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Pinch.

It is no shame; the fellow finds his vein,

And yielding to him, humors well his frenzy.

E. Ant.

Thou hast suborn’d the goldsmith to arrest me.

Adr.

Alas, I sent you money to redeem you,

By Dromio here, who came in haste for it.

E. Dro.

Money by me? Heart and good will you might,

But surely, master, not a rag of money.

E. Ant.

Went’st not thou to her for a purse of ducats?

Adr.

He came to me, and I deliver’d it.

Luc.

And I am witness with her that she did.

E. Dro.

God and the rope-maker bear me witness

That I was sent for nothing but a rope!

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.

E. Ant.

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.

E. Dro.

And, gentle master, I receiv’d no gold;

But I confess, sir, that we were lock’d out.

Adr.

Dissembling villain, thou speak’st false in both.