[Takes it.

I’ll yet escape. Deny me not this chance.

See, I’ll not ask your leave, but only go. [Going.

Man. Giovanni, stay. Thou hast done me a great wrong

In flying here. Why didst thou choose my house?

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Pal. ’Twas as I fled for life: the hue-and-cry

Came gathering faster round me: being still clear,

And seeing your wall, it seemed my safety lay

In that leap, could I make it.