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Act. V. Scen. IIII.
PAMPHILUS. PARMENO. BACCHIS.
Pam.
Look to it, my Parmeno, again I pray thee, that thou bring me these things true and evident,
Lest you cast me for this short time into a fools para∣dise.
Par.
I have look't to it.
Pam.
Is it true?
Par.
True indeed.
Pam.
I am happie, if it be so.
Par.
You will finde it true.
Pam.
Tarrie a while, I pray you; I am affraid, left I believe one thing, and you tell me another.
Par.
[line 5] I tarrie.
Pam.
I think you said thus: that Myrrhina hath found
That Bacchis hath her ring.
Par.
I did so.
Pam.
That which I gave her long ago;
And did she bid you to tell me this? is it done so?
Par.
Yes so, I say.
Pam.
Who is more happie then I? and fuller also of good luck?
What should I bestow on you for this news? what? what? I know not.
Par.
[line 10] But I know.
Pam.
What?
Par.
Nothing forsooth;
For I know not what benefit there is to you, either in my message, or in my self.
Pam.
Should I suffer you to go away from me without a reward,
Who have fetcht me back, being a dead man, from hells darkness to light? ab, you think me too ingrateful.
But behold I see Bacchis stand before the door,
[line 15] I think she tarries for me, I will go to her.
Ba.
God save you, Pamphilus,
Pam.
O Bacchis, O my Bacchis, the preserver of my life.
Ba.
It is well done, and it is a pleasure to me.
Pam.
You make me be∣lieve you by your doings,
And withal you keep your old grace,
That your meeting, your discourse, your coming, is always pleasant,
[line 20] Whithersoever you come.
Ba.
And you indeed keep your old w••nt and disposition,
That there is not any one man among all men alive more fair-spoken then you.