Scene + 

VI + 

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. + 

Friar 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. + 