DRO. E. And, gentle master, I receiv'd no gold; But I confess, sir, that we were lock'd out. ADR. Dissembling villain, thou speakʼst false in both. ANT. E. Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all; And art confederate with a damned pack, To make a loathsome abject scorn of me: But with these nails I'll pluck out these false eyes, That would behold me in this shameful sport. [PINCH and his Assistants bind ANT. E. and DRO. E. 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 gaoler, 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 frantick too. ADR. What wilt thou do, thou peevish officer ?7 Hast thou delight to see a wretched man Do outrage and displeasure to himself? OFF. He is my prisoner; if I let him go, The debt he owes, will be requir'd of me. 7 thou peevish officer?] This is the second time that, in the course of this play, peevish has been used for foolish. STEEVENS. ADR. I will discharge thee, ere I go from thee: Bear me forthwith unto his creditor, And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay it. 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 mad, Good master; cry, the devil. Luc. God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk! ADR. Go bear him hence. Sister, go you with me. Exeunt PINCH and Assistants, with ANT. E. and Dro. E. Say now, whose suit is he arrested at? OFF. One Angelo, a goldsmith; Do you know him? ADR. I know the man: What is the sum he owes? OFF. Two hundred ducats. ADR. Say, how grows it due? OFF. Due for a chain, your husband had of him. ADR. He did bespeak a chain for me, but had it not.9 unhappy strumpet!] Unhappy is here used in one of the senses of unlucky; i. e. mischievous. STEEVens. 9 He did bespeak a chain for me, but had it not.]. I suppose, the words-for me, which spoil the metre, might safely be omitted. STEEVENS. COUR. When as your husband, all in rage, 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, gaoler, bring me where the goldsmith is, I long to know the truth hereof at large. Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse, with his Rapier drawn, and DROMIO of Syracuse. Luc. God, for thy mercy! they are loose again. ADR. And come with naked swords; let's call more help, To have them bound again. OFF. Away, they'll kill us. [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 stuff1 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 town; Therefore away, to get our stuff aboard. [Exeunt. 1 our stuff i. e. our baggage. In the orders that were issued for the Royal Progresses in the last century, the king's baggage was always thus denominated. MALONE. ACT V. SCENE I. The same. Enter Merchant and ANGELO. ANG. I am sorry, sir, that I have hinder'd But, I protest, he had the chain of me, Though most dishonestly he doth deny it. you; MER. How is the man esteem'd here in the city? ANG. Of very reverent reputation, sir, 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 softly: yonder, as I think, he walks. Enter ANTIPHOLUS and DROMIO of Syracuse, *ANG. 'Tis so; and that self chain about his neck, That you would put me to this shame and trouble; ANT. S. Who heard me to deny it, or forswear it? MER. These ears of mine, thou knowest, did hear thee: Fye on thee, wretch! 'tis pity, that thou liv'st ANT. S. Thou art a villain, to impeach me thus: [They draw. Enter ADRIANA, LUCIANA, Courtezan, and Others. ADR. Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; he is mad; Some get within him,2 take his sword away: This is some priory ;-In, or we are spoil'd. Enter the Abbess. 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. 2 ANG. I knew, he was not in his perfect wits. get within him,] i. e. close with him, grapple with him. STEEvens. 3 -take a house.] i. e. go into a house. So, we say-a dog takes the water. STEEVENS. |