hee,
I conjure thee with resolution
To slay that monster! Do not fail to do it!
For, if thou dost, I would I had not spoke it.
CLIN. Now try me; and, when next we hap to meet,
The doctor lies stone dead at Clinton's feet.
MAR. Nay, now I see thou lov'st me.
CLIN. Say no more.
If thou dost loathe him, he shall die therefore.
MAR. To-morrow morning will he early rise
To see Earl Lacy: meet him in the cloister,
And make that place revenge his sanctuary.
This night will I break open all the trunks,
Rifle his caskets, rob him of his gold;
And all the doctor's treasure shall be thine.
If thou miscarry, yet this drink shall do it.
_Enter_ CASTILIANO.
CAS. My wife's impatience hath left me alone,
And made my servant run, I know not whither.
MAR. Peace! here is our eyesore. Clinton, leave us now.
CLIN. Nay, now occasion smiles, and I will do it.
[CLINTON _draweth his sword_.
MAR. Put up thy sword; be it thy morning's work:
Farewell to-night; but fail me not to-morrow.
CLIN. Farewell, my love. No rest shall close these eyes,
Until the morning peep; and then he dies.
[_Exit_ CLINTON.
CAS. [_Soliloq_.] Now I remember, I have quite outrun
My time prefix'd to dwell upon the earth:
Yet Akercock is absent: where is he?
O, I am glad I am so well near rid
Of my earth's plague and my lascivious dame.
MAR. Hath he discover'd my intendment,
That he presages his ensuing death?
I must break off these fearful meditations.
CAS. How shall I give my verdict up to Pluto
Of all these accidents?
MAR. Why, how now, man?
CAS. What, my dear dame! my reconciled spouse!
Upon my soul, my love to thee is more
Now at this present than 'twas e'er before.
MAR. He hath descried me sure, he sootheth me so! [_Aside_.]
CAS. I love thee now, because I now must leave thee.
This was the day of my nativity,
And therefore, sweet wife, let us revel it.
MAR. Nay, I have little cause to joy at all.
CAS. Thou Grossest still my mirth with discontents!
If ever heretofore I have displeas'd thee,
Sweet dame, I crave thy pardon now for all.
This is my birthday, girl, I must rejoice:
Ask what thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
MAR. Should I but ask to lead a quiet life,
You hardly would grant this unto your wife;
Much less a thing that were of more import.
CAS. Ask anything, and try if I'll deny thee.
MAR. O my poor Musgrave, how hast thou bee
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