Laz. Or corrupt the waiting prentise to betray the reversion.
1 Inte. There's another point in's plot, [corrupt] with money; to betray: sure 'tis some Fort a means: mark, have a care.
Laz. And 'twere the bare vinegar 'tis eaten with, it would in some sort satisfie nature: but might I once attain the dish it self, though I cut out my means through sword and fire, through poison, through any thing that may make good my hopes.
2 Int. Thanks to the gods, and our officiousness, the plots discover'd, fire, steel, and poison, burn the Palace, kill the Duke and poison his privie Councell.
Count. To the mercers, let me see: how, if before we can attain the means, to make up our acquaintance, the fish be eaten?
Laz. If it be eaten, here he stands, that is the most dejected, most unfortunate, miserable, accursed, forsaken slave this Province yields: I will not sure outlive it, no I will dye bravely, and like a Roman; and after death, amidst the Elizian shades, I'll meet my love again.
1 In. I will dye bravely, like a Roman: have a care, mark that, when he hath done all, he will kill himself.
Count. Will nothing ease your appetite but this?
Laz. No could the Sea throw up his vastness,
And offer free his best inhabitants: 'twere not so much as
a bare temptation to me.