D'Am. Borachio, seest those fellows?
Bor. Yes, my lord.
D'Am. Their drunkenness, that seems ridiculous,
Shall be a serious instrument to bring
Our sober purposes to their success.
Bor. I am prepared for the execution, sir.
D'Am. Cast off this habit and about it straight.
Bor. Let them drink healths and drown their brains i' the flood;
I promise them they shall be pledged in blood.
[Exit.
1st Ser. You ha' left a damnable snuff here.
2nd Ser. Do you take that in snuff, sir?
1st Ser. You are a damnable rogue then—
[Together by the ears.
D'Am. Fortune, I honour thee. My plot still rises
According to the model of mine own desires.
Lights for my brother—What ha' you drunk yourselves mad, you knaves?
1st Ser. My lord, the jacks abused me.
D'Am. I think they are the jacks[148] indeed that have abused thee. Dost hear? That fellow is a proud knave. He has abused thee. As thou goest over the fields by-and-by in lighting my brother home, I'll tell thee what shalt do. Knock him over the pate with thy torch. I'll bear thee out in't.
1st Ser. I will singe the goose by this torch. [Exit.
D'Am. [To 2nd Servant.] Dost hear, fellow?
Seest thou that proud knave.
I have given him a lesson for his sauciness.
He's wronged thee. I will tell thee what shalt do:
As we go over the fields by-and-by
Clap him suddenly o'er the coxcomb with
Thy torch. I'll bear thee out in't.
2nd Ser. I will make him understand as much. [Exit.
Enter Languebeau Snuffe.