Clean. 'Tis clogging of a gift; 'tis base, mean counsel.

I hope you gave it not.

Sosib. No, 'twas Cassandra:

But she would have that odium cast on me;

I am her beast of burden, and must bear it.

Clean. I never can bely so good a father;

But this I'll do:

The message shall be faithfully delivered,

And all the strumpet stand exposed to shame.

Sosib. Thou hitst my meaning; but he must be secret,