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Adriana. To fetch my poor distracted husband hence.
Let us come in, that we may bind him fast 40
And bear him home for his recovery.
Angelo. I knew he was not in his perfect wits.
2 Merchant. I am sorry now that I did draw on him.
Abbess. How long hath this possession held the man?
Adriana. This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad,
And much different from the man he was;
But till this afternoon his passion
Ne'er brake into extremity of rage.
Abbess. Hath he not lost much wealth by wrack of sea?
Buried some dear friend? Hath not else his eye 50
Stray'd his affection in unlawful love?
A sin prevailing much in youthful men,
Who give their eyes the liberty of gazing.
Which of these sorrows is he subject to?
Adriana. To none of these, except it be the last;
Namely, some love that drew him oft from home.
Abbess. You should for that have reprehended him.
Adriana. Why, so I did.
Abbess. Ay, but not rough enough.
Adriana. As roughly as my modesty would let me.
Abbess. Haply, in private.
Adriana. And in assemblies too. 60
Abbess. Ay, but not enough.
Adriana. It was the copy of our conference:
In bed he slept not for my urging it;
At board he fed not for my urging it;
Alone, it was the subject of my theme;
In company I often glanced it;
Still did I tell him it was vile and bad.
Abbess. And thereof came it that the man was mad.
The venom clamours of a jealous woman
Poisons more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. 70
It seems his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing,

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Comedy of Errors. Contributors: William J. Rolfe - editor, William Shakespeare - author. Publisher: Harper & Brothers. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1894. Page Number: 85.
    
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