Which but for him, that had your husband's ring, [To Portia Had quite mifcarry'd. I dare be bound again, My foul upon the forfeit, that your lord Will never more break faith advisedly. Por. Then you fhall be his furety; give him this, And bid him keep it better than the other. Ant. Here, lord Baffanio, fwear to keep this ring. Ner. And pardon me, my gentle Gratiano, Gra. Why, this is like the mending of high-ways It comes from Padua, from Bellario: There you fhall find, that Portia was the Doctor; You fhall not know by what strange accident Ant. I am dumb. Baff. Were you the Doctor, and I knew you not? Gra. Were you the clerk, that is to make me cuckold? Ner. Ay, but the clerk, that never means to do it, Unless he live until he be a man. Benefit. Wealth has a more confin'd Signification. Tho' I must own, that Wear and Wealth in our Author's Time might be in fome measure fynonomous; they are now in the Words, Common-weal, and Commonwealth. Gra. bedfellow; Baff. Sweet Doctor, you shall be my When I am abfent, then lye with my wife. Ant. Sweet lady, you have giv'n me life and living; For here I read for certain, that my ships Are fafely come to road. Por. How now, Lorenzo? My clerk hath fome good comforts too for you. From the rich Jew, a fpecial Deed of Gift, Por. It is almost morning, And yet, I'm fure, you are not fatisfy'd Gra. Let it be fo: the first interr❜gatory, [Exeunt omnes. FERDINAND, King of Navarre. Biron, Boyet, three Lords, attending upon the King in his retirement. Macard, Lords, attending upon the Princess of France. Don Adriano de Armado, a fantastical Spaniard. Nathaniel, a Curate. Dull, a Constable. Holofernes, a Schoolmaster. Coftard, a Clown. Moth, Page to Don Adriano de Armado. Princess of France. Rofaline, Maria, Ladies, attending on the Prineefs. Catharine, Jaquenetta, a Country Wench. Officers, and others, Attendants upon the King and Princefs. SCENE, the King of Navarre's Palace, and the Country near it. |