Mont. Lord of Montague yet:
But (Sir) how long the dignity or state
Belonging to it will continue, stands
Upon [t]he dangerous passage of this hour.
Either for evermore to be confirm'd,
Or like the time wherein 'twas pleaded, gone:
Gone with it, never to be call'd again.
Ami. Justice direct your process to the end;
To both your persons my respect shall still
Be equal; but the righteous cause is that
Which bears my wishes to the side it holds,
Where, ever may it prosper. [Exit Amiens.
Mont. Then my thanks
Are proper to you, if a man may raise
A confidence upon a lawful ground
I have no reason to be once perplex'd
With any doubtful motion, Longue[v]ille,
That Lord of Amiens, (didst observe him?) has
A worthy nature in him.
Long. Either 'tis his nature or his cunning.
Mont. That's the vizard of most mens actions,
Whose dissembled lives
Do carry only the similitude
Of goodness on 'em: but for him
Honest ehaviour makes a true report,
What disposition does inhabit him,
Essential virtue.
Long. Then 'tis pity that
Injurious Orleans is his brother.
Dub. He is but his brother-in-law.
Long. Law? that's as bad.
Dub. How is your Law as bad? I rather wish
The hangman thy Executor than that
Equivocation should be ominous.
Enter two Lawyers, and two Creditors.