Act 4, Scene 6
Street near the city gate.
Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA.
Isabella
To speak so indirectly I am loath:
I would say the truth; but to accuse him so,
That is your part: yet I am advised to do it;
He says, to veil full purpose.
Mariana
Be ruled by him.
Isabella
Besides, he tells me that, if peradventure
He speak against me on the adverse side,
I should not think it strange; for 'tis a physic
That's bitter to sweet end.
Mariana
I would Friar Peter —
Isabella
O, peace! the friar is come, Enter FRIAR PETER.
Peter
Come, I have found you out a stand most fit,
Where you may have such vantage on the duke,
He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded;
The generous and gravest citizens
Have hent the gates, and very near upon
The duke is entering: therefore, hence, away! Exeunt.