Pinch. Mistress, both man and master is possess'd;

I know it by their pale and deadly looks:
They must be bound, and laid in some dark room.
Ant. E. Say, wherefore didst thou lock me
forth to-day?

And why dost thou deny the bag of gold?
Adr. I did not, gentle husband, lock thee
forth.

Dro. E. And, gentle master, I received no gold;

But I confess, sir, that we were lock'd out. Adr. Dissembling villain, thou speak'st false in both.

Ant. E. Dissembling harlot, thou art false in

all;

And art confederate with a damned pack,
To make a loathsome abject scorn of me :
But with these nails I'll pluck out those false

eyes,

That would behold in me this shameful sport. Adr. O, bind him, bind him, let him not come

near me.

Pinch. More company! the fiend is strong within him.

[Enter three or four, and offer to bind him. He strives.

Luc. Ah me, poor man! how pale and wan

he looks!

Ant. E. What, will you murder me? Thou gaoler, thou,

I am thy prisoner: wilt thou suffer them

To make a rescue ?

Off

Masters, let him go:

He is my prisoner, and you shall not have him.

Pinch. Go, bind this man, for he is frantic too. [They offer to bind DRO. E.

Adr. What wilt thou do, thou peevish officer? Hast thou delight to see a wretched man Do outrage and displeasure to himself?

Off. He is my prisoner; if I let him go, The debt he owes will be required of me.

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 master doctor, see him safe convey'd Home to my house. O most unhappy day! Ant. E. O most unhappy strumpet!

Dro. E. Master, I am here entered in bond for you.

Ant. E. Out on thee, villain! wherefore dost thou mad me?

Dro. E. Will you be bound for nothing? be mad, good master; cry, the devil!—

Luc. God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!

Adr. Go bear him hence.--Sister, go you with

me.

[Exeunt PINCH and Assistants, with ANT. E.

and DRO. E.

Say now, whose suit is he arrested at ?

Off. One Angelo, a goldsmith.

him?

Adr. I know the man.

owes?

Do you know

What is the sum he

Say, how grows it due?

Off. Two hundred ducats.

Adr.

Off. Due for a chain your husband had of

him.

Adr. He did bespeak a chain for me, but had

it not.

Cour. Whenas your husband, all in rage, to

day, Came to my house, and took away my ring, (The ring I saw upon his finger now,) Straight after, did I meet him with a chain.

Adr. It may be so, but I did never see it :— Come, gaoler, bring me where the goldsmith is; I long to know the truth hereof at large.

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

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

To have them bound again.

Off.

Away, they'll kill us.

[Exeunt all but ANT. S. and DRO. S. Ant. S. I see, 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 safe and sound aboard.

Dro. S. Faith, stay here this night, they will surely do us. no harm; you see they speak us fair, give us gold: methinks they are such 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 still, and turn witch.

Ant. S. I will not stay to-night for all the

town;

Therefore away, to get our stuff aboard.

[Exeunt.

ACT V.

SCENE I.-A street before an Abbey.

Enter Merchant and ANGELO.

Angelo.

AM sorry, sir, that I have hinder'd you;
But, I protest, he had the chain of me,
Though most dishonestly he doth deny

it.

Mer. How is the man esteem'd here in the city? Ang. Of very reverent reputation, sir,

Of credit infinite, highly beloved,

Second to none that lives here in the city;
His word might bear my wealth at any time.
Mer. Speak softly; yonder, as I think, he
walks.

Enter ANTIPHOLUS and DROMIO of Syracuse. Ang. 'Tis so; and that self chain about his neck,

Which he forswore, most monstrously, to have.
Good sir, draw near to me, I'll speak to him.
Signior Antipholus, I wonder much

That you would put me to this shame and trouble;
And not without some scandal to yourself,
With circumstance and oaths, so to deny
This chain, which now you wear so openly:
Beside the charge, the shame, imprisonment,
You have done wrong to this my honest friend;
Who, but for staying on our controversy,
Had hoisted sail, and put to sea 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, sir; and forswore it

too.

Ant. S. Who heard me to deny it, or forswear it?

Mer. These ears of mine, thou knowest, did hear thee:

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

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 sake; he is mad;

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

This is some priory.-In, or we are spoil'd.

[Exeunt ANT. S. and DRO. S. to the Priory.

Enter the Abbess.

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.

Ang. I knew he was not in his perfect wits.
Mer. I am sorry now that I did draw on him.
Abb. How long hath this possession held the
man?

Adr. This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad,