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To fright the animals and to kill them up

In their assign'd and native dwelling-place.

Duke S. And did you leave him in this contemplation?

Sec. Lord. We did, my lord, weeping and commenting

Upon the sobbing deer.

Duke S.Show me the place.

I love to cope him in these sullen fits,

For then he's full of matter.

Sec. Lord. I'll bring you to him straight.

Exeunt.

Duke F. Can it be possible that no man saw them?

It cannot be: some villains of my court

Are of consent and sufferance in this.

First Lord. I cannot hear of any that did see her.

The ladies, her attendants of her chamber,

Saw her a-bed; and, in the morning early

They found the bed untreasur'd of their mistress.

Sec. Lord. My lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oft

Your Grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.

Hisperia, the princess' gentlewoman,

Confesses that she secretly o'erheard

Your daughter and her cousin much commend

 62 kill up: kill off

67 cope: encounter

68 matter: sense, substance

69 straight: straightway

 3 of consent and sufferance: i.e., have complied and permitted without opposition

7 untreasur'd: devoid of the treasure

8 roynish: scurvy 