Fye on thee, wretch! 'tis pity, that thou liv'st Ant. S. Thou art a villain, to impeach me thus: I'll prove mine honour and mine honesty Against thee presently, if thou dar'st stand. Mer. I dare, and do defy thee for a villain. [They draw. Enter ADRIANA, LUCIANA, Courtezan, and Others. Adr. Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; he is mad; Some get within him,3 take his sword away: This is some priory;-In, or we are spoil'd. [Exeunt ANT. S. and DRO. S. to the Priory. Enter the Abbess. Abb. Be quiet, people; Wherefore throng you hither? Adr. To fetch my poor distracted husband hence: Ang. I knew, he was not in his perfect wits. Adr. This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad, 4 get within him,] i. e. close with him, grapple with him. take a house.] i. e. go into a house. So, we say a dog takes the water. STEEVENS. Abb. Hath he not lost much wealth by wreck at sea? Buried some dear friend? Hath not else his eye A sin, prevailing much in youthful men, Adr. To none of these, except it be the last; Namely, some love, that drew him oft from home. Abb. You should for that have reprehended him. Adr. Why, so I did. Abb. Ay, but not rough enough. Adr. As roughly, as my modesty would let me. Abb. Haply, in private. Adr. Abb. Ay, but not enough. And in assemblies too. Adr. It was the copy of our conference: In bed, he slept not for my urging it; my theme; In company, I often glanced it; Still did I tell him it was vile and bad. Abb. And thereof came it, that the man was mad: The venom clamours of a jealous woman Poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. It seems, his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing: And therefore comes it, that his head is light. Thou say'st, his meat was sauc'd with thy upbraidings: Unquiet meals make ill digestions, Thereof the raging fire of fever bred; And what's a fever but a fit of madness? Thou say'st, his sports were hinder'd by thy brawls: 5 the copy - i. e. the theme. We still talk of setting copies for boys. STEEVENS. Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth ensue, (Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair;)" Luc. She never reprehended him but mildly, Abb. No, not a creature enters in my house. Abb. Neither; he took this place for sanctuary, 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. It is a branch and parcel of mine oath, Therefore depart, and leave him here with me. 6 (Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair;)] Kinsman means near relation. Many words are used by Shakspeare with much greater latitude. 7 a formal man again:] i. e. to bring him back to his senses, and the forms of sober behaviour. Adr. I will not hence, and leave my husband here; And ill it doth beseem your holiness, Abb. Be quiet, and depart, thou shalt not have 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. Duke. Yet once again proclaim it publickly, If any friend will pay the sum for him, He shall not die, so much we tender him. Adr. Justice, most sacred duke, against the abbess! sorry execution,] So, in Macbeth: "Of sorriest fancies your companions making." Sorry had anciently a stronger meaning than at present, and seems to have meant sorrowful. Duke. She is a virtuous and a reverend lady; Whom I made lord of me and all I had, By rushing in their houses, bearing thence He broke from those that had the guard of him; Nor send him forth, that we may bear him hence. wars; And I to thee engag'd a prince's word, When thou didst make him master of thy bed, ? At your important letters,] For importunate. 1 to take order -] i. e. to take measures. |