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Ang.

Well, sir, I will. Have you the chain about you?

E. Ant.

And if I have not, sir, I hope you have:

Or else you may return without your money.

Ang.

Nay, come, I pray you, sir, give me the chain:

Both wind and tide stays for this gentleman,

And I, to blame, have held him here too long.

E. Ant.

Good Lord! you use this dalliance to excuse

Your breach of promise to the Porpentine:

I should have chid you for not bringing it,

But like a shrew you first begin to brawl.

[2. E.] Mer.

The hour steals on, I pray you, sir, dispatch.

Ang.

You hear how he importunes me—the chain!

E. Ant.

Why, give it to my wife, and fetch your money.

Ang.

Come, come, you know I gave it you even now.

Either send the chain, or send me by some token.

E. Ant.

Fie, now you run this humor out of breath.

Come, where’s the chain? I pray you let me see it.

[2. E.] Mer.

My business cannot brook this dalliance.

Good sir, say whe’r you’ll answer me or no:

If not, I’ll leave him to the officer.

E. Ant.

I answer you? What should I answer you?