Chapter 7

_Enter PROTEUS and JULIA._

_Pro._ Have patience, gentle Julia.

_Jul._ I must, where is no remedy.

_Pro._ When possibly I can, I will return.

_Jul._ If you turn not, you will return the sooner. Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. 5 [_Giving a ring._

_Pro._ Why, then, we'll make exchange; here, take you this.

_Jul._ And seal the bargain with a holy kiss.

_Pro._ Here is my hand for my true constancy; And when that hour o'erslips me in the day Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, 10 The next ensuing hour some foul mischance Torment me for my love's forgetfulness! My father stays my coming; answer not; The tide is now:--nay, not thy tide of tears; That tide will stay me longer than I should. 15 Julia, farewell! [_Exit Julia._ What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak; For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

_Enter PANTHINO._

_Pan._ Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for.

_Pro._ Go; I come, I come. 20 Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. [_Exeunt._

Notes: II, 2.

5: [Giving a ring] Rowe. 16: [Exit Julia] Rowe. 20: _I come, I come_] _I come_ Pope.