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High commendation, true applause, and love,

Yet such is now the Duke’s condition

That he misconsters all that you have done.

The Duke is humorous—what he is indeed

More suits you to conceive than I to speak of.

Orl.

I thank you, sir; and pray you tell me this:

Which of the two was daughter of the Duke,

That here was at the wrastling?

Le Beau.

Neither his daughter, if we judge by manners,

But yet indeed the [smaller] is his daughter.

The other is daughter to the banish’d Duke,

And here detain’d by her usurping uncle

To keep his daughter company, whose loves

Are dearer than the natural bond of sisters.

But I can tell you that of late this Duke

Hath ta’en displeasure ’gainst his gentle niece,

Grounded upon no other argument

But that the people praise her for her virtues,

And pity her for her good father’s sake;

And on my life his malice ’gainst the lady

Will suddenly break forth. Sir, fare you well.

Hereafter, in a better world than this,

I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.