Pilia. And ye did but know how she loves you, sir.
Itha. Nay, I care not how much she loves me. Sweet Bellamira, would I had my master's wealth for thy sake.
Pilia. And you can have it, sir, an if you please.62
Itha. If 'twere above ground I could and would haveit; but he hides and buries it up, as partridges do their eggs, under the earth.
Pilia. And is't not possible to find it out?
Itha. By no means possible.
Bell. What shall we do with this base villain then? [Aside to Pilia-Borsa.
Pilia. Let me alone; do you but speak him fair: [Aside to her. But [sir] you know some secrets of the Jew,70 Which, if they were revealed, would do him harm.
Itha. I, and such as—Go to, no more. I'll make him send me half he has, and glad he scapes so too. [Pen and ink. [122]
I'll write unto him; we'll have money straight.
Pilia. Send for a hundred crowns at least.