AMADINE. Not so, Segasto; no such thing in hand. Show your assurance, then I'll answer you?
SEGASTO. Thy father's promise my assurance is.
AMADINE. But what he promis'd he hath not perform'd.
SEGASTO. It rests in thee to perform the same.
AMADINE. So is my will, and therefore even so.
CLOWN. Master, with a nonny, nonny, no.[192]
SEGASTO. Ah, wicked villain! art thou here?
MUCEDORUS. What needs these words? we weigh them not.
SEGASTO. We weigh them not! proud shepherd, I scorn thy company.
CLOWN. We'll not have a corner of thy company.
MUCEDORUS. I scorn not thee, nor yet the least of thine.
CLOWN. That's a lie, a would have kill'd me with his pugs-nando.
SEGASTO. This stoutness, Amadine, contents me not.
AMADINE. Then seek another, that may you better please.
MUCEDORUS. Well, Amadine. it only rests in thee Without delay to make thy choice of three. There stands Segasto: here a shepherd stands: There stands the third. Now make thy choice.
AMADINE. My choice is made; for I will none but thee.
SEGASTO. A worthy mate, no doubt, for such a wife.
MUCEDORUS. And, Amadine, why wilt thou none but me? I cannot keep thee, as thy father did; I have no lands for to maintain thy state; Moreover, if thou mean to be my wife, Commonly this must be thy use: To bed at midnight, up at four, Drudge all day, and trudge from place to place, Whereby our daily victuals for to win: And last of all, which is the worst of all, No princess then, but a plain shepherd's wife.
CLOWN. Then God gi' you good morrow, goody shepherd! [_Aside_.
AMADINE. It shall not need; if Amadine do live, Thou shalt be crowned King of Arragon.
CLOWN. O master, laugh; when he's king, then I'll be a queen. [_Aside_.
MUCEDORUS. Then know that, which never tofore was known, I am no shepherd, no Arragonian I, But born of royal blood. My father's of Valentia King, my mother Queen: who, for thy secret[193] sake, Took this hard task in hand.
AMADINE. Ah, how I joy my fortune is so good!
SEGASTO. Well, now I see Segasto shall not speed; But, Mucedorus, I as much do joy To see thee here within our Court of Arragon, As if a kingdom had befallen me this time. I with my heart surrender her to thee. [_He giveth her unto him_. And loose[194] what right to Amadine I have.