_Evad_. I know you have a surfeited foul body, And you must bleed. _King_. Bleed! _Evad_. I, you shall bleed: lie still, and if the Devil, Your lust will give you leave, repent: this steel Comes to redeem the honour that you stole, King, my fair name, which nothing but thy death Can answer to the world. _King_. How's this _Evadne_? _Evad_. I am not she: nor bear I in this breast So much cold Spirit to be call'd a Woman: I am a Tyger: I am any thing That knows not pity: stir not, if thou dost, I'le take thee unprepar'd; thy fears upon thee, That make thy sins look double, and so send thee (By my revenge I will) to look those torments Prepar'd for such black souls. _King_. Thou dost not mean this: 'tis impossible: Thou art too sweet and gentle. _Evad_. No, I am not: I am as foul as thou art, and can number As many such hells here: I was once fair, Once I was lovely, not a blowing Rose More chastly sweet, till tho[u], thou, thou, foul Canker, (Stir not) didst poyson me: I was a world of vertue, Till your curst Court and you (hell bless you for't) With your temptations on temptations Made me give up mine honour; for which (King) I am come to kill thee. _King_. No. _Evad_. I am. _King_. Thou art not. I prethee speak not these things; thou art gentle, And wert not meant thus rugged. _Evad_. Peace and hear me. Stir nothing but your tongue, and that for mercy To those above us; by whose lights I vow, Those blessed fires that shot to see our sin, If thy hot soul had substance with thy blood, I would kill that too, which being past my steel, My tongue shall teach: Thou art a shameless Villain, A thing out of the overchange of Nature; Sent like a thick cloud to disperse a plague Upon weak catching women; such a tyrant That for his Lust would sell away his Subjects, I, all his heaven hereafter. _King_. Hear _Evadne_, Thou soul of sweetness! hear, I am thy King. _Evad_. Thou art my shame; lie still, there's none about you, Within your cries; all promises of safety Are but deluding dreams: thus, thus, thou foul man, Thus I begin my vengeance. [_Stabs him_.