Amph. [StruggUng\ Thou baic Ufurper of my Name> and Bed !

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No lefs than thy Heart's Blood can wafli away
l^h' AfFronts I have faftaift'd.
Tran. We muft not fufFer.
So ftrange a Duel, ^ An^itrym
lo fight againft himfelf.
PW, Not think we wrong you, when we hold your Hands ;
Wc know our Duty to our General ;
We know the Tyes of Friendfliip^a our Friend ;
But who that Friend^ or who that GenVal is.
Without more certain Proofs betwixt you two>
Is hard to be diflingui{h*d by our Reafon^
Impoffible by Sight.
AMpb. I know it ; and have fatisfy'd myfelf,
I am the true Jmphitryon,

y«p. See again.
He ihuns the certain Proofs ; and dares not ftand
Impartial Judgment, and award of Right.
But fince /Hcfnena's Honour is concerned.
Whom, more than Life and all the World, I love ;
This I propofe, as equal to us both.
Tranio and Polidas, be you Afiiftants ;
The Guaids be ready to fecurt th' Impoftor,
When once fo prov'd, for publick Puniflimcnt ;
And Gripusj be thou Umpire of the Caufe.
jti9^k I am content ; Let him proceed to Examination*

Grip. [Afide to Merc] On whofe Side wou'd you pleafe thai
I fhou'd give the Sentence ?

Merc, [Jftde to him] Follow thy Confciencc for ©nee : but
not fo make aCuftom of it neither; nor to leave an evil Pre-*
cedent of Uprightnefs.to future Judges «— [4fide] 'Tis a good
thing to have a Magiftrate under Corre6iion : Your old forni-
cating Judge dares never give Sentence againft him that knows
his Haunts.
