SCENE I.[3616

_Enter_ DE GARD _and_ LUGIER.

_De Gard._ ’T will be discover’d.

_Lug._ That’s the worst can happen: If there be any way to reach, and work upon him, Upon his nature suddenly, and catch him—That he loves, Though he dissemble it, and would show contrary, And will at length relent, I ’ll lay my fortune; Nay, more, my life.

_De Gard._ Is she won?

_Lug._ Yes, and ready, 6 And my designments set.

_De Gard._ They are now for travel; All for that game again; they have forgot wooing.

_Lug._ Let ’em; we ’ll travel with ’em.

_De Gard._ Where ’s his father?

_Lug._ Within; he knows my mind too, and allows[3617] it, 10 Pities your sister’s fortune most sincerely, And has appointed, for our more assistance, Some of his secret friends.

_De Gard._ Speed the plough!

_Lug._ Well said! And be you serious too.

_De Gard._ I shall be diligent.

_Lug._ Let’s break the ice for one, the rest will drink too 15 (Believe me, sir) of the same cup. My young gentlewomen Wait but who sets the game a-foot. Though they seem stubborn, Reserv’d, and proud now, yet I know their hearts, Their pulses how they beat, and for what cause, sir, And how they long to venture their abilities 20 In a true quarrel. Husbands they must and will have, Or nunneries and thin collations To cool their bloods. Let ’s all about our business, And, if this fail, let nature work.

_De Gard._ Ye have arm’d me. _Exeunt._