Cri. Or he or some of his confederates.
Pan. As thou respect'st thy life, look to thy tongue;
Albumazar has an autocousticon.
Be silent, reverent, and admire his skill.
See what a promising countenance appears!
Stand still and wonder—wonder and stand still
SCENE V.
Albumazar, Ronca, Pandolfo, Cricca.
Alb. Ronca, the bunch of planets new found out,
Hanging at the end of my best perspicil,
Send them to Galileo at Padua:[256]
Let him bestow them where he please. But the stars,
Lately discover'd 'twixt the horns of Aries,
Are as a present for Pandolfo's marriage,
And hence styl'd Sidera Pandolfaea.
Pan. My marriage, Cricca! he foresees my marriage:
O most celestial Albumazar!
Cri. And sends y' a present from the head of Aries.[257]
Alb. My almanac, made for the meridian
And height of Japan, give't th' East India Company;
There may they smell the price of cloves and pepper,
Monkeys and china dishes, five years ensuing.
And know the success of the voyage of Magores;[258]
For, in the volume of the firmament,
We children of the stars read things to come,
As clearly as poor mortals stories pass'd
In Speed or Holinshed. The perpetual motion[259]
With a true 'larum in't, to run twelve hours
'Fore Mahomet's return,[260] deliver it safe
To a Turkey factor: bid him with care present it
From me to the house of Ottoman.
Ron. I will, sir.