BOSOLA. In a mist; I know not how: Such a mistake as I have often seen In a play. O, I am gone! We are only like dead walls or vaulted graves, That, ruin'd, yield no echo. Fare you well. It may be pain, but no harm, to me to die In so good a quarrel. O, this gloomy world! In what a shadow, or deep pit of darkness, Doth womanish and fearful mankind live! Let worthy minds ne'er stagger in distrust To suffer death or shame for what is just: Mine is another voyage. [Dies.] PESCARA. The noble Delio, as I came to th' palace, Told me of Antonio's being here, and show'd me A pretty gentleman, his son and heir. [Enter DELIO, and ANTONIO'S Son] MALATESTI. O sir, you come too late! DELIO. I heard so, and Was arm'd for 't, ere I came. Let us make noble use Of this great ruin; and join all our force To establish this young hopeful gentleman In 's mother's right. These wretched eminent things Leave no more fame behind 'em, than should one Fall in a frost, and leave his print in snow; As soon as the sun shines, it ever melts, Both form and matter. I have ever thought Nature doth nothing so great for great men As when she 's pleas'd to make them lords of truth: Integrity of life is fame's best friend, Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end. Exeunt. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: Malfi. The presence-chamber in the palace of the Duchess.] [Footnote 2: Prevent.] [Footnote 3: The same.] [Footnote 4: The reference is to the knightly sport of riding at the ring.] [Footnote 5: At the expense of.] [Footnote 6: Rolls of lint used to dress wounds.] [Footnote 7: Surgeons.] [Footnote 8: A small horse.] [Footnote 9: Ballasted.] [Footnote 10: A lively dance.] [Footnote 11: Throws into the shade.] [Footnote 12: At the point of.] [Footnote 13: Coaches.] [Footnote 14: Spy.] [Footnote 15: Cheats.] [Footnote 16: Spy.] [Footnote 17: Malfi. Gallery in the Duchess' palace.] [Footnote 18: Lustful.] [Footnote 19: Genesis xxxi., 31-42.] [Footnote 20: The net in which he caught Venus and Mars.] [Footnote 21: Housekeepers.] [Footnote 22: Produced.] [Footnote 23: Qq. read STRANGE.] [Footnote 24: Guess.] [Footnote 25: The phrase used to indicate that accounts had been examined and found correct.] [Footnote 26: Using words of present time; i.e., "I take," not "I will take."] [Footnote 27: Knot.] [Footnote 28: More firmly.] [Footnote 29: Of difficult disposition.] [Footnote 30: Malfi. An apartment in the palace of the Duchess.] [Footnote 31: Chief part.] [Footnote 32: Bullies (Hazlitt); lawyers (Vaughan).] [Footnote 33: Royal journey.] [Footnote 34: Turning a boat on its side for repairs.] [Footnote 35: Scabbed.] [Footnote 36: Empty.] [Footnote 37: Face-modeling (Sampson). "There's a plain statement of your practises."] [Footnote 38: Blue like those of a woman with child.] [Footnote 39: Scurf.]