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ACT IV IT

Scene I IT

Enter Gaoler and his Friend.

GAOLER
Heard you no more? Was nothing said of me
Concerning the escape of Palamon?
Good sir, remember.

FIRST FRIEND
Nothing that I heard,

For I came home before the business
Was fully ended. Yet I might perceive, [5]
Ere I departed, a great likelihood
Of both their pardons; for Hippolyta

And fair-eyed Emily, upon their knees,
Begged with such handsome pity that the Duke
Methought stood staggering, whether he should follow [10]
His rash oath or the sweet compassion

Of those two ladies; and to second them
That truly noble prince Pirithous,
Half his own heart, set in too, that I hope
All shall be well; neither heard I one question [15]

Of your name, or his ’scape.

GAOLER
Pray heaven it hold so!

Enter Second Friend.

SECOND FRIEND