Guido

Can I have no friend?

Moranzone

Revenge shall be thy friend;
Thou need’st no other.

Guido

Well, then be it so.

[Enter Ascanio Cristofano.]

Ascanio

Come, Guido, I have been beforehand with you in everything, for I have drunk a flagon of wine, eaten a pasty, and kissed the maid who served it. Why, you look as melancholy as a schoolboy who cannot buy apples, or a politician who cannot sell his vote. What news, Guido, what news?

Guido