The Laws of Candy Part 17

[Exit.

Arcanes:

He's gone; Chaf'd beyond sufferance; we must follow him.

Decius:

Lady, this Letter is to you.

Annophel:

Come with me, For we must speak in private; 'please you, Sir, To see what entertainment our sad house Can yield?

[Exit.

Fernando:

I shall attend you, Lady.

Gaspero:

How do you like To sojourn here, my Lord?

Fernando:

More than to feast With all the Princes of the Earth besides: _Gonzalo_ told me that thou wert honest.

Gaspero:

Yes Sir, And you shall find it.

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Fernando:

Shall I?

Gaspero:

All my follies Be else recorded to my shame.

Fernando:

Enough, My heart is here for ever lodg'd.

Gaspero:

The Lady.

Fernando:

The place admits no time to utter all, But _Gaspero_ if thou wilt prove my friend, I'll say thou art--

Gaspero:

Your Servant; I conceive ye, We'll chuse some fitter leisure.

Fernando:

Never man Was (in a moment) or more bless'd or wretched.

[Exeunt.

[Enter _Hyparcha_ (placing two Chairs) _Antinous_, and _Erota_.]

Erota:

Leave us.

Hyparcha:

I shall.

[Exit.

Erota:

_Antinous_, sit down.

Antinous:

Madam.

Erota:

I say sit down, I do command you sit; For look what honour thou dost gain by me, I cannot lose it: happy _Antinous_, The graces and the higher Deities Smil'd at thy Birth, and still continue it: Then think that I (who scorn lesser examples) Must do the like: such as do taste my power, And talk of it with fear and reverence, Shall do the same unto the man I favour.

I tell thee Youth, thou hast a conquest won, Since thou cam'st home, greater than that last, Which dignified thy Fame, greater than if Thou should'st go out again, and conquer farther; For I am not ashamed to acknowledge My self subdued by thee.

Antinous:

Great Lady--

Erota:

Sit still, I will not hear thee else; now speak, And speak like my _Antinous_, like my Souldier, Whom _Cupid_, and not _Mars_ hath sent to Battel.

Antinous:

I must (I see) be silent.

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