Margarita:
I do command ye
from me, thou poor fellow,
Thou cozen’d
Fool.
Leon:
Thou cozen’d
Fool? ’tis not so,
I will not be
commanded: I am above ye:
You may divorce
me from your favour, Lady,
But from your
state you never shall, I’ll hold that,
And then maintain
your wantonness, I’ll wink at it.
Margarita:
Am I braved thus in mine own house?
Leon:
’Tis mine,
Madam,
205] You are deceiv’d, I am Lord of it, I rule
it and all that’s in’t;
You have nothing
to do here, Madam;
But as a Servant
to sweep clean the Lodgings,
And at my farther
will to do me service,
And so I’ll
keep it.
Margarita:
As you love me, give way.
Leon:
It shall be better,
I will give none,
Madam,
I stand upon the
ground of mine own Honour,
And will maintain
it, you shall know me now
To be an understanding
feeling man,
And sensible of
what a Woman aims at,
A young proud
Woman that has Will to sail with,
An itching Woman,
that her blood provokes too,
I cast my Cloud
off, and appear my self,
The master of
this little piece of mischief,
And I will put
a Spell about your feet, Lady,
They shall not
wander but where I give way now.
Duke of Medina:
Is this the Fellow
that the People pointed at,
For the meer sign
of man, the walking Image?
He speaks wondrous
highly.
Leon:
As a Husband ought,
Sir,
In his own house,
and it becomes me well too,
I think your Grace
would grieve if you were put to it
To have a Wife
or Servant of your own,
(For Wives are
reckon’d in the rank of Servants,)
Under your own
roof to command ye.
Juan de Castro:
Brave, a strange
Conversion, thou shalt lead
In chief now.
Duke of Medina:
Is there no difference betwixt her and you, Sir?
Leon:
Not now, Lord,
my Fortune makes me even,
And as I am an
honest man, I am nobler.
Margarita:
Get me my Coach.
Leon:
Let me see who
dares get it
Till I command,
I’ll make him draw your Coach too,
And eat your Coach,
(which will be hard diet)
That executes
your Will; or take your Coach, Lady,
I give you liberty,
and take your People
Which I turn off,
and take your Will abroad with ye,
Take all these
freely, but take me no more,
206] And so farewel.
Duke of Medina:
Nay, Sir, you
shall not carry it
So bravely off,
you shall not wrong a Lady
In a high huffing
strain, and think to bear it,
We stand not by
as Bawds to your brave fury,
To see a Lady
weep.