ef would make me mad.
[_Exit_.
_Enter Melantius_.
_Mel_. I'le know the cause of all _Amintors_ griefs,
Or friendship shall be idle.
[_Enter Calianax_.
_Cal_. O _Melantius_, my Daughter will die.
_Mel_. Trust me, I am sorry; would thou hadst ta'ne her room.
_Cal_. Thou art a slave, a cut-throat slave, a bloody treacherous
slave.
_Melan_. Take heed old man, thou wilt be heard to rave,
And lose thine Offices.
_Cal_. I am valiant grown
At all these years, and thou art but a slave.
_Mel_. Leave, some company will come, and I respect
Thy years, not thee so much, that I could wish
To laugh at thee alone.
_Cal_. I'le spoil your mirth, I mean to fight with thee;
There lie my Cloak, this was my Fathers Sword,
And he durst fight; are you prepar'd?
_Mel_. Why? wilt thou doat thy self out of thy life?
Hence get thee to bed, have careful looking to, and eat
warm things, and trouble not me: my head is full of
thoughts more weighty than thy life or death can be.
_Cal_. You have a name in War, when you stand safe
Amongst a multitude; but I will try
What you dare do unto a weak old man
In single fight; you'l ground I fear: Come draw.
_Mel_. I will not draw, unless thou pul'st thy death
Upon thee with a stroke; there's no one blow
That thou canst give, hath strength enough to kill me.
Tempt me not so far then; the power of earth
Shall not redeem thee.
_Cal_. I must let him alone,
He's stout and able; and to say the truth,
However I may set a face, and talk,
I am not valiant: when I was a youth,
I kept my credit with a testie trick I had,
Amongst cowards, but durst never fight.
_Mel_. I will not promise to preserve your life if you do stay.
_Cal_. I would give half my Land that I durst fight with
that proud man a little: if I had men to hold, I would
beat him, till he ask m
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