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Egeon. But feven Years fince, in Syracufa Bay, Thou know'ft we parted; but perhaps, my Son, Thou sham'ft to acknowledge me in Mifery.

E. Ant. The Duke, and all that know me in the City,
Can witness with me that it is not fo:

I ne'er faw Syracufa in my Life.
Duke. I tell thee, Syracufian,
Have I been Patron to Antipholis,

twenty Years

During which time he ne'er faw Syracufa:
I fee thy Age, and Dangers make thee dote.

Enter the Abbefs, with Antipholis Siracufian and
Dromio Siracufian.

Abb. Moft mighty Duke, behold a Man much wrong'd.
[All gather to fee them.
Adr. I fee two Husbands, or mine Eyes deceive me.
Duke. One of thefe Men is Genius to the other;
And fo of these which is the natural Man,
And which the Spirit? who Deciphers them?
S. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio, command him away.
E. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio, pray let me ftay.
S. Ant. Ageon, art thou not? or elfe his Ghoft?
S. Dro. Oh, my old Mafter! who hath bound him here?
Abb. Whoever bound him, I will loose his Bonds,
And gain a Husband by his Liberty.

Speak, old Ageon, if thou be'ft the Man

That hadft a Wife once call'd Æmilia, -
That bore thee at a Burthen two fair Sons?
Oh if thou be'ft the fame Ægeon, speak;
And speak unto the fame Æmilia.

Duke. Why here begins this Morning Story right:
Thefe two Antipholis's, these two fo like,

And those two Dromio's, one in femblance;
Befides her urging of her wrack at Sea,
These are the Parents to thefe Children,
Which accidentally are met together.

Ageon. If I dream not, thou art Æmilia;
If thou art she, tell me where is that Son
That floated with thee on the fatal Raft.
Abb. By Men of Epidamnium, he and I,
And the twin Dromio, all were taken up;

But

But by and by, rude Fishermen of Corinth
By force took Dromio and my Son from them,
And me they left with thofe of Epidamnium.
What then became of them I cannot tell;
I, to this Fortune that you fee me in.

Duke. Antipholis, thou cam'ft from Corinth firft.
S. Ant. No, Sir, not I, I came from Syracuse.
Duke. Stay, ftand apart, I know not which is which.
E. Ant. I came from Corinth, my most gracious Lord.
E. Dro. And I with him.

(rior, E. Ant. Brought to this Town by that most famous War

Duke Menaphon, your moft renowned Uncle.

Adr. Which of you two did dine with me to Day?
S. Ant. I, gentle Mistress.

Adr. And are not you my Husband?

E. Ant. No, I fay nay to that.

S. Ant. And fo do I, yet did fhe call me fo:

And this fair Gentlewoman here

Did call me Brother. What I told you then,
I hope I fhall have leifure to make good,

If this be not a Dream I fee and hear.

Ang. That is the Chain, Sir, which you had of me.
S. Ant. I think it be, Sir, I deny it not.

E. Ant. And you, Sir, for this Chain arrested me.
Ang. I think I did, Sir, I deny it not.

Adr. I fent you Mony, Sir, to be your Bail
By Dromie, but I think he brought it not.

E. Dro. No, none by me.

S. Ant. This Purfe of Duckets I receiv'd from you,

And Dromio, my Man, did bring them me:

I fee we ftill did meet each others Man,

And I was tane for him, and he for me,
And thereupon thefe Errors all arofe.

E. Ant. These Duckets pawn I for my Father here.
Duke. It fhall not need, thy Father hath his Life.
Cour. Sir, I must have that Diamond from you.

E. Ant. There take it, and much thanks for my good Cheer.

Abb. Renowned Duke, vouchfafe to take the Pains

Το

go

with us into the Abbey here,

And

And hear at large difcourfed all our Fortunes;
And all that are affembled in this place,
That by this fympathized one Day's Error
Have fuffered Wrong, go keep us Company,
And we fhall make full Satisfaction.

Thirty three Years have I been gone in Travel
Of you my Sons, and 'till this prefent Hour
My heavy Burthens are delivered:

The Duke, my Husband, and my Children both,
And you the Kalenders of their Nativity,

Go to a Goffip's Feaft, and go with me,
After fo long Grief of fuch Nativity.

Duke. With all my Heart I'll goffip at this Feaft.
Exeunt omnes. Manet, the two Antiph. and two Dromio's.
S. Dro. Mafter, fhall I fetch your Stuff from Shipboard?
E. Ant. Dromio, what Stuff of mine haft thou imbark'd?
S. Dro. Your Goods that lay at hoft, Sir, in the Centaur.
S. Ant. He speaks to me; I am your Mafter, Dromio.
Come go with us, we'll look to that anon;
Embrace thy Brother there, rejoice with him.

S. Dro. There is a fat Friend at your Master's House,
That kitchen'd me for you to Day at Dinner:
She now shall be my Sifter, not my Wife.

[Exit.

E. Dro. Methinks you are my Glafs, and not my Brother: I fee by you, I am a sweet fac'd Youth, Will you walk in to fee their Goffiping? S. Dro. Not I, Sir, you are my Elder.

E. Dro. That's a Question, how fhall I try it.

S. Dro. We'll draw Cuts for the Seniority; 'till then, lead thou firft.

E.Dro. Nay, then thus

[Embracing.

We came into the World like Brother and Brother:
And now lets go Hand in Hand, not one before another.

[Exeunt.

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