—To wound Cleonte’s Brother. [Aside sighing.
Mar. Thou cam’st prepar’d to talk, and not to fight.
I cannot blame thee for’t, for were I Silvio,
Thus I would do to save a Life belov’d: [Offers to fight, Silvio steps back.
But ’twill not serve you now.
Silv. Your Reason, Sir, and I’m ready, if it be just.
Mar. Oh do not urge me to repeat my Wrongs,
For if thou dost, I hardly shall have Man enough remain
To fight thee fairly. [Offers still.
Silv. Surely he knows my Passion for Cleonte— [Aside.