Page 1727 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

A living dead man. This pernicious slave,
Forsooth, took on him as a conjurer,
And gazing in mine eyes, feeling my pulse
And with no face, as ’twere, outfacing me, [245]
Cries out I was possessed. Then all together
They fell upon me, bound me, bore me thence,
And in a dark and dankish vault at home
There left me and my man, both bound together,
Till, gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, [250]
I gained my freedom, and immediately
Ran hither to your grace, whom I beseech
To give me ample satisfaction
From these deep shames and great indignities.

ANGELO

My lord, in truth, thus far I witness with him: [255]
That he dined not at home, but was locked out.

DUKE

But had he such a chain of thee, or no?

ANGELO

He had, my lord, and when he ran in here
These people saw the chain about his neck.

SECOND MERCHANT

[to Antipholus]
Besides, I will be sworn these ears of mine [260]
Heard you confess you had the chain of him
After you first forswore it on the mart,
And thereupon I drew my sword on you;
And then you fled into this abbey here,
From whence I think you are come by miracle. [265]

ANTIPHOLUS E.

I never came within these abbey walls,
Nor ever didst thou draw thy sword on me.
I never saw the chain, so help me heaven,
And this is false you burden me withal.