Act 5 — Scene V.[1728]
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Scene V.[1728]
[Enter] Mosca in the habit of a clarissimo, and Volpone in that of a commandadore.
Volp. Am I then like him? Mos. O, sir, you are he; No man can sever you. Volp. Good. Mos. But what am I? Volp. ’Fore heaven, a brave clarissimo; thou becom’st it! Pity thou wert not born one. Mos. [Aside.] If I hold My made one, ’t will be well. Volp. I ’ll go and see5 What news first at the court. [Exit.] Mos. Do so. My Fox Is out of his hole, and ere he shall re-enter, I ’ll make him languish in his borrow’d case,[1729] Except he come to composition with me.— Androgyno, Castrone, Nano!
[Enter Androgyno, Castrone, and Nano.]
All. Here.10 Mos. Go, recreate yourselves abroad; go, sport.— [Exeunt.] So, now I have the keys, and am possest. Since he will needs be dead afore his time, I ’ll bury him, or gain by ’m: I’m his heir, And so will keep me, till he share at least.15 To cozen him of all, were but a cheat Well plac’d; no man would construe it a sin: Let his sport pay for ’t. This is call’d the Fox-trap. [Exit.]