And fo of these which is the natural man,
And which the fpirit? who deciphers them?

S. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio; command him away.
E. Dro. I, Sir, am Dromio; pray let me stay.
S. Ant. Ægeon, art thou not? or else his ghost?
S. Dro. O, my old mafter! who hath bound him
here?

Abb. Whoever bound him, I will loofe his bonds; And gain a husband by his liberty.

Speak, old Ægeon, if thou be'ft the man,

That hadft a wife once call'd Emilia,

That bore thee. at a burden two fair fons ?
Oh, if thou be'ft the fame Egeon, speak;
And speak unto the fame Emilia.

Duke. Why, here begins his morning story right:
These two Antipholis's, these two fo like,
And those two Dromio's, one in semblance;
Besides her urging of her wreck at fea,

These plainly are the parents of these children,
Which accidentally are met together.

Egeon. If I dream not, thou art Æmilia;
If thou art fhe, tell me where is that fon
That floated with thee on the fatal raft.

Abb. By men of Epidamnum, he and I,
And the twin Dromio, all were taken up;
But, by and by, rude fishermen of Corinth
By force took Dromio, and my fon from them,
And me they left with thofe of Epidamnum.
What then became of them, I cannot tell;
I, to this fortune that you fee me in.

Duke. Antipbolis, thou cam'ft from Corinth first.
S. Ant. No, Sir, not I; I came from Syracufe.
Duke. Stay, ftand apart; I know not, which is which.
E. Ant. I came from Corinth, my most gracious
Lord.

E. Dro. And I with him.

E. Ant. Brought to this town by that most famous

warrior,

Duke Menaphon, your most renowned uncle.
Adr. Which of you two did dine with me to day?
S. Ant. I, gentle mistress.

Adr. And are not you my husband?

E. Ant. No, I say nay to that.

S. Ant. And fo do I, yet fhe did call me fo:
And this fair gentlewoman, her fifter here,
Did call me brother. What I told you then,
I hope, I fhall have leifure to make good,
If this be not a dream, I fee and hear.

Ang. That is the chain, Sir, which you had of me.
S. Ant. I think it be, Sir, I deny it not.

E. Ant. And you, Sir, for this chain arrested me. Ang. I think, I did, Sir; I deny it not. Adr. I fent you mony, Sir, to be your bail, By Dromio; but, I think, he brought it not. E. Dro. No, none by me.

S. Ant. This purfe of ducats I receiv'd from you,
And Dremio my man did bring them me;
I fee, we ftill did meet each other's man,
And I was ta'en for him, and he for me,
And thereupon thefe Errors all arofe.

E. Ant. Thefe ducats pawn I for my father here.
Duke. It fhall not need, thy father hath his life.
Cour. Sir, I must have that diamond from you.
E. Ant. There, take it; and much thanks for my
good cheer.

Abb. Renowned Duke, vouchfafe to take the pains To go with us into the abbey here,

And here at large difcourfed all our fortunes:

And all that are affembled in this place,

That by this fympathized one day's Error
Have fuffer'd wrong; go, keep us company,
And ye fhall have full fatisfaction.

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* Twenty-five years have I but gone in travel

4 In former Editions:

Of

impoffible the Poet could be fo

Thirty-three years. ] 'Tis forgetful, as to defign this Num

ber

Of you my fons; nor, 'till this prefent hour,
My heavy burdens are delivered:

The Duke, my husband, and my children both,
And you the calendars of their nativity,

Go to a goffip's feaft and go with me:
After fo long grief fuch nativity! "

Duke. With all my heart, I'll goffip at this feast.

[Exeunt.

SCENE

VIII.

Manent the two Antipholis's, and two Dromio's.

S. Dro. Mafter, fhall I fetch your stuff from shipboard?

E. Ant.. Dromio, what ftuff of mine haft thou im-
bark'd?

S. Dro. Your goods, that lay at hoft, Sir, in the
Centaur.

S. Ant. He fpeaks to me; I am your master,

Dromio.

Come, go with us, we'll look to that anon;
Embrace thy brother there, rejoice with him.

[Exeunt. Antipholis S. and E.
S. Dro. There is a fat friend at your mafter's house,
That kitchen'd me for you to day at dinner;
She now fhall be my fifter, not my wife.

E. Dro. Methinks, you are my glass, and not my brother:

I fee by you, I am a sweet-fac'd youth :
Will you walk in to fee their goffiping?
S. Dro. Not I, Sir; you are my elder.
E. Dro. That's a question:

How fhall I try it?

S. Dro. We'll draw cuts for the senior: 'Till then, lead thou first.

E. Dro. Nay, then thus

[Embracing.

We came into the world, like brother and brother: And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

[Exeunt.

MUCH

MUCH A DO

ABOUT

NOTH IN G.