VEN. Prythee, mark it; And the old duke being dead, but not convey'd, For he's already miss'd too, and you know, Murder will peep out of the closest husk. HIP. Most true. VEN. What say you then to this device? If we dress'd up the body of the duke? HIP. In that disguise of yours? VEN. Y' are quick, y' have reach'd it. HIP. I like it wondrously. VEN. And being in drink, as you have publish'd him. To lean him on his elbow, as if sleep had caught him, Which claims most interest in such sluggy men? HIP. Good yet; but here's a doubt; We, thought[91] by th' duke's son to kill that pander, Shall, when he is known, be thought to kill the duke. VEN. Neither; O thanks, it is substantial: For that disguise being on him which I wore, It will be thought I, which he calls the pander, did kill the duke, and fled away in his apparel, leaving him so disguised to avoid swift pursuit. HIP. Firmer and firmer. VEN. Nay, doubt not, 'tis in grain: I warrant it holds colour. HIP. Let's about it. VEN. By the way, too, now I think on't, brother, Let's conjure that base devil out of our mother. [_Exeunt._ FOOTNOTES: [79] [Weak, treacherous.] [80] _The Nobles enter_ is printed in the 4o, as if it were a part of the speech of Lusurioso.--_Collier._ [81] [Edits., _god_.] [82] [Edits., _on't_.] [83] Poultry. [84] A vulgar corruption of _certiorari_.--_Pegge._ [85] Mr Gilchrist would substitute _Lusurioso_ for _Hippolito_ here; but the change is not necessary to the sense, and is not supported by the quartos.--_Collier._ [86] ["Mark the transition from prose to verse."--_MS. note in former edit._] [87] [Like.] [88] _How art thou now?_ the inquiry has stood in previous editions, but _How are they now?_ is the correct reading restored from the old copy. The words have reference to Vendice's eyes.--_Collier._ [89] [Edits., _five_.] [90] The same thought occurs in "Othello," act v. sc. 2-- "Are there no stones in heaven. But what serve for the thunder?" [91] The 4o reads, _methought_.--_Collier._ ACTUS V.[92] _Enter the_ DUCHESS, _arm in arm with_ SPURIO: _he_ _seemeth lasciviously to look on her. After them,_ _enter_ SUPERVACUO _running, with a rapier;_ AMBITIOSO _stops him_. SPU. Madam, unlock yourself; Should it be seen, your arm would be suspected. DUCH. Who is't that dares suspect or this or these? May not we deal our favours where we please? SPU. I'm confident you may. [_Exeunt._ AMB. 'Sfoot, brother, hold. SUP. Woult let the bastard shame us? AMB. Hold, hold, brother! there's fitter time than now. SUP. Now, when I see it! AMB. 'Tis too much seen already. SUP. Seen and known; The nobler she's, the baser is she grown.