Plead a new state in thy [unrival’d] merit,
145 To which I thus subscribe: Sir Valentine,
Thou art a gentleman, and well derived;
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserved her.
Val. I thank your grace; the gift hath made me happy.
I now beseech you, for your daughter’s sake,
V. 4.
150 To grant one boon that I shall ask of you.
Duke. I grant it, for thine own, whate’er it be.
Val. These banish’d men that I have kept withal
Are men endued with worthy qualities: