Archidamus, Cleora.
Archida. Thou art thine owne disposer. Were his honours
And glories centupled, (as I must confesse,
Leoſthenes is most worthy) yet I will not,
How euer I may counſaile, force affection.
| Cleora. It needs not, Sir, I prize him to his worth, | 5 |
As I am free from violence, in a thought
I am not guilty.
Archida. 'Tis beleeu'd Cleora,
| And much the rather, (our great gods be prais'd for't) | 10 |
As if I had beene present.
Cleora. May that moue you
To pitty poore Marullo.
Archida. 'Tis my purpose
| To doe him all the good I can, Cleora; | 15 |
Must haue a publique triall. In the mean time
Be carefull of your selfe, and stand ingag'd
No farther to Leoſthenes, then you may
| Come off with honour: For, being once his wife, | 20 |
And not dispute'em; e're it be to late,
Confider it duly. I must to the Senate.
Exit Archida.
| Cleora. I am much distracted; in Leoſthenes | 25 |
But his excesse of loue, which I haue studied
To cure with more then common meanes, yet still
It growes vpon him. And if I may call
| My suffrings merit, I stand bound to thinke on | 30 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Bondman: an Antient Storie.
Contributors: Philip C. Massinger - Editor, Benjamin Townley Spencer - Editor, Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund, University of Cincinnati Graduate School - OrganizationName.
Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ.
Publication year: 1932.
Page number: 143.
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