Antinous: 

      Dear Sir,
      You new beget me now—­Madam your pardon,
      I heartily remit you.

Erota: 

      I as freely
      Discharge thee Cassilane.

Annophel: 

      My gracious Lords,
      Repute me not a blemish to my Sex,
      In that I strove to cure a desperate evil
      With a more violent remedy:  your lives,
      Your honours are your own.

Philander: 

      Then with consent
      Be reconcil’d on all sides:  Please you Fathers
      To take your places.

Possenne: 

      Let us again ascend,
      With joy and thankfulness to Heaven:  and now
      To other business Lords.

      [Enter Gaspero, and Melitus, with Gonzalo]

Melitus: 

      Two hours and more Sir,
      The Senate hath been set.

Gonzalo: 

      And I not know it? 
      Who sits with them?

Melitus: 

      My Lord, the Prince of Cyprus.

Gonzalo: 

      Gaspero,
      Why how comes that to pass?

Gaspero: 

      Some weighty cause
      I warrant you.

Gonzalo: 

      Now Lords the business? ha? 
      Who’s here, Erota?

Porphycio: 

      Secretarie do your charge
      Upon that Traitor.

Gonzalo: 

Traitor?
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Gaspero: 

      Yes, Gonzalo, Traitor,
      Of treason to the peace and state of Candy,
      I do arrest thee.

Gonzalo: 

      Me? thou Dog?

      [Enter Fernando, and Michael]

Michael: 

      With Licence
      From this grave Senate, I arrest thee likewise
      Of treason to the State of Venice.

Gonzalo: 

      Ha? 
      Is Michael here? nay then I see
      I am undone.

Erota: 

      I shall not be your Queen,
      Your Dutchess, or your Empress.

Gonzalo: 

      Dull, dull brain. 
      O I am fool’d!

Gaspero: 

      Look Sir, do you know this hand?

Michael: 

      Do you know this Seal?  First, Lords, he writes to Venice,
      To make a perfect league, during which time
      He would in private keep some Troops in pay,
      Bribe all the Centinels throughout this Kingdom,
      Corrupt the Captains; at a Banquet poyson
      The Prince, and greatest Peers, and in conclusion
      Yield Candy slave to Venice.

Gaspero: 

      Next, he contracted
      With the Illustrious Princess, the Lady Erota,
      In hope of marriage with her, to deliver
      All the Venetian gallantry, and strength,
      Upon their first arrival, to the mercy
      Of her and Candy.