Thu.
Sir Protheus, what says Silvia to my Suit?

Pro.
Oh, Sir, I find her milder than she was,
And yet she takes Exceptions at your Person.

Thu.
What, that my Leg is too long?

Pro.
No; that it is too little.

Thu.
I'll wear a Boot to make it somewhat rounder.

Pro.
But Love will not be spurr'd to what it loaths.

Thu.
What says she to my Face?

Pro.
She says it is a fair one.

Thu.
Nay, then the Wanton lies; my Face is black.

Pro.
But Pearls are fair; and the old Saying is,
Black Men are Pearls in beauteous Ladies Eyes.

Jul.
'Tis true, such Pearls as put out Ladies Eyes;

For I had rather wink than look on them. [Aside.

Thu.
How likes she my Discourse?

Pro.
Ill, when they talk of War,
But well when I discourse of Love and Peace.

Jul.
But better indeed when you hold your Peace.

Thu.
What says she to my Valour?

Pro.
Oh, Sir, she makes no doubt of that.

Jul.
She needs not, when she knows it Cowardise.

Thu.
What says she to my Birth?

Pro.
That you are well deriv'd.

Jul.
True; from a Gentleman to a Fool.

Thu.
Considers she my Possessions?

Pro.
Oh, ay, and pities them.

Thu.
Wherefore?

Jul.
That such an Ass should owe them.

Pro.
That they are out by Lease.

Jul.
Here comes the Duke. Enter Duke.

Duke.
How now, Sir Protheus? how now, Thurio?
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?

Thu.
Not I.

Pro.
Not I.

Duke.
Saw you my Daughter?

Pro.
Neither.

Duke.
Why then
She's fled unto the Pesant Valentine;
And Eglamour is in her Company:
'Tis true; for Friar Laurence met them both,
As he, in Penance, wander'd through the Forest:
Him he knew well, and guest that it was she;
But being mask'd, he was not sure of it.
Besides, she did intend Confession
At Patrick's Cell this Even, and there she was not:
These likelihoods confirm her Flight from hence.
Therefore I pray you stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently, and meet with me
Upon the Rising of the Mountain Foot
That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled.
Dispatch, sweet Gentlemen, and follow me. [Exit Duke.

Thu.
Why this it is to be a peevish Girl.
That flies her Fortune where it follows her:

I'll after, more to be reveng'd on Eglamour,
Than for the Love of wreckless Silvia.

Pro.
And I will follow, more for Silvia's Love,
Than Hate of Eglamour that goes with her.

Jul.
And I will follow, more to cross that Love,
Than Hate for Silvia, that is gone for Love. [Exeunt.

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