Pro. My brother, and thy uncle, call'd An tonio, I pray thee, mark me,—that a brother should Without a parallel; those being all my study, And to my state grew stranger, being transported, Mir. Sir, most heedfully. Pro. Being once perfected how to grant suits, How to deny them; whom to advance, and whom To trash 1 for over-topping; new created The creatures that were mine; I say, or changed them, Or else new form'd them: having both the key And suck'd my verdure out on 't.-Thou attend'st To closeness, and the bettering of my mind A falsehood, in its contrary as great As my trust was, which had, indeed, no limit, But what my power might else exact,-like one, To credit his own lie,-he did believe He was indeed the duke; out of the substitution,2 With all prerogative :-Hence his ambition Mir. Your tale, sir, would cure deafness. Pro. To have no screen between this part he play'd And him he play'd it for, he needs will be 1 Without. 2 From being the substitute. Mir. O the heavens ! Pro. Mark his condition, and the event; then tell me, If this might be a brother. Mir. I should sin To think but nobly of my grandmother: Pro. Now the condition. This king of Naples, being an enemy To me inveterate, hearkens my brother's suit; 2 Of homage, and I know not how much tribute,— The gates of Milan; and, i' the dead of darkness, Mir. Will Alack, for pity! I, not remembering how I cried out then, Pro, Hear a little further, And then I'll bring thee to the present business Which now's upon us; without the which, this story 1 Otherwise than. 2 In consideration of the foregoing. 3 Suggestion. * Squeezes the water out of them. My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst not; (So dear the love my people bore me) nor set Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Mir. Alack! what trouble O! a cherubim Was I then to you! Pro. Thou wast, that did preserve me! Thou didst smile, Infused with a fortitude from heaven, When I have deck'd 2 the sea with drops full salt; Under my burden groan'd; which raised in me An undergoing stomach,3 to bear up Against what should ensue. Mir. How came we ashore? Pro. By Providence divine. 1 In short. 2 Covered. 3 A stubborn resolution. Some food we had, and some fresh water, that Out of his charity, (who being then appointed Rich garments, linens, stuffs, and necessaries, ness, Knowing I loved my books, he furnish'd me, I prize above Mir. my dukedom. 'Would I might Now I arise: But ever see that man! Pro. Sit still, and hear the last of our sea-sorrow. Have I, thy schoolmaster, made thee more profit Mir. Heavens thank you for 't! And now, I pray you, sir, (For still 'tis beating in my mind) your reason For raising this sea-storm? Pro. Know thus far forth.— By accident most strange, bountiful Fortune, Now, my dear lady, hath mine enemies A most auspicious star; whose influence, Will ever after droop.-Here cease more questions; |