Ray. Do't, and be more than common in our favour;
Here, take this ring for thy more credit:
Farewell, be quick and secret.
[Exeunt.
Gio. Folly go
From my tongue, the French so nigh. And thou,
Half-ruin'd Spain, so wretchedly provided:
[O] strange, yet not; all countries have bred monsters:
'Tis a proverb—plain as true, and aged as 'tis both:[40]
One tainted sheep mars a whole flock.
Machiavel, that tainted beast, whose spreading ills
Infecteth all, and by infecting kills.
I'll to the French, what he intends to be
Our ruin shall confound their villany.
[Exit.
ACT V., SCENE 1.
Enter the King, Antonio, Old Tailor, Evadne, Aurelia. The King and Antonio whisper.
King. For this discovery be still Antonio;
The frowning law may with a furrowed face
Hereafter look upon, but ne'er shall touch
Thy condemn'd body. Here from a king's hand
Take thy Aurelia; our command shall smoothe
The rising billows of her father's rage,
And charm it to a calm: let one be sent
To certify our pleasure. We would see him.
O. Tai. Your grace's will shall be in all obey'd.
King. Thy loyal love makes thy king poor.