_Luc._ Might I demand without offence, so much, Is't pride in him (however now a slave) That I am not admitted to his presence? _Col._ His curtesie to you, and to mankind May easily resolve you, he is free From that poor vice which only empty men Esteem a virtue. _Luc._ What's the reason then, As you imagine, Sir? _Col._ Why I [will] tell you; You are a woman of a tempting beauty, And he, however virtuous, as a man Subject to humane frailties; and how far They may prevail upon him, should he see you, He is not ignorant: and therefore chooses, With care t'avoid the cause that may produce Some strange effect, which will not well keep ranck With the rare temperance, which is admired In his life hitherto. _Luc._ This much increases My strong desire to see him. _Col._ It should rather Teach you to thank the Prophet that you worship, That you are such a mans, who though he may Do any thing which youth and heat of blood Invites him to, yet dares not give way to them: Your entertainment's Noble, and not like Your present fortune; and if all those tears Which made grief lovely in you, in the relation Of the sad story, that forc'd me to weep too, Your husbands hard fate were not counterfeit; You should rejoyce that you have means to pay A chast life to his memory, and bring to him Those sweets, which while he liv'd, he could not tast of; But if you wantonly bestow them on Another man you offer violence To him, though dead; and his griev'd spirit will suffer For your immodest looseness. _Luc._ Why, I hope, Sir, My willingness to look on him, to whom I owe my life and service, is no proof Of any unchast purpose. _Col._ So I wish too, And in the confidence it is not, Lady, I dare the better tell you he will see you This night, in which by him I am commanded, To bring you to his chamber, to what end I easily should guess, were I _Miranda_; And therefore, though I can yield little reason, (But in a general love to womens goodness) Why I should be so tender of your honor, I willingly would bestow some counsail of you, And would you follow it? _Luc._ Let me first hear it, And then I can resolve you.