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 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 stuff 1 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 Baggage. ACT V. SCENE 1. The same. Before an abbey. Enter MERCHANT and ANGELO. Ang. I am sorry, sir, that I have hinder'd you; But, I protest, he had the chain of me, Though most dishonestly he doth deny it. Mer. How is the man esteem'd here in the city? Of credit infinite; highly beloved; His word might bear my wealth at any time. Enter ANTIPHOLUS and DROMIO OF SYRACUSE. Ang. 'Tis so; and that self chain about his neck, Which he forswore, most monstrously, to have. Good sir, draw near to me, I'll speak to him. Signior Antipholus, I wonder much That you would put me to this shame and trouble; This chain you had of me; can you deny it? Fie on thee, wretch! 'tis pity, that thou livest 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,1 take his sword away : This is some priory.-In, or we are spoil'd. [Exeunt Ant. S. and Dro. S. to the abbey. Enter ABBESS. Abb. Be quiet, people. Wherefore throng you hither? 1 Close, grapple with him. 2 Go into a house. Adr. To fetch my poor distracted husband hence. Ang. I knew, he was not in his perfect wits. Abb. How long hath this possession held the man? Adr. This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad, And much different from the man he was; But, till this afternoon, his passion Ne'er brake into extremity of rage. Abb. Hath he not lost much wealth by wreck of sea? Buried some dear friend? Hath not else his eye Adr. To none of these, except it be the last; Namely, some love, that drew him oft from home. Abb. You should for that have reprehended him. Adr. Why, so I did. Abb. Ay, but not rough enough. Abb. Haply, in private. Adr. And in assemblies too. Abb. Ay, but not enough. 1 Adr. It was the copy of our conference : In bed, he slept not for my urging it; Still did I tell him it was vile and bad. Abb. And thereof came it that the man was mad. The venom clamors of a jealous woman Poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. It seems, his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing ; Thou say'st, his meat was sauced with thy upbraidings: Unquiet meals make ill digestions, Thereof the raging fire of fever bred; And what's a fever but a fit of madness? Thou say'st, his sports were hinder'd by thy brawls : Luc. She never reprehended him but mildly, When he demean'd himself rough, rude, and wildly. Why bear you these rebukes, and answer not? |