Go home with it, and please your wife withal; Ant S. I pray you, sir, receive the money now, For fear you ne'er see chain, nor money more. Ang. You are a merry man, sir; fare you well. [Exit. Ant. S. What I should think of this, I cannot. tell : But this I think, there's no man is so vain, ACT IV. SCENE I.-The same. [Exit. Enter a Merchant, Angelo, and an Officer. Mer. You know, since Pentecost the sum is due, And since I have not much importun'd you; Nor now I had not, but that I am bound To Persia, and want gilders for my voyage: Therefore make present satisfaction, Or I'll attach you by this officer. Ang. Even just the sum, that I do owe to you, I shall receive the money for the same : Off. That labour may you save; see where he comes. Ant. E. While I go to the goldsmith's house, go thou And buy a rope's end; that will I bestow I promised your presence, and the chain; not. Ang. Saving your merry humour, here's the note, How much your chain weighs to the utmost carat; The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion; Which doth amount to three odd ducats more Than I stand debted to this gentleman: I pray you, see him presently discharg'd, For he is bound to sea, and stays but for it. Ant. E. I am not furnish'd with the present money; Besides, I have some business in the town: Good signior, take the stranger to my house, Ang. Then you will bring the chain to her yourself? Ant. E. No; bear it with you, lest I come not time enough. Ang. Well, sir, I will: Have you the chain about you? Ant. E. An if I have not, sir, I hope you have; Both wind and tide stays for this gentleman, Come, where's the chain? I pray you, let me see it. Ant. E. I answer you! What should I answer you? Ang. The money, that you owe me for the chain. Ant. E. I owe you none, till I receive the chain. Ang. You know, I gave it you half an hour since. Ant. E. You gave me none; you wrong me much Ang. This touches me in reputation:Either consent to pay this sum for me, Or I attach you by this officer. Ant. E. Consent to pay thee that I never had! Arrest me, foolish fellow, if thou dar'st. Ang. Here is thy fee; arrest him, officer ;- Off. I do arrest you, sir; you hear the suit. Ang. Sir, sir, I shall have law in Ephesus, To your notorious shame, I doubt it not. Enter Dromio of Syracuse. Dro. S. Master, there is a bark of Epidamnum, That stays but till her owner comes aboard, And ther., sir, bears away: our fraughtage, sir, I have convey'd aboard; and I have bought The oil, the balsamum, and aqua-vitæ. The ship is in her trim; the merry wind Blows fair from land: they stay for nought at all, But for their owner, master, and yourself. Ant. E. How now? a madman? Why thou peevish sheep, What ship of Epidamnum stays for me? Dro. S. A ship you sent me to, to hire waftage. Ant. E. Thou drunken slave, I sent thee for a rope; And told thee to what purpose, and what end. soon: You sent me to the bay, sir, for a bark. Ant. E. I will debate this matter at more leisure, But he's in a suit of buff, which 'rested him, that And teach your ears to listen with more heed. To Adriana, villain, hie thee straight: And that shall bail me: hie thee, slave; be gone. [Exeunt Merchant, Angelo, Officer, and Ant. E. Dro. S. To Adriana! that is where we din'd, Where Dowsabel did claim me for her husband: She is too big, I hope, for me to compass. Thither I must, although against my will, For servants must their masters' minds fulfil. SCENE II.-The same. Enter Adriana and Luciana. [Exit. Adr. Ah, Luciana, did he tempt thee so? Might'st thou perceive austerely in his eye That he did plead in earnest, yea or no? Look'd he or red, or pale; or sad, or merrily ? What observation mad'st thou in this case, Of his heart's meteors tilting in his face? Luc. First, he denied you had in him no right. Adr. He meant, he did me none; the more my spite. Luc. Then swore he, that he was a stranger here. Adr. And true he swore, though yet fors worn he were. Luc. Then pleaded I for you. Luc. With words, that in an honest suit might move. First, he did praise my beauty; then, my speech. Adr. Did'st speak him fair? Luc. He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere, Luc. Who would be jealous then of such a one? No evil lost is wail'd when it is gone. Adr. Ah! but I think him better than I say, And yet would herein others' eyes were worse: Far from her nest the lapwing cries away; can I tell : Will you send him, mistress, redemption, the mo Adr. Go fetch it, sister.-This I wonder at, Dro. S. Not on a band, but on a stronger thing; Dro. S. No, no, the bell: 'tis time, that I were It was two ere I left him, and now 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, Hath he not reason to turn back an hour in a day? Enter Luciana. Adr. Go, Dromio; there's the money, bear it straight; And bring thy master home immediately.Come, sister; 1 am press'd down with conceit; Conceit, my comfort, and my injury. [Exeunt. SCENE III.-The same. Enter Antipholus of Syracuse. Ant. S. There's not a man I meet, but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend; Enter Dromio of Syracuse. Dro. S. Master, here's the gold you sent me for: My heart prays for him, though my tongue do, What, have you got the picture of Old Adain new curse. Enter Dromio of Syracuse. Dro. S. Here, go: the desk, the purse; sweet now, make haste. Luc. How hast thou lost thy breath? Dro. S. By running fast. Adr. Where is thy master, Dromio? is he well? Dro. S. No, he's in Tartar limbo, worse than hell. A devil in an everlasting garment hath him, One, whose hard heart is button'd up with steel; A fiend, a fairy, pitiless and rough; A wolf, nay, worse, a fellow all in buff; A back-friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that termands 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 gentlemen are tired, gives them a fob, and 'rests them; he, sir, that takes pity on decayed coun-men, and gives them suits of durance; he that sets up his rest to do more exploits with his mace, than a morris-pike. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands; A hound that runs counter, and yet draws dry foot well; One that, before the judgment, carries poor souls to hell. Adr. Why, man, what is the matter? Dro. S. I do not know the matter; he is 'rested 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, te 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 illusions; Some blessed power deliver us from hence! Enter a Courtezan. Cour. Well met, well met, master Antipholus. Ant. S. Satan, avoid! I charge thee, tempt me 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 wenches say, God damn 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. Will you go with me? We'll mend our dinner here. Dro. S. Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, 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 then, fiend! what tell'st thou me Thou art, as you are all, a sorceress : Cour. Give me the ring of mine you had Or, for my diamond, the chain you promis'd; Enter Dromio of Ephesus, with a rope's end. Here comes my man; I think, he brings the money. How now, sir? have you that I sent you for? Ant. E. But where's the money? Dro. E. Why, sir, I gave the money for the rope. 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 [Beating him. you. 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 it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my 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, at 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. Dro. S. Some devils ask but the paring of one's nail, A rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, A nut, a cherry-stone; but she, more covetous, Master, be wise; an' if you give it her, with it. Cour. I pray you, sir, my ring, or else the chain; us go. Dro. S. Fly pride, says the peacock: Mistress, [Exeunt Ant. S. and Dro, S. The reason that I gather he is mad, Of his own doors being shut against his entrance. SCENE IV.-The same. [Exit. Enter Adriana, Luciana, and the Courtezan, with Ant. E. Come, go along, my wife is coming or rather the prophecy, like the parrot, Beware the Dro. E. Mistress, respice finem, respect your end; rope's end. [Beats him. Ant. E. Wilt thou still talk ? Good doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Ant. E. There is my hand, and let it feel your Ant. E. And did not she herself revile me there? Dro. E. Certes, she did; the kitchen-vestal scorn'd 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. rest me. Adr. Alas! I sent you money to redeem you, By Dromio here, who came in haste for it. Dro. E. Money by me? heart and good-will you might, But, surely, master, not a rag of money. 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 ? Adr. I know the man: What is the sum he owes ? not. 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, Ant. E. Went'st not thou to her for a purse of To have them bound again. Adr. He came to me, and I deliver'd it. [ness, I know it by their pale and deadly looks: And why dost thou deny the bag of gold? 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 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. Duc. 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 Adr. I will discharge thee, ere I go from thee: Bear me forth with unto his creditor, And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay it. 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 mad, Good master; cry, the devil. 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 town; Therefore away, to get our stuff aboard. [Exeunt. ACT V. SCENE I.-The same. Ang. I am sorry, sir, that I have hinder'd you ; 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; Ant. S. I think, I had; I never did deny it. thee: Fye on thee, wretch! 'tis pity, that thou liv'st To walk where any honest men resort. 1 Enter Adriana, Luciana, Courtezan, and others. Adr. Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; he is mad ; Some get within him, take his sword away: This is some priory ;-In, or we are spoil'd. Abb. Be quiet, people; Wherefore throng you And in assemblies too. Abb. Ay, but not enough. Still did I tell him it was vile and bad. Abb. Neither; he took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands, Till I have brought him to his wits again, Or lose my labour in assaying it. Adr. I will attend my husband, be his nurse, Diet his sickness, for it is my office, And will have no attorney but myself; And therefore let me have him home with me. Abb. Be patient: for I will not let him stir, Till I have used the approved means I have, With wholesome syrups, drugs, and holy prayers, To make of him a formal man again: It is a branch and parcel of mine oath, A charitable duty of my order; Therefore depart, and leave him here with me. Adr. I will not hence, and leave my husband here; And ill it doth beseem your holiness, To separate the husband and the wife. Abb. Be quiet, and depart, thou shalt not have [Exit Abbess. Luc. Complain unto the duke of this indignity. Adr. Come, go; I will fall prostrate at his feet, And never rise until my tears and prayers Have won his grace to come in person hither, And take perforce my husband from the abbess. him. Mer. By this, I think, the dial points at five. Mer. To see a reverend Syracusan merchant, 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 abbey. Enter Duke, attended; Ægeon, bare-headed; with the Headsman and other Officers. Adr. Justice, most sacred duke, against the abbess! Duke. She is a virtuous and a reverend lady; Whom I made lord of me and all I had, Abb. And thereof came it, that the man was A most outrageous fit of madness took him; mad : The venom clamours of a jealous woman Unquiet meals make ill digestions, Why bear you these rebukes, and answer not? Abb. No, not a creature enters in my house. That desperately he hurried through the street, (With him his bondman, all as mad as he,) Doing displeasure to the citizens By rushing in their houses, bearing thence Chased us away; till, raising of more aid, Nor send him forth, that we may bear him hence. wars; And I to thee engag'd a prince's word, |