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Which of you saw Eglamour of late?

Thu.

Not I.

Pro.

Nor I.

Duke.

Saw you my daughter?

Pro.

Neither.

Duke.

Why then

She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine;

And Eglamour is in her company.

’Tis true; for Friar Laurence met them both,

As he in penance wander’d through the forest;

Him he knew well, and guess’d that it was she,

But being mask’d, he was not sure of it;

Besides, she did intend confession

At Patrick’s cell this even, and there she was not.

These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence:

Therefore I pray you stand not to discourse,

But mount you presently and meet with me

Upon the rising of the mountain foot

That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled.

Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me.

[Exit.]

Thu.

Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,

That flies her fortune when it follows her.

I’ll after, more to be reveng’d on Eglamour

Than for the love of reckless Silvia.

[Exit.]

Pro.

And I will follow, more for Silvia’s love

Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her.