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The house of ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus.
[Enter ADRIANA and LUCIANA]
ADRIANA
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Ah Lu|cia|na, did | he tempt | thee so?
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Mightst thou | perceive | austere|ly in | his
eye,
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That he | did plead | in earn|est, yea | or no:
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Looked he or | red or | pale, or | sad or |
merrily?
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What obs|erva|tion madst | thou in | this case?
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Oh, his | heart's met/eors | tilting | in his
face.
LUCIANA
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First^he | denied | you had | in him | no right.
ADRIANA
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He meant | he did | me none:| the more | my
spite.
LUCIANA
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Then swore | he that | he was | a strang|er here.
ADRIANA
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And true | he swore,| though yet | forsworn | he
were.
LUCIANA
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Then plead|ed I | for you.
ADRIANA
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And what | said he?
LUCIANA
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That love | I begged | for you,| he begged | of
me.
ADRIANA
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With what | persua|sion did | he tempt | thy
love?
LUCIANA
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With words,| that in | an hon|est suit | might
move.
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First, he | did praise | my beaut|y, then | my
speech.
ADRIANA
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Didst^speak | him fair?
LUCIANA
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Have^pa|tience, I | beseech.
ADRIANA
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I can|not, nor | I will | not hold | me still,
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My tongue,| though not | my heart,| shall have |
his will.
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He is | deform|ed, crook|ed, old | and sere,
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Ill*-faced,| worse^bod|ied, shape|less
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Vicious,| ungent|le, fool|ish, blunt,| unkind;
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Stigma|tical | in mak|ing, worse | in mind.
LUCIANA
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Who* would | be jeal|ous then | of such | a one?
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No ev|il lost | is wailed,| when it | is gone.
ADRIANA
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Ah* but | I think | him bet|ter than | I say;
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And yet | would here|in oth|ers' eyes | were
worse:
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Far from | her nest | the lap|wing cries away;
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My heart | prays for | him, though | my tongue |
do curse.
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Here* go:| the desk,| the purse,| sweet* now |
make^haste.
LUCIANA
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How* hast | thou lost | thy breath?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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By run|ning fast.
ADRIANA
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Where is | thy mast|er Dro|mio? Is | he well?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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No, he's | in Tar|tar lim|bo, worse | than hell:
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A devil | in an ev|erlast|ing gar|ment hath him;
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One whose^|hard heart is but|toned up | with
steel:
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A fiend,| a fai|ry, pit|iless | and rough:
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A wolf,| nay worse,| a fel|low all | in buff:
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A back-|friend, a | shoulder-|clapper,| one that
| counter|mands |
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The pas|sages | of al|leys, creeks,| and | narrow
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A hound | that runs | counter, and | yet draws
dry|foot* well,
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One that be|fore the | judgment | carries | poor
souls to hell. (hex with prev)
ADRIANA
Why man, what is the matter?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
I do not know the matter, he is rested on the case.
ADRIANA
What is he arrested? Tell me at whose suit?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
I know not at whose suit he is arrested well; but he's in a suit of buff
which 'rested him, that can I tell, will you send him mistress redemption,
the money in his desk.
ADRIANA
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Go fetch | it sis|ter: this | I wond|er at,
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Thus he | unknown | to me | should be | in debt:
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Tell me,| was he | arrest|ed on | a band?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE (these are oct)
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Not | on | a band,| | but on | a stron|ger
thing:|
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A chain,| | a chain,| | do you | not hear |
it ring.|
ADRIANA
What, the chain?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE (next few lines are oct)
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No,| no,| the bell:| |'tis time | that I |
were gone:|
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It was || two | ere I | left him,| | and now
| the clock strikes one.|
ADRIANA
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The hours | come | back,| | that did | I
nev|er hear.
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Oh yes,|| if an|y ho|ur meet | a ser|geant, he
| turns^back | for ve|ry fear.
ADRIANA
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As if | Time | were in | debt:| how fond|ly dost
| thou reas|on?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Time^is | a ve|ry bank|rupt*, and | owes^more |
than he's worth | to seas|on.
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Nay,| he's a | thief | too:| have you | not heard
| men* say,|
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That Time | comes^stea|ling on | by | night | and
| day?|
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If I | be in | debt and | theft,| and a |
sergeant | in the | way,
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Hath^he | not reas|on to | turn^back | an ho|ur
in | a day?|
[Enter LUCIANA with a purse]
ADRIANA
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Go* Dro|mio, there's | the mon|ey, bear | it
straight,
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And bring | thy mast|er home | immed|iately.
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Come sis/ter, I | am pressed | down with |
conceit:
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Conceit,| my com|fort and | my in|jury.
[Exeunt]