Act 5. Scene 7.
Friswood and Rebecca.
Fris.
It was well I sent for thee Neece, to helpe me decke the Bride here; and that the jealous foole thy husband thinkes thou art gone astray the while; it will be a meanes for thee to take thy liberty another night, and pay him home indeed, when he shall not have the power to mistrust thee: it is the common conditi∣on of Cuckolds to mistrust so much afore hand, that when they are Du•…•…'d indeed, they have not a glympse of suspition left.
Reb.
Their hornes hang i•…•… their light then; but truely Aunt, for mine owne part, I had rather my husband should be jealous stil then be cur'd in that right kinde; though I confesse the ends of all my longings, and the vexations I have put him to
Were but to run his jealousie out of breath,
And make him pant under the frivolous weight
He beares; that is, a Cuckold in conceit;
Which without doubt he labours with by this time:
And when he finds me cleare, twill be as well:
(I hope) and better then if it were done
By the broad way of foule pollution.
Fris.
Nay I doe not perswade you, take the downe-right way,