Page 615 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3

And this is he that did the Tiger board,
When your young nephew Titus lost his leg.
Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state, [60]
In private brabble did we apprehend him.

VIOLA
He did me kindness, sir, drew on my side,

But in conclusion put strange speech upon me,
I know not what ’twas, but distraction.

DUKE
Notable pirate, thou salt-water thief, [65]
What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies,

Whom thou in terms so bloody and so dear
Hast made thine enemies?

ANTONIO
Orsino, noble sir,
Be pleas’d that I shake off these names you give me:
Antonio never yet was thief, or pirate, [70]

Though I confess, on base and ground enough,
Orsino’s enemy. A witchcraft drew me hither:
That most ingrateful boy there by your side,

From the rude sea’s enrag’d and foamy mouth
Did I redeem. A wrack past hope he was. [75]
His life I gave him, and did thereto add
My love, without retention or restraint,
All his in dedication. For his sake

Did I expose myself (pure for his love)
Into the danger of this adverse town; [80]
Drew to defend him, when he was beset;

Where being apprehended, his false cunning
(Not meaning to partake with me in danger)
Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance,
And grew a twenty years’ removed thing [85]
While one would wink; denied me mine own purse,

Which I had recommended to his use
Not half an hour before.