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more: [ ACER Tam not partial to R our "ew 7 The enmity ahd giſcord which of late : Sprung frofithe rand rous T or dur D . | To merchants} buy well-dealing count Tec, n B01 8 (Who wanting! gilders ta redeem! theit Uves, © Have ſeal {bay 1 . ſtatutes with their bb) Evelede Nom our- threathing' oks * For, ſince ad ortal and inteſtine jars mu uy 2 Twixt thy ſeditious chuntrymen and us * It hath in ſolemn Tynods been ebe eee Both by the Syn and our ſel/es,“ wo 10 it no t raffick to our adveric towns.

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Nay, more; if any born at Epbeſer, r Be ſeen ,at Sracuſan marts and fairs: Again, if any Syracuſan born 93 Come to the Bay of Epheſus, he dies; His goods confiſcate to the Duke's diſpoſe, . Unleſs a thouſand marks be levied To quit the penalty, and ranſom him. Thy ſubſtance, valu'd at the higheſt rate, Cannot amount unto an hundred marks : Therefore by law thou art condemn'd to die. geon. Yer this my comfort, when your words are done, | | ea My woes end likewiſe with the evening fun. Duke, Well, Syracuſan, ſay in brief the cauſe, | Why thou departed'ſt from thy native home; And for what caufe thou. cam'ſt to Epheſes. Zgeon, A heavier task could not have been impoy', Than I to ſpeak my grief unſpeakable-: | Yer that the world may witneſs that my end Was wrought by nature, not by vile offence, F'11 utter war my ſorrow gives me leave. In Syracuſa was I born, and wed Unto a woman, happy but for me, And by me too, had not our ay been bad: Vith her | liv'd in, o, our ve Ithi: ere: s d, By proſperous voyages J often made To Epidamuun, till my faQtor's death; And he great ſtore of goods at random leaving Drew me from kind embracements of my ſpoute : From whence my abſence was not fix months old, Before her ſelf (almoſt at fainting under | The pleaſing puniſhment that Women bear) Had made proviſion for her following me, And ſoon and ſafe arrived where I was. There ſhe had not been long, but ſhe became A joyful mother of two goodly ſons; And, which was ſtrange, the one ſo like the other, As could not be diſtinguith'd but by name, | Fhat very hour, and in the ſelf-ſame inn, A poor mean Woman was delivered Of ſuch a burthen, male-twing boch alike 7

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The Comedy sf Errors. Thoſe for their parents were 2xcceding poor) bought, and brought up to attend my ſons, | My wife, not meanly proud of two ſuch hoys, | Made daily motions for our home return: Unwilling I agreed; alas, too ſoon We came aboard. A league from Epidamnum had we (ail'd, geſore the always wind obeying deep Gaye any tragick inſtance of our harm; X But longer did we not retain much hope: For what obſcured light the heavens did grant, Did but convey unto our fearful minds A doubtful warrant of immediate death; Which tho' myſelf would gladly have embrac'd, Yet the inceflant weeping of my wife, Weeping before for what the ſaw muſt come, And piteous plainings of the pretty babes That mourn'd for taſhion, ignorant what to fear, ! WH Forc'd me to ſerk delays for them and me: And this it was, (for otber means were none) Tbe Sailors ſoutht for ſafety by our boat, And left the hip then ſinking ripe to us; My wife, more careful for the elder born, Had faſten'd bim urto a.ſmall ipare maſt. Such as;ſea-daring. mer. provide for ſtorms; Toa him one of the other:twins was bound, Whiiſt l'bad been like heedtul of the other. The children thus dispos'd, my wife and 1, Fixing our eyes on whom our care was fiat, Faſten'd ourſelves. at either end the maſt, And Hoating Aral obedient to the ſtream, Were carry” e towards Crintb, as we thou; bt, At lenzth the fun gazing upon the earth Niſpers'd thole vapours that offended us; And by the benefit of his wiſh'd light The ſea was calm, and we diſcoyered 1wo ſhips from tar making amain to us, Of Cirinth that, of Epidaurus this; But ere they came ob et me ſay no more;

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or ere the ſhip; could meet by twice: fiy We were encountred by a pighry rock ; y Na Which bein 15 violently born upon, | Our helpleſs ſhip was Fance in the wal,

So that in this unjuſt divorce of us Fortune had left to both of us alike. .

W hat to delight in, what to ſorrow. FRE |

Her part, poor on, ſeeming as hurcened

With le Ml wel but JE with leſſer wo, | Was carried wit 8055 ſpeed be fore the wind, And in our ſight they three were taken uß By fiſhermen of Corinth, as we thought.

At length another ſhip had ſeird on us:

And knowing whom it was their hap ro ſave, Gave helpful welcome to cheir ſhi; — — And would have reft the fiſhers of their prey, Had not their bark been very ſlow of fail :

And therefore home ward did they bend their courſe.

Thus have you heard me ſever'd From my bliſs, | That by misfqrtunes was my life prolongrd,

To tell ſad ſtories of my 2 x Duke. And for the ſakes of them chou forrow't Do me the fayour to dilate at full for What hath befall'n of them and thee till how. RE

geen. My youngeſt boy, and yet my eldeſt 22 At eighteen years became inquiſiti ve | After his brother, and importun'd me,

Thar his attendant, (for his caſe was ike, | Reft of his brother, bur retain'd his name,) Might bear him compan in queſt of him: Whom, whilſt I labour'd of a 4 *

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And coaſting homeward, came to Epheſus: _ Hopeleſs to find, yet Toath to leave unſought,

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And happy were I fn my t:mely death, Could all my travels warrant me they live, by Duke. Hapleſs Egeov, whom, the fates have marks To bear th extremary of dire miſhap; ß; Now truſt me, were it not againſt. our laws, Againſt my crown, my oath, my dignity, Which princes would, they may not difanul, My ſoul ſhogld ſue as advocate, for thee, But tho thou art adjudged ro the Death, And paſſed ſentence may not be recalld. But to our honour's gteat diſparagement, Ts vet will I fayour;theg in what Lcann | | therefore, merchant, limit thee this dag, Try all the friends thou haſt im Epheſunm, Beg thou, er bartow to make up the ſum, And live: if not, then thou art doom'd to die: Jailor take him to thy cuſtody je Jail. Iwill, my lord. Zzgeon. Hopeleſs and helpleſs doth geen wend,

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Enter Antipholis of Syracuſe, 4 Merchant, and Dromio.

Mer. Herefore give out, you are'of Epitenmminm, Leſt that your goods too ſoon be confiſcate, |

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This very day a Syracuſan merchant

Is apprehended for arrival here;

And not being able to buy outt{his life,

According tothe ſtatute, of the town,

Dies ere the weary ſun ſet in the weſt :

There is your money that Thad to keep. 97 Ant. Go bear it to the Centaur, where we hoſt,

And ftay there, Dromio, *rill I come to thee:

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Within this hour it will be dinner-time, |. | Peruſe the traders,” gaze upon the bufldings, KS. And then return aud fleep within mine inn;

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For with long travel I am ſtiff and weary :

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Dro. Many a man would take you at his word, Yo And go indeed, having ſo good a means. [Exit Dromio

Ant. A truſty villain, Str, that very oft, C When I am dull with care and melancholy, Lighters my humour with his merry jeſts. W. What, will you walk with me about the town, And then go to the inn and dine with me? T; Mer. I am invited, Sir, to certain merchants, * Of whom | hope to make much benefit: I crave your pardon. Soon at five a clock, . Pleaſe you, I'll meet with you upon the mart, | *

And aſterward conſort you till bed- time:

My preſent buſineſs calls me from you now. :

Ant. Farewel till then: I will go loſe myſelf, And wander up and down to view the city.

Mer, Sir, I commend you to your own content. F

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Ant. He that commends me to my own content, |

Commends me to the thing I cannot get.

1 to the world am like a drop of water, T bat in the ocean ſeeks another drop,

M ho falling there to find his fellow forth, Unleen, inquiſitive, cunfounds himſelf;

| So I, to finda mother and a brother, In queſt of them unbappy loſe mylelf.

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Here comes the almanack of my true date,

M bat new? how chance thou att return'd fo ſoon? E. Dro, Return'd ſo ſoon! rather approach'd too late:

J he capon burns, the pig falls from the Pits

Ihe clock kath ſtrucken five upon the bell,

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Perchance you will not bear them patiently. Ant, Thy miſtreſs marks? what miſtreſs, ſlave, haſt thou ?

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Phenix. She thax, doth faſt 'rill you come 1 di And pra ys that you hi you home, to 12 Ant. What, wile thou flout me thus unto my face Being forbid ? there take you that, Sir, knave. E. Dro. What mean vou, Sir? gh God fake hol your, hand; Nay, an you will not; su, I'll take my heels [Ex/ Dromig, Ant. Upon my "Uo, by ſome device or other, The villain: is o. * ht of all my - rune They ſay, this town is full of couſenage 2+ As, nimble juglers, that deceive the eye; ; Dark-working ſorcerers, that change the mind; y —_— witches, that deform the genre 2 1 Piß uiſed cheaters, prating' mountebanks, And many ſuch like liberties of fin: If it prove 5 I wilt be gone the ſooner.. T'll to the Centaur, to go ſeek this flave s * *»'" 1 greatly fear my money is not fake. ATT 3 Lend

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\They'll o or come; if ſo, be patient, ſiſter, _ Ale. eri ander than ours be more ? Luc. Becauſe their buſineſs ſtilf Hes out a-door; Ar. Lodk; when Tſerve' him ſo, he takes it ill. Lac. Oh, know he. is the bridle of your Will. Air. There's none bur aſſes will be bridled fo. Lic. Why, bead: -ſtrotg liberty is laſht wi l. uo. There's nothing ſicüate under heav*n's ee, Ty | But hath fs bound in e a in ſea, and ek: N 2 The beaſts, the fiſnes, and the winget fowls, Are their male's ſubje&s; and at their contr oals. Man more divine, the maſter of all theſe, - Lord of the wide world, and wide, wat'ry fs, Indu'd with; intellectual ſenſe and ſoul,, _ | Of more preheminence than, fiſh and, fowl, - Ace maſters toſtheit femalesvand theis, lords: Then let your will attend on their — Aar. This ſervitudè ma kes yeu to keep anwgd I, Luc, Not this, but traubles of the maxriage;bed. Aur. Bur _ you wedded, you would — — "I's © | U 949 „e 4130 1790 | — Bee 1 1 earn love I'l practiſe. to obe y. ; _ How if four Husband ſtart ſome other * 2 'Tillihe come home: agaia»I would: forbear: 2 Patience uump wd, no marvel tho! the. pauſe They can be meckęthat have nn other cauſe. 8704.4 1 A wretched foul bruis'd with adverfiry, 9 We bid be quiet When her ũt . But wert e burden'd with e weight of pain, . As much, or more e ſhould wir ſelves co _ 5 So thou thathaſt no unkind mate to grieve n_ rgi beJpteſs'p patience wouldiſt . me : But ĩ en £0 * e right: bereſt » k This f661-beg 7. — inſthee will be left, | Lac. Well, * ma fry one day hut to try , | eee man, 0 8 r Hosen nigh,

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my two ears can witneſs. Adr. Say, didſt thou ſpeak with him? know ſt thou his mind ? | | E. Dro. Ay, ay, he told his mind upon mine ear, Beſhre his hand, I ſcarce.could underſtand it. Tuc. Spake he ſo doubtfully, thou couldſt feel his mea. NE TIED E. Dro. Nay, he ſtruck ſo plainly, I could too well feel his blows; and withal fo doubtſully, that I conid icaree underſtand them. 90 | MELTS Adr. But ſay, I pr'ythee, is he coming home? It ſeems he hath great care to pleaſe his Wife. E. Dro, Why, miſtreſs, ſure my maſter is Adr. Horr- mad, thou villain? ö E. pre I mean not cuckold-mad ; but ſure he's ark:

mails”: | 2366; 1 When l deſir'd bim to come to dinner, | He ask'd me for a thoufand marksin ou y ” | _ ?Tis dinner-time, quoth 1 ? 10 gold, quoth he: Your meat doth burt, quoth I ? my gold, quoth he:

M here is the thouſand marks I gavethee, villain ? The pig, quoth I, is burn'd ; my gold, quoth he, Win you come, quoth I? my gold, quoth he: My miſtreſs, Sir, quoth I; bang up my miſtreſs; I Xnow not thy mĩſtreſs; out on thy miſtreſs: Luc. Quath who?: / | 4 bt

E. D/ o. park my Maſters - 100 52 I know, quoth he, no houſe, no wife, no miſtreſs ; So that my errand, due unto my tongue, thank him, I bare home upon my ſhoulders : For in concluſion, he did beat me there, Aut

Adr. Go boes again, thou fave, and fetch On home,

E. Dro. Go back again, and be new beaten home? For God's ſake ſend — other meſſenger. 1

Adr. Back, ſlave, or Iwill break thy pate acroſs.

E. Dro. And he will bleſs that eroſs with other beating: Between you I ſhall have a holy head, -

Adr. Hence, prating peaſant, fetch thy Maſter home.

E. Dro. Am I ſo round with you as you with me, That like a foot-ball you do ſpurn me thus?

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Inc, Eie, how impatience lowreth in your face!

Adr. His company muſt do his minions grace, Whilt | at home ſtarve for a merry look : Hath homely age tir alluring beauty took From my Poor cheek ? then. he hath waſted it. L Are my diſcourſes dull? barren my wit? If voluble and ſharp diſcourſe be marr d, Unkindneſs blots it more than marble hard. 1 Do their gay veſtments his affections bait ? ' That's not my fault : be's maſter of m ſtate, V bat ruins are in me that can be fou | By him not ruin d ? then is a=} ground | Of my defeatures. My decayed „ A „& A ſunny look af his 2 97 But, too unruly deer, he breaks the pale, And feeds from home; poor I am but hisſtale;

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the loſt hair o another man, Au. Why is Ins ſuch a niggard of hair, being, as it is ſo plentiful an excrement ?,_

S. Dro. Becauſe it is a bleſſing that he beſtows on beaſts, and what he hath ſcanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit. |

Ant. Why, but there's many, a man hath more hair than wit.

S. Dro Not a man of thoſe but he hath the wit to 1oſ his . 0 aan 0 1

thou cone i e Rai men plain ads Woe Wit. j #4 — ? * 1

S. Dro an al loſeth it in a Ba or { 7 a

Ant. For what rea s |

S. Dro. For two, and ſound ones thn.”

Ant. Nay, not ſound -ones, I pray you.

S. Dr. ure ones then.

Ant. Nay: not ſure in a thing falſing, |

S. Dro. ertain ones then.

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The Comedy of Errors. 17 Jam not Adrians, nor thy wife. TOs =, The time was once, when thou unurg'dſt wouldſt yow That never words were muſick to thine ear, That never object pleaſing in thine eye, That never touch well welcome to thy hand, That never wert ſweet-ſavour'd in the taſte, . ' Unleſs I ſpake, or look'd, or touch'd, or cary'd. How comes it now, my husband, oh how comes it, That thou art thus eſtranged from thy ſelf ? Thy ſelf I call it, being ſtrange to me: That undividable incorporate ,. Am better than thy dear ſelf's better part. Ah do not tear away thy ſelf from me: | For know, my love, as eaſie may'ſt thou fall A drop of water in the breaking gulph, _ And take unmingled thence that drop again, Without addition or d miniſhing, As take from me thy ſelf; and not me too. How dearly would it touch thee to the quick, Sbould'ſt thou but hear I were licentious? And that this body, conſeerate to thee, By ruſſian luſt ſhould be contaminate? _ Would'ſt thou not ſpit at me, and ſpurn at me, And hurl the name of husband in my face,

d tear the ſtain'd skin of my harlot-brow,

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Ant. Name them. . S. Dro, The one to ſave the money that he ſpends n tyring; the other, that at dinner they ſhould not we in his porridge. : * er. Lou would all this time have prov'd, there is no time for all things. | 6 | b,. Marry, and did, Sir; namely, no time to ſecover hair loſt by nature. R Ant, But your reaſon was not ſubſtantial, why there is no time to recover. on 5. Dro. Thus I mend it: Time himſelf is bald, and therefore to the Mb end will have bald followers. An, I knew *t«ou'd be a bald conclufion. SCENE V. G.. . oaths

a8 The Cymedy of Erro

And from my falſe hand cut the wedding-ring, And break it with a deep divorting vow! Vithow thou cart; agd Tücte fore Tee cho do ic it. I am d with An adulteraté blat'!' oo My blood ep ry led with the trime of tuft ; ror OY i - one N of my A thou 15 falſe, * 0 U & PH 1 tba * 4 1 2 Thy y contin. 1 Abe and truce with thy t true bel! 1 — And, thou undiſnonoured. Ant. Plead yotro-me, fait dame? I know you n not: In Epheſus I am but two hours by! l As ſtrange unto yt co n ASt bat tak. Luc. ie. brother, 1 tlie Ws; $*chang'd wit Get gt e ſent fo ome 11 imme re. Ant. BY 8 ee Wy |

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Thou art an elm, my Husband, I avire: ,, V hoſe weakneſs marry'd.to thy Rronger ſtate, - Makes me withth thy ſtrength to e f ought poſſefs t hee from me, it pt droſs, ' Uſurping ivy, 3 or idle moſs; Who all for want Co: With 1 01 | Ink 5 ap, an 5 0 y confulion. * w 2 ſue p aks; & 1 moves me for Yar him : "vs I mirry A tober 1 my dream 5 dr l-ep I now, and think I hear all this? hat Error drives our Eyes and ears amills ?

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Uptill ! Know Vale en eee ae Im entertain the ons fallacy 3 Drmio; icht he — ead for Dinner, * 7.85 Chad, 0 oY no longer wil wh fol,

To pu aer nd wet eee WH: e n ente fe rn, e Come, e e z Da * keep the Xe z | Musband, ine above * 15385 to day,

And de youofa thouſa le pranks z 2

Krrah, if any ask you fan your maſter,

Say hed torch, and way: creature.entets : Come, hls; He flu kr Kane en —.

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This is the Fairy land: ob ſpig ht of { {pigh ts; ES.

We talk Wy ary owls in el ih ſpriahts; ?

If we obey them not, this will enſue,

They'll 25 gur broth, and Re us black and hie. Luc. Why prat'ſt thou to fy leh, |

Dramio, thou Dromio, ſnatl, thou ug, ' thou fot, F. Dro, I am transformed. maſter, am | not ? Ant. I think thou art in mind, and o a S. Dre. Nay, maſt:r, both in mind and in my l Ant. Thou halt thine own form. F. Dro. 8 * am an ape. * raph Luc. If thou, art chang'd to ought, tis ta an = K. Pro. Tis true, ſhe rides mc, and I lang for

Tis to, 113 als; Wer it could never ben graſs,

ut 1 ſhoud know, her 5 well as ſhe baus e. Ads. Come, come,

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20 The Comedy of Errors. Ant. Am I in earth, in heav'n, or in hell? Sleeping or waking, mad or well ad vis d? Known unto theſe, and to my ſelf diſguis d? F'll ſay as they ſay, and preſerver ſo; Andin this miſt at all adventures go. | S. Dro. Maſter, ſhall I be porter at the gate? Adr, Ay, let'none enter, leſt I break your pate. $ Duc. Come, come, Antipbolis, we dine too ns:

99930090090909089952099 ACT SE BN'B:; L The Street before Antipholis's Houſe. Enter Antipholis of Epheſus, Dromio o Epheſus, Angelo, and Balthazar.

E. Antipbolis. 3 OOD Sighior Angelo, you muſt excuſe us: M J wife is ſhrewiſh when I keep not hours:

Say, that I linger'd with you at your ſhop

To ſee the making-of her N carnaker,

And that to- morrow you will bring it home.

But here's a villain that would face me down

He met me on the mart, and that I beat him; |

And charg'd him with a thouſand marks in gold z

And that I did deny my wife and houſez =

Thou drunkard thou, what didſt thou mean by this? + carkanet, @ ſert of Bracelet. 3 | (hint

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1 did thou mean by this ? E. Dro. Say what you will, dir, but I know what | know | | I bat yon beat me at the mart, I have your hayd to ſhow: If the skin were parchment, and, the blows you gait were ink, wars ah | Your hand-writing would tell you what I thir k. E. Ant. I think, Se. N :

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| think thou art an aſs. 8 E. Dro. Marry, fo it doth appear By the wrongs ſuffer, and the 1 =o beat; mould kick bein ng kickt; and being at that paſs, You would keep from my heels, and beware of an aſs, Z. — are ſad; Signor Baltbagar. Pray God our cheer May anfiver my good wilt and your good welcome, * But ſoft; my door is lock'd'; go bid them let us in. E. Dro, Maud, Bridget," Marian, Cifly, "Gillian. © . 00 2 . Mome, malt horſe, capon, ana, idiot, patch. Either get ce from the door, ot ſer down at the bak Doſt — conjure | tor wenches, that thou call't for ſuch {vitae : * 4 5 When one is one : too 00 many? 6 bene from the door. ) „ vo Are

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1 and your: ur good welcome. | iy Q a | Bal. I hold your aainties cheap, Sir, and your wel

A Bee Le SEES fiſh, E. Ant. A nor It either at or

A table full of welcome makes ſcarce one "dainty diſh. -- L Bal. Good Sir, is common that every churl affords.

E. Aae. And welcome! more common; for that's, po-

thing but words.

. * Small cher,. and good welcame, makes, a merry E. Ant. Ay, to a niggardly hoſt, and more ſparing

ſt: Bur chough. my cates be mean, take them in good

| ; pars cheer niay you * but not with, better heart. But ſoft , my door is lockt, C. wang

| get thee from the door. 11 Wust patch is made © bie, 5 maſter ſtays in the ſtrert. 5% Js 0s

22 The | Coniedy of © Errors

E. Ant. Are you n wife? you Wa have 6 con betors, 2 | Sa

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Dro. Let him walk . e he came y oppor X 20 10% x ar

E. Aut. Who talks within ene 14 \ open the door S. Dro. Right, Sir, T II. eee

me wherefore. (15154 ,36i; E. Ant. Wherefore ?+for- — dinner: 1 hay have not din d to-day. „% (Es IO & an!

S. Dro. Nor to day here you muſt not: come again when you may. u 093 26G 21 $51 E. Ant. What art 2. Loop ſt me out from the houſe I owe ? 9 Dro. The porter for this time; Sir, and my name is Dromio. E. Dro. O vine ande den -office £ and” my name. nns 14 4 Lon a The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame; H thou had' ſt Seen Dromi to. day iu my place, Thou would'ſt have chan d thy-face for a namt, or thy name For fi aß, 2 4 el: Hos. ) dl . Ki { What% eo is"there, br,? who are thoſe at the ? #610 20% fi me, et f fcb ls... 1775 Faich, no; ne, comes top late; F And fo gy” your n maſter. _ A ö E. Dro, 9 lord, I muſt * 5 & gs _ 1. ar You with' a Praderb. : "Ina cha oy — ; | . Tuge. Haye, at yo th other that's when r WOE e Fes f 8. Dro. If chy name be d üb Lab, ihow hal anſwer'd him wall; 1 2. fg, e- yu. Beat, you mil, en us hope ? 367 ; _ I thought to have askt you.” S. Dro. And you laid, no. 2

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2. 5. Dro So, come halp, well fruck, 15 was blow for blow.

g. Ant. Thou bagg r 7 |

Luce. Can you tell er whoſe:ſaks?. . 7b Lak

z. Dro, Maſter, knock the door hard. BEA

Luce. Let him knock till it kee

E. Ant. You'll ery for this, minion; if I best che door doẽww ut, ANY $19

Luce. What needs all that, and a air of Rocks! in the ton?

Adr. within. Who is ro r. : n A » 41 Jo Sn a ee GH ITOD 25.0080) ; * z. Dro. . you went int a pain, malle „ this Khavs would 80 ſore. * Ang. Here is neither cheer, Sit; ep etc | we would fain have either.

Bal. In debatin which 255 b we ban p t with — 1 5 pa

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ments were thin. Your cake here I Ward een the cald. d 319376 ett ST V. It wou make 2 wan as mad as buck to be fo bought and fold: dogrn 003 g\ 5T2 4 . E. Ant. Go fetch me ſomething, Tul break ope ' the gate, on vad 2 'v7al av 17 G XU. 5. Dro. Break any breaking! here and Pil break your kgave's pe... if me Abs E, Dre. A man may break a word with y you, Bir and words are hut Wind; i} & 33013347 i Ick 8 4

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E. Ant, Go, get thee gone, fetch me an iron crow, Bal. Have patience, Sir; oh let it not be thus, Herein you war againſt your reputation, And draw within the compaſs of ſuſpect Th'-unviolared honour of your wite. oo Once this; your long experjence of her wiſdom, Her ſober virtue, years and modeſty, Plead on her part ſome cauſe to you unknown; And doubt not, Sir, but ſhe will well excuſe Why at this time the doors are barr' d againſt you. Be rul'd by me, depart in patience, OT And-let us 'tb the Dyer all to dinner, And about 3 come yourſelf alone, To know the reaſon of this ſtrange: reſtraint, by ſtrong hand you offer to break in, Now in the ſtirring paſſage of the day, A vulgar comment will be made of i a And that {uppoled by the comman — "0 Apa ainſt your yet ungalled eſtimation, 0 at may with foul Anrufen enter in, And dwel] your N when you are dead; For ſlander lives upon ſuoceſſi 2 "ip For ever hous'd where it one gets poſſeſſion. - E. Ant. You have prevail'd; I wil depart in quict, Ard in deſpight of mirth 7 to be merry. 2 I know of te; diſcourſe, | Pretty and witty, wild and yet too, gentle; > There will-we dine: this woman that ** mean, 12 wite (but proteſt without ee).

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E. Le ey Well, In Wed! In, -4 0 5 bomoi me a crow.

E. Dro. A erow without feather, maſter; mean you lo? For a fiſh without a fin, there's a fowl without a feather : If a crow help us in, firrab, we'll — a crow ado anc

E. Aut. Go, get thee gone,

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| Math oftentimes upbraided me withal ;

To her will we to dinner. Get you home,

And fetch the Chain; by this I know tis made

Bring it, I pray you, to the Porcupine ;

For there's the houle : that chain I will beſtow,

(Be it for nothing but to ſpite my Wife,)

Upon mine hoſteſs there, good Sir, make haſte :

Since my own Doors refuſe to entertain me.

In knock elſewhere, to lee if they'll diſdain me. | Ang. 15 meet you at that place, ſome hour, Sir

noe. : E. Ant, Do ſo; this jeſt ſhall coſt me ſome Expence. N E xeunt

SCENE I. The Houſe of Antipholis of Epheſus.

Fnter Luciana, with Antipholis f Syracuſe. . ND may it be, that you have. quite forgot A husband's Office? ſha!l, Antipholis, Fv'n in the ſpring of love, thy love-ſprings rot? Shall love in da idings 7 aa ſo ruinate ? | If you did wed my Siſter for her wealth, Then for her wealth's-ſake uſe her with more kindnaſs; Or if you like elſewhere, do it by ſtealth, | Muffle your falſe love with ſome ſhery of blindneſs ; Let not my Siſter read it in your eye; Be not thy — 17 thy own ſham?'s Orator; Look ſweet, ſpeak fair; become diſloyalty: Apparel vice like virtue's harbinger; Bear a fair preſence, tho your heart be tainted; Teach fin the carriage ofa holy faint; _ Be ſceret falſe : what need ſhe be azquainted ? What ſample thief brags of his own attaint ? | 'Tis double wrong, to truant with your Bed, And let her read it in thy looks at board; _-

Shame hath a baſtard-fame, * managed;

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26 - The Comedy of Errors. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word: Alas poor women, make us but believe (Being compact of Credit) that you loves; Tho' others have the arm, ſhew us the ſleeve : We in your motion turn, and you may move us, Then, gentle Brother, get you in again; Comtort my ſiſter, | ot her, call her wife; *Tis holy ſport, to be a little vain, 8 M hen the ſweet breath of flattery conquers ſtrife, S. Ant, Sweet miſtreſs; what your name is elſe I kn; not | Nor by what wonder you do hit of mine : Leſs in your knowledge and your grace you ſhow not, T han our Earth's wonder, more thanearth divine, Teach me, dear creature, how to think and ſpeak ; Lay open to my earthly groſs conceit, Smother d in errors, feeble, ſhallow, weak, The foulded meaning of your words deceit ; Againſt my ſoul's pure truth why labour you, To make it wander in an unknown field ? Are you a God? would you create me new ? Transform me then, and to your Pow'r I'll yield, Bur if that | am I, then will | know Your weeping ſiſter isno wife of mine, Nor to her bed a homage dol owe; Far more, far more to you do I decline: Ok train me not, ſweet mermaid, with thy note, To drown me in thy ſiſter's flood of Tears; Sing Siren for thy ſelf, and I will dote; Spread o'er the ſilver waves thy golden hairs, And as a bed Fl] take thee, and there lye: And in that glorious ſuppoſition think He gains by death that hath ſuch means to die; Let love, being light, be drowned if ſhe ſink. Tuc. What, are you mad, that you do reaſon ſo?

S. Ant. Not mad, but mated; how, I do not know.

Luc. It is a fault that ſpringeth from your eye. S. Aut. For gazing in your beams, fair ſun being by.

Tuc. Care where you ſhould, and that will clear yu

1 . | S. 4:8. As good to wink, ſweet love, as look on rigs 6 |

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Luc. Why call you me, love 2 call my, ſiſter. ſo, 5. * Thy ſiſter's liter. | Luc, That's my liſter, | 2 §. Ant. No;

It is ky {elf, maine own ſell's better part;

Mine eye's c dear eye, my dear heart's dearsr 5778 My food, my fortune, ànd my ſweet h ope”s aim, My ſole earth's 19 and my heaven's claim.

#5: this, ſter is, ar elſe ſhould be. Ant. Call f filter, {iveet 550 1 Fe thee Ter wil I loye, 76 12 thee lead my life, Thou haſt no h yet, nor I no wife; Give me thy

Luc, Oh ſoft, Sir, hold you ſtil PF 0 * my liſters to get bernd. will, A Luc.

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S. Dro, D' you know me, Sir? am I Drcm's ? am 1 your Man ? am 1 my ſelf?

1 Thou art Diomio, thou art my man, thou 8 thy JE

* I am an aſs I am a. woman's man and befides my /

115 Ant. What Wehr mai 7 and how beſides chy- elt? S. Dro. Marry, Sir, beſides my. fe, tam due to a wo- man; ons that claims me, one that haunes me, one that will have me. |

S. Ant. Nerd bete ta, \thee? 14

S. Pro. Marry, Sir, ſuch claim a8 you would lap to your horſe, and ſhe wou . haye. me as a beaſt: not that I being a beaſt ſhe would have me, but that the being a very beaſtly creature, oye claim: to me. |

F. Ant. What is ſhe ? ;

S. Dro, A very reverent body; ay; fach a oneas a man may not {peak of, without be 3 Sir reverence : | have but lean luck in the match; an yet is ſh: a wond'rous fat marriage, A

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28 The Comedy of Errors. F. Ant. How doſt thou mean, a fat marriage ? S. Dro, Marry, Sir, ſhe's the kitchen-wench, and 1 greale, and I know not what uſe to put ber to, but i; make a lamp of her, and run from her by her ownlight I warrant. her rags, and the tallow in them, will burn; Peland winter: it ſhe lives till doomſday, ſhe'll tun; week longer than the whole world. * 4 S. Ant. What complection is the of? | S. Dro, Swart, like my ſhoe, but her face nothing like ſo clean kept; for why ? ſhe ſweats, a man may go oper ſhoes in the grim of it. | | S. Ant. I hat's à fault that water will mend. a g. Dro. No, Sir, tis in grain; Noah's flood could not O It. - 8 S. Ant. What's her name? | S. Dro. Nell, Sir, but her Name is three quarters; that is, an ell and three quarters will not mealure he trom hip to hip. | S. Ant. Then ſhe bears ſome breadth? S. Dre. No longer from head to foot, than from hip u hip; ſhe is ſpherical, like a globe: 1 could find out countries in her, S. Ant. In what part of her body ſtands Ireland? S. Dro, Marry, Sir, in her buttocks; I found it out by the bogs. _ | S. Ant. Where Scotland? EH S. Dre. I found it out by the barrenneſs, hard in ib palm of her hand. = . Aut, Where France? | | F. Dro, In her forchead, arm'd and reverted, making war againſt her hair. S. Ant, Where England? S. Dro, I look d for the chalky cliffs, but I could fin no whiteneſs: in them; but 1 gueſs, it ſtood in chin, by the ſalt rheum that ran between France 1

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. S. Ant, Where Spain? TING S. Dre. Faith, I ſaw it not, but I felt her hot in bet breath. F. Ant. Where America, the Indies? | . S, Dro, Ch Sir, upon her noſe, all o'er embelliſh 92 U

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with rubies, carbuncles, ſaphires, declining their rich afpe& to the hot breath of Spain, who ſent whole arma- does of carracts to be ballaſt at her noſe. |

S. Ant. Where ſtood Belgia, the Netherla1ds ?

S. Dre. Oh, Sir, I did not look ſo low. To conclude this drudge, or, diviner, laid claim to me, call'd me Premio, {wore 1 was aſſur'd to her, teld me what privy marks | had about me, as the marks of my ſhoulder, the "” mole in my neck, the great wart on my left arm, that 1 2maz'd, ran from her as a witch. And 1 think, if my "I breaſt had not been made of faith, and my heart of ſteel, ſhe had tranSform'd me to a curtal dog, and made me turn ELN | :

S. Ant. Go die thee preſently ; poſt to the road;

Ard if the wind blow any way from ſhore, -

will not harbour in this town to night.

Hany bark put forth, come to the mart;

Where I will walk till thou return to me:

It every one knows us, and we knaw none,

'Tis time I think to trudge, pack and be gone.

S. Dro. As from a bear- man would run tor life,

So ly 1 from her that would be my wiſ. {| Exit.

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S. Ant. T here's none but witches do inhabit here; And therefore tis high time that I were henoe : + She that doth call me husband, even my ſoul Doth for a wife abhors But her fair ſiſter,

Poſſeſt with ſuch'a gentle ſovereign grace,

Ot ſuch inchanting preſence and dilcourſe, Hath almoſt made mettaitorto my (elt. But leſt my ſelf be gailty of ſelt wrong, =

I'll top mine ears againſt the mermaid's ſong,

E nter Angelo with a chain. Ang. Maſter Antipholis. S. Ant, Ay, — name.

Ang. I know it well, Sir, lo, here's the chain, I thought t haye ah at the Porcupine; | _— $

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S. Ant. What is your will that 1 ſhould ds with this? Ang. What pleaſe your ſelf, Sir; 1 have made it for

you, a 5 E S. Ant. Made it for me, Sir! I beſpoke it not. y Ang. docs once, nor twice, but twenty times you

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Go home with it, and pleaſe your wife withal ; And ſoon at ſupper-time I'll viſit you, And then receive my Money for the chain,

S. Ant. I pray you, Sir, receive the Money now,

For fear you ne er ſee Chain or Money more. h Ang. You are a merry man, Sir; fare. Pts A

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S. Ant. What 1 ſhould think of this, I cannot tell; Mb But this I think, there's no man is o vain B

That would refuſe ſo fair an offer'd chain.

I ſee a man here needs not ſive by ſhifts, |

When in the ſtreets he meets ſuch golden gifts :

I'll to the mart, and there for Dormrio ſtay ; ]

If any ſhip put out, then ſRrait away. LExit. |

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Nor now I had not, but that I am bound _ To Terſia, and wantgilders for my voyage: | - Therefore make preſent latisfation; - — 1 Or I'll attach you by this Officer. g

Ang. Ev'n juſt the ſum that I do owe to jou, Ts

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zo wing to me by Antipbolis; ind in the inſtant that l met with you, e bad of me a Chain; at five a clock for W hall receive the money for the fame: | leaſe you but walk with me down to his houſe, | wi | diſcharge my bond, and thank you too.

rue, Antiph. Ephe. and Drom. Ephe. as from the ur- | te dans.

07. That labour you may ſave: ſee where he comes. F. Ant. While I go to the goldſmith's houſe, go thou nd buy a rope's end; that will I beſtow among my wife and her confederates, . For locking me out of Doors by day.

But ſoft; 1 ſee the 8 get thee gone.

Buy thou a rope, and bring it home to me. F. Dro. I buy a thouſand pound a year; I buy a rope!

| [ Exit Dromio»

E. Ant. A man is well holp up that truſts to jou -

[promiled your pte ſenoe, and the chain: But neither chain nor gold ſmith came to me: belike you thought our love would laſt too long If it were chain d together; therefore came not. Ang. Saving your merry humour, here's the note, How much your chain weighs to the utmoſt carat, The fineneſs of the gold, the chargeful faſhion, Which do amount to three odd ducats more Than I ſtand debted to this gentleman ; pray you ſee him preſently diſcharg d; For he is bound to ſea, and ſtays but tor it. E. Ant. I am not furniſh'd with the preſent money, Beſides I haye ſome buſineſs in the town; | Good Signior take the ſtranger to my houſe, And with you take the chain, and bid my wife Disburſe the ſum on the receipt thereof; Perchance I will be there as ſoon as you. Ant. Then you will bring the chain to her your ſelf, E. Ant. No; bear it with you, left I come not time

enough, | K B 4 | _—.

32 The Comedy of Errors.

Ang. Well, Sir, I will, have you the chain about you E. Ant. And if I have not, Sir, I hope you have: Or e.ſe you may return without your money, Ang. Nay come, I pray you, Sir, give me the chain, Both wind and tide ſtay tor the gentleman ; And I to blame have held him here too long. E. Ant. Good lord, you ule this dalliance to excule Your breach of promiſe to the Porcupine : ] ſhould have chid you for not bringing it ; But like a ſhrew, you firſt begin to brawl. | Mer. The hour ſteals on; I pray you, Sir, diſpatch. Ang. You hear how he importunes me; the chain, Tl E. Ant Why, give it to my wife, and fetch your money, r Ang. Come, come, you know I gave it you ev'n now, I Or (end the chain, or ſend me by ſome token. T E. Ant, Fie, now you run this humour, out of breath: T Come, where's the chain? I pray you let me ſee it. B Mer. My buſineſs cannot brook this dalliance : E Good Sir, (ay, it you'll anfwer me, or no; If not, I'll leave him to the officer. E. Ant. I anſwer you? why ſhould 7 anſwer you? Ang. The money that you owe me for the chain. E. Ant. I owe you none till I receive the chain. Ang. You know I gave it you half an hour ſince. E. Ant. 1 gave me none; you wrong me much to ſa O. . You wrong me more, Sir, in denying it; Conſider how it ſtands upon my credit. Mer. Well officer, arreſt him at my ſuit. Offi. 1 do, and charge you in the Duke's name to obey me. Ang. This touches me in my reputation. Either conſent to pay the ſum for me, Or I attach you by this officer; | E. Ant. Conſent to pay for that / never had? Arreſt me, fooliſh fellow, it thou dar'ſt. Ang. Here is thy fee; arreſt him, officer; I would not ſpare my brother in this caſe, It he ſhould ſcorn me fo apparently. . Offi. I do arreſt you, Sir; you hear the ſuit, E. Ant. I do obey thee till I give thee bail. 5 ut,

The Comedy e Errors. 73 But, firrab, you ſhall buy this ſport as dear As all the metal in. your ſhop, will anſwer. Ang. Sir, Sir, I ſhall have law in Phheſus, To your notorious ſhame, 7 doubt it rot.

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o * - = a = K* SI VLAL CCI: i; k wo 2 SCENE WI.

Enter Dromio, Lira, from the bay.

5. Dro. There is a hark of Epidammum,

That ſtays but till her owner comes aboard; eg

Then, ir, ſhe bears away. Our fraughtage, Sir,

have convey d aboard; and 7 have bought

The Oyl, the Baſſamum, and Aqua-vite.

The ſhipisin her trim; the merry wind |

Blows fair from land; they ſtay for nought at all,

But for their owner, maſter, and your lett. A. E. 3 a mad man! why, thou peeviſh

cep, *

What ſhip of Fpidemnum ſtays for me? S. Dro. A ſhip you ſent me to, to hire wafrage. E. Dro, Thou drunken ſlave, I ſent thee for'a rope;

And told thee to what purpole, and what end. S. Drs. You ſent me for a rope's-end as ſoon: -

You ſent me to the bay, Sir, tor a bark. E. Ant. I will debate this matter at more leiſure,

And teach your ears to liſt me with more heed.

To Adriana, villain, hie thee ſtrait, 5

Give her this key, ald wen her in the desk +

That's cover d o'er with Turł iſb tapeſtr

There is a purſe of ducats, let her lend it?:

Tell her I am arreſted in the ſtreet,

And that ſhall bail me; hie thee, ſlave; be gone

On officer, to priſon till it come. [ LExeunt. S. Dro. Adriana! that is where we din'd, +

Where Dowſebel did claim me for her husband

She is too big l hope ſor me to compaſs.

Thither I muſt, altho' againſt my will 4

For feryants mult Rs” {fas Bt ( [ Exit. | 5

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SCENE

34 The Comedy f Errors.

8 c E.N * U. E. Antipholi s ; Houſe.

Enter Aba and Lucian

Adr. H Luciana, did he tempt thee ſo? Might 'ſt thou perceive maſtery in his eye

That be did plead i in earneſt, yea or no IF

Look d he or red or pale, or kal or merrily 2: 247

What obſervation mad ſt thqu i in this caſe,

Of his heart's meteors tilting in his face ?

Tuc. Firſt be deny'd you had in him a ei

Adr. He meant, he did me none, the more

Luc, Then ſwore he that he was a ſtranger (=

Adi. And true he ſwore, though "_ orn be were,

Luc. Then pleaded I foryou.

Adr. And what dhe? T6

Luc. That love! berg tor you, be begg d of me. Ml.

Aar. With what perſuaſion did he tempt thy love?

Luc. With words that in an honeſt ſuit might moves |

Firſt he did praiſe my beauty, then my (porch ie Adr. Did ſt ſpeak him fair? | | W Tuc. Have patience, I beleech. _ Ne

Adr. I cannot nor Iwill not bold me ſtill; My tongue, though not my beart, ſhall bave it's wil,

He is deformed, crooked, old and lere, LE 7 Ill-fac'd, worſe-body d, ſhapelels every Je 7 Vicious, ungentle, ooliſh; blunt, unkind,

Stigmatical in making, worſe in mind. k

Luc. Who would be jealous then of ſuch a- one gs," No evil loſt, is wail d; when it is gone. Adr. Ah! but think him better than I ay, And yet would herein others eyes were A Far from her neſt the lapwing ories away; oe | * ln tho un tongue we do docur

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Enter 8. Dromio,

5. Dro. Here, go; the desk, the p ſweet + now M make haſte, lac. How haſt thou loſt thy breath ? S, Dro. By running faſt. Adr. Where isthy maſter,” Dropiio ? is he well? §. Dro, No, he's in Tartar Limbo, worle than hell; A devil in an everlaſting garment hath hirg, One whoſe hard heart is button'd up with ſteel: A fiend, a fury, pitileſs and rough, A wolf, nay worſe, a fellow all in buff; A back 2 a ſhoulder-clapper, one that eounter- mands The paſſages of allies, creeks, and narrow lands; 1 Abound that runs counter, and yet draws dry foot wellz One that before the judgment carries Ropr ſoulsto hell. Adr. Why man, what is the matter? — Dre. Ido not know the matter; he is reſted on the ea Adr. What, i is he arreſted ? tell me at whoſe ſuĩt. §. Dro. I know not at whoſe ſuit he is arreſted; but bes in a ſuit” of buff which reſted him, that I can tell. ny you ſend him, miſtreſs redemption, the _ in his

— eG — — echo

Adr. Go fetch! it, fiſter, This [1 wonder at,

Exit. E, That he 1 to me mould be i in dota! | Tell me, was he arreſted on à hond? d. Dro, Not on a bond, but a ſtronger things Achain, a chain; do yau not -hear it ring? Adr. What, the chain? . Dro, NN rer Ne at 1. were bu 1 fin Nun

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at I were gone. | It was two ere I left him, — now the Aock ſtrikes one. Adr. The hour's come back, that I did never * *

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36 The Contedy of Errors.

Enter Luciana.

Adr. Go, Dromio; there's the money, bear it ſtrait, And bring my maſter home immediately. Come, fiſter, I am» preſs d down with conceit ; Conceit, my comfort and my injury. { Exeunk

SCENE x. The STREET.

Fnter Antipholis of Syracuſe.

S. Ant.“ Here's not a man I meet but doth ſalute me, As if I were their well-acquainted friend;

And every one dath call me by my name. |

Some tender money to me, fome invite me;

Some other give me thanks for kind neſſes;

Some offer me commodities to buy.

Ev'n now a taylor call'd me in his —

And ſhew d me ſilks that he had bought for me,

And there withal took meaſure of hy Body.

Sure thefe are but imaginary wiles, .

And Lapland ſorcerers inhabit here.

F. Dro. O yes, if any hour meet a ſerjeant, it tum back for very fear. Adr. As it Time were in debt, bow fondly doſt tho reaſon? | { S. Dro, Time is a very bankroot, and owes more that he's worth, ' Nay, he's a thief too; have you not heard men ſay, Thot Time comes ſtealing on by night and day? It Time be in debt and theft, and a lerjeant in the way, Hath he not reaſon to turn back an hour in a day? Enter, &c.

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The Comedy of Errors. 37 Enter Dromio of Syracuſe, _ | S. Dro. Maſter, here's thg gold you ſent me for; whats 2900 you got the picture f old Adam new ap-

R * F'S. Ant. What gold is this? what Ada. doſt thou 2 |

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S. Dro. Not that Adam that kept the paradiſe, but that Adam that keeps the 'priſon; he that goes in the calves-skin, that was kill'd for the prodigal: he that

came behind” you, Sir, like an evil angel, and bid you forlake your libert | ö 5

S. Ant. I underitand thee not. | pe ta

S. Dre. No? why tis 7 caſe; be 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 ply $0 decay'd , men, and gives. them ſuits of durance; he that ſets up his reſt to do more exploits with his mace, than a moris

e. | S. Ant. What! thou mean'ſt an officer? © S. Dro. Ay, Sir, the ſerjeant of the band; he that brings any man to anſwer it that break his bond: one that thinks a man always going to bed, and ſaith, God give you good reſt, e. 8 8. Ant. ell, Sir, there reſt in 1 foolery. b Is there any ſhip puts forth to-night ? may we be gone ? S. Dro. Why, Sir, I brought you word an hour fince, that the bark Expedition puts forth to-night, | and then were you hinder'd by the ſerjeant, to tarry for the — Be lay; hete are the angels that you ſent for, to de- ver you. 5 : | S. Ant. The fellow is diſtract, and fo am I And here we wander in illuſions; dome bleſſed power deliver us from hence.

SCENE VL”

Enter a Courtezan.

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3 wen met, well met, maſter Antipbolir. I ſee, Sir, you have found the gold{mith now:

Is this th: chain you promis d me to-day ?

S. Ani.

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S. Ant. Satan avoid, I charge thee tempt me not, * Cur. S. Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner, Or for my diamond the chain you promis d, And I'll be gone, Sir, and not trouble ou. S. Dre. Some. devils ask but the parings of one's nail, a ruſh, a hair, a drop of blood, à pin, a nut, a cherry ſtone ; but ſhe more covetous would have a chain. Ma- ſter be wiſe, and if you give it her, the devil will ſhake her chain, and fright us with it. 5 | | Cur. I pray you Sir, my ring, or elſe the chain; I hope you do not mean to cheat nie ſo? S. Ant. Avant, thou witch! came Premio let us go.“

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S. Dro. Maſter, is this miſtreſs Satan? | . Ant. r © 1 1% eil dn S. Bra. is worſo, ſhe's the deyil's dam;

and here Fa ones in the habit of a light wench, and

thereof comes that the wenches ſay, God dam me, that's as much 2 to:ſay,, God make me a light wench, It is written, they: appear ta men like angels of light; Jight is an effect of fire, and fre will burn; ergo, light wenches will burn; come not near her.

Cur. Your man and you are marvellous merry, Sir,

Will you go with me, we'll mend our dinner here;

S. Pro. Maſter, if you do expect ipgon-meat, be-

bi Aut 8 > Fi 4 , + S. Why, Drom? |, 10 . Dro, Marry be muſt haye 2 long ſpoon chat muſt est with the devil. FEE S. Ant. Avoid thou fiend, what tell'ſt thou me of ſupping? e kae Thou art (as you are all] a ſqrcereſss I conjure thee to leave me 414 be gone. Cur. Give me, Ws I. LEY.

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S. Dre. Fly. pride, ſays the peacock ; miſtreſs that you know. _ | adi beta ee S C E N E VII. O.. > l |

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SCENE VII.

Cr. | Mer out of doubt Anti bolts is mad, Flſe would he never ſo-demean himſelf. . | 4 = he hath of ns worth forty ducats, or the fame he promis d me a chain; — one and other he denies me now. The reaſon that I gather he js mad, (Beſides this preſent inſtance: of his ge) js a mad tale he told to-day at dinner Of his oyvn « doors being ſhut againſt enteranoe- Belike his wi acquainted with his fits . On purpoſe ſhut the doors againſt bis way. Le My way is now co hie home to his houſe, . | ad tell his wife; ; that 2 Junatick, ld ty He ruſk'd into m houſe rare

My ring away. is courſe I — ch 0 0 4 For for fy. es et ne much to loſes” = F N 8 c * N * vw.

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ratte 4. 97

1 Fe" of Epheſus with a zelle TI Ear me not man, I will not deems | Tn give- thes-ove I. lebe Wes, 15 auch mony, To warrant that} as 55 m yeſted for.) 95 My wife is in a wayward mood to-day, And will nat li kely Er the mefſen ger, }

POT:

That I ſhould din E ela, ah [cell pon Tin Gund harſhly in her cans ent. .4 12 Enter Dig Epheſus with. a r 's .

Heta comes my man, I thipk he brings the mon How no, Sir g have ou chat e. 15 ZE. Dro. Here's that I warrant you M2 Ppy tl them 4.

E. Aut. But where 5 the many? 152 E. Dri.

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40 The Comedy .of Errors. E. Dro. Why, Sir, I gave the money fer the rope, E. Ant. Five hundred ducats villain, for a rope?

E. Dro. Vl ſerve you, Sir, five hundred at the rate.

E. Ant. To what end did I bid thee: bie thee home?

- fon To a rope gend, Sir, and ta that end am 1 re · turn'd.

E. Ant. And to chat end, Sir, I win welcome you.

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Offi» Good Sir, be patient. U =

4 E. Dro. Nay' tis for or me * patient, 1 am in adver- ty.

Offi. Good now hold thy tongue.

E. Dro. Nay, rather perſuad= him to hold his I

E. Ant. Thou whorſon, ſenſeleſs villain! - _..

E. Dro, I would I were ſenleleſe, Sir, that Imight net feel your blows.

E. Ant, Thou art ſenſible in nothing but blows, and fo is an als,

Z. Dro, I am an "aſs indoul, vou may. -prove it by my long ears. I have ſerv'd him from the hour of

my nativity to, this. inſtant, a nothing at his hands for my ſervice but Fm Nu . cold,

he heats me with beating; when I warm, he cools

me with beating; I am wak'd with it when I ſleep,

rais d with it when I ſit, driven out of doors with it

when I go from home, welcom'd home with it when

I return;. nay. bear, it om my. ſhoulders as a beg-

F. r wont her brat; and I think Tier ke Ha lam d ms, ſhall beg with it from door to doo W 2

SCENE: .

Enter Adriaras Luciana, cute tes and pinch. E. Ant. Come, go along; ng wiſe is coming. vonder.

E. Dro. Miſtrels, reſpice fi reſpect your end, or rather *prophely like the Rong: vare rhe rope's end. E. Ant; WA thou ft talk > T Beats Dt.

Cur. How ſay you now? is not your husband * Adr. His incivility confirms no leſs, - Good doctor Pinch, you'are'a conjurery -

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Eſtabliſh him in his true ſenſe again, |

Ard I will pleaſe you what hav will demand.

Luc, Alas, how fiery and how ſharp he looks!

Cur. Mark how he trembles in his extaſy ! | Pinch. Give me your hand, and let me feel your pulſe. E. Ant, There is my hand, and letit feel your ear, Ho 1 * thee, 1 hous d within this man,

To yi fleflion to my holy prayers,

kad to &y ſtate of darkneſs * ſtrait,

] conjure thee by all the ſaints in heay'n.

E. Ant. Peace, doating wizard, peace, I am not mad. Adr, Oh that thou wert not, poor diſtreſſed ſoul ! E. Ant. You minion you, are theſe your cuſtomers?

Did this companion with the ſaffron face

Revel and feaſt it at my houſe to-day,

Whilſt upon me the guilty doors were ſhut,

And [ on & to enter in my houle ?

Adr. Oh busband, God doth know you din'd at home,

Where would you had remain'd until this time,

Free from thele ſlanders and this open ſhame.

E. Ant. Din'd at home? thou villain, what ſay'{ thou?

E. Dro. Sir, ſooth to ſay, you d id not dine at home.

E. Ant, Were not my doors lock d up, and I ſhut out?

E. Dro. Perdie, your doors were lock d, and you ſhut

ou, | | BS |

F. Ant. And did not ſhe herſelf revile me there?

E. Dro. Sans fable, ſhe herſelf revil'd you there,

E, Ant. Did not her kitchen-maid rail, taunt, and ſcorn

ne cn EE |

E. Dro, Certes ſhe did, the kitcher-yeſtal ſcorn'd you.

E. Ant, And did not I in rage depart from thence ?

E. Dre. In verity you did, my bones bear witnels, That ſince haye felt the vigour of your rage.

Adr. Is't good to ſooth him in thoſe contraries ?

Pinch, It is no ſhame; the fellow finds his yein,

Ard yielding to him, humours well bis frenzy. . | E. Ant. Thou haſt fuborn'd the goldſmith to arreſt me, Adr. Alas I ſent you money to redeem you, -

By Dromio here, who came in haſte for it. .

E. Dro. Money by me? heart and good - will you might,

But ſurely maſter not a rag of money. |

E Ant.

42 The Comedy of Errors.

E. Ant. Went'ſt not thou to her for a purſe of ducats? Adr, He came to me, and I deliver'd it. Tuc. And I am witneſs with her that ſhe did. E. Dro. God and the rope-maker do bear me witneſs, T hat I was ſent for nothing but a rope. I Pinch, Miſtreſs, both man and maſter are poſſeſt, I know it by their pale and deadly looks; They muſt be bound and laid in ſome dark room. E. Ant. Say, wherefore didſt thou lock me forth to-

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day, | And why den thou deny the bag of gold ? | Adr. I did not, gentle husband, lock thee forth. : E. Dro. And gentle maſter | receiy'd.no gold, But I confeſs, - Sir, that we are lock'd out. | 8 Adr. Difſembling villain, thou ſpeak ' ſt falſe in both. E. Ant. Diſſe mbling harlot, thou art falſe in all, And are confederate with a damned pack, To make a loathſome abje ſcorn of me Put with theſe nails I'll pluck out thoſe falſe eyes, That would behold in me this ſhameful ſport.

Enter three or fur, and offer to bind bim. He ſtrives, Adr. Oh bind him, bind him, let him not come near

Pranks More company, the fiend is ſtrong within im. 2.7 1. | TEE ' | « . Tuc. Ay me, poor man, how pale and wan he looks; E. Ant. wW Bw you 2 me ? thou jailor thou. 2 1 25 . T am thy priſoner, wilt thou ſuffer them To make a reſcue ? | | Oi. Matters ; let him go: AY He is my mh and you ſhall not have him, P:nch. Go bind this man, for he is frautick too. Adr. What wilt thou do, thou peeviſh officer ? Haſt thou delight to fee a 'wretched man CY Do outrage and diſpleaſure to himſelf > . : Offi. He is my priſonet, if L let him go Ie; The debt be owes will be requir'd of me, © Ac. I will diſcharge thee, ere 1 go from thee;

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Pear me forthwith unto his creditor. | | | I They bind Ant. and Dro, And knowing how the debt grows I will pay it. Good maſter doctor ſee him ſafe convey d Home to my houſe. Oh moſt unhappy day ! E. Ant. Oh moſt unhappy ſtrumpet! | E. Dro. Maſter, I'm here enter'd in bond for you. E. Ant. Out on- thee; villain !- wherefore doſt thou mad me ? = E. Dro. 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; fiſter, ſtay you with me. Say now, whole ſuit is he arreſted at? : [ [Exeunt Pinch, Ant. aud\Dro,

SCENE X.

Manent Officer, Adri. Luci. and Curtegan.

M. One Angelo, a goldſmith; do you know, him? or I * the —＋ ; what is the ſum he owes? OH. Iwo hundred ducat A Adr. Say, how growedie due? O. Due for a chain your husband had of him. Adr. He did beſpeak a chain for me, but had it not. cur. When as your husband an in rags to- day

Came to my houle, and took away my ring,

(The ring I aw upon his finger now) + "4.0

Strait after did I meet him with a chein. Ad. It may be fo, but I did never lee it.

Come jailor, bring me where the goldſmith is,

| long to know the truth hereof at large.

| SC E N E XI. 1 Hy 4 Enter Antipholis Syracuſan with Bit rapier drewn, and

Dromio rag... | Lac, God for thy mercy ! the are logle again,

| Adra. And come with naked word; get. g 1401

44 The Comedy of Errors.

Let's call more help to have them bound again.

Off. Away, they'll kill us. They run out, Manent Ant. and Dro,

S. Ant. I ſee theſe witches are afraid of ſwords. S. Dro. She that would be your wife, now ran from you. a 4 S. — Come to the Centaur, fetch our ſtuff from MF + t hence: > Oo | I long that we were ſafe and ſound abroad | | S. Dro, Faith, ſtay here this night, they will ſurely do us no harm; you ſaw they ſpake us fair, gave us = ; methinks they are ſuch a gentle nation, that but or the mountain of mad fleſh that claims marriage of me, I could find in my heart to ſtay here ſtill, and turn witch. S. Ant. I will not-ſtay to-night for all the town, Therefore away, tv get our ſtuff aboard. [ E xeunt,

9900000002000000950095 ACT v. SCENE IL A Strict before a Trg. Enter the Merchant and Angelo.

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Am ſorry, Sir, that I have hinder'd you, | But I proteſt h#had'the chain of me, | 1 ho moſt diſhoneſtly he did deny it. : Mer. How is the man.eſteem'd here in the city? Ang. Of very reverent reputation, Sir, Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, | Secord to none that ſives here in the city; His word might bear my wealth-at any time. 7

The Comedy of Errors. 45 Aer. Speak ſoftly : yonder, as I think, he walks.

Enter Antipholis and Dromio f Syracuſe,

m Ang. Tis ſo; and that ſelf chain about his neck, Which he forfwore moſt monſtrouſly to have. m Good Sir, draw near to me, I 11 ſpeak to him. Signior Antipholis, I wonder much | That you would put me to this ſhame and trouble, And not without ſome ſcandal to your ſelf, . With circumſtance and oaths fo to deny r This chain, which now you wear fo openly; Wy Beſides the charge, the ſhame, impriſonment, d You have done wrong to this my honeſt friend, Who but for ſtaying on our controverſy Had hoiſted ſail, and put to ſea to day: . This chain you had of me, can you deny it? $, Ant. I think I had, I never did deny it. Mer. Yes, that you did, Sir, and for{wore it too. F. Ant. Who heard me to deny it or forſwear it? Mer. Theſe ears of mine thou knoweſt did hear thee : Fie on thee, wretch, tis pity that thou liy'ſt . To walk where any honeſt men reſort. L- + S. Ant. Thou art a villain to impeach me thus. In pꝛiove mine honour and my honeſty © + Againſt thee preſentiy, if thou dar'ſt ſtand, Mer. I dare, and do defie thee for a vlllain. 4

SCENE I.

Enter Adriana, Luciana, Curtetan, and others, -.

Ad. Hold, hurt him not for God's ſake, he is mad; Some get within him, take his ſword away: | Bind Dromio tbo, and bear them to my houſe. S. Dro. Run, maſter, run, for God's lake take a houſe ; This is ſome Priory; in, or we are ſpoil d. Lok | [ Exeunt to the Priory. | Enter

46 The Comedy of Errors. Deter Lady Abbes.

Abb. Be quiet People, wherefore throng you hither?

Agr. Jo fetch my poor diſt racted husband hence; Let us come in, that we may bind him faſt, And bear him home for his recoyei y.

Aug. 1 knew he was not in bis perfect wits.”

Mer, I'm ſorry now that I did draw. on bim.

Abb. How long bath J held the man?

Adr. This TS he hath been beayy, ower, fad, And much, much, different from the man he was: But till this afternoon his paſton gn Ne'er brake into extremity of rage.

Abb. Hath he not loft much wealth by wreck at ſea ? Bury d ſome dear friexd.? hath nat elſe bis eye Stray d his affe&ion in unlav ful love? A fin prevailing much in youthful men. fy Who give their ey es the liberty of gazing. Which of theſe forrows is be ſubje& to? Adr. To none of theſe, exgept 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 diet. | Abb. Ay, but not rough enough, Adr. As roughly as my modeſty would let me. Abb. Haply in 3 „ Ad. And in aſſemblies too. | Abb, Ay, but not enough. Adr. It was the copy of our conference. In bed he ſlept net for my urgipg it; At board he fed not for my urging it; Alone it was the ſubject of my theam; In company I often glance d at it; Still did I tell him it was vile and bad, Abb. And therefore came it that the man was mad. The venom d elamours of à jealous woman Poiſon more deadly than a mad dog's tuotb. It ſeems his ſleeps were hinder'd by thy railing; And thereof comes it that bis head is light. | Thou ſay {this meat was ſauc'd with thy upbraidings, Unquiet meals makc ill digeſtions. Tied reo

Dye Comedy ef Errors. 47 Thereof the raging fire of fever bred; And what's a fever but a fit of madneſs? 1 hou ſayꝰ ſt his (ports were hinder'd with thy brawls. © Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth enſue, gut muddy and dull melancholy; . : 75 * Kinſman to grim and comfortleſs deſpair, And at her heels a huge infe&ious trop Of pale diſtemperatures, and foes to life? In food, in ſport, and life preſerving reſt To be diſturb'd would mad or man or beaſt; The 5 is then, thy jea ous fits Have ſcar'd thy husband from the ule of wits.

Luc, She never reprehended him but mildly, When he demean'd himſelf rough, rude, and wildly, Why bear you theſe rebukes, and anſwer not?

Adr. She did betray me to my ownreprook.

Good people enter, and lay hold on him.

Abb. No, not a creature enters in my houſe,

Adr. Then let. your ſervants bring my husband forth,

Abb. Neither; he took this place for ſanctuary, And it ſhall privilege.him from your hands . Tin 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 c And will have no attorney but my ſelf, |, -

And therefore let me have him home with me.

Abb. Be patient, for I will not let him ſtir, Till I have us'd th' approved means I have, With wholſome 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 ordee nn 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 wiſe. x:

Abb. Be quiet and depart, thou ſhalt not have him,

Luc. Complain unto the Duke of this indignity.

Adr. Come go, I will proſtrate at his feet, And never riſe, until my tears and prayers

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Have won his Grace to come in perſon hither, And take perforce my husband from the Abbels,

Enter Merchant and Angelo.

Mer. By this I think the dial points at five: Anon I'm ſure the Duke himſelf in perſon Comes this way tothe melancboly vale ; The place of death and ſorry execution. Behind the ditches of the abbey here. Ang. Upon what cauſe ? Mer. To lee a reverend Syracuſan merchant, Who put unluckily into this bay Againſt the laws and ſtatutes of this town, Beheaded publickly for his offence. Ang. See where they come, we will behold his death, Tuc. Kneel to the Duke before he paſs the abbey,

SCENE II.

Enter the Duke, and Fgeon bare-headed, with the

Headſiman, and other Officers.

Duke. Yet once again laim it publickly.

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He ſhall not die, ſo much we tender him. Adr. Juſtice, moſt ſacred Duke, againſt the Abbeſs, Duke. She is a virtuous and a reverend lady;

It cannot be that ſhe hath done thee wrong,

A. May it pleaſe your Grace, Antiphclrs my husband,

Whom I made lord of me and all 1 had,

At your important letters, this ill day

A moſt outragious fit of madneſs took him, That deſperately he hurry'd through the ſtreet With him his bond men all as mad as he, Doing diſpleaſure to the citizens,

By ruſhing in their houſes; bearing thence Rings, jewels, any thing his rage did like. Once did I get him bound, and lent him home, Whilſt to take order for the wrongs I went,

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That here and there his ſury had committed :

Anon, 1 wot not by what itrong eſcape,

He broke from thole that had the guard of him,

And with his mad attendant and himſelf,

Ezc'1 one with ireful paſſion, with drawn ſwords

Met us again, and madly bent on us,

Chas d us away; till raiſing of more aid

We came again to bind them; then they fled

Into this abbey, whither we purſu'd them,

And here the Abbels ſhuts the gates on us,

And will not ſuffer us to ſeteh hint out

Nor {end him forth that we may bear him hence,

Therefore, moſt gracious Duke, with thy command,

Let him be brought forth, and horn hence for help. Date. Long fince thy husband !erv'd me in my wars,

Ard I to thee ingag'd a Prince's word,

When thou didſt make him maſter of thy bed,

To do him all the grace and good I could,

(Go ſome of you knock at the abbey gate,

And bid the lady Abbeſs come to me.

| will determine this before I (tir.

SCENE Vu.

Enter a Meſſenger.

Me. O mittreſs, miſtreſs, ſhitt and ſave yout ſelf; My maſter and his man are both broke lool?, | Beaten the maids a-row, and bound the doctor, Whoſe beard they have fing'd off with brands of fire ; And ever as it blaz'd, they threw on him Great pails of puddled mire to quench the hair;

My maſter preaches patience to him, and the while His man with ſeiſſars nicks him like a fool: And ſure, unleſs you ſend ſome preſent help, Between th2m they will kill the conjurer.

Adr. Peace fool, thy maſter and his man are here, And that is falſe thou doſt report to us. |

leſſ. Miſtreſs, upon my life I te!l you true, have not breath'd almoſt fince I did ſe it. Hecrys for you, and yows if he can take you,

To

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To ſeoreb your face, and to disfigure you. 5 | , [ Cry with

Hark, hark, I hear him, miſtreſs ; fly, be gone.

Duke, Come ſtand by me, tear nothing: guard wii

halberds. :

Adr. Ay me, it is my husband; witneſs you, That he is born about inviſible, Ev'n now we hous d him in the abbey here. And now he's there, paſt thought of human'reaſon,

SCENE V.

Enter Antipholis and Dromio ef Eph,

E. Ant. Juſtice, moſt gracious Duke, oh grant m juſtice.

Even for the ſervice that long ſine I did thee,

When I beſtrid thee in the wars, and took

Deep ſcars to ſave thy life, even for the blood

That then I loſt for thee, now grant me juſtice, Ageen. Unleſs the fear of death doth make me dote,

Jie my ſom Antipholis, and Premio. E. 8 Juſtice, ſweet Prince, againſt that won

there ;

©he whom thou gav'ſt to me to be my wife;

J hat hath abuied and diſhonour'd me,

Evin in the ſtrength and height of injury;

Peyond imagination is the wrong | -

1 hat ſhe this day bath ſhameleis thrown on me. Duke. Diſcover how, and thou ſhalt find me juſt,

E. Ant, This day, great duke, ſhe ſhut the doors u on me;

Whilſt ſhe with harlots feaſted in my houſe. Duke. A grievous fault; ſay woman, didſt tho u lo? Adr. No, my good lord; my ſelf, he and my ſiſter,

As this is falle he burthens me withal. Luc. Ne'er may I look on day, nor fleep on night, But ſhe tells to your Highneſs ſimple truth. Ang. O perjur'd woman! they are both furſworn, In this the mad man juily chargeth them. | | E. Au 1

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g. Ant. My Liege, I am adviſed what I ſay.

Neither diſturh'd with the effect of wine,

Nor heady raſh provok'd with raging ire,

Albeit my wrongs might make one wiſer mad.

This woman lock d me out this day from dinner:

That gold{mith there, were he not pack'd with her,

Could witneſs it; for he was with me then,

Who parted with me to go fetch a chain,

Promiſang to bring it to the Porcupine,

Where Balthazar and I did dine together.

Our dinner done, and he not coming thither,

I went to ſeek him; in the ſtreet l met him,

And in his company that gentleman,

There did this perjur'd gold{mith ſwear me down,

That I this day from him receiv'd the chain,

mV hich God he knows I ſaw not; for the which

He did arreſt me with an oſſicer.

did obey, and ſent my peaſant home

For certain ducats; he with none return'd.

Then fairly I beſpoke the officer

To go in perſon with me to my houſe.

By th'way we met my wife, her ſiſter and

A rabble more of vile confederates;

They brought one Pinch, a hungry lean fac'd villain, -

© A mzer anatomy, a mountcbank,

A thread- bare juggler, and a fortune teller,

A reedy, hollow-ey'd, ſharp-looking-wretch,

A living dead man. This pernicious llaye

Forſooth took on him as a corjwer ;

And gazing in my eyes, feeling my pulſe,

And with no face, as twere out-ta-ing me,

Cries out | was potleſt. Then all together

They tell upon me, bound me, bore me thence,

Ard ina dark and dankiſh vault at home

There left me and my man, both hound together;

Tin gnawing with my teeth my bonds aſunder,

gain d my freedom, and immediately

Ran hither to your Grace, whom I beſeech

To give me ample ſatisfaction

For theſe deep ſhames and great Indignities,

Ang. My lord, in truth thus tar I witneis with him. | C 2 I hat

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That he din'd not at home, but was lock'd out. Duke. But had he ſuch a chain of thee, orno ? Ang. He had, my lord ; and when he ran in here, Theſe People ſaw the chain about his neck. Mer. Beſides I will be {worn theſe ears of mine Heard you confeſs you had the chain of him, After you firſt forlwore it on the mart, And thereupon I drew my ſword en you; And then you fled into this abbey here, From whence I think you're come by miracle. E. Ant. I never came within theſe abbey walls, Nor ever didſt thou draw thy ſword on me; I never ſaw the chain, ſo help me heav'n ; Ard this is falle you burthen me withal. Duke. Why, what an intricate impeach is this ? I think you all have drunk of Circe's cup, Tf here you hous'd him, here he would have been, It he were mad, he would not plead ſo coldly: You ſay he din'd at home, the gold{mith here Denies that ſaying, Sirrah, what ſay jou? E. Dre. Sir, he din'd with her there, at the Porcg- ne. Cur. 12 did, and from my finger ſnatch'd that ring. E. Ant. Tis true, my Liege, this ring I had of her. Duke. Saw'ſt thou him enter at the abbe) here? Cur, As ſure, my Liege, as I do ſee your Grace. Duke. 2 this is ſtrange; go call the Abbeſs hi ther; I chirk y du are all mated, or ſtark mad, | [_ Ex. one to the Abbeſi

SCENE VI.

Agen. Nel mighty Duke, vouchſaſe me ſpeak a word : Haply I ſee a friend will ſave my life, And pay the ſum that may deliver me. Duke, Speak freely, Sracuſan, what thou wilt, Agecon. Is not your name, Sir, call'd Antiphylis ? And is not that your bhond- man Norgto ? E. Dre, Within this hour 1 was his bond-man, Sir,

Put

But he, T thank him, gnaw'd in two my cords, Now am I Dromio, and his man unbound. Fgeon, I am ſure both of you remember me. E. Pro. Our ſelves we do remember, Sir, by you; For lately we were bound as you are now. You are not Pinch's patient, are you, Sir? geen. Why look you ſtrange on me? you know me well, | | | 4 E. Ant. I never ſaw you in my life till now. Zgeen. Oh! grief hath chang'd me ſince you ſay me laſt. | | And careful hours with time's deformed hand Have written ſtrange defeatures in my face; Fut tell me yet, doſt thou not know my Voice? E. Ant. Neither. ; Agen. Dromio, nor thou e E. Dre. No, truſt me, nor I. Ageon. I am ſure thou doſt. E. Dro. I, Sir? but I am ſure I do not; and what- "ay a man denies, you are yow bound to believe * in. | geen. Not know my voice! oh time's extremity, Faſt thou ſo erack'd and ſplitted my poor tongue In ſeven ſhort years, that here my only ſon knows not my feeble key of untun'd cares? Tho' now this grained face of ruin be hid In ſap-conſuming winter's drizled ſnow, and all the conduits of my blood froze up; Vet hath my night of life ſome memory, . Wy waſting lamp ſame fading glimmer left My dull deaf ears a little ule to hear: ' All theſe old witneſſes, I cannot err, Tell me thou art my fon Antipbolis. E. Ant. I never {aw my Father in my life. geen. But ſeven years ſince, in Syracuſe bay, Thou know'ſt we parted; but perhaps my ſon, Thou ſham'ſt t' acknowledge me in milery. E. Ant. The Duke, and all that know me in the city, Can witneſs with me that it is not fo: reer (aw Syracuſa in my life, | Luke, I tell thee, Sracuſan; twenty yea

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Have I been patron to Antiphlis, During which time he ne'er law Syracuſa ; I ſee thy age and dangers make thee dote.

SCENE VIL

Enter th: Abbeſs, with Antipholis Syracuſan and Dry mio Sy racuſan.

Abb. Moſt mighty Duke, behold a man much wrong! | [ All gather to ſee hin, Adr. I fee two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me. Duke, Ore of theſe men is Genius to the other; And lo of theſe which is the natural man, And which the ſpirit 2 who deciph-rs them? S. Dro. I, Sir, am Dremio, command him away, E. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio, pray let me ſtay, S. Ant. geen, are thou not? or e'ſe his ghoſt ? S. Dro. O, my old maſter! who bath bound him here? Abb. Wheever bound him, I will looſe his bonds, Ard. gain a husband by his liberty, | Speak, old ZXyecn, it thou be'ſt the man 1 hat hadſt a wife once call'd X ma, That bore thee at a burthen two fair ſons? Oh if thou be'ſt the fame gecn, ſpeak: And ſpeak unto the ſame /Emmz1:a. Duke, Why here begirs the morning ſtory right: Theſe two Anrtipholis's, theie two lo like, And thoſe two Dromio's, One in ſemblance; Beſides her urging of her wrack at lea, I heſe plainly are the parents to thele children, V hich accidentally are met together. A geen. It I dream not, thou art X milia If thou art ſhe, tell me where is that ſon T hat floated with thee on the fatal raft. Abb. By men of Epidamnum, he and I, And the twin Dremio, all were taken up; But by and by rude fiſhermen of Corinth By force took Dremzo and my lon from them,

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And me they left with thoſe of Eyidamnum. What then became of them I cannot tell; |, to this fortune that you ſee me in. Puke. Ant ipbelis, thou cam'ſt from Corinth firſt, S. Ant. No, Sir, not I, I came from Syracuſe. Puke. Stay. ſtand apart, I know not which is which, E. Ant. 1 came from Corinth, my moſt gracious Lord. F. Dro. And I with him, E, Ant. Brought to this town by that moſt famous warrior, Duke Minaphon, your moſt renowned uncle. Adr. Which of you two did dine with me to-day ? H. Ant. I, gentle miſtreſs. Adra. And are not you my husband ? E. Ant. No, | lay nay to that. S. Ant. And ſo do I, yet ſhe did call me ſo: And this fair gentlewoman here | Did call me brother. What I told you then, | hope I ſhall have leiſure to make good, If this be not a dream I ſec and hear, Ang. That is the chain, Sir, which you had of me. F. Ant. | think it be, Sir, I deny it not. Adr. And you, Sir, for this chain arreſted me. Ang. I think I did, Sir, I deny it not. | Adr. I fent j ou money, Sir, to be your bail By Dromio, but I think he brought it not. E. Dre. No, none by me. | S. Ant. This purle of ducars I receiv'd from you, And Dremis my man did bring them me: I fee we (till did meet each other's man, And I was ta'en for him, and he tor me, And thereupon theſe errors all aroſe, E. Ant. Theſeducats pawn | tor my father here, Duke. It ſhall not need, thy father hath his lite, Cur, Sir, I muſt have that diamond from you. E. Ant. There take it, and much thanks for my good cheer, Abb. Renowned Duke, vouchſaſe to take the pains To go witli us into the abbey here, And hear at ange dilzou led all our fortun es: And al] that are afſembied in this place, | That

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That by this ſympathiz d one day's error Have ſuffer d wiong; go, keep us company, And ye ſhall have full ſatisſaction, nirty three years have I bzen gone in travel Of you my tons, and ' till this preſent hour My heavy burthens are deliver'd The Duke, my husband, and my children both, And you the kalenders of their nativity, Go to a goſſip's teaſt,' and go with me, Aiter lo long griet ſuch nativity ! Duke, With all my heart Ill goſſip at this feaſt,

SCENE VIII.

Manent the two Antiph, and two Dromio's.

S. Dro. Maſter, ſhall I ſetch your ſtuff from ſhip-hoard ?

E. Ant. Dromio, what {tuff of mine-haſt thou imbark'd ?

S. Dro. Your goods that lay at hoſt, Sir, in the Centaur,

S. Ant. He ſpeaks to me; I am your maſter, Dro. Come go with us, we'll look to that anon;

Embrace thy brother there, rejoice with him. [_ Exit,

S. Dro. There is a fat friend at your maſters houſe, That kitchen'd me for you to day at dinner :

She now ſhall be my iter, not my wife,

E. Dro, Methinks you are my glaſs, and not my brother: I ſee by you I am a ſweet tac'd youth.

Will you walk in to ſee their goſſiping?

S. Dro. Not I, Sir; you're my elder,

E. Dro. That's a queſtion:

How ſhall I try ic? |

S. Dre. We'll draw cuts for the ſenior : Till then, lead thou firſt.

E. Dro. Nay, then thus Embracing, We came into the world like brother and brother: And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another:

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IN his Advertiſement at the End 'of his Propoſals, he gives a long, Detail of à Cock and @ Bull concerning the Proprietors of the Copy-Right of Shakeſpear's Plays, and the Aſſignments no thereof from one Family to another, but does not mention by whom the firſt Aſſign- mert was made, or the Date of any one of them. He ac- counts himſelf one ot thoſe Proprietors, but tho' often call d upon to try his Right or Title, as a Proprietor, in Law or in Equity, yet he has declined it, which is a tacit Confeſſion that he has not a Property in them,

IN his laſt Paragraph he ſays, that the Proprietors have determined to print the Plays at ſo cheap a Rate, viz. Six-perce, to prevent Gentlemen from being im- poled upon by me; but I appeal to the World who is the [mpoſer ; he for raiſing his Plays to double his Price, or I for not raiſing mine, x

THE Reaſon of my being ſo remiſs in publiſhing of Shakeſpear's Plays for about a Week laſt pail, was occa- ſioned by my proceeding in this uſetul Undertaking, in Oppoſition to Tonſon's Scheme of railing the Plays to Six- pence each; and I do affure the Publick, that if after they have bought any of my Four-penny Plays, and not find them as correct, and printed on as good a Letter and Paper as Tonſon's Six-penny Plays, I will return their Morey again. I ſhall proceed regularly on with Shake ſpzar's Plays, and ſhall publiſh one every Thurſday on a ine Duteh Demy Paper, in a beautiful Manner, that there ſhall be no Occaſion of re-printing them, which Ton/en propoſes, and which certainly makes it evident, that his Three-penny Plays are of no value: By this Method I ſhall publiſh two Plays every Week, Lee's on a Monday, till his Works are compleated ; and every Thurſday one of Shakeſpear's, till his Works are compleated.

N. B. The Rival Queens: Or, the Death of Alexander the Great, @ Tragedy, written by N. Lee, Gent, being the fir, will be publiſh d on Monday next

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THE Subſcribers are deſired to give in their Name: and Places of Reſidence to Robert Walker, Printer, x Shakeſpear's Head in Turn- again- Lane, Snowbill ; or x his Shop in E Cernbill; at which Places Propoſals may be ha rf

Allo Propoſals are given Gratis and Subſcriptiors u- ken in by the Hawkers,