Mir. He is not dead.—Beshrew my heart, she stirs me!

[Aside.

Ori. He is dead to me.

Mir. Is’t possible my nature
Should be so damnable, to let her suffer?—
Give me your hand.

Ori. How soft you feel, how gentle!
I’ll tell you your fortune, friend.

Mir. How she stares on me!

Ori. You have a flattering face, but ’tis a fine one;
I warrant you may have a hundred sweethearts.
Will ye pray for me? I shall die to-morrow;
And will ye ring the bells?

Mir. I am most unworthy,
I do confess, unhappy. Do you know me?

Ori. I would I did!

Mir. Oh, fair tears, how ye take me!

Ori. Do ye weep too? You have not lost your lover?
You mock me; I’ll go home and pray.

Mir. Pray you pardon me;
Or, if it please you to consider justly,
Scorn me, for I deserve it; scorn and shame me,
Sweet Oriana!

Lil. Let her alone; she trembles:
Her fits will grow more strong, if ye provoke her.

La Ca. Certain she knows you not, yet loves to see you.
How she smiles now!

Enter Belleur.

Bel. Where are ye? Oh, why do not you laugh? Come, laugh at me!
Why ’a devil art thou sad, and such a subject,
Such a ridiculous subject, as I am,
Before thy face?

Mir. Pr’ythee put off this lightness;
This is no time for mirth, nor place; I have used too much on’t:
I have undone myself, and a sweet lady,
By being too indulgent to my foolery,
Which truly I repent. Look here!

Bel. What ails she?

Mir. Alas, she is mad.

Bel. Mad?

Mir. Yes, too sure; for me too.

Bel. Dost thou wonder at that? By this good light, they are all so;
They are cozening mad, they are brawling mad, they are proud mad;
They are all, all mad. I came from a world of mad women,
Mad as March hares: Get ’em in chains, then deal with ’em.
There’s one that’s mad; she seems well, but she is dog-mad.
Is she dead, dost think?

Mir. Dead? Heaven forbid!

Bel. Heaven further it!
For, till they be key-cold dead, there’s no trusting of ’em
Whate’er they seem, or howsoe’er they carry it,
Till they be chap-fall’n, and their tongues at peace,
Nail’d in their coffins sure, I’ll ne’er believe ’em.
Shall I talk with her?