ADR. I will discharge thee, ere I go from thee:
Bear me forthwith unto his creditor,

And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay it.
Good mafter doctor, fee him fafe convey'd
Home to my house.-O most unhappy day!
ANT. E. O moft unhappy ftrumpet!"

DRO. E. Mafter, I am here enter'd in bond for

you.

ANT. E. Out on thee, villain! wherefore doft thou mad me?

DRO. E. Will you be bound for nothing? be mad,

Good mafter; cry, the devil.

Luc. God help, poor fouls, how idly do they talk!
ADR. Go bear him hence.-Sifter, go you with

me.

[Exeunt PINCH and affiftants with ANT. and DRO. Say now, whofe fuit is he arrested at?

OFF. One Angelo, a goldfmith; Do you know
him?

ADR. I know the man: What is the fum he owes?
OFF. Two hundred ducats.

ADR.

Say, how grows it due? OFF. Due for a chain, your husband had of him. ADR. He did befpeak a chain for me, but had is

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COUR. When as your hufband, all in rage, to-day Came to my houfe, and took away my ring,

7unhappy ftrumpet!] Unhappy is here ufed in one of the fenfes of unlucky; i. e. mifchievous. STEEVENS.

8 He did befpeak a chain for me, but had it not.] I fuppofe, the words for me, which fpoil the metre, might fafely be omitted. STEEVENS.

(The ring I faw upon his finger now,) Straight after, did I meet him with a chain.

ADR. It may be fo, but I did never fee it :Come, gaoler, bring me where the goldfmith is, I long to know the truth hereof at large.

Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Syracufe, with his rapier drawn, and DROMIO of Syracufe.

Luc. God, for thy mercy! they are loose again. ADR. And come with naked fwords; let's call more help,

To have them bound again.

OFF.

Away, they'll kill us. [Exeunt Officer, ADR. and Luc. ANT. S. I fee, these witches are afraid of swords. DRO. S. She, that would be your wife, now ran

from you.

ANT. S. Come to the Centaur; fetch our stuff' from thence:

I long, that we were fafe and found aboard.

DRO. S. Faith, ftay here this night, they will furely do us no harm; you faw, they fpeak us fair, give us gold: methinks, they are fuch a gentle nation, that but for the mountain of mad flesh that claims marriage of me, I could find in my heart to stay here ftill, and turn witch.

ANT. S. I will not ftay to-night for all the town; Therefore away, to get our ftuff aboard. [Exeunt.

9 — our stuff —] i. e. our baggage. In the orders that were iffued for the royal Progreffes in the last century, the king's baggage was always thus denominated. MALONE.

Enter Merchant and ANGELO.

ANG. I am forry, fir, that I have hinder'd you; But, I proteft, he had the chain of me, Though most dishonestly he doth deny it.

MER. How is the man efteem'd here in the city? ANG. Of very reverent reputation, fir, Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, Second to none that lives here in the city; His word might bear my wealth at any time. MER. Speak foftly: yonder, as I think, he walks.

Enter ANTIPHOLUS and DROMIO of Syracufe.

ANG. 'Tis fo; and that self chain about his neck, Which he forfwore, moft monftrously, to have. Good fir, draw near to me, I'll fpeak to him.— Signior Antipholus, I wonder much

That you

would put me to this fhame and trouble; And not without fome fcandal to yourself, With circumftance, and oaths, fo to deny This chain, which now you wear fo openly: Befides the charge, the fhame, imprisonment, You have done wrong to this my honeft friend; Who, but for ftaying on our controverfy, Had hoifted fail, and put to fea to-day : This chain you had of me, can you deny it?

ANT. S. I think, I had; I never did deny it. MER. Yes, that you did, fir; and forfwore it too. ANT. S. Who heard me to deny it, or forfwear it?

MER. These ears of mine, thou knoweft, did hear

thee:

Fie on thee, wretch! 'tis pity, that thou liv'st
To walk where any honeft men refort.

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 fake; he is mad ;

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Some get within him, take his fword away:
Bind Dromio too, and bear them to my house.
DRO. S. Run, master, run; for God's fake, take
a house."

This is fome priory ;-In, or we are spoil'd.
[Exeunt ANTIPH. and DROMIO to the Priory.

Enter the Abbefs.

ABB. Be quiet, people; Wherefore throng you

hither?

ADR. To fetch my poor distracted husband hence : Let us come in, that we may bind him fast, And bear him home for his recovery.

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ANG. I knew, he was not in his perfect wits. MER. I am forry now, that I did draw on him. ABB. How long hath this poffeffion held the man?

get within him,] i. e. close with him, grapple with him. STEEVENS.

take a houfe.] i. e. go into a houfe. So we fay, a dog takes the water.

STEEVENS.