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E. Dro.

I buy a thousand pound a year! I buy a rope!

Exit Dromio.

E. Ant.

A man is well holp up that trusts to you:

I promised your presence and the chain,

But neither chain nor goldsmith came to me:

Belike you thought our love would last too long

If it were chain’d together, and therefore came not.

Ang.

Saving your merry humor, here’s the note

How much your chain weighs to the utmost charect,

The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion,

Which doth amount to three odd ducats more

Than I stand debted to this gentleman.

I pray you see him presently discharg’d,

For he is bound to sea, and stays but for it.

E. Ant.

I am not furnish’d with the present money:

Besides, I have some business in the town.

Good signior, take the stranger to my house,

And with you take the chain, and bid my wife

Disburse the sum on the receipt thereof.

Perchance I will be there as soon as you.

Ang.

Then you will bring the chain to her yourself?

E. Ant.

No, bear it with you, lest I come not time enough.