SCENE VI. _Street near the city-gate._

_Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA._

_Isab._ To speak so indirectly I am loath:

I would say the truth; but to accuse him so,

That is your part: yet I am advised to do it;

He says, to veil full purpose.

_Mari._ Be ruled by him.

_Isab._ Besides, he tells me that, if peradventure 5

He speak against me on the adverse side,

I should not think it strange; for 'tis a physic

That's bitter to sweet end.

_Mari._ I would Friar Peter--

_Isab._ O, peace! the friar is come.

_Enter FRIAR PETER._

_Fri. P._ Come, I have found you out a stand most fit, 10

Where you may have such vantage on the Duke,

He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded;

The generous and gravest citizens

Have hent the gates, and very near upon

The Duke is entering: therefore, hence, away! [_Exeunt._ 15

NOTES: IV, 6.

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