Vio.
Here comes the man, Sir, that did rescue me.

Duke.
That face of his I do remember well;
Yet when I saw it last, it was besmear'd,† ^note
As black as Vulcan, in the smoak of war:
A baubbling vessel was he captain of,
For shallow draught and bulk unprizable,
With which such scathful‡ ^note grapple did he make,
With the most noble bottom of our fleet,
That very envy and the tongue of loss,
Cry'd fame and honour on him. What's the matter?

1 Offi.
Orsino, this is that Antonio,
That took the Phœnix and her fraught from Candy;

And this is he that did the Tyger board,
When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:
Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state,
In private brabble§ ^note did we apprehend him.

Vio.
He did me kindness, Sir; drew on my side;
But in conclusion put strange speech upon me,
I know not what 'twas, but distraction.

Duke.
Notable pirate, thou salt-water thief,
What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies,
Whom thou in terms so bloody and so dear,
Hast made thine enemies?

Ant.
Noble Sir, Orsino,
Be pleas'd that I shake off these names you give me:
Antonio never yet was thief, or pirate;
Though I confess, on base and ground enough,
Orsino's enemy. A witchcraft drew me hither:
That most ungrateful boy there by your side,
From the rude sea's enrag'd and foamy mouth,
Did I redeem; a wreck past hope he was:
His life I gave him, and did thereto add
My love, without retention or restraint,
All this in dedication. For his sake,
Did I expose myself (pure for his love)
Into the danger of this adverse town,
Drew to defend him, when he was beset;
Where being apprehended, his false cunning
(Not meaning to partake with me in danger)
Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance,
And grew a twenty years removed thing,
While one would wink: deny'd me mine own purse,
Which I had recommended to his use,
Not half an hour before.

Vio.
How can this be?

Duke.
When came he to this town?

Ant.
To-day, my lord; and for three months before,
No interim, not a minute's vacancy,
Both day and night did we keep company.

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