R. (aside).No wonder
If I do blush, faced with my own device.
(aloud, giving back.) I’ll strive to make this good.
D. And ’tis his hand?
R. It is.
D.I am glad, because it came as answer
To a letter I wrote but yesterday, and gave
To Frederick, ordering him to ride to Milan
And give it the Duke. This morning, as you saw,
He hands me this. His servant who was with him