Bar. Now tell me, Ithamore, how lik'st thou this?
Itha. Faith, master, I think by this You purchase both their lives; is it not so?370
Bar. True; and it shall be cunningly performed.
Itha. O master, that I might have a hand in this.
Bar. I, so thou shalt, 'tis thou must do the deed: Take this, and bear it to Mathias straight, [Gives a letter. And tell him that it comes from Lodowick.
Itha. 'Tis poisoned, is it not?
Bar. No, no, and yet it might be done that way: It is a challenge feigned from Lodowick.
Itha. Fear not; I will so set his heart afire, That he shall verily think it comes from him.380
Bar. I cannot choose but like thy readiness: Yet be not rash, but do it cunningly.