50 Dro. S. Not on a [band], [but on] a stronger thing;
A chain, a chain! Do you not hear it ring?
Adr. What, the chain?
Dro. S. No, no, the bell: ’tis time that I were gone:
[It was two] ere I left him, and now the clock strikes one.
55 Adr. The hours come back! that did I never [hear].
Dro. S. O, yes; if any hour meet a sergeant, [’a turns] back for very fear.
Adr. As if Time were in debt! how fondly dost thou reason!
Dro. S. Time is a very [bankrupt], and owes more than he’s worth [to season].
Nay, he’s a thief too: have you not heard men say,