Speeches (Lines) for FIRST FRIEND in "The Two Noble Kinsmen"

JAILER. [Enter Jailer and his Friend.]

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,
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
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
Of your name or his 'scape.

JAILER. You are a good man
And ever bring good news.

FIRST FRIEND. How was it ended?

SECOND FRIEND. Why, as it should be: they that ne'er begged
But they prevailed had their suits fairly granted;
The prisoners have their lives.

FIRST FRIEND. I knew 'twould be so.

SECOND FRIEND. They are honorable;
How good they'll prove I know not.

FIRST FRIEND. 'Twill be known.

[Enter Wooer.]

WOOER. Was she well? Was she in health?
Sir, when did she sleep?

FIRST FRIEND. [aside]
These are strange questions.

WOOER. No, sir, not well.

FIRST FRIEND. Not right?

WOOER. 'Tis too true; she is mad.

FIRST FRIEND. It cannot be.

WOOER. She sung much, but no sense; only I heard her
Repeat this often: "Palamon is gone,
Is gone to th' wood to gather mulberries;
I'll find him out tomorrow."

FIRST FRIEND. Pretty soul!

BROTHER. [aside to others]
By no mean cross her; she
is then distempered far worse than now she
shows.

FIRST FRIEND. [to Daughter]
Yes, he's a fine man.

DAUGHTER. O , is he so? You have a sister.

FIRST FRIEND. Yes.

DAUGHTER. But she shall never have him--tell her so--
for a trick that I know; you'd best look to her, for
if she see him once, she's gone, she's done and
undone in an hour. All the young maids of our
town are in love with him, but I laugh at 'em and
let 'em all alone. Is 't not a wise course?

FIRST FRIEND. Yes.

DAUGHTER. As ever you heard, but say nothing.

FIRST FRIEND. No.

DAUGHTER. [to Jailer]
Come hither; you are a wise man.

FIRST FRIEND. [aside]
Does she know him?

BROTHER. Where's the pilot?

FIRST FRIEND. Here.

FIRST FRIEND. Here.

FIRST FRIEND. What kenn'st thou?