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A street before a Priory.
[Enter Second Merchant and ANGELO]
ANGELO
2 , ,
, ,
,
I am sor|ry sir | that I | have hind|ered you,
, ,
, ,
,
But I | protest | he had | the chain | of me,
,
, ,
, x
Though most | dishon|estly | he doth | deny it.
SECOND MERCHANT
, 2
, , ,
,
How is the | man es|teemed here / in the | city?
ANGELO
, ,
, , ,
Of ve|ry reve|rend rep|uta|tion sir,
,
, , ,
,
Of cred|it in|finite,| highly | beloved,
,
, , ,
2 ,
Second | to none | that lives | here in the |
city:
, ,
, , ,
His word | might bear | my wealth | at an|y time.
SECOND MERCHANT
T T T
, 2 ,
,
Speak softly,| yonder | as I think | he walks.
[Enter ANTIPHOLUS of SYRACUSE and DROMIO of SYRACUSE]
ANGELO
,
, , ,
,
'Tis so:| and that / self chain | about | his
neck,
, ,
, , ,
Which he | forswore | most monst/rously | to
have.
, T T .
T , ,
Good sir | draw near to me,| I'll speak | to
him:
,
, , ,
,
Signior | Antiph|olus,| I wond|er much
, ,
, 2 ,
,
That you | would put | me to this | shame and |
trouble,
, ,
, ,
,
And not | without | some scan/dal to | yourself,
,
, , ,
,
With cir|cumstance | and oaths,| so to | deny
, ,
, , ,
This chain,| which now | you wear | so op|enly.
, , , , ,
Beside | the charge,| the shame,| impris|onment,
, , ,
, ,
You have / done wrong | to this | my hon|est
friend,
, ,
2 , , ,
Who but | for stay|ing on our | controv|ersy,
,
, ,
, ,
Had hoist|ed sail,| and put | to sea | today:
, ,
, , x
This chain | you had | of me,| can you | deny it?
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, , x
I think | I had,| I nev|er did | deny it.
SECOND MERCHANT
,
, ,
, ,
Yes^that | you did | sir, and | forswore | it
too.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, ,
x
Who heard / me to | deny | it or | forswear it?
SECOND MERCHANT
,
, , T T
T
These ears | of mine | thou knowst | did hear
thee:
,
, , ,
,
Fie on | thee wretch,| 'tis pi|ty that | thou
livst
, , ,
, ,
To walk | where an|y hon|est man | resort.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
,
, ,
, ,
Thou^art | a vil|lain to | impeach | me thus,
,
, , , ,
I'll prove | mine^hon|or, and | mine hon|esty
, , , .
T T T
Against | thee pres|ently,| if thou darst stand:
SECOND MERCHANT
, ,
, , 2
,
I dare | and do | defy | thee for a | villain.
[They draw. Enter ADRIANA, LUCIANA, the Courtezan, and others]
ADRIANA
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, ,
2 ,
Hold,| hurt him | not for | God's^sake,| he is
mad.
, ,
, , ,
Some^get | within | him, take | his sword | away:
, ,
, ,
2 ,
Bind Dro/mio | too, and | bear them*| to my
house.
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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, T
T T ,
Run | master | run, for | God's sake take | a
house,
T .
T T , ,
T T T
This is some pri|ory,| in, or | we are spoiled.
(hex with prev)
[Exeunt Antipholus of SYRACUSE and Dromio of SYRACUSE to the Priory. Enter
the Lady Abbess, AMELIA]
AMELIA
, ,
, ,
, 2->
Be qui|et peo|ple, where|fore throng | you
hith|er?
ADRIANA
, ,
, ,
,
To fetch | my poor | distract|ed hus|band hence,
,
, ,
, ,
Let us | come^in,| that we | may bind | him fast,
, ,
, , ,
And bear | him home | for his | recov|ery.
ANGELO
,
, ,
, ,
I knew | he was | not in | his per|fect wits.
SECOND MERCHANT
2 , ,
, ,
,
I am sor|ry now | that I | did draw | on him.
AMELIA
, ,
, ,
,
How long | hath this | posses|sion held | the
man.
ADRIANA
,
, , ,
,
This week | he hath | been hea|vy, sou|r sad,
, ,
, ,
,
And much | differ|ent from | the man | he was:
, , ,
, ,
But till | this aft|ernoon | his pas|sion
, , ,
, ,
Nere* break | into | extrem|ity | of rage.
AMELIA
,
, ,
, ,
Hath he | not lost | much^wealth | by wreck | of
sea,
,
, ,
, ,
Buried | some dear | friend, hath | not^else |
his eye
,
, , , ,
Strayed his | affec|tion in / unlaw|ful love,
,
, ,
, ,
A sin | prevail|ing much | in youth|ful men,
, ,
, , ,
->
Who give | their eyes | the lib|erty | of
gaz||ing.
,
2 , ,
, ,
Which | of these sor|rows is | he sub|ject^to?
ADRIANA
, ,
, ,
,
To none | of these,| except | it be | the last,
, ,
, ,
,
Namely,| some love | that drew | him oft | from
home.
AMELIA
, , , , ,
You should | for that | have rep|rehend|ed him.
ADRIANA
, ,
Why so | I did.
AMELIA
, T T .
T
Aye but | not rough enough.
ADRIANA
, ,
, , ,
->
As rough|ly as | my mod|esty | would let || me.
AMELIA
, 2 ,
Hap|ly in priv|ate.
ADRIANA
, ,
,
And in | assem|blies too.
AMELIA
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,
Aye,| but not | enough. \\
ADRIANA
,
, , ,
,
It was | the co|py of | our con|ference.
,
, ,
, ,
In bed | he slept | not for | my ur|ging it:
, ,
, ,
,
At board | he fed | not for | my ur|ging it:
, ,
, , ,
Alone,| it was | the sub|ject^of | my theme:
, , ,
, ,
In comp|any | I of|ten glan|ced it:
,
, ,
, ,
Still did | I tell,| him it | was vile | and bad.
AMELIA
, ,
, ,
,
And there|of came | it, that | the man | was mad.
, , ,
2 ,
,
The ven|om clam|ors of a | jealous | woman,
,
, ,
, ,
Poisons | more* dead|ly than a // mad dog's
tooth.
, ,
, , 2
,
It seems | his sleeps | were hind/ered by thy |
railing,
, , ,
, ,
And there|fore comes | it that | his head | is
light.
,
, , ,
2 ,
Thou sayst | his meat | was sauced | with thy
up|braidings,
,
, , ,
,
Unqui|et meals | make^ill | diges|tions,
, ,
, ,
,
Thereof | the rag|ing fire | of fev|er bred,
,
, , 2 ,
,
And what's | a fe|ver, but a | fit of | madness?
??
,
, ,
, ,
Thou sayst | his sports | were hind|ered by | thy
brawls.
, ,
, , ,
Sweet* rec|rea|tion barred,| what doth | ensue
, ,
, , o
But mood|y and / dull mel|ancho|ly,
, ,
, ,
,
Kinsman | to grim | and com|fortless | despair,
, ,
, ,
,
And at | her heels | a huge | infec|tious troop
,
, , ,
,
Of pale | distempe|ratures,| and foes | to life?
,
, , ,
,
In food,| in sport,| and life-|preserv|ing rest
,
, ,
, ,
To be | disturbed,| would mad | or man,| or
beast:
,
, , , ,
The cons|equence | is then,| thy jeal|ous fits
,
, ,
, ,
Have scared | thy hus|band from | the use | of
wits.
LUCIANA
, , ,
, ,
o
She nev|er rep|rehend|ed him | but mild|ly,
,
, ,
T T . T
o
When he | demeaned | himself | rough, rude, and
wild|ly, (hext with prev)
, ,
, , ,
Why bear | you these | rebukes,| and ans|wer not?
ADRIANA
, ,
, ,
,
She did | betray | me to | my own | reproof,
,
, , ,
,
Good* peo|ple ent|er, and / lay hold | on him.
AMELIA
,
, ,
, ,
No, not | a creat|ure ent|ers in | my house.
ADRIANA
, , ,
, ,
Then let | your serv|ants bring | my hus|band
forth.
AMELIA
,
, , ,
x
Neither:| he took | this place | for sanc|tuary,
, , ,
, ,
And it | shall priv|ilege | him from | your
hands,
, ,
, ,
,
Till I | have brought | him to | his wits |
again,
,
, , ,
,
Or lose | my lab|or in | assay|ing it.
ADRIANA
, ,
, ,
,
I will | attend | my hus|band, be | his nurse,
, ,
, 2 , ,
Diet | his sick|ness, for | it is my | office,
, ,
, ,
,
And will | have no | attor|ney but | myself,
,
, ,
, ,
And there|fore let | me have | him home | with
me.
AMELIA
, ,
, ,
,
Be pa|tient, for | I will | not^let | him stir,
, ,
2 , ,
,
Till I | have used | the appro|ved means | I
have,
,
, ,
, ,
With whole|some syr|ups, drugs,| and ho|ly
prayers
,
, ,
, ,
To make | of him | a form|al man | again:
, ,
, ,
,
It is | a branch | and par|cel of | mine oath,
, 2 ,
, , ,
A cha|ritable | duty | of my | order,
, ,
, ,
,
Therefore | depart,| and leave | him here | with
me.
ADRIANA
, , ,
, ,
I will / not hence,| and leave | my hus|band
here:
,
, , ,
,
And ill | it doth | beseem | your ho|liness
, ,
, ,
,
To sep|arate | the hus|band and | the wife.
AMELIA
, ,
, , , o
Be qui|et and | depart,| thou shalt | not have |
him.
[Exit]
LUCIANA
, , ,
, , ,
Complain | unto | the duke | of this |
indig|nity. (hex with prev)
ADRIANA
, ,
T T T 2
,
Come^go,| I will | fall prostrate | at his feet,
,
, ,
, ,
And nev|er rise | until | my tears | and prayers
, ,
, , ,
o
Have won | his grace | to come | in pers|on
hith|er,
, ,
, ,
, o
And take | perforce | my hus|band from | the
ab|bess. (hex with prev)
SECOND MERCHANT
, ,
, ,
,
By this | I think | the di|al points | at five:
, ,
, ,
, ->
Anon | I'm sure | the duke | himself | in
pers||on
, ,
2 , , ,
Comes | this way | to the mel|ancho|ly vale:
, ,
, x ,
The place | of death,| and sor|ry exe|cution, ??
, , ,
, ,
Behind | the ditch|es of | the ab|bey here.
ANGELO
Upon what cause?
SECOND MERCHANT
, , x ,
,
To see | a reve|rend Syra|cusian | merchant,
??
, ,
, , ,
Who put | unluck|ily | into | this bay
, ,
, ,
,
Against | the laws | and stat|utes of | this
town,
,
, ,
, ,
Behead|ed pub|licly | for his | offense.
ANGELO
, ,
, ,
,
See* where | they come,| we will | behold | his
death.
LUCIANA
, 2
, ,
, ,
Kneel to the | duke be|fore he | pass the |
abbey.
[Enter DUKE SOLINUS, attended; AEGON bareheaded; with the Headsman and other
Officers]
DUKE SOLINUS
T T . T
, ,
,
Yet once again | proclaim | it pub|licly,
,
, ,
, ,
If an|y friend | will pay | the sum | for him,
, ,
, ,
,
He shall | not die,| so much | we tend|er him.
ADRIANA
,
, , x
,
Justice | most sac|red duke | against the | abbess.
DUKE SOLINUS
, 2 ,
, 2 ,
,
She is a | virtu|ous and a | reverend | lady,
,
, ,
, ,
It can|not be | that she | hath done | thee
wrong.
ADRIANA
2 , , , 2 , ,
May it please | your grace,| Antiph|olus my |
husband,
, T T .
T ,
,
Whom I | made lord of me,| and all | I had,
, 2
, ,
T T T
At your im|portant | letters | this ill day,
, ,
, ,
x
A most | outrage|ous fit | of mad|ness took
him:
,
, , ,
,
That despe|rately | he hurr|ied through | the
street,
, ,
, ,
,
With him | his bond|man, all | as mad | as he,
, ,
, ,
,
Doing | displeas|ure to | the cit|izens,
,
, , ,
,
By rush|ing in | their hous|es: bear|ing thence
T Tx
T , ,
,
Rings, jewels, an|ything | his rage | did like.
,
, , ,
,
Once did | I get | him bound,| and sent | him
home,
,
, , ,
,
Whilst to | take ord/er for | the wrongs | I
went,
, ,
, ,
x
That here | and there | his fu|ry had |
committed,
,
, ,
, ,
Anon | I wot | not, by | what strong | escape,
, ,
, ,
,
He broke | from those | that had | the guard | of
him,
,
, ,
, ,
And with | his mad | attend|ant and | himself,
, ,
, , ,
Each^one | with ire|ful pas|sion, with / drawn
swords
, ,
, , ,
Met us | again,| and mad|ly bent | on us
,
, , , ,
Chased us | away:| till rais|ing of / more aid
,
, ,
, ,
We came | again | to bind | them: then | they
fled
, 2 , , ,
,
Into this | abbey,| whither | we pur|sued them,
,
, ,
, ,
And here | the ab|bess shuts | the gates | on us,
,
, ,
, ,
And will | not suf|fer us | to fetch | him out,
, ,
, ,
,
Nor send | him forth,| that we | may bear | him
hence.
,
, , ,
,
Therefore | most^gra|cious duke | with thy |
command,
,
, ,
T T . T
Let him | be brought | forth, and | borne hence
for help.
DUKE SOLINUS
,
, , ,
,
Long since^|thy hus|band served | me in | my wars
,
, ,
, ,
And I | to thee | engaged | a prin|ce's word,
, ,
, ,
,
When thou | didst^make | him mast|er of | thy
bed,
,
, , ,
,
To do | him all | the grace | and good | I could.
,
, ,
, ,
Go some | of you,| knock at | the ab|bey gate,
,
, , ,
,
And bid | the la|dy ab|bess come | to me:
,
, ,
, ,
I will | deter|mine this | before | I stir.
SERVANT
, ,
, ,
,
O mist|ress, mist|ress, shift | and save |
yourself,
, ,
, . T T
T
My mast|er and | his man | are both broke loose,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Beaten the | maids a-|row, and | bound the |
doctor,
,
, , ,
,
Whose beard | they have / singed off | with
brands | of fire,
, ,
, , ,
And ev|er as | it blazed,| they threw | on him
T T
. T , ,
,
Great pails of pud|dled mire | to quench | the
hair;
, , ,
2 , 2 ,
My mast|er preach|es pat|ience to him,| and the
while
, ,
, , ,
His man | with scis|sors nicks | him like | a
fool:
, ,
, , ,
And sure |(unless | you send | some pres|ent
help)
, ,
, ,
,
Between | them they | will kill | the con|jurer.
ADRIANA
___ ,
, 2
, ,
Peace | fool, thy | master | and his man | are
here,
, ,
, ,
,
And that | is false | thou dost | report | to us.
SERVANT
,
, ,
, ,
Mistress,| upon | my life | I tell | you true,
, , , ,
x
I have | not breathed | almost | since^I | did
see it.
, , ,
, 2 ,
He cries | for you,| and vows | if he can | take
you,
,
, , ,
,
To scorch | your face,| and to | disfig|ure you:
T T
. T ,
, ,
Hark, hark, I hear | him mist|ress: fly,| be
gone.
DUKE SOLINUS
Come stand by me, fear nothing: guard with halberds.
ADRIANA
, ,
, ,
,
Aye me,/ it is | my hus|band: wit|ness you,
,
, ,
, ,
That he | is borne | about | invis|ible,
2 ,
, ,
, ,
Even now | we housed | him in | the ab|bey here.
, 2 T
T T . ,
,
And now^he's | there, past thought of | human |
reason.
[Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus and DROMIO of Ephesus]
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, , ,
, ->
Justice | most gra|cious duke,| oh grant | me
jus||tice,
, 3 3 ,
2 , ,
,
Ev|en for the serv|ice that long | since I | did
thee,
, ,
, ,
,
When I | bestrid | thee in | the wars,| and took
T T
. T , ,
2 ,
Deep scars to save | thy life;| even | for the
blood
, ,
2 , ,
,
That then | I lost | for thee, now | grant me |
justice.
AEGON
Unless the fear of death doth make me dote, I see my son Antipholus and
Dromio.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, , ,
,
Justice |(sweet* prince)| against | that wom|an
there:
,
, ,
, ,
She whom | thou gavst | to me | to be | my wife;
, ,
, ,
,
That hath | abu|sed and | dishon|ored me,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Even | in the strength | and height | of in|jury:
, ,
, ,
,
Beyond | ima|gina|tion is | the wrong
, ,
, , ,
That she | this day | hath shame|less thrown | on
me.
DUKE SOLINUS
, , ,
, ,
Discov|er how,| and thou | shalt find | me just.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
, , x
This^day |(great^duke)| she shut | the doors |
upon me,
, ,
, ,
,
While she | with har|lots feas|ted in | my house.
DUKE SOLINUS
, ,
, ,
,
A griev|ous fault:| say* wom|an, didst | thou so?
ADRIANA
, ,
, , 2
,
No my | good lord.| Myself,| he, and my | sister,
, , x
2 ,
,
Today | did dine | together:| so befall | my
soul, ??
,
, ,
, ,
As this | is false | he burd|ens me | withal.
LUCIANA
, , , ,
,
Nere may^|I look | on day,| nor sleep | on
night,
,
, ,
, ,
But she | tells to | your high|ness simp|le
truth.
ANGELO
,
, ,
, ,
O per|jured wom|an! They | are both | forsworn,
,
, ,
, ,
In this | the mad|man* just|ly char|geth them.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
, ,
,
My liege,| I am | advi|sed what | I say,
,
, , 2 , ,
Neither | disturb|ed with | the effect | of
wine,
,
, ,
, ,
Nor hea|dy rash | provoked | with rag|ing ire,
x ,
, ,
,
Albeit | my wrongs | might* make | one^wis|er mad.
,
, ,
, x
This wom|an locked | me out | this day | from
dinner;
, ,
, , ,
That gold|smith^there,| were he | not packed |
with her,
, ,
, ,
,
Could wit|ness it:| for he | was with | me then,
,
, , ,
,
Who part|ed with | me to / go fetch | a chain,
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Promi|sing to | bring it | to the Por|pentine,
,
, ,
, , o
Where Balth|azar | and I | did dine | togeth|er.
,
, ,
, ,
o
Our din|ner done,| and he | not coming thith|er,
(hex with prev)
, ,
, 2 ,
,
I went | to seek | him. In the | street I | met
him,
,
, , ,
,
And in | his comp|any | that gent/leman.
,
, , ,
,
There did | this per|jured gold|smith swear | me
down,
,
, , ,
,
That I | this day | of him | received | the
chain,
,
, , ,
,
Which God | he knows,| I saw | not. For | the
which,
, ,
, , ,
He did | arrest | me with | an of|ficer.
, ,
, ,
,
I did | obey,| and sent | my peas|ant home
,
, , ,
,
For cert|ain duc|ats: he | with none | returned.
, ,
, , ,
Then fair|ly I | bespoke | the of|ficer
,
, ,
, ,
To go | in pers|on with | me to | my house.
, ,
, ,
, ,
,
By the way, we met my wife, her sister, and
a rabble more ????
,
, , ,
,
Of vile | confed|erates:| along | with them
, ,
, , , , ,
They brought one Pinch, a hungry
lean-faced villain; ????
,
, , , ,
A mere | anat|omy,| a mount|ebank,
. T T T
, ,
x
A threadbare jug|gler, and | a fort|une-teller,
,
, ,
, ,
A nee|dy hol|low-eyed^/sharp-look|ing wretch;
,
, ,
, ,
A liv|ing dead | man. This | perni|cious slave,
, ,
, , ,
Forsooth | took^on | him as | a con|jurer:
,
, , ,
,
And gaz|ing in | mine^eyes,| feeling | my pulse,
, ,
, ,
,
And with / no face |(as 'twere)| outfac|ing me,
, T T .
T , ,
2->
Cries^out,| I was possessed.| Then all |
togeth|er
, ,
, ,
,
They fell | upon | me, bound | me, bore | me
thence,
,
, , ,
,
And in | a dark | and dank|ish vault | at home
, ,
2 , ,
,
There left | me and my | man, both^|bound
to|gether,
, ,
2 ,
, ,
Till gnaw/ing with my | teeth my | bonds in |
sunder,
, ,
, , 2 ,
I gained | my free|dom; and | immed|iately
, ,
, , ,
Ran hith/er to | your grace,| whom I | beseech
,
, , ,
,
To give | me amp|le sat|isfac|tion
,
, , ,
,
For these / deep shames,| and great |
indig|nities.
ANGELO
, ,
, ,
x
My lord,| in truth,| thus far | I wit|ness with
him:
, , ,
, ,
That he / dined not | at home,| but was / locked
out.
DUKE SOLINUS
, ,
, , ,
But had | he such | a chain | of thee,| or no?
ANGELO
, ,
, ,
,
He had | my lord,| and when | he ran | in here,
,
, , ,
,
These^peo|ple saw | the chain | about | his neck.
SECOND MERCHANT
, ,
, ,
,
Besides,| I will | be sworn | these^ears | of
mine,
,
, ,
, ,
Heard you | confess | you had | the chain | of
him,
, ,
, , ,
After | you first | forswore | it on | the mart,
, ,
, ,
,
And there|upon | I drew | my sword | on^you:
, ,
, ,
,
And then | you fled | into | this ab|bey here,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
From whence | I think | you are come | by
mir|acle.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, , ,
,
I nev|er came | within | these ab|bey walls,
,
, , ,
,
Nor ev|er didst | thou draw | thy sword | on me:
, ,
, ,
x
I nev|er saw | the chain,| so help | me Heaven:
, ,
, ,
,
And this | is false | you burd|en me | withal.
DUKE SOLINUS
,
, , ,
,
Why* what | an int|ricate | impeach | is this?
, ,
, ,
,
I think | you all | have drunk | of Cir|ce's cup:
, ,
, ,
,
If here | you housed | him, here | he would |
have been,
, , ,
2 , ,
If he | were mad,| he would not | plead so |
coldly:
, ,
, ,
,
You say | he dined | at home,| the
gold|smith^here
, ,
, , ,
Denies | that say|ing. Sir|rah, what | say^you?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Sir he | dined with her | there, at | the
Por|pentine.
COURTEZAN
, ,
, , ,
He did,| and from | my fing|er snatched | that
ring.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, , ,
,
'Tis true |(my liege)| this ring | I had | of
her.
DUKE SOLINUS
T T
T , 2 ,
,
Sawst thou him | enter | at the ab|bey here?
COURTEZAN
, ,
, , ,
As sure |(my liege)| as I | do see | your grace.
DUKE SOLINUS
x ,
, ,
,
Why* this is | strange: go | call the | abbess |
hither.
, ,
, , ,
I think | you are / all mat|ed, or / stark mad.
[Exit one to Abbess]
AEGON
, ,
, ,
,
Most^migh|ty duke,| vouchsafe | me speak | a
word:
,
, ,
, ,
Haply | I see | a friend | will save | my life,
,
, , ,
,
And pay | the sum | that may | deliv|er me.
DUKE SOLINUS
, ,
, , ,
Speak free/ly *Sy|racus|ian what | thou wilt.
AEGON
, , ,
, ,
Is not | your name | sir called | Antiph|olus?
, ,
, , ,
And is | not^that | your bond|man Dro|mio?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
, ,
, ,
,
Within | this hour | I was | his bond|man sir,
,
, ,
, ,
But he | I thank | him gnawed | in two | my
cords,
, 2 ,
2 ,
T T T
Now am I | Dromio,| and his | man, unbound.
AEGON
2 , ,
, ,
,
I am sure | you both | of you | remem|ber me.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
, ,
, ,
,
Ourselves | we do | remem|ber sir | by you:
, ,
, ,
,
For late|ly we | were bound | as you | are now.
, ,
, ,
,
You are / not Pinch|'s pa|tient, are | you sir?
AEGON
, ,
, ,
,
Why look | you strange | on me?| You know | me
well.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, ,
, ,
I nev|er saw | you in | my life | till now.
AEGON
__ ,
, 2
, ,
Oh!| Grief hath | changed me | since^you saw | me
last, ??
,
, ,
, ,
And care|ful hours | with time's | defor|med
hand,
,
, ,
, ,
Have writ|ten strange | defea|tures in | my face:
,
, , ,
,
But tell | me yet,| dost thou | not know | my
voice?
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
Neither.
AEGON
Dromio, nor thou?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
No trust me sir, nor I.
AEGON
I am sure thou dost?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
Aye sir, but I am sure I do not, and whatsoever a man denies, you are now
bound to believe him.
AEGON
, ,
, ,
,
Not^know | my voice,| O* time's | extre|mity
, ,
, ,
,
Hast thou | so cracked | and split|ted my / poor
tongue
. Tx T T
, , ,
In seven short years,| that here | my on|ly son
,
, , . T
T T
Knows^not | my fee|ble key | of untuned cares?
, ,
, ,
,
Though now | this grain|ed face | of mine | be
hid
,
, , ,
,
In sap-|consum|ing wint|er's driz|zled snow,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
And all | the con|duits of | my blood | froze^up:
, ,
, , ,
Yet hath | my night | of life | some mem|ory:
,
, ,
, ,
My wast|ing lamps | some fad|ing glim|mer left;
, T
T . T ,
,
My dull | deaf ears a lit|tle use | to hear:
,
, ,
, ,
All these | old^wit|nesses,| I can|not err.
, , , , ,
Tell me,| thou art | my son | Antiph|olus.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, ,
, ,
I nev|er saw | my fath|er in | my life.
AEGON
. Tx T T
, , ,
But seven years since,| in Syr|acus|a boy
, , ,
, ,
Thou knowst | we part|ed, but | perhaps | my son,
, 2
, , , ,
Thou shamst | to acknow|ledge me | in mis|ery.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
, , 2
,
The duke,| and all | that know | me in the |
city,
,
, ,
, ,
Can wit|ness with | me that | it is / not so.
,
, , ,
,
I nere | saw Syr|acus|a in | my life.
DUKE SOLINUS
, , ,
, ,
I tell | thee Syr|acus|ian, twen|ty years
, ,
, , ,
Have I | been pat|ron to | Antiph|olus,
x
, ,
, ,
During which^|time, he | nere saw | Syra|cusa:
,
, ,
, ,
I see | thy age | and dang|ers make | thee dote.
[Enter AMELIA, with ANTIPHOLUS of SYRACUSE and DROMIO of SYRACUSE]
AMELIA
, ,
, . T T
T
Most^migh|ty duke,| behold | a man much wronged.
ADRIANA
, ,
, 2 ,
,
I see | two hus/bands, or mine^|eyes de|ceive me.
DUKE SOLINUS
, 2
, ,
, ,
One of these | men is | Genius | to the | other:
, ,
, , 2
,
And so | of these,| which is | the nat|ural man,
, ,
, ,
,
And which | the spir|it? Who | deciph|ers them?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, ,
2 ,
I sir | am Dro|mio,| command | him away.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
, 2 ,
T T T ,
I sir am | Dromi|o, pray let | me stay.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, T
T T ,
,
Aegon | art thou not?| Or else | his ghost?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, , ,
Oh my | old mast|er, who | hath bound | him here?
AMELIA
,
, , , ,
Whoev|er bound | him, I | will loose | his bonds,
, , ,
, ,
And gain | a hus|band by | his lib|erty:
T T T
, ,
,
Speak old Ae|gon, if | thou beest | the man
,
, T T . T ,
That hadst | a wife | once called Ame|lia,
, ,
2 , T
T T
That bore | thee at a | burden | two fair sons?
, ,
, , ___
Oh if | thou beest | the same | Aegon,| speak:
, ,
, , ,
And speak | unto | the same | Amel|ia.
DUKE SOLINUS
, ,
, ,
,
Why here | begins | his morn|ing sto|ry right:
, ,
x ,
,
These two | Antiph|oluses,| these^two | so like,
. T T
T , ,
,
And these two Dro|mios,| one in | semblance:
, ,
, ,
,
Besides | her urg|ing of | her wreck | at sea,
,
, ,
,
These are | the par|ents to / these child|ren,
<- , , ,
, ,
,
Which || acci|dental|ly are | met to|gether.
AEGON
, T
T T 2 ,
,
If I | dream not, thou | art Ame|lia,
,
, ,
, ,
If thou | art she,| tell me,| where is | that son
, , ,
, ,
That float|ed with | thee on | the fat|al raft.
AMELIA
, , ,
2 , ,
By men | of Ep|ida|mium, he, | and I,
, ,
2 , , ,
And the / twin Dro|mio, all | were tak|en up;
,
, , , 2
,
But by | and by,| rude fish/ermen of | Corinth
, ,
, 2 ,
,
By force | took Dro/mio, and | my son | from
them,
,
, , ,
, 2 ->
And me | they left | with those | of
Ep|idam||ium.
,
2 , ,
, ,
What | then became | of them,| I can|not tell:
, ,
, ,
,
I, to | this for|tune that | you see | me in.
DUKE
, ,
, ,
,
Antiph|olus | thou camst | from Cor|inth first.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, , ,
No sir,| not I,| I came | from Syr|acuse.
DUKE SOLINUS
T T
. T , ,
,
Stay, stand apart,| I know | not which | is
which.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
, ,
,
I came | from Cor|inth my / most gra|cious lord.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
,
,
And I | with him. \\
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
2 , ,
, , 2
Brought to this | town by | that most | famous |
warrior,
T T . T
, , ,
Duke Menaphon,| your most | renowned | uncle.
ADRIANA
,
, , ,
,
Which of | you two | did dine | with me | today?
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
_ ,
,
I,| gentle | mistress.
ADRIANA
, , ,
->
And are | not you || my
hus|band?
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
, __
No,| I say | nay to | that.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, , ,
And so | do I,| yet did | she call | me so:
,
, , 2
, ,
And this | fair* gent|lewom|an her sis|ter here
, , , ,
,
Did call | me broth|er. What | I told | you then,
, , , , ,
I hope | I shall / have leis|ure to / make good,
,
, ,
, ,
If this | be not | a dream | I see | and hear.
ANGELO
,
, , ,
,
That is | the chain | sir, which | you had | of
me.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, , ,
I think | it be | sir, I | deny | it not.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
T T . T
,
And you | sir for | this chain arrest|ed me.
ANGELO
, ,
, , ,
I think | I did | sir, I | deny | it not.
ADRIANA
, ,
, ,
,
I sent | you mon|ey sir | to be | your bail
, 2 ,
, ,
,
By Dro|mio, but | I think | he brought | it not.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
__ T T
T
No,| none by me. \\
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
,
, ,
, ,
This purse | of duc|ats I | received | from you,
, , ,
, ,
And Dro|mio | my man | did bring | them me:
,
, , , ,
I see | we still | did meet | each oth|er's man,
,
, ,
, ,
And I | was tane | for him,| and he | for me,
, ,
, ,
,
And there|upon | these er|rors are | arose.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, ,
, ,
,
These duc|ats pawn | I for | my fath|er here.
DUKE SOLINUS
, ,
, ,
,
It shall | not need,| thy fath|er hath | his
life.
COURTEZAN
, ,
, ,
,
Sir I | must have | that di|amond | from you.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
,
, ,
, ,
There* take | it, and / much thanks | for my /
good cheer.
AMELIA
,
, , ,
,
Renown|ed duke,| vouchsafe | to take | the pains
,
, ,
, ,
To go | with us | into | the ab|bey here,
,
, , ,
,
And hear | at large | discoursed | all our |
fortunes,
, ,
, ,
,
And all | that are | assem|bled in | this place:
, , ,
, ,
That by | this sym|pathized | one day's^|error
, ,
T T . T ,
Have suf|fered wrong.| Go, keep us comp|any,
,
, T T . T
,
And we | shall make | full satisfac|tion.
,
T T T 2
, 2 ,
Thirty-|three years have | I but gone | in
travail
,
, , ,
,
Of you | my sons,| and till | this pres|ent hour
, ,
, , ,
My hea|vy burd|en nere | deliv|ered:
,
, ,
, ,
The duke | my hus|band, and | my child|ren both,
,
, ,
, , ,
And you | the cal|endars | of their | nativ|ity,
,
, , ,
,
Go to | a gos|sips' feast,| and go | with me,
, T T
T , ,
__
After | so long grief | such fes|tivi|ty.
(hex with above)
DUKE SOLINUS
, ,
, ,
,
With all | my heart,| I'll gos|sip at | this
feast.
[Exeunt all but Antipholus of SYRACUSE, Antipholus of Ephesus, Dromio of
SYRACUSE and Dromio of Ephesus]
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, ,
,
Master | shall I | fetch your | stuff from |
shipboard*?
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
, 2
, , ,
,
Dromio,| what stuff | of mine | hast thou |
embarked?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Your goods | that lay | at host | sir in the /
Centaur.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
, ,
, 2 ,
, 2
He speaks | to me,| I am your | master | Dromio.
, ,
, ,
,
Come^go | with us,| we'll look | to that | anon,
, ,
, ,
,
Embrace | thy broth|er there,| rejoice | with
him.
[Exeunt Antipholus of SYRACUSE and Antipholus of Ephesus]
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
,
, ,
, ,
There is | a fat | friend at | your mast|er's
house,
, ,
, ,
x
That kitch|ened me | for you | today | at dinner:
, ,
, ,
,
She now | shall be | my sis|ter, not | my wife.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
, , 2
, , ,
Methinks | you are my | glass, and | not my |
brother:
,
, , 2 T
T T
I see | by you,| I am a | sweet-faced youth,
, ,
, , ,
Will you | walk^in | to see | their gos|siping?
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
, ,
,
Not I | sir, you | are my elder.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
<- ,
, ,
x ->
That's a | question,|| how shall | we try it.
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
,
, 2 ,
, T T T
->
We'll draw | cuts for the | senior,|| till then,|
lead thou first.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
T T T
Nay then thus:
, ,
, __ ,
___ , oo
We came | into | the world | like | brother | and
| brother:|
, , T
T T ,
, , o
And now | let's^go | hand in hand,| not one |
before | anoth|er. (oct with prev)
[Exeunt]