Speak, old Ægeon, if thou be'st the man That bore thee at a burden two fair fons : EGE. If I dream not, thou art Æmilia; ABB. By men of Epidamnum, he, and I, DUKE. Why, here begins his morning ftory right: ANT. S. No, fir, not I; I came from Syracufe. ANT. E. Brought to this town by that most famous warrior Duke Menaphon, your most renowned uncle. ADR. Which of you two did dine with me to-day? ADR. And are not you my husband? ANT. E. No, I fay nay to that. VOL. II. Rr ANT. S. And fo do I, yet did fhe call me so; ANG. That is the chain, fir, which you had of me. ADR. I fent you money, fir, to be your bail, ANT. S. This purse of ducats I receiv'd from you, ANT. E. Thefe ducats pawn I for my father here. ABB. Renowned duke, vouchsafe to take the pains To go with us into the abbey here, And hear at large difcourfed all our fortunes : And all that are assembled in this place, The duke, my husband, and my children both, And you the calendars of their nativity, Go to a goffip's feaft, and go with me; DUKE. With all my heart, I'll goffip at this feast. DRO. S. Master, fhall I fetch your stuff from shipboard? ANT. E. Dromio, what ftuff of mine haft thou em bark'd? DRO. S. Your goods, that lay at hoft, fir, in the Centaur. ANT. S. He fpeaks to me; I am your mafter, Dromio; Come, go with us; we'll look to that anon: Embrace thy brother there, rejoice with him. [Exeunt ANT. S. and E. ADR. and Luc. DRO. S. There is a fat friend at your master's house, That kitchen'd me for you to-day at dinner; She now shall be my fifter, not my wife. DRO. E. Methinks, you are my glafs, and not my brother: I fee by you, I am a fweet-faced youth. Will you walk in to see their goffiping? DRO. S. Not I, fir; you are my elder. DRO. E. That's a queftion: how fhall we try it? DRO. S. We will draw cuts for the senior: till then, lead thou first. DRO. E. Nay, then thus: We came into the world, like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another. [Exeunt. END OF VOLUME SECOND. |