Pleading another’s cause?

Lope. I might be shy

To plead in my own person—a reserve

That love oft feels—and pardons.

Viol. ’Tis in vain.

I will not own to an account of sighs

Drawn up against me without my consent;

So tell your friend; and tell him he mistakes

The way to payment making you, of all,

His agent in the cause.