But here must end the story of my life; And happy were I in my timely death, Duke. Hapless Egeon, whom the fates have mark'd To bear the extremity of dire mishap! Gaol. I will, my lord. Æge. Hopeless and helpless doth geon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. SCENE II. The Mart. [Exeunt. Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse, DROMIO of First Mer. Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum, 139. timely, early. 151. limit thee this day, appoint this day as thy limit. Scene II. ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse. In F1 he is here 140 150 called A. Erotes, probably a corruption of Erraticus, Antipholus of Ephesus in Sc. iii. being similarly introduced as Sereptus (for Surreptus). Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. And, not being able to buy out his life Ant. S. Go bear it to the Centaur, where we host, And stay there, Dromio, till I come to thee. Till that, I'll view the manners of the town, Dro. S. Many a man would take you at your word, And go indeed, having so good a mean. Ant. S. A trusty villain, sir, that very oft, When I am dull with care and melancholy, Lightens my humour with his merry jests. What, will you walk with me about the town, And then go to my inn and dine with me? [Exit. First Mer. I am invited, sir, to certain merchants, Of whom I hope to make much benefit; I crave your pardon. Soon at five o'clock, ΤΟ 20 Ant. S. Farewell till then: I will go lose myself 30 And wander up and down to view the city. 9. host, lodge. 18. mean, means. 19. villain, rogue (in playful sense). 26. Soon at five o'clock, about five. First Mer. Sir, I commend you to your own content. [Exit. Ant. S. He that commends me to mine own content Commends me to the thing I cannot get. I to the world am like a drop of water Enter DROMIO of Ephesus. Here comes the almanac of my true date. What now? how chance thou art return'd so soon? too late : The capon burns, the pig falls from the spit, The meat is cold because you come not home; Ant. S. Stop in your wind, sir: tell me this, I pray : Where have you left the money that I gave you? To pay the saddler for my mistress' crupper? Ant. S. I am not in a sportive humour now: 40 50 41. the almanac, etc.; Dromio of Syracuse having been born in the same hour with himself. Tell me, and dally not, where is the money? Dro. E. I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner : For she will score your fault upon my pate. Methinks your maw, like mine, should be your clock And strike you home without a messenger. Ant. S. Come, Dromio, come, these jests are out of season; Reserve them till a merrier hour than this. Where is the gold I gave in charge to thee? to me. Ant. S. Come on, sir knave, have done your foolishness And tell me how thou hast disposed thy charge. Dro. E. My charge was but to fetch you from the mart Home to your house, the Phoenix, sir, to dinner: Ant. S. Now, as I am a Christian, answer me Some of my mistress' marks upon my shoulders, 70 80 64. post indeed, i.e. like the post in a tavern on which the score was chalked. Ant. S. Thy mistress' marks? what mistress, slave, hast thou? Dro. E. Your worship's wife, my mistress at the Phoenix; She that doth fast till you come home to dinner And prays that you will hie you home to dinner. Ant. S. What, wilt thou flout me thus unto my face, Being forbid? There, take you that, sir knave. Dro. E. What mean you, sir? for God's sake, hold your hands! Nay, an you will not, sir, I'll take my heels. [Exit. They say this town is full of cozenage, [Exit. SCENE I. ACT II. The house of ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus. Enter ADRIANA and LUCIANA. Adr. Neither my husband nor the slave return'd, 96. o'er-raught, overreached. 97. cozenage, cheating. 102. liberties of sin, licensed sinners (abstract for concrete); 'licensed,' in so far as their occu pations were recognised callings. |