_Merc._ [_Still holding him._] And your lordship will farther be graciously pleased, to release all claims, titles, and actions whatsoever, to Phædra: you must give me leave to add one small _memento_ for that too. [_Pulling him again._ _Grip._ I renounce her; I release her. _Enter_ PHÆDRA. _Merc._ [_To her._] Phædra, my lord has been pleased to be very gracious, without pushing matters to extremity. _Phæd._ I overheard it all; but give me livery and seisin of the goblet, in the first place. _Merc._ There is an act of oblivion should be passed too. _Phæd._ Let him begin to remember quarrels, when he dares; now I have him under my girdle, I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. _Enter_ AMPHITRYON, _and Guards_. _Amph._ [_To_ GRIPUS.] At the last I have got possession without your lordship's warrant.--Phædra, tell Alcmena I am here. _Phæd._ I'll carry no such lying message: you are not here, and you cannot be here; for, to my knowledge, you are above with my lady, in the chamber. _Amph._ All of a piece, and all witchcraft!--Answer me precisely: dost thou not know me for Amphitryon? _Phæd._ Answer me first: did you give me a diamond and a purse of gold? _Amph._ Thou knowest I did not. _Phæd._ Then, by the same token, I know you are not the true Amphitryon: if you are he, I am sure I left you in bed with your own wife. Now you had best stretch out a leg, and feel about for a fair lady. _Amph._ I'll undo this enchantment with my sword, and kill the sorcerer.--Come up, gentlemen, and follow me. [_To the Guards._ _Phæd._ I'll save you the labour, and call him down to confront you, if you dare attend him. [_Exit_ PHÆDRA. _Merc._ [_Aside._] Now the spell is ended, and Jupiter can enchant no more; or else Amphitryon had not entered so easily. [GRIPUS _is stealing off_.]--Whither now, Gripus? I have business for you: if you offer to stir, you know what follows. _Enter_ JUPITER, _followed by_ TRANIO _and_ POLIDAS. _Jup._ Who dares to play the master in my house? What noise is this that calls me from above, Invades my soft recess and privacy, And, like a tide, breaks in upon my love? _Amph._ O heavens, what's this I see? _Tran._ What prodigy! _Pol._ How! two Amphitryons! _Grip._ I have beheld the appearance of two suns, But still the false was dimmer than the true; Here, both shine out alike. _Amph._ This is a sight, that, like the gorgon's head, Runs through my limbs, and stiffens me to stone. I need no more inquire into my fate; For what I see resolves my doubts too plain. _Tran._ Two drops of water cannot be more like. _Pol._ They are two very sames. _Merc._ Our Jupiter is a great comedian, he counterfeits most admirably: sure his priests have copied their hypocrisy from their master. [_Aside._