LEAND. He himself.
LEL. Does he pretend impudently to slander a most respectable young lady, thinking, perhaps, I should only laugh at it? I will lay you a wager he eats his words.
LEAND. I will lay you a wager he does not.
LEL. 'Sdeath! I would break every bone in his body should he dare to assert such lies to me,
LEAND. And I will crop his ears, if he does not prove every syllable he has told me.
SCENE IV.—LELIO, LEANDER, MASCARILLE.
LEL. Oh! that's lucky; there he is. Come hither, cursed hangdog!
MASC. What is the matter?
LEL. You serpent's tongue! so full of lies! dare you fasten your stings on Celia, and slander the most consummate virtue that ever added lustre to misfortune?
MASC. (In a whisper to Lelio). Gently; I told him so on purpose.