Bar. This shall follow then; There have I hid, close underneath the plank That runs along the upper chamber floor, The gold and jewels which I kept for thee. But here they come; be cunning, Abigail.
Abig. Then, father, go with me.
Bar. No, Abigail, in this300 It is not necessary I be seen: For I will seem offended with thee for't: Be close, my girl, for this must fetch my gold. [They draw back.
Enter Friar [32] Jacomo, Friar Bernardine, Abbess, and a Nun.
F. Jac. Sisters, we now are almost at the new-made nunnery.
Abb. [33] The better; for we love not to be seen: 'Tis thirty winters long since some of us Did stray so far amongst the multitude.
F. Jac. But, madam, this house And waters [34] of this new-made nunnery Will much delight you.310
Abb. [35] It may be so; but who comes here? [Abigail comes forward.
Abig. Grave abbess, and you, happy virgins' guide, Pity the state of a distressèd maid.
Abb. What art thou, daughter?