Tayl. To let you goe (Enter old Nouall, and Pontalier.
Were the next way.
But see! heeres your old Lord,
Let him but giue his worde I shall be paide,
And you are free.
Lila. S’lid, I will put him to’t:
I can be but denied: or what say you? [40]
His Lordship owing me three times your debt,
If you arrest him at my suite, and let me
Goe run before to see the action entred.
’Twould be a witty iest.
Tayl. I must haue ernest:
I cannot pay my debts so.
Pont. Can your Lordship [45]
Imagine, while I liue and weare a sword,
Your sonnes death shall be reueng’d?
Nou. se. I know not
One reason why you should not doe like others:
I am sure, of all the herd that fed vpon him,
I cannot see in any, now hee’s gone, [50]
In pitty or in thankfulnesse one true signe
Of sorrow for him.
Pont. All his bounties yet
Fell not in such vnthankfull ground: ’tis true
He had weakenesses, but such as few are free from,
And though none sooth’d them lesse then I: for now [55]
To say that I foresaw the dangers that
Would rise from cherishing them, were but vntimely.
I yet could wish the iustice that you seeke for
In the reuenge, had been trusted to me,
And not the vncertaine issue of the lawes: [60]
’Tas rob’d me of a noble testimony
Of what I durst doe for him: but howeuer,
My forfait life redeem’d by him though dead,
Shall doe him seruice.
Nou. se. As farre as my griefe
Will giue me leaue, I thanke you.
Lila. Oh my Lord, [65]
Oh my good Lord, deliuer me from these furies.
Pont. Arrested? This is one of them whose base
And obiect flattery helpt to digge his graue:
He is not worth your pitty, nor my anger.
Goe to the basket and repent.
Nou. se. Away [70]
I onely know now to hate thee deadly:
I will doe nothing for thee.