The Two Noble Kinsmen.
650Iailor. Wel, we will talke more of this, when the
solemnity
651Is pa
st; But have you a full promi
se of her?
653When that
shall be
seene, I tender my con
sent.
654Wooer. I have Sir; here
shee comes.
655Iailor. Your Friend and I have chanced to name
656You here, upon the old bu
sines: But no more of that.
657Now,
so
soone as the Court hurry is over, we will
658Have an end of it: I'th meane time looke tenderly
659To the two Pri
soners. I can tell you they are princes.
660Daug. The
se
strewings are for their Chamber; tis pitty they
661Are in pri
son, and twer pitty they
should be out: I
662Doe thinke they have patience to make any adver
sity
663A
sham'd; the pri
son it
selfe is proud of 'em; and
664They have all the world in their Chamber.
665Iailor. They are fam'd to be a paire of ab
solute men.
666Daugh. By my troth, I think Fame but
stammers 'em, they
667Stand a grei
se above the reach of report.
668Iai. I heard them reported in the Battaile, to be the only
(doers. 669Daugh. Nay mo
st likely, for they are noble
su
ffrers; I
670Mervaile how they would have lookd had they beene
671Vi
ctors, that with
such a con
stant Nobility, enforce
672A freedome out of Bondage, making mi
sery their
673Mirth, and a
ffli
ction, a toy to je
st at.
675Daug. It
seemes to me they have no more
sence of their
676Captivity, then I of ruling Athens: they eate
677Well, looke merrily, di
scour
se of many things,
678But nothing of their owne re
straint, and di
sa
sters:
679Yet
sometime a devided
sigh, martyrd as twer
680I'th deliverance, will breake from one of them.
681When the other pre
sently gives it
so
sweete a rebuke,
682That I could wi
sh my
selfe a Sigh to be
so chid,
683Or at lea
st a Sigher to be comforted.
684Wooer. I never
saw'em.
685Iailor. The Duke him
selfe came privately in the night,
686Enter Palamon, and Arcite, above. 687And
so did they, what the rea
son of it is, I
Know