CAS. Do you think I will betray myself or you, whom I Esteem above myself? I have as yet One hundred left, some part of which---- SHAPE. Faith, sir, These times require advice: if it should come Unto the council's ear once, he might be Sent into other kingdoms, to win up Money for the relief o' th' state, and so Be as it were an honest kind of exile. CAS. If I do e'er discover, may I want Money to pay my ordinary: may I At my last stake (when there is nothing else To lose the game) throw ames-ace[170] thrice together! I'll give you forty pound in hand---- HEAR. I may Show you the virtue of't, though not the thing: I love my country very well. Your high And low men are but trifles;[171] your pois'd dye, That's ballasted with quicksilver or gold, Is gross to this---- SHAPE. Proffer him more, I say. [_Aside._ CAS. Here's fifty---- HEAR. For the bristle dye, it is Not worth that hand that guides it: toys fit only For clerks to win poor costermongers' ware with. SHAPE. You do not come on well. [_Aside._ CAS. Here's threescore---- HEAR. Then Your hollowed thumb join'd with your wriggled box-- The slur and suchlike are not to be talk'd of; They're open to the eye. For cards, you may Without the help of any secret word Or a false hand, without the cut or shuffle, Or the pack'd trick, have what you will yourself; There's none to contradict you. CAS. If you please But to instruct me, here is fourscore pound. HEAR. Do you think 'tis money I esteem? I can Command each term by art as much as will Furnish a navy. Had you but five pound Left you in all the world, I'd undertake Within one fortnight you should see five thousand. Not that I covet any of your dross, But that the power of this art may be More demonstrably evident, leave in My hands all but some smaller sum to set, Something to stake at first. SHAPE. He'll tell you all, If you but seem to trust him. [_Aside._ CAS. Here I'll lay Down in your hands all but this little portion, Which I reserve for a foundation. HEAR. Being y' are confident of me, and I Presume your lips are sealed up to silence, Take that, which I did never yet discover: So help you fortune, me philosophy. (I must intreat your absence, Master Shape.) [_Exit_ SHAPE. I do presume you know the strength and power That lies in fancy. CAS. Strange things are done by it.