CH. 1. Lady, why tarriest thouI 2
To lead thy husband in?
[page 104][680-713] JO. Not till I learn what mischief is befallen.
CH. 2. A dim, unproved debate.
Reproach, though unfounded, stings.
JO. From both?
CH. 3. From both alike.
JO. How caused?
CH. 4. Enough for me,
Amply enough it seems, when our poor land
Is vexed already, not to wake what sleeps.
OED. (to LEADER OF CH.).
See where thine honest zeal hath landed thee,
Bating my wrath, and blunting my desire!
CH. 5. My prince, I say it again:II 2
Assure thee, I were lost to sense,
Infatuate, void of wholesome thought,
Could I be tempted now
To loose my faith from thee,
Who, when the land I love
Laboured beneath a wildering load,
Didst speed her forth anew with favouring gale.
Now, too, if but thou may’st, be her good guide.
JO. Let not thy queen be left in ignorance
What cause thou hadst to lift thy wrath so high.