, and so is an ass. Dro. E. I am an ass, indeed; you may prove I have serv'd him from it by my long ears. the hour of nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service, but blows: when I am cold, he heats me with beating: when I am warm, he cools me with beating: I am waked with it, when I sleep; raised with it, when I sit; driven out of doors with it, when I go from home; welcomed home with it, when I return: nay, I bear it on my shoulders, as a beggar wont her brat; and, I think, when he hath lamed me, I shall beg with it from door to door. Enter ADRIANA, LUCIANA, and the COURTEZAN, with PINCH, and others. Ant. E. Come, go along; my wife is coming yonder. Dro. E. Mistress, respice finem, respect your end; or rather the prophecy, like the parrot, Beware the rope's end. Ant. E. Wilt thou still talk? [Beats him. Adr. His incivility confirms no less.- *Correct them all. Cour. Mark, how he trembles in his extacy. Pinch. Give me your hand, and let me feel your pulse. Ant. E. There is my hand, and let it feel your ear. Pinch. I charge thee, Satan, hous'd within To yield possession to my holy prayers, Adr. O, that thou wert not, poor distressed Ant. E. You minion you, are these your cus- Did this companion* with a saffron face Adr. O, husband, God doth know, you din'd at home, Where 'would you had remain'd until this time, say'st thou? Dro. E. Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home. Ant. E. Were not my doors lock'd up, and I shut out? Dro. E. Perdy,t your doors were lock'd, and you shut out. Ant. E. And did not she herself revile me there? Dro. E. Sans fable,‡ she herself revil'd you there. Ant. E. Did not her kitchen maid rail, taunt, and scorn me? Dro. E. Certes, she did; the kitchen-vestal scorn'd you. Ant. E. And did not I in rage depart from thence? Dro. E. In verity you did ;-my bones bear That since have felt the vigour of his rage. traries? Pinch. It is no shame; the fellow finds his Adr. I did not, gentle husband, lock thee forth. Dro. E. And, gentle master, I receiv'd no gold; But I confess, Sir, that we were lock'd out. Adr. Dissembling villain, thou speak'st false in both. Ant. E. Dissembling harlot, thou art false in And art confederate with a damned pack, [all; To make a loathsome abject scorn of me: But with these nails I'll pluck out these false eyes, That would behold in me this shameful sport. [PINCH and his Assistants bind ANT. and DROMIO. Adr. O, bind him, bind him, let him not come near me. Pinch. More company;-the fiend is strong within him. Luc. Ah me, poor man, how pale and wan he looks! Ant. E. What, will you murder me? Thou I am thy prisoner; wilt thou suffer them Off Masters, let him go; He is my prisoner, and you shall not have him. Pinch. Go, bind this man, for he is frantic too. Adr. What wilt thou do, thou peevish* offiHast thou delight to see a wretched man [cer? Do outrage and displeasure to himself? Offi. He is my prisoner; if I let him go, The debt he owes, will be requir'd of me. Adr. I will discharge thee, ere I go from thee: Bear me forthwith unto his creditor, [it. And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay Good master doctor, see him safe convey'd Home to my house.-O most unhappy day! Ant. E. O most unhappy+ strumpet! Dro. E. Master, I am here enter'd in bond for you. Ant. E. Out on thee villain! wherefore dost thou mad me? Dro. E. Will you be bound for nothing? be Good master, cry, the devil.- [mad. Luc. God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk! to-day Came to my house, and took away my ring, (The ring I saw upon his finger now,) Straight after, did I meet him with a chain. Adr. It may be so, but I did never see it :Come, jailer, bring me where the goldsmith is, I long to know the truth hereof at large. Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse, with his rapier drawn, and DROM10 of Syracuse. Luc. God, for thy mercy! they are loose. again. *Foolish. † Unhappy for unlucky, i. e. mis c hi evo us, Adr. And come with naked swords; let's To have them bound again. [Exeunt OFFICER, ADR. and Luc. Ant. S. I see these witches are afraid of swords. Dro. S. She, that would be your wife, now ran from you. Ant. S. Come to the Centaur; fetch our stuff from thence; I long, that we were safe and sound aboard. Dro. S. Faith, stay here this night, they will surely do us no harm; you saw, they speak us fair, give us gold: methinks, they are such a gentle nation, that but for the mountain of mad flesh that claims marriage of me, I could find in my heart to stay here still, and turn witch. Ant. S. I will not stay to-night for all the Enter ANTIPHOLUS and DROM10 of Syracuse. Ang 'Tis so: and that self chain about his neck, Which he foreswore, most monstrously, to have. Ant. S. I think, I had; I never did deny it. it too. Ant. S. Who heard me to deny it, or forswear it? Mer. These ears of mine, thou knowest, did hear thee: Fe on thee, wretch! 'tis pity, that thou liv'st To walk where any honest men resort. Ant. S, 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. [They draw Enter ADRIANA, LUCIANA, Courtezan, and others. Adr. Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; hợ is mad : * Baggage. Adr. Why, so I did. Abb. Ay, but not rough enough. Why bear you these 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. Ard. Then, let your servants bring my husband forth. Abb. Neither; he took this place for sanc» And it shall privilege him from our hands, Adr. I will attend my husband, be his nurse, Abb. Be patient; for I will not let him stir, With wholesome syrups, drugs, and holy Till I have us'd the approved means i have, prayers, To make of him a formal man again:" And illit doth beseem your holiness, [here; nity. bess Mer. By this, I think, the dial points at five: Anon I am sure, the duke himself in person Adr. As roughly, as my modesty would let Comes this way to the melancholy vale : me. Abb. Haply, in private. Adr. And in assemblies too. Abb. Ay, but not enough. Adr It was the copy of our conference: Abb. And thereof came it, that the man The venom clamours of a jealous woman Poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. It seems his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing: And thereof comes it that his head is light. Thou say'st, his meat was sauc'd with thy upbraidings: Unquiet meals make ill digestions, brawls: Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth ensue, (Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair;) I. e. Close grapple with him. The theme, The place of death and sorryt execution, Ang Upon what cause? Mer. To see a reverend Syracusan merchant, Who put unluckily into this bay Against the laws and statutes of this town, Ang See where they come; we will behold his death. Luc. Kneel to the duke, before he pass the Enter DUKE attended; ÆGEON bare-headed; Adr. Justice, most sacred duke, against the Duke. She is a virtuous and a reverend lady; At your important letters,--this ill day By rushing in their houses, bearing thence *I. e. To bring him back to his senses. † Part. Sad, ¶ Know. Importunate. 1. e. To take measures. He broke from those that had the guard of] him ; And, with his mad attendant and himself, Met us again, and, madly bent on us, Duke. Long since, thy husband serv'd me in my wars; And I to thee engag'd a prince's word, Serv. O mistress, mistress, shift and Ant. E. This day, great duke, she shut the doors upon me, While she with harlots* feasted in my house. Duke. A grievous fault; Say, woman, did'st thou so? save My master and his man are both broke loose,I Beaten the maids a-row, and bound the doctor, whose beard they have singed off with brands And ever as it blazed, they threw on him And that is false thou dost report to us. Serv. Mistress, upon my life, I tell you true; Guard with halberts. Adr. Ah me, it is my husband! Witness you, Even now we hous'd him in the abbey here; reason. Enter ANTIPHOLUS and DROMIO of Ephesus. Even for the service that long since I did thee, I see my son Antipholus, and Dromio, She whom thou giv'st to me to be my wife; I. e. Successively, one after another. t.. Cuts his hair close. In this the madman justly chargeth them. Ant. E. My liege, I am advised what I say; Could witness it, for he was with me then; I did obey; and sent my peasant home My wife, her sister, and a rabble more ther; Till gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, with him; That he din'd not at home but was lock'd out. Duke. But had he such a chain of thee, or no? here, These people saw the chain about his neck. mine Heard you confess you had the chain of him, walls, * Harlot was a term of reproach applied to cheats among men as well as to wantons among women. |