Damon. Loth am I to depart. Sith sobs my trembling tongue doth stay,

O music, sound my doleful plaints, when I am gone my way.

[Exit Damon.

Gronno. I am glad he is gone, I had almost wept too. Come, Pithias,

So God help me, I am sorry for thy foolish case

Wilt thou venter thy life for a man so fondly?

Pithias. It is no venter: my friend is just, for whom I desire to die.

Gronno. Here is a madman! I tell thee, I have a wife whom I love well,

And if ich would die for her, chould ich were in hell.

Wilt thou do more for a man than I would for a woman?