You must instantly part hence: I have fashion'd it already.
Exit ANTONIO.
Enter BOSOLA
BOSOLA. The duke your brother is ta'en up in a whirlwind;
Hath took horse, and 's rid post to Rome.
DUCHESS. So late?
BOSOLA. He told me, as he mounted into the saddle,
You were undone.
DUCHESS. Indeed, I am very near it.
BOSOLA. What 's the matter?
DUCHESS. Antonio, the master of our household,
Hath dealt so falsely with me in 's accounts.
My brother stood engag'd with me for money
Ta'en up of certain Neapolitan Jews,
And Antonio lets the bonds be forfeit.
BOSOLA. Strange!--[Aside.] This is cunning.
DUCHESS. And hereupon
My brother's bills at Naples are protested
Against.--Call up our officers.
BOSOLA. I shall.
Exit.
[Re-enter ANTONIO]
DUCHESS. The place that you must fly to is Ancona:
Hire a house there; I 'll send after you
My treasure and my jewels. Our weak safety
Runs upon enginous wheels:<82> short syllables
Must stand for periods. I must now accuse you
Of such a feigned crime as Tasso calls
Magnanima menzogna, a noble lie,
'Cause it must shield our honours.
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