ACT IV
Scene I
Enter Brennoralt
Bren. Why so, 'tis well. Fortune, I thank thee still.
I dare not call thee villain neither: 'twas
Plotted from the first, that's certain; it looks that way.
Hum!
Caught in a trap. Here's something yet to trust to.[To his sword5
This was the entry, these the stairs;
But whither afterwards?
He that is sure to perish on the land
May quit the nicety of card and compass;
And safe, to his discretion, put to sea:10
He shall have my hand to't.[Exit
Enter Raguelin and Orilla the waiting-woman
Rag. Look! by this light, 'tis day.
Ori. Not by this; by t'other 'tis indeed.
Rag. Thou art such another piece of temptation. My
lord raves by this time. A hundred to one, the sentinels15
will discover us too: then I do pay for night-watch.
Ori. Fie upon thee! thou art as fearful as a young colt.
Bogglest at everything, fool? As if lovers had consider'd
hours! I'll peep in.[She peeps
Rag. I am as weary of this wench as if I were married20
to her. She hangs upon me like an ape upon a horse.
She's as common, too, as a barber's glass; conscienc'd, too,
like a dy-dapper!
Ori. There's nobody within: my lady sleeps this hour at
least.25
Rag. Good, the devil's even with me: not be an honest
man neither. What course now?
Re-enter Brennoralt and a Guard
1st Sol. Nay, sir, we shall order you now.
Bren. Dogs!
Enter Fresolin
Fre. What tumult's this?—ha! Brennoralt! 'tis he30
In spite of his disguise: what makes he here?
He's lost for ever, if he be discover'd;
How now, companions, why do you use my friend thus?
