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At this hour reigning there.

Ant. I'll believe both;

And what does else want credit, come to me,

And I'll be sworn 'tis true: travellers ne'er did lie,

Though fools at home condemn them.

Gon. If in Naples

I should report this now, would they believe me?

If I should say I saw such islanders —

For, certes, these are people of the island,—

Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note,

Their manners are more gentle-kind than of

Our human generation you shall find

Many, nay, almost any.

Pro. [Aside.] Honest lord,

Thou hast said well; for some of you there present

Are worse than devils.

Alon. I cannot too much muse

Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, expressing,—

Although they want the use of tongue,—a kind

Of excellent dumb discourse.

Pro. [Aside.] Praise in departing.

Fran. They vanish'd strangely.

Seb. No matter, since

They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs.—

Will 't please you to taste of what is here?

Alon. Not I.

Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys,

Who would believe that there were mountaineers

Dew-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at them

 30 certes: certainly

36 muse: wonder at

39 Praise in departing; cf. n.

45 Dew-lapp'd; cf. n.

