The moated Grange at Saint Luke's.
 Enter MARIANA, and a BOY singing.
 Song

Boy	[Sings.]	Take, O take those lips away
				That so sweetly were forsworn;
			And those eyes, the break of day,
				Lights that do mislead the morn;
			But my kisses bring again, bring again;
			Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain.

                      Enter DUKE as Friar Lodowick.

Mariana	Break off thy song, and haste thee quick away;
	Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice
	Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.
													[Exit BOY.
	I cry you mercy, sir, and well could wish
	You had not found me here so musical.
	Let me excuse me, and believe me so,
	My mirth it much displeased, but pleased my woe.

Duke	'Tis good; though music oft hath such a charm
	To make bad good, and good provoke to harm.
	I pray you tell me, hath anybody enquired for me here 
	today? Much upon this time have I promised here to meet.

Mariana	You have not been inquired after. I have sat here all day.

                             Enter ISABELLA.

Duke	I do constantly believe you. The time is come even now. I 
	shall crave your forbearance a little; may be I will call 
	upon you anon, for some advantage to yourself.

Mariana	I am always bound to you.
													[Exit.
Duke	Very well met, and welcome.
	What is the news from this good deputy?

Isabella	He hath a garden circummured with brick,
	Whose western side is with a vineyard backed;
	And to that vineyard is a planchd gate,
	That makes his opening with this bigger key.
	This other doth command a little door
	Which from the vineyard to the garden leads;
	There have I made my promise
	Upon the heavy middle of the night
	To call upon him.

Duke	But shall you on your knowledge find this way?

Isabella	I have ta'en a due and wary note upon't;
	With whispering and most guilty diligence,
	In action all of precept, he did show me
	The way twice o'er.

Duke							Are there no other tokens
	Between you 'greed concerning her observance?

Isabella	No, none, but only a repair i'th' dark,
	And that I have possessed him my most stay
	Can be but brief, for I have made him know
	I have a servant comes with me along,
	That stays upon me, whose persuasion is
	I come about my brother.

Duke								'Tis well borne up.
	I have not yet made known to Mariana
	A word of this. - What ho, within! Come forth.

                            Re-enter MARIANA.

	[To MARIANA.] I pray you be acquainted with this maid;
	She comes to do you good.

Isabella								I do desire the like.

Duke	Do you persuade yourself that I respect you?

Mariana	Good friar, I know you do, and so have found it.

Duke	Take, then, this your companion by the hand,
	Who hath a story ready for your ear.
	I shall attend your leisure; but make haste,
	The vaporous night approaches.

Mariana	[To ISABELLA.] Will't please you walk aside?
									[MARIANA and ISABELLA withdraw.

Duke	O place and greatness, millions of false eyes
	Are stuck upon thee! Volumes of report
	Run with these false and most contrarious quests
	Upon thy doings! Thousand escapes of wit
	Make thee the father of their idle dream
	And rack thee in their fancies!
									 [MARIANA and ISABELLA advance.

										Welcome. How agreed?

Isabella	She'll take the enterprise upon her, father,
	If you advise it.

Duke						It is not my consent,
	But my entreaty too.

Isabella							Little have you to say
	When you depart from him but, soft and low,
	'Remember now my brother'.

Mariana									Fear me not.

Duke	Nor, gentle daughter, fear you not at all.
	He is your husband on a pre-contract.
	To bring you thus together 'tis no sin,
	Sith that the justice of your title to him
	Doth flourish the deceit. Come, let us go;
	Our corn's to reap, for yet our tilth's to sow.
													[Exeunt.
