[All drink, laughing. Messenger enters, and speaks to Jonson, who rises hastily.]
Jonson:
Here’s my friend, Francis Bacon, come to see us.
Chettle:
Bring him in, lad: Shakespeare here’ll [Exit Jonson] teach him what he can’t find in law-books.
[Jonson meets Bacon at the door.]
Scene II.
Bacon:
[To Jonson, with hand outstretched.] Hearing of your discharge, I hastened to find you and share your joy, though alack! I was too weak to obtain your release.
Jonson: