Than you expect: unseal this letter soon;
There you shall find three of your argosies 276
Are richly come to harbour suddenly.
You shall not know by what strange accident
I chanced on this letter.
Ant.I am dumb.
Bass. Were you the doctor and I knew you not? 280
Gra. Were you the clerk that is to make me cuckold?
Ner. Ay; but the clerk that never means to do it,
Unless he live until he be a man.
Bass. Sweet doctor, you shall be my bedfellow: 284
When I am absent, then lie with my wife.
Ant. Sweet lady, you have given me life and living;
For here I read for certain that my ships
Are safely come to road.
Por.How now, Lorenzo! 288
My clerk hath some good comforts too for you.
Ner. Ay, and I'll give them him without a fee.
There do I give to you and Jessica,
From the rich Jew, a special deed of gift, 292
After his death, of all he dies possess'd of.
Lor. Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way
Of starved people.
Por.It is almost morning,
And yet I am sure you are not satisfied 296
Of these events at full. Let us go in;
And charge us there upon inter'gatories,
And we will answer all things faithfully.
Gra. Let it be so: the first inter'gatory 300
That my Nerissa shall be sworn on is,
Whether till the next night she had rather stay,
Or go to bed now, being two hours to day:
286 living: means of life
288 road: harbor
296, 297 satisfied . . . at full: fully informed
298 charge . . . upon inter'gatories: question us on oath
