Enter Second Friend.
SECOND FRIEND.
Be of good comfort, man; I bring you news,
Good news.
JAILER.
They are welcome.
SECOND FRIEND.
Palamon has cleared you,
And got your pardon, and discovered how
And by whose means he escaped, which was your daughter’s,
Whose pardon is procured too; and the prisoner,
Not to be held ungrateful to her goodness,
Has given a sum of money to her marriage,
A large one, I’ll assure you.
JAILER.
You are a good man
And ever bring good news.
FIRST FRIEND.
How was it ended?
SECOND FRIEND.
Why, as it should be; they that never begged
But they prevailed had their suits fairly granted;
The prisoners have their lives.
FIRST FRIEND.
I knew ’twould be so.
SECOND FRIEND.
But there be new conditions, which you’ll hear of
At better time.
JAILER.
I hope they are good.