Act 1 — SCENE IV.
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Before Fernando’s house.
Enter Louis, Diego, and Servant.
Louis. Not yet come in, not yet?
Ser. No, I'll assure your lordship; I've seldom known him
Keep out so long; my lord usually observes
More seasonable hours.
Louis. What time of night is’t?
Ser. On the stroke of three.
Louis. The stroke of three? ’tis wondrous strange! Dost hear?——
Ser. My lord?
Louis. Ere six I will be here again;
Tell thy lord so; ere six; ’a must not sleep;
111Or if ’a do, I shall be bold to wake him:
Be sure thou tell’st him, do.
Ser. My lord, I shall. [Enters the house.
Louis. Diego,
Walk thou the street that leads about the Prado;
I'll round the west part of the city: meet me
At the Inquisition-chapel; if we miss him,
We’ll both back to his lodgings.[178]
Diego. At the chapel?
Louis. Ay, there we’ll meet.
Diego. Agreed, I this way.
[Exit Louis:[179] as Diego is going out,
Enter John reading.[180]
John. She is not noble, true; wise nature meant
Affection should ennoble[181] her descent,
For love and beauty keep[182] as rich a seat
Of sweetness in the mean-born as the great.
I am resolv’d. [Exit.
112Diego. ’Tis Roderigo certainly,
Yet his voice makes me doubt; but I'll o’erhear him.
[Exit.