The Comedy of Errors


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Mistress, both man and master is possess'd;  
I know it by their pale and deadly looks:  
They must be bound and laid in some dark room.  
ANTIPHOLUS  
OF EPHESUS  
Say, wherefore didst thou lock me forth to-day?  
And why dost thou deny the bag of gold?  
ADRIANA  
I did not, gentle husband, lock thee forth.  
DROMIO OF EPHESUS  
And, gentle master, I received no gold;  
But I confess, sir, that we were lock'd out.  
ADRIANA  
Dissembling villain, thou speak'st false in both.  
ANTIPHOLUS  
OF EPHESUS  
Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all;  
And art confederate with a damned pack  
To make a loathsome abject scorn of me:  
But with these nails I'll pluck out these false eyes  
That would behold in me this shameful sport.  
Enter three or four, and offer to bind him. He strives  
ADRIANA  
O, bind him, bind him! let him not come near me.  
PINCH  
More company! The fiend is strong within him.  
LUCIANA  
Ay me, poor man, how pale and wan he looks!  
ANTIPHOLUS  
OF EPHESUS  
What, will you murder me? Thou gaoler, thou,  
I am thy prisoner: wilt thou suffer them  
To make a rescue?  
Officer  
Masters, let him go  
He is my prisoner, and you shall not have him.  
PINCH  
Go bind this man, for he is frantic too.  
They offer to bind Dromio of Ephesus  
ADRIANA  
What wilt thou do, thou peevish officer?  
Hast thou delight to see a wretched man  
Do outrage and displeasure to himself?  
Officer  


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